Joined on 09/09/08
Impressed
Pros: +Unlocked CPU and GPU +Low cost for the best hybrid CPU/GPU on the market +Idle temps are about room temperature. Highs are in the 50'sC for me. Lots of overhead to overclock (74C is max temp suggested)
Cons: -Cheap Aluminum CPU heatsink - If AMD wanted to keep the cost down I'd have preferred they didn't include the heatsink and lower the cost even more.
Overall Review: Swapped the heatsink with the stock AM2+/AM3 heat sink i had leftover. Keeps the CPU around 27C idle and 50C stressed. I have this in a very tiny case so the integrated graphics are very important and this didn't disappoint Build: AMD APU A10-5800K Asrock FM2A85x mitx Mobo Crucial Low Profile 1600 - 8Gigs Samsung 830 - 128GB Apevia X-Fit-100
Quality Control?
Pros: Good viewing angles and touchscreen is capacitive not resistive. Dual HDMI ports and USB 3.0 port multiplier
Cons: Like many others I experienced ghost touches in a couple of different areas of the screen. One spot in the lower right corner was especially annoying because it was on the show desktop section for Windows 7... Power brick... Really...
Overall Review: Anyone thinking about purchasing this should be aware that Newegg sells this with a non-refund status. So if (when) it breaks all they can do is replace it if it's within the 30 day window. If you're out of the window it's up to Acer to fix. Disappointed with Acer's Quality Control. With so many people experiencing the same issue it's obviously not an isolated issue.
Going strong
Pros: Lots of options for overclocking and monitoring temps. Comes with wifi adapter and boots from nvme drives.
Cons: Lack of USB C ports
Overall Review: I havent had any issues with temps on this board. Some people were complaining about chipset/vrm temps up in the 70+C but all of mine are at most around 50C range.
Loving it
Pros: 27" at 1440p is a must. 1080p works at 24" but doesn't cut it at 27". 144Hz refresh is real nice. Not IPS but the VA panel is pretty good.
Cons: Get a random pixel refresh that goes across the screen in some games (LoL) Wish they would forgo the speakers and just charge a little less.
Overall Review: Saw a lot of posts about the power button. After shutting my PC down i wait for the blue light to start blinking and it only takes one press to turn it off. Pretty straight forward.
Great
Pros: Love the magnetic part of this. I used to have to take the entire top of my Node 202 off to get to the filter to clean it. I removed that filter and fit this over the outside. Works great and is way easier to clean
Cons: nothing with it. just wish it was about 3mmx3mm larger to properly cover all the vent wholes in my case
Nice upgrade option
Pros: Replaced the wifi card that came in my am4 mitx gigabyte board. increases my speed by about 200mb which i wont complain about.
Cons: nothing of note
Dino DNA!
Love the novelty of it
As described
Well packed - no issues