New PC for my wife – Acer Aspire TC-1775-UR12

My wife’s computer is about nine years old. I got the motherboard and CPU in San Francisco when my family was with my parents-in-law. It is an Intel i5 6500 and an Asus H110M-C. I know it has been over eight years, but it still works well. Except I can not upgrade it to Windows 11. I like to keep everything updated and in a working condition. Not run something until it has failed without looking after it.

So, I searched for deals and bought a refurbished PC from Bestbuy.ca. Actually the marketplace.

I did believe it was a good deal. I made an order. It was shipped from Scarborough, a city on the other side of Canada. I setup the computer and used it for a couple of hours. Then boom, it is shutdown just like a power outage.  I tried a few things. Such as a different power cord, different outlet, and even pulling the memory stick and putting it back. Nothing good.

So, I returned it. I got a UPS label and dropped it at Staples.

The next day, I looked at my research. I saw a PC at Costco.ca. It is $798.99 there. I searched the module online, it is $765 at Bestbuy and $749.99 at MemoryExpress. I checked the inventory of MemoryExpress. The Burnaby store has four at the time.

Then one more day passed. I drove to the store and walked in. Say, Hi friend, please give me a desktop, Aspire TC-1775-UR12. The staff checked it at the station and told me that he would go into the back of the store to grab one.

I got one, paid with my credit card, $840.77 including tax.

Opened the box.

Now, the PSU is so small.

This ACER ASPIRE TC-1775-UR12 Desktop PC comes with an ACER USB Wired Keyboard and an ACER USB Wired Mouse! ( I did not use them. I have Logitec wireless keyboard and Mi wireless mouse.)

• Windows® 11 Home
• Intel® Core™ i5-14400 2.5GHz 10 Core Processor w/ 6 Performance and 4 Efficiency Cores, 16
• threads, 4.7GHz Turbo, 20MB Smart Cache
• Integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 730
• 16GB DDR5 RAM + 512GB M.2 PCIe v4 x4 SSD
• RJ45 Gigabit LAN port
• Includes ACER USB Keyboard + ACER USB Mouse

It took me about three hours to update the Windows 11 to the latest 24H2 edition.

The CPU is Intel Core i5-14400. It is generation 14th.  Launched in January 2024. One year old. It is the latest-generation Intel CPU for now.

Here are some features of i5-14400.

• Socket 1700
• 10nm
• Desktop CPU
• 10 Cores, 16 Threads
• 6 P-Cores, 4 E-Cores
• UHD Graphics 730
• Cache: L1 80KB per core, L2 1.25MB per core, L3 30MB shared; E-core L1 96KB per core, E-core L2 2MB per module
• Raptor Lake-R
• DDR4, DDR5
• Dual-channel
• ECC yes
• PCI-E Gen 5, 16 Lanes CPU only
• PCI-E Gen 4, 4 Lanes
• Chipsets, intel 600 series, intel 700 series.

I hope this computer has at least 5 years of its woking life.