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Acer introduced the Revo Build mini-desktop computer in September, promising it’d be available in the United States later in the year. Now the company has delivered on that promise: this little desktop computer with Windows 10 Home software, a Celeron N3050U Braswell processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and a USB keyboard and mouse has a list price of $180.
But right now Amazon is selling it for $130.
The key feature that makes the Revo Build stand out from other tiny desktops is its modular design: you should be able to add storage, speakers, graphics cards, or other hardware by stacking a series of blocks.
Right now it doesn’t look like any of those blocks are available in the US yet. Still, $130 isn’t a bad price for this little computer. But if you’re looking for something a little different, today’s daily deals roundup includes some good deals on a number of other tiny desktop computers.
Mini PCs
- Acer Revo Build Mini desktop w/Celeron N3050U, Windows 10 for $130 – Amazon
- Acer Chromebox CXI2 for $120 and up – Amazon
- Alienware Alpha mini PC w/Core i3 Haswell, Windows for $380 – Amazon
- Asus VM42 mini PC w/Celeron 2957U, Windows for $199 – Amazon
- Shuttle NC01U barebones mini PC w/Celeron 3205U for $163 – Amazon
- HP Pavilion 300 mini desktop for $220 and up – Amazon
- Intel NUC barebones mini PC w/Pentium N3700Â + 4GB RAM for $155 – Newegg
- Raspberry Pi Model B+ w/8GB microSD card for $20 – NeweggFlash
NotebooksÂ
- HP Pavilion x360 convertible notebook w/Core i5 Skylake for $499 – Microsoft Store
- Lenovo Yoga 700 convertible w/11.6″ display for $550 and up – Best Buy
- Refurb HP Chromebook 14 w/Tegra K1 for $150 – Woot
Tablets and smartphones
- HP Pavilion x2 Windows tablet + keyboard for $230 – Best Buy
- Google Nexus 7 (2013) tablet w/16GB for $129 – Amazon
- Asus MeMO Pad ME181 Android tablet w/Atom Z3745 for $80 – Newegg (coupon:Â INTELTAB5)
- Motorola Moto X (2nd edition) w/64GB for $300 and up – Motorola
Accessories
- AmazonBasics portable Bluetooth speaker for $40 – Amazon
- ADATA 32GB microSDXC card + adapter for $7 – Newegg (coupon:Â EMCKNAK35)
- Team 128GB microSDXC card + USB adapter for $32 – Newegg
- Netgear R2650 802.11ac 1600 WiFi router for $100 – Best Buy
You can find more bargains in our daily deals section.
It’s been priced at 130$ for a week now which is just barely reasonable. The celeron n3050 is absolute trash and you can’t add a hard drive internally which kills any use as a headless file server. There’s really no good experiences with a sub-bottom of the barrel machine like this.
If all you need is a file server then go buy a cheap NAS box. You only buy a Windows machine when you need Windows. For an appliance like a low-end file server you don’t care too much what OS is in there anyway as long as it works reliably and has the features you need.