Review on 💻 Acer Aspire TC-390-UA91 Desktop: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G Quad-Core, Radeon Vega 8, 8GB DDR4, 512GB NVMe SSD, DVD, Wi-Fi 5, Windows 10 Home by Todd Stepp

Bought as a basic home system for the internet and a few low-end windows applications. Don't plan on upgrading as long as it can serve as a basic network, email, board game, and word processing setup with an HDMI output. I was debating using an old PC but wanted to back it up a bit for Windows 11 support for the future so I went with it instead. Considering the cost of parts in 2021, the price isn't bad for what you get. It's about as advertised. Ryzen 3 3200g APU, 8GB DDR4 2666MHz, 512GB SSD, optical drive, wired mouse, keyboard, Win10 Home, WiFi included. A reasonable setup for the $400 mid-range. Software bloat has been kept to a minimum, which is always a plus. However, I have a few problems with it. By default, the SSD 50/50 was split into a 256GB main drive and a 256GB data drive. I expect a standard 512GB SSD to use its full capacity as the primary drive. Luckily I was able to repartition the drive using third party software, but many non-professionals who buy this do not intend to do so. It's easy to miss this "Data" section because all the main folders (Documents, Downloads, Pictures, etc.) are also located on the C: drive by default, and there's no way to explain to the end user that the D: drive is only for storing files . So yes, it was a real headache for Acer. The only reason I would deduct a star. The power supply is also not a standard ATX. I knew this was going to happen, but if it ever fails, long-term replacement options might be limited. RAM is an 8GB stick. I expected that here too. Still works well enough for what I need, but it's a single channel FYI. However, I shouldn't upgrade. Other than that, it's a decent no-frills desktop, which is about what I expected.