I wanted a small PC to put on the desk for the whole family to use. We already had a monitor, keyboard and various mice, speakers etc so this appealed - very compact.
The first unit that came had a problem with the slot-loading DVD drive. I returned it to Amazon and had the usual excellent customer experience (full 5 marks to Amazon).
The unit itself is virtually silent, runs nice and cool and is so small that we don't really notice it. Once I've tidied up all the cables, it will be neat too (I wasn't going to splash out for wireless keyboard and mouse, but I think this has Bluetooth so you might be able to connect these). WiFi performance is fine as far as I can tell.
Performance seems OK - I don't play PC games so I've no idea if the video card is up to spec, but YouTube content has been rendered nicely enough. I don't have an HD telly so I can't comment on the HDMI output.
I moved a lot of pictures and video files from an SD card to the hard disk - OK, maybe not blazingly fast but fast enough.
Microsoft Office suite runs fine.
4 stars, because of the duff slot-loading drive in the first unit but otherwise I can't fault this for what it is - a small, relatively cheap desktop PC that is perfectly adequate for all the family's day to day needs.
| Brand | ASUS |
|---|---|
| Package Dimensions | 45.8 x 24.2 x 9.4 cm; 2.9 Kilograms |
| Item model number | 90PE2BA21111E1243K0Q |
| Colour | Black |
| Form Factor | Small Form Factor |
| Processor Brand | Intel |
| Processor Speed | 1.8 GHz |
| Processor Count | 2 |
| RAM Size | 2 GB |
| Hard Drive Size | 250 GB |
| Graphics Chipset Brand | NVIDIA |
| Optical Drive Type | DVD±RW |
| Operating System | Windows 7 |
| Item Weight | 2.9 kg |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
