Acer Revo Box RN96 is a small desktop computer, but with the heart of a laptop. It’s powered by Intel’s Tiger Lake-U processors and with 32 Gbytes of RAM it should be powerful enough for most entertainment and basic computing tasks.
We like mini-PCs. Despite their compact size, they offer good connectivity and sufficient performance. They are machines that can be used for consumption, offices or living rooms, either on desks or those that have VESA support hanging on the wall or behind the monitors. Specifically, this model can be placed vertically or horizontally anywhere.
Acer’s latest compact weighs less than a kilogram and measures 181 x 178 x 33.5 mm. Supports Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1, plus a LAN connector along with the following set of ports:
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
- 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
- 2 x USB 2.0 type A
- 1 x HDMI
- 2 Display Ports
- 1 x 3.5mm audio jack
- 1 Gigabit Ethernet
- 1 DC power input
Inside, this Acer Revo Box RN96 uses Tiger Lake-U processors, with the possibility of mounting models such as the Core i3-1115G4 or the Core i5-1135G7, with four cores and eight threads with working frequency up to 4.2 GHz, with 8 Mbytes of cache. Its integrated graphics is an Intel Iris Xe up to 1.3 GHz. It can output content to two internal screens with 4K resolution simultaneously.
The manufacturer will offer configurations of 8, 16 or 32 Gbytes of DDR4-3200 RAM and for storage, an M.2 slot for 256 or 512 Gbyte SSDs, plus a 2.5-inch bay for those who want to increase the capacity with hard drives or SATA solid state drives up to 1 Tbyte.
It will pre-install Windows 10 (freely upgradeable to Windows 11) and will be available shortly in several European markets.