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 Mike Bucher

If you do your research you will find that not only are Acer PCs not very upgradeable, they are not for gaming and powerful graphics applications (in general) either. You can also explore their exact CPU, SSD, and storage options and choose what's right for you. I preferred the AMD Ryzen 5 4600G to the Intel version. The PC offers excellent performance for general home use, web browsing, office applications and basic photo applications. It's much faster than my old Intel i-7 3.4Ghz Gen 1 PC. I would say that unpacking, installing, configuring, etc. generally took no more than 4 hours. But that involved downloading some third-party apps that you will always need, such as A PDF reader, local backups, mapping drives to my NAS, etc. As mentioned, the keyboard and mouse aren't great, but they're sufficient for setting up a PC. Once the installation is complete, you'll want to replace the old ones. Some additional useful points worth noting: a) The PC was not loaded with a bunch of malware that needed to be removed. It was mostly games. b) The basic Windows OS installation went flawlessly and will be easy for anyone to do. c) If you are already using MS OneDrive to sync your files to the cloud, they will be automatically deleted after you log in to your MS account - easy as pie. d) The same applies to any browser you use. So the return to normal life occurs quite quickly. e) You may need to "deregister" some applications you purchased on the old PC to allow them to be installed on the new one and then re-enter the registration key. f) You must also allow Windows to perform its normal updates. I also monitored all background tasks and network traffic after installation to make sure Acer or its partners weren't downloading anything out of the ordinary. Nothing was found, so I believe you can trust the hardware and software as 100% secure. At the moment I haven't had to call on Acer's technical support, so I can't comment on that aspect. Registration was successful and their website has user manuals and drivers if you ever need them. As others have pointed out, Acer is not the type of PC to buy for upgrades etc. The power supply, PCIe slots, etc. just aren't designed for this purpose. Purchase the required configuration in advance.