Posted yesterday, good deal tho for those that missed it.
chrisredmayne
29 Dec 15#2
what do you think about the I3 version ? so close to buying it! does it handle Windows well for decent programs ?
crofter to chrisredmayne
29 Dec 15#3
It does - the important factor is the SSD. If you are using a mechanical hard drive for your operating system then the better processor will make little difference in day to day use ... be it i3 or i5.
tascheman to chrisredmayne
29 Dec 15#14
Fine as a general desktop machine. But upgrade/ clean install Windows 10 and consider fitting an SSD, standard Windows 8 build is full of bloatware. Good deal from Tesco at £180 - I would have stuck with mine if I hadn't had the fan issue.
mc11
29 Dec 15#4
Nice find. Wish I had the money and or justification to get one. My media centre is working fine.
I still think this looks like a boiler or something that I'd want to put my beer in.
captainbeaky
29 Dec 15#7
This probably comes with the 2TB drives in a RAID configuration. You'll need to make some changes in the bios to allow you to use the full 4TB of storage.
I had the i5 model for a short while before it died (Amazon warehouse special). Very powerful little machine.
I've now got the i3 5010u model with the same 4TB 8GB spec as this. It's still sealed so I could exchange for this model but I would have to pay for its return & be at the mercy of the Ebuyer returns dept.
Purepatch
29 Dec 15#8
I got the baby version in the Ebuyer Black Friday deals, (Celeron, 4Gb RAM, 1Tb HD for £99), popped in a spare SSD with Win 10 and it fulfils its media pc role perfectly. I don't use the remote that comes with it as I already had a wireless keyboard. This is a great deal if you need a bit of extra oomph for games
KingElk to Purepatch
30 Dec 15#37
Hi. How easy was it to transfer the windows install onto the ssd. And is the ssd easy install. As in no other tools / extras required. I have the same celeron machine. Thanks.
tascheman
29 Dec 15#9
I bought the Celeron from Tesco a while ago and rebuilt to Windows 10 with a Sandisk SSD - works OK but does pause when processor maxes out (which happens fairly regularly)
Bought the i3 on the EBuyer £200 deal - again rebuilt to Windows 10 with a Sandisk SSD, much smoother and OK running Plex.
Had a cooling fan issue with the i3, so got an RMA for it. On the lookout for a replacement and spotted the i5 deal on Sunday.
I thought it was a misprice, as the lower i3 model is priced at £439.98 (which was the price of the i5 model last week), so put my order in on Sunday night and waited until it shipped before posting on here.
i5 will be delivered tomorrow and should be a good desktop machine/ Plex Server - performance will be better than my seven year old Dell Q6600 but will use seven times less power to do it.
Only problem now is that cooling fan issue I had with the i3 has fixed itself....
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8GB RAM
2 x 2TB HDD
WiFi + Bluetooth
Windows 8.1 64bit
Great little machines - I already have two of these, a Celeron 2957 and an i3 4005u.
This is the full fat i5 model with 8GB RAM, 2x 2TB HDDs and 60GB SSD, a total steal at this price. Mine shipped this afternoon :)
http://www.acer.co.uk/ac/en/GB/content/model/DT.SYYEK.013
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and i3 version here: http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/acer-revo-rl85-i3-179-99-tesco-2362895
I had the i5 model for a short while before it died (Amazon warehouse special). Very powerful little machine.
I've now got the i3 5010u model with the same 4TB 8GB spec as this. It's still sealed so I could exchange for this model but I would have to pay for its return & be at the mercy of the Ebuyer returns dept.
Bought the i3 on the EBuyer £200 deal - again rebuilt to Windows 10 with a Sandisk SSD, much smoother and OK running Plex.
Had a cooling fan issue with the i3, so got an RMA for it. On the lookout for a replacement and spotted the i5 deal on Sunday.
I thought it was a misprice, as the lower i3 model is priced at £439.98 (which was the price of the i5 model last week), so put my order in on Sunday night and waited until it shipped before posting on here.
i5 will be delivered tomorrow and should be a good desktop machine/ Plex Server - performance will be better than my seven year old Dell Q6600 but will use seven times less power to do it.
Only problem now is that cooling fan issue I had with the i3 has fixed itself....