Acer Aspire M3 Series

The Acer Aspire M3 Series is one of two small form factor, all-in-one desktop series (Aspire M3, Aspire X3) released in summer 2010. In particular, the M3 desktops host either an AMD Athlon II or AMD Phenom II CPU with either an ATI HD 5450 or Nvidia GeForce 9200 graphics module.

The X3, on the other hand, begins with just integrated Intel graphics, though it can be later upgraded. Mind you, the M3 is limited to a smaller hard-drive (640GB) and a weaker processor, but offers greater expansion via dual PCI Express x1 slots, an open PCI Express slot, and bays for an extra optical drive and hard drive. Suffice it to say, the M3 is better equipped for gamers, whereas its counterpart is more for the business-savvy.