Seems a great deal. Remember, if this had an apple on it, they would call it a pro and sell it for at least a grand. Oh at least.

I purchased the Revo with the Intel Celeron 4GB ram version during the black friday deal for £100. I've got Kodi on it and it runs smoothly. Upgraded it to Windows 10 too which works better than Windows 8 imo. So my spec is lower than this but I'm very happy with it so for that spec I think its decent. I got the remote/touch pad but much prefer a keyboard/trackpad as its easier! This mini pc is great. Its nice and quiet and tiny enough to hide behind a photo frame!

I purchased the Revo with the Intel Celeron 4GB ram version during the black friday deal for £100. I've got Kodi on it and it runs smoothly. Upgraded it to Windows 10 too which works better than Windows 8 imo. So my spec is lower than this but I'm very happy with it so for that spec I think its decent. I got the remote/touch pad but much prefer a keyboard/trackpad as its easier! This mini pc is great. Its nice and quiet and tiny enough to hide behind a photo frame!

http://www.ebuyer.com/725421-acer-revo-one-rl85-500gb-i3-nettop-dt-szmek-011

This looks to be exactly the same but says remote instead of keyboard for 40 more, so I wonder if you don't get the remote on this one, I heard its not great anyways but veryb strange all these packages

The remote isn't worth £40. Best going for your original keyboard option and keep the £40. If you're looking a small remote (which can be handy at times) you will probably be able to pick up something cheaper (and probably better) on ebay or Amazon.

Anyone interested in buying this should Flubit it.

Ok I have to ask, is the onboard graphics card capable of running Pro Evo?

can you change the graphics card to a gtx 750ti?

Seems a great deal. Remember, if this had an apple on it, they would call it a pro and sell it for at least a grand. Oh at least.

I'm curios if this machine (these specs) will be any good for running all emulators up until and including N64/PS1? Mame too - ideally.

lol I have hukd to thank for it :smiley: I seen the Black Friday deal posted here. It was bought from ebuyer. I had never bought from them before. Packaging and delivery were top notch so I was all round pleased with their service.

How sodding IRONIC TOO!, hahahaha, u basically got ALMOST 'Twice the PC' for like 'Half the Price'?, literally ..... nice!. :-)

Your 'Deal' from the link u supplied/gave me now reads this:

"'Acer Revo One RL85 1TB Celeron Nettop' is discontinued; here are some similar products." .. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh well?. :-(

Thanx for the speedy reply back anyway, lol. :-)

If u come across 'similar' in the future, can u holler me please?. :-)

Only just over 3 weeks ago this very same 'Deal' was Posted too here:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/acer-revo-one-rl85-500gb-core-i3-4gb-nettop-199-98-wireless-keyboard-mouse-ebuyer-2348683

And got just 65 degrees heat, & this one gets at least 186 degrees heat & counting ..... no figure?.

If you put this machine into context decent streaming boxes are between 50 and 160 pounds, you are getting so much more for you money. With loads of extra features that you might not use now but will later on. Its not a bad little machine at this price.

Just be aware that some models (like the Celeron version that I have) do not support a third HDD - the SATA header has been deleted off the motherboard for some reason by Acer, even though the HDD caddy is still included - go figure...

I use a similar spec'd device as a steam and Xbox one streamer.

Asus Vivo un62

Paid more for it. ( Amazon Christmas vouchers )

Really glad I got it, works brilliantly as a game streamer. Also works very well with PC version of ps4 remote play.

So the acer device posted is a great deal, grab it if you want a brilliant streaming device

They all come with the keyboard & mouse which are incorporated into the remote control. I bought the 1TB Celeron version for £100 on Black Friday, fitted it with a SSD and have an excellent & silent Kodi/Youtube/LAN etc streaming box. Plus I'll be using the replaced 1TB drive to upgrade my laptop, all for less than £140.

I bought the tesco deal.

The box seems ok - but it has so much BLOATWARE :disappointed::disappointed:

Same model currently £165 in Sainsburys....

Great minds...

I dont see us getting a definitive response to this question however. I asked initially during the Tesco deal, nobody got back to me and in the meantime it sold out. Let us see.

It would be brilliant under the tv with a load of old school emulators on it, snes and genesis!!! Linked to some ps4 pads... Great when people come round! I'm so close to buying but will be gutted if it's dead laggy after a few weeks or if it doesn't play football manager ! In two minds between this and paying double the price for a bigger desktop

Flubit came back within twenty minutes with a price of: Final Price: £184.98

I imagine it would be ok for the vast majority of mame games, but N64 and PS1 - no way.

Really ? Even my HTC one m7 could play ps1 games ! Second thoughts about this now....

PS1 is better emulated than N64 - i would be amazed if you can play N64 on this build

Bought at this price before Christmas - passed on to the wife and kids when I got the i5 version for £299

Makes a decent desktop - but needs SSD and rebuild to W10 get the best out of it.

Included keyboard and mouse are functional but cheap - worth no more than £10.

http://ccm.net/download/download-5209-fl-studio-fruity-loops#system-requirements

Would this run okay ??

Your welcome mate :smiley:

Now, I wouldn't say I got almost twice the PC as the one the op posted here has a much better processor, but yes, for half the price isn't too bad lol For what I use it for, I didn't need higher spec. I would use the revo for films, tv shows and some internet browsing. Previously I had a raspberry pi but it wasn't fast or reliable enough for kodi. The revo is perfect for it.

If I come across any similar deals I'll give you a shout :smiley:

Not sure I should feel sorry for Apple but give Apple a little credit! :smiley: Is the Acer Revo made from flight-grade aluminium? No, PC plastic, which looks fine to me but you know what I mean! Do Apple use a i3-4005U in any of their current products? No, it's a circa 2013 lower power consumption CPU used mainly in ultrabooks for long battery life and fairly low heat, and nothing wrong with that if you're not a so-called power user but that we've since had Broadwell U-series CPUs and are now on Skylake, though there isn't yet a Skylake Acer Revo, as far as I can see, and if there were it wouldn't be this price! There is, though, an Acer Revo Broadwell i5, which is a little more tempting than this deal, for me.

Getting back to Apple, the Acer Revo deal, here, is more directly comparable with a Mac Mini, the 2014 model, which Apple haven't updated yet and which uses old an Core i5 4260U and HD 5000 graphics (the Acer, here, uses HD 4400 graphics), which though like the Acer's i3-4005U is a dual core part, it comfortably beats the Acer in benchmarks. But so it should, it's £362.78! The Apple has comparatively little in it that's upgradeable, compared to the Acer.

Have some more heat! :smiley:

Hi. I bought i5 version with 2 2tb drives in raid. Could anyone please help me and explain step by step how to remove raid? If I switch raid to ahci in bios then PC won't start. Thanks

I have the Celeron version of this as a media PC under the TV. Very, very capable little box and a real bargain. Pretty much silent, too.

One tip: fork out £35 or so for a 120gb SSD from Amazon and install it into one of the spare bays. Then clone the internal drive onto it, change the boot disk in BIOS and - hey presto! - you have a very speedy little PC with an empty 500Gb drive.

Is that all an ssd drive costs ?! Sounds good think I might risk it

How many drives will this take? I know the i5 version eBuyer was selling had a 60GB SSD and two 2TB drives. I think the celeron version will only take two drives but how about the i3 version? Can anyone confirm please?

Yup:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00S9Q9UKS
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00A1ZTZOG

Seems so sleek and cool. Useful one stop solution, back up all your pictures, stream stuff on the internet direct to your tv, surf the web easily on your tv.

Great alternative to someone buying a traditional laptop for occasional use i suppose.

dont know if this is of any interest to you http://www.tesco.com/direct/acer-revo-one-mini-pc-inc-remote-control-intel-celeron-4gb-1tb-white/650-5275.prd?skuId=650-5275&pageLevel=sku&sc_cmp=ppc_sh-_-sh-_-tesco-_-650-5275&gclid=CJLd4Nqdk8oCFQTlwgodsToLhw&gclsrc=aw.ds

Wow I was always looking for ssd devices as I thought they were more expensive, suprised it's not just included in everything these days if they are that much faster!

Finally bought it, free delivery says it could take a week though! I'm pretty sure it'll be good enough for what I want! Will test it on a normal hard drive and maybe upgrade it if it's slugglish!

The only thing I've tried on Windows 10 is my old hp stream 7 and even that was decent so this should run fine!!

​That is a very good way to do it.

I got the celeron version on black friday off ebuyer.

got rid of windows and installed Linux Mint. installed Plex, CouchPotato and Sonarr.. now it just keeps running in a corner for all my personal media needs.

Makes it so much faster to start, shutdown or sleep - best value upgrade you can do.

I put a 240GB Sandisk Plus in this machine, was £45 from Ebuyer. A 120GB will probably do, going for about £35.

If you're after better performance and reliability, look for the Sandisk Ultra models of Samsung 850 Evo. I put a 240GB Samsung in my i5, was £60 - worth the extra £15 to me.

Thanks

This is probably the most unprovoked, vile and low life response I think I have ever seen on a forum when I didn't even address you and frankly wouldn't know or care if you lived (or didn't). Please spare such contempt for someone whose murdered your whole family. Why would you say such a thing? It's not like my comment gave you, your mom, wife or kids cancer. Shame on you.

Didn't you have any issues licencing windows after? I did when I fitted an ssd to a brand new 8.1 Dell laptop :-( I clean installed 8.1 on the ssd but it wouldn't activate due to the activation key being generated with the signatures of some hardware components such as the drive! Literally took 2 days on the phone to increasingly knowledgeable Dell engineers before they gave up and put me through to Microsoft who finally after failing themselves issued me with a brand new key! This makes me very wary of doing it again unfortunately unless someone can reassure me!?

If you've got kids or are a big kid yourself you'll understand how important this question is: Does anyone know if this can run Minecraft?

Bought the version with an Intel Celeron, 4GB RAM and 1TB for £99 a couple of months back and after adding in a 120GB SSD and installing a clean copy of Windows 10 I cannot be happier. Gave it to my parents as they needed a new desktop PC and this works perfectly.

Would absolutely snap up the £99 celeron version if I ever got a chance again. (talked myself out of it last time, but regret it). But £200 is is a tough sell.

Clone the drive from the previous one?

It's got a lot of people excited. What is it? What would I use it for?

I've upgraded/ clean installed Windows 10 on three different Revos and all have activated OK.

Licensing has been made much easier for W10 as MS want everyone to upgrade - as long as you have a valid Windows 7 or 8 key, it should activate fine.

If you want to hedge your bets, pull the original disk and install on a fresh one.

Ah that's good to know, thanks

Now, about that Minecraft question ;-)

Would this play The Sims 4 OK?

Can you add more RAM into this? (or change the sticks) I'd like 16Gig, and run XenServer on it :/

I think some people get tired of the same old "jokes" which clog up much of this and many other tech websites.

Similar to people who always trot out that indicators are optional on BMWs, people saying Sony are crap on Audio/Visual items, etc. If you make a sarcastic comment and know someone is likely to take offence, don't be surprised if they take the bait.

Try to edit that comment once more, with more sass (if possible) and see if that makes you feel better. *Massive eyeroll*. Why do these losers take this stuff so personally? Yeesh.

I only edited because I forgot the 'still worth £200' part, not a typo or anything to get your juices flowing.

Anyway, how silly do you feel after reading my response?

Just over 1 Month & 1 Week ago, this same 1 Product was only £159.99 here:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/acer-revo-one-intel-celeron-4gb-ram-2tb-hdd-159-99-ebuyer-2335479

Sod's law this ..... hehehehe.

I hear u ..... :-)

Its a shame there's no more cheap half decent Mini PC's about out there again ..... lol. :-)

Different specs

How do you put Kodi on this? I always thought it was things like Android boxes etc

Thank you!

You're welcome :smiley:

I have this PC which I purchased via the Tesco deal.

It runs really quietly and looks great. Paired with a Logitech K400 Plus its fantastic. Windows 10 makes it a pleasure to use - Windows 8.1 sucks.. but we all know that.

I'm running Plex Media Server on it and Kodi. I purchased an Android Box which has arrived. I'll get round to testing the Android box on Friday as I want to see how well Plex Media Server (PMS) runs on the machine with multiple streams via Gigabit Powerline Adapters.

I also need to test PMS transcoding. The i3 can transcode 1080p easily. Research suggests it should be find as Plex requires a processor benchmark score of 2000 per 1080 transcode and this i3 has a score of 2467.

An SSD would make this even faster but as a media server there is no real need - it will make a difference though and as SSD's get cheaper I may consider installing one.

Its a shame I missed this one as well:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell-inspiron-micro-desktop-brand-new-intel-j1800-ssd-win-8-1-incl-del-vat-99-dell-2278770

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh well?, lol. :-(

Fair enough ..... thanx.


Thats true!, thanx for the reminder ..... hehehehe. :-)

I finally caved in and bought one. Only two in stock now so be quick!

out of stock

Cant believe it's still processing order! I know I picked free delivery and it said next Tuesday but I didn't think it would really take that long!!!!

Please could someone supply a dummies step by step guide to installing a SSD into the spare slot starting from a new machine with windows 8.1 then cloning the drive

Many thanks

Rupert

Please could someone supply a dummies step by step guide to installing a SSD into the spare slot starting from a new machine with windows 8.1 then cloning the drive

Many thanks

Rupert

I can only find this video on how to replace the hard drive, I think the spare slot will just be on that side where that hard drive is... I know this isn't much help but it's a start![url=https://youtu.be/8aiJEFNoTEU]https
Thanks but I have the drive in the spare slot. It's the cloning and setting the drive to be bootable where I am having difficulties

I was really lucky to get the £99 version but unlucky that the board went faulty twice so had it for about 2 days total in a month! Top tip. Do upgrade to Windows 10 on main drive, create a USB of W10 using free Microsoft tool. Install SSD or HDD in spare slot. Boot from USB and delete partitions as part of the install. Skip through putting in licence key as once a machine has had Windows 10 installed it saves the key in the BIOS so will activate automatically. Having said all this after some mucking around I've got a dual boot of Windows 7 and KODIbuntu on mine. Did want w10 but can't dual boot KODIBuntu on that and even on a Celeron that runs like a beast!

Maybe its just ME, but ...

Come this New Year so far, I've absolutely forgotten alllllll!, & brains gone soft like I've always fed it with nowt or something?, hehehehehe.

Useful bits of Info. this, thanx, lol. :-)

I just picked up another ebuyer version with a 60gb SSD, 8GB RAM, a pair of 2TB drives, and the newest i3 for only £100 more. Can't think why it hasn't had the same hype that this one has had.

Yes that's the one. Will probably tinker with the settings to get the 4TB back, rather than the 2 x 2 RAID1 set up

Good luck!!! I'd probably break it doing that, I kinda wish I splashed out more on a better model but would never fill the space up as I just stream everything these days! Hoping the basic i3 will be good enough when it finally comes !!!

[quote=dvdmcbth Will probably tinker with the settings to get the 4TB back, rather than the 2 x 2 RAID1 set up[/quote]
Can you tell us how to do it?

I have upgraded to Win10 and I am not sure this will work as it says it's only for Win8
http://acer--uk.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/33678#_ga=1.262603020.1686265583.1451747923

I agree!, this Revo should be more than enough ..... :-)

http://www.andertons.co.uk/controller-keyboards/pid27784/cid613/maudio-axiom-air-25-key-usb-controller-keyboard.asp

anyone know if this pc would be good enough to use a midi keyboard on it like this one? think it can use programs like ableton or fruity loops? should be okay shouldn't it??

Finally got the pc last night! Was a but sceptical at first as the load times were pretty slow but I guess that's expected when it's updating but then I installed the ssd drive with these instructions and its so fast now!!! Thanks very much. It won't let me reset the Windows to factory now so im having to delete all the Acer junk apps one by now, bet I delete something important!

I deleted McAfee too and tried to install avg free but it stalls at the end ... Any reason why? Windows defender isn't an anti virus is it? Any other better free ones to try? Haven't had a pc in years !!!!

Try https://www.pcdecrapifier.com works a treat a removing all the pre installed stuff

How do I miss these deals!? The home page needs to have more deals on it, as great deals seem to get lost in the mist (later pages) :disappointed:

Same here, been after another deal on these after I got the i5 deal which was amazing. Totally missed this one even though been checking daily and still missed it, lost in mist of lesser deals! Needs to be a wishlist option here that emails you.