Acer Aspire M5811 desktop PC

A small, fast and well-designed Acer PC that can be used as a media centre

Elias Plastiras

PC World Australia (online)

19/02/10

Expert Rating

4.00 / 5
User Rating

2.50 / 5 (of 4 Reviews)
Price
$ 1,499.00 (AUD)

User Reviews:

mikeWed 25/01/2012 - 17:58

Pros
not much
Cons
everything

been in for repairs 5 times in 18 months. main issue is it shutsdown/restarts randomly until it crashes. replaced ram/power supply but that wasn't the issue. motherboard was obviously defective from day one. This is my second acer thats been a total dud. acer makes junk. never again.

Rated this product:

0.0

AnonymousFri 20/01/2012 - 09:11

Pros
Fast, good graphics, many many ports
Cons
NOTHING

Have it since january 2011, no problems, still working as good as when i bought it.! awesome!

Rated this product:

5.0

bobberFri 26/08/2011 - 14:07

Pros
Speed
Cons
ports and on off switch are a problem - crashes constantly

I bought an Acer Aspire M5811 based on the fact that it had 1TB of space and 6 Gigs of RAM with 9 ports and a 6 Core processor. I had an Acer monitor for years and never had a problem so I thought it would be a good little machine. It's very fast which I like but ss soon as I got it home, the system began to crash. It was annoying after the first few times but when it continued every day at least 3 or 4 times a day, it has become a royal pain in the ass. Also, the 9 ports they advertised are all in the worst places. 4 are on the top of the tower and the other 5 are at the rear. To add to the inconvenience, sometimes when I reach above me to plug in a flash drive, I hist the on - off button for the machine and accidentally shut it down, as if it wasn't shutting down often enough by itself. I also don't like the "sleep" feature. At least that's what this machine does. It goes into sleep mode and you cannot tell if it is on or off which has lead me to turn it off inadvertently, (it just crashed as I was typing this - very frustrating) I would have taken it back to the store shortly after buying it but the store (Staples) told me it would have to be sent back to the manufacturer. Screw that, I may never see the thing again. If anybody has a clue as to why this machine is constantly crashing, I'd appreciate some input. Thanks!

Rated this product:

1.0

Alex SteinFri 19/08/2011 - 17:51

Pros
Fast, plenty of ports
Cons
Nothing

Had one for over 12 months and no problems. Supports HD video processing easily.

Rated this product:

4.5

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