Acer Aspire C24-1700 AIO Review

The all-in-one desktop appeal cannot be ignored. AIO is ideal if you want the stability of a desktop computer but want as much desk space as possible. AIO doesn’t have a PC tower, so it only takes up the space a monitor would take up in a normal desktop configuration. The $649.99 Acer Aspire C24-1700 maximizes space in subtle ways, like including wireless peripherals and a wide monitor base. However, you need some creature comforts. With more easily accessible ports and a higher quality screen, the system is able to better realize the usefulness of the AIO design. While we appreciate the competitive performance exhibited by this Acer AIO, it is not the complete package offered by the Editors’ Choice award-winning Lenovo IdeaCentre AIO 3i.

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The Acer Aspire’s monitor also serves as the housing for all the components that power your desktop PC. An Intel Core i3-1215U CPU, 8 GB of RAM (Acer’s documentation says it’s expandable to 32 GB), and a 512 GB solid state drive. The PC comes pre-installed with Windows 11 Home and comes with various Acer bloatware associated with it.

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The Core i3-1215U processor is the most commonly found low-power chip in laptops, which is not uncommon in size-conscious AIO. Even high-performance AIOs like the Microsoft Surface Studio 2 use laptop components like the Core i7-7820HQ processor for compactness.

What the Aspire lacks in high-end specs, it makes up for in space utilization. The bottom of the desktop monitor extends just under 7 inches at its longest point, and the included wireless mouse and keyboard ensure no wires get in the way of your clean-looking desktop surface.

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The monitor itself is a 23.8-inch, 1080p LED screen housed in an all-black plastic frame that articulates from top to bottom. The monitor has a pair of integrated downward-facing speakers loud enough to produce a slight but noticeable rattling sound. A built-in webcam at the top of the screen records video at 1080p, and a physical privacy shutter can be easily slid between off and on positions. This AIO doesn’t have an optical drive, which is also why the entire housing can be so thin.

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The back of the Acer Aspire has most of the ports you need access to. It has a USB 3.2 Type-C port, an HDMI output, Ethernet and audio jacks, and a barrel-style AC power port.

The wireless keyboard and mouse are paired to a single USB receiver, so you can easily connect by simply plugging into any of the three USB ports on the back. Both the keyboard and mouse come with pre-installed AAA batteries and neither have connection ports. The tiny mouse has a simple on/off switch on the bottom, the keyboard is always active, and there is no option to turn it off other than removing the battery.

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Peripheral bundles are always required for AIO. Otherwise, it cannot be called a true “all-in-one”. The included keyboard is slim and offers a decent typing experience, though it may be too thin, but its mostly plastic construction shows a fair amount of flexibility. It’s suitable for placing it in a place where it won’t be, but it’s a disadvantage if you have big hands.

One USB Type-A port fits in a recessed pocket under the ridge on the bottom of the monitor. This is the main port for storage devices or additional peripherals. This is the only front port, so it’s a good idea to figure out what accessories you need to connect before finalizing system placement.

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Testing the Acer Aspire C24-1700: surprisingly energetic

In our test comparison, we aimed to put the Acer Aspire alongside similarly priced AIOs like the Asus M241, AIO’s 2021 Editors’ Choice. compared to the HP All-in-One 22-dd0010. Finally, we reviewed both the Lenovo IdeaCentre AIO 3 and its Intel-based counterpart, the IdeaCentre AIO 3i. The latter recently won an Editors’ Choice award in the budget AIO category.

Productivity test

All desktop PC tests use a number of benchmarks. PCMark 10 measures overall performance by simulating many real-world productivity tasks you can expect from everyday use, including spreadsheet editing, word processing, web browsing, and video conferencing. In addition to its general performance tests, PCMark 10 has storage benchmarks to measure a system’s ability to read and write data from storage.

To test CPU performance more thoroughly, use many programs to simulate CPU-intensive tasks. Handbrake measures your system’s ability to convert a 4K video file to 1080p.To ensure accurate testing, always use the same video file: Blender’s tears of steel A short demo film. Maxon’s Cinebench uses the company’s 4D engine to render complex scenes, and Geekbench works similarly to his PCMark 10 general test, but with CPU-intensive work. Measure load after load. We also ran the PugetBench for Photoshop benchmark from Puget Systems to test its content creation capabilities.

Acer’s Aspire C24 scored a passing score in the CPU test. We have the latest processor hardware on this list. Nevertheless, the AIO barely passes the 4,000 score minimum on the PCMark 10 common benchmark, outperforming all other systems in the test. It also topped the Geekbench Productivity Test and the Cinebench Rendering Test, both by a wide margin over the second-placed Lenovo IdeaCentre AIO 3. (Acer can thank the abundance of efficient cores added to the AIO’s Core i3 for its Cinebench display.)

Unfortunately, the Acer Aspire performs poorly in the PCMark 10 storage test and Photoshop benchmarks, leaving it well behind its closest competitors. (The IdeaCentre AIO 3’s Ryzen 3/SSD combo, and the IdeaCentre AIO 3i’s 16 GB of RAM might have scored a Photoshop win.) , please do not come to this AIO.

graphics performance

We run a number of tests on our system to measure graphics performance. The Time Spy subtest of the 3DMark benchmark suite is designed for computers with dedicated GPUs, while the Night Raid subtest is better suited for systems with integrated graphics. He also runs two tests in GFXBench that test low-level routines such as texture mapping and high-level routines such as image rendering. 1440p Aztec Ruins and 1080p Car Chase.

Most of these systems could not run Time Spy or Aztec Ruins at 1440p. Time Spy is for systems with dedicated GPUs, so it’s more stable in that environment. Both were left out of the charts below because they didn’t complete on the Acer and the program crashed completely when I tried to run the Aztec Ruins.

Acer Aspire Benchmark can When running, we saw typical graphics performance for the integrated graphics in this housing’s 12th Gen Core processor. The Aspire scores significantly higher than the Lenovo IdeaCentre 3 in both Night Raid and Car Chase, which is impressive. You shouldn’t expect him to play Elden Ring on this Aspire AIO (or any of these machines really) but for low levels of graphics performance the Acer Aspire is great for smaller tasks am.

display test

Use the Datacolor SpyderX Elite calibration tool to test your display’s performance. For a regular desktop, you don’t need to test this because you give it a monitor you own, but part of the appeal of AIO is its integrated monitor, so I included a test.

Measure color gamut and luminance levels (in nits) at 50% and 100% settings. Acer Aspire covers 99% of the sRGB palette, 77% of Adobe RGB and 78% of DCI-P3. As for brightness, the monitor reaches just 111 nits at 50% brightness and just 209 nits at 100%. Noticeably dark.

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Verdict: Focus on Performance, Not Creature Comfort

The Acer Aspire C24-1700 does what you need it to do right out of the box. For $649.99, you can get a desktop PC, monitor, and wireless peripherals. Set up in less than 10 minutes if you have the space. However, this simplicity is not unique to this AIO. It may perform a little better than other systems in this price range, but a true AIO should do it all and strike an effective balance between usability, performance, and design.

The Acer Aspire doesn’t completely wow us, but it could be a smart pick if you see it on sale. Otherwise, I’d recommend the Lenovo IdeaCentre AIO 3i (with plenty of RAM) configuration as the best budget AIO he’s tested in the last few months.