Acer Aspire TC-885-UA91 Review

Are you looking for a budget desktop that excels in casual computing? In this Acer Aspire TC-885-UA91 review, we are going to take a look at one such desktop computer. There are tons of casual users out there who don’t want to spend a premium for a computer. For those people, the Acer Aspire TC-885-UA91 is a pretty good choice, thanks to both the specs and the price.

The Acer Aspire TC-885-UA91 is an excellent fit for students, home users, and other light users. The desktop is also priced very competitively given it a clear advantage over its competitors. How good is this computer in everyday use? Can it run your favorite games? Can I work on this machine? Let’s find out.

Design

The Acer Aspire TC-885-UA91 desktop and its accessories come in matte black which gives it a solid, premium look. When it comes to desktops, there is nothing much you can do in terms of design. But we’ve got to give it to Acer for modernizing the look of the usual desktop cabinet.

The power button on the top is stylish and you get a sleek V on the front which makes this laptop much better looking. The front face comes with a few ports that you’ll need most of the time. You can find a USB type C port, a USB 3.0 port, an SD card reader, a headphone jack, and an audio-in jack. There is also a vertical DVD writer as well. The selection of ports on the front is clever as most people will end up using only these ports.

There are vents on the sides and the back for cooling purposes. There is also a fan that does help in cooling. When it comes to size, the Acer Aspire TC-885-UA91 is pretty compact. It is not your usual desktop size and takes up a lot less space. Thanks to this size, you’ll always find a place in your room for this cutie. Also, since the whole setup is in black, it will blend in nicely in any room.

The keyboard and the mouse are standard, wired stuff. The keyboard is a pleasure to use for casual users. You get good key travel and the typing experience is neat. No complaints here. Overall, the desktop comes with good design elements and does cut corners.

Acer Aspire TC-885-UA91 Specs

The desktop comes with a 9th gen Intel i3 processor. This chip is a quad-core chip and it comes with a base clock speed of 3.6GHz. With the help of turbo boost, the processor can clock up to 4.GHz which is a lot of power. The processor has a 6MB cache memory which can definitely come in handy.

Being manufactured in the 14nm process, this is one of the most efficient processors out there. Though the processor carries the ‘i3’ tag, it is a lot more powerful than most people think. It gets a CPUMark benchmark score of around 10000 which puts the Intel chip in the upper mid-range category.

When it comes to everyday performance, the desktop does a very good job. It boots up Windows quickly and opens applications swiftly without any problems. Everyday tasks like browsing the web, streaming content online, listening to music, working on office stuff, are all taken care without a hiccup.

There are eight gigs of DDR4 type RAM in the memory slots. This is not a lot of memory, but for light and casual users, this memory can be of very good use. Also, this is a desktop and with that, you get the freedom of upgrading the memory whenever you want. You can increase the memory up to 128GB on this machine which you supercharge the multitasking performance of the Acer Aspire TC-885-UA91 model.

Storage, Gaming, and Connectivity

We have a 512GB SSD for storage purposes. Though this is a budget desktop for casual users, Acer has included an SSD which is great for user experience. With this SSD, everything feels snappier. The OS boots up in seconds, and that’s mostly because of the SSD. The solid-state drive also plays a major role in the swift opening and closing of apps. The reading and writing speeds of this SSD may not be the best, but it much better than that of the traditional hard drives.

Can you game on the Acer Aspire TC-885-UA91? Well, technically you can. The desktop does not have a discrete graphics card at its disposal. We only have the integrated graphics card and it is not as good as dedicated GPUs. Having said that, the desktop allows you to play all the light games and even some high-end games as well. While playing these high-end games, you’re forced to reduce the settings to achieve playable frame rates.

There are tons of connectivity options on the Acer Aspire TC-885-UA91 desktop. Before we go into detail about the ports, let’s talk about the wireless connectivity options here. The desktop comes with WiFi 802.11ac connectivity which gives you access to high-speed internet. The desktop also supports Bluetooth 5.0 which is a lot faster and covers more range than its predecessor.

If your need for fast internet is not met with the WiFi in place, then you can surely use the Gigabit LAN port to drive some serious internet speeds. We’ve already covered the ports on the front side. On the back, we have 4 USB 2.0 ports, 2 USB 3.0 ports, 2 HDMI ports, a VGA port, and three audio ports. These ports should be more than enough for the average user to meet their connectivity needs.

Bottomline

The Acer Aspire TC-885-UA91 is an impressive desktop computer that is made with light and casual users in mind. To make things sweeter, then computer comes at a very affordable price. It does well when it comes to everyday activities. If you have to, the desktop will do some heavy lifting as well. For a casual user who needs to take care of his everyday work (with a little power), this is probably the best desktop option.