The Acer Aspire 3Gb 500Gb Specifications

• The Acer Aspire M5100 was released in 2008 and touted as an affordable quad-core desktop computer. Extra RAM and a large hard drive combine to give this computer good value for its price range, but the benefits of the quad-core CPU may be negligible for many users.

Processor

• The Acer Aspire M5100 was shipped with an AMD Phenom X4 9500 processor with a speed of 2.2 gigahertz. The processor is equipped with quad-core technology.

RAM

• The computer comes standard with 3 gigabytes of RAM, but it is expandable up to 8GB.

Hard Drive

• The Acer Aspire M5100 boasts a hard drive with a capacity of 500GB.

Expansion/Connectivity

• This computer has relatively impressive connectivity capability for its price range. It has a FireWire port, eight USB ports and a hidden media card reader. The computer includes an HDMI port, a VGA port and digital audio-out ports. The media card reader is a "9-in-1," supporting SD Memory Cards, Microdrive, MultiMediaCard, CompactFlash types 1 and 2, SmartMedia, xD-Picture Card, Memory Stick Pro and Memory Stick.

Software

• The M5100 shipped with Microsoft Windows Vista and the Microsoft Office 2007 Suite.

Media Drives

• The computer includes a built-in dual layer DVD±RW / DVD-RAM optical drive.

Graphics

• The M5100 comes with a ATI Radeon X1250 graphics card, which only supports 2D tasks. For 3D game playing, an additional 3D graphics card is needed.