Acer announced new Aspire X3 and Aspire M3 consumer desktop models for customers in Canada. The sleek Aspire X3 Series desktops come with prices beginning at just $449.99 CAD, and the Aspire M3’s prices starting at $569.99 CAD. The X3 series feature an AMD AthlonTM II or an Intel® Pentium® E5500 processor, up to 4GB memory, integrated NVIDIA® GeForce® 9200 or Intel® GMA X4500HD graphics, a 640GB hard drive, 9 USB 2.0 ports as well as an HDMI® port, and PCI Express x1 and PCI Express x16 slot for adding a TV tuner, discrete graphics or sound card.
The M3 series leverage either Intel® Core™ i3 and i5 as well as AMD Athlon™ II processors, up to 6GB memory, an ATI Radeon™ HD 5570 graphics card, high-definition audio with 5.1-channel surround sound support, up to a 1.5TB hard drive, plus an easy swappable hard disk drive cartridge and one additional hard drive bay, Open PCI and PCI Express x1 slots, 12 USB 2.0 ports as well as an HDMI® port.
