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Anyone get this Acer Refurb? What condition did it arrive in? How "used" was it?
You should run test on everything, some have ram test not passing while others have other problems...you don't want issues later when you can't return it.
A lot of refurbs Acers for a reason...sells out but also comes back in stock often.
Last edited by WreckerALeX August 20, 2026 at 11:02 AM.
Received mine the other day. I jumped on it due to the fear of memory getting even more expensive than it is now. Not sure if they are all the exact same but some info on mine that I was curious about prior to order (yours might be slightly different):
-The 5070ti graphics card is a Gigabyte Eagle (lowest tier Gigabyte makes but its fine).
-The ram is 32gb T Force Delta 6000 CL38 (pretty low tier vs other ram kits, again fine).
-The motherboard is a barebones micro atx gigabyte 650m locked down by acer (you have to use their bios's, not gigabytes). It has really bad VRM's so if your looking to put in a 9850x3d or better down the road, you might want to upgrade the motherboard as well...
-The 2tb NVME is a Kingston NV3.
Overall seems fine. If the world was different I would probably have more complains (It is a bit crazy that $1800+ gets you low tier parts all around, or is that just a prebuilt thing? I haven't bought a prebuilt in 20 years) The fans make a quiet pulsing noise when at idle. Can't hear it over my AC but probably going to look into different fans at some point.
A couple annoying things I've figured out so you don't have to:
-Mine shipped with a bios dated 12/10/2024. Acers website lists the newest bios as 3/31/2025. These are the same bios's.
-The RGB in the bios does not work. You can open it but you can't change anything and once your on that screen your stuck there and have to do a hard reset. Not sure why you're even allowed to click on it. You can use Gigabyte Control Center to change the RGB on the fans and ram. Don't use OpenRGB (at least for now), It can change the color of the fans but the current version of OpenRGB can not change the color of the ram so it will be stuck on rainbow throwup mode.
-Set the ram to EXPO in bios, not XMP. I did not know what it was (AMD's version of XMP on ddr5 ram) so I did XMP like I always do and it created a bunch of issues like the computer crashing when it would wake from sleep.
Last edited by jbouchard09 August 20, 2026 at 06:47 PM.
You save a whopping 63$ on this refurb vs new (and better parts) on pcpartpicker. Used gemini extended thinking. Test test test if you buy.
Care to share this pcpartpicker list? Just the ram/graphics card/ssd is nearly $2k new. Not including cpu, cpu cooler, case, power supply, motherboard, and OS. There is no way. I just made the list, subbed in a couple things that were cheaper and it was still $2500 without OS.
Last edited by jbouchard09 August 21, 2026 at 06:38 PM.
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A lot of refurbs Acers for a reason...sells out but also comes back in stock often.
-The 5070ti graphics card is a Gigabyte Eagle (lowest tier Gigabyte makes but its fine).
-The ram is 32gb T Force Delta 6000 CL38 (pretty low tier vs other ram kits, again fine).
-The motherboard is a barebones micro atx gigabyte 650m locked down by acer (you have to use their bios's, not gigabytes). It has really bad VRM's so if your looking to put in a 9850x3d or better down the road, you might want to upgrade the motherboard as well...
-The 2tb NVME is a Kingston NV3.
Overall seems fine. If the world was different I would probably have more complains (It is a bit crazy that $1800+ gets you low tier parts all around, or is that just a prebuilt thing? I haven't bought a prebuilt in 20 years) The fans make a quiet pulsing noise when at idle. Can't hear it over my AC but probably going to look into different fans at some point.
A couple annoying things I've figured out so you don't have to:
-Mine shipped with a bios dated 12/10/2024. Acers website lists the newest bios as 3/31/2025. These are the same bios's.
-The RGB in the bios does not work. You can open it but you can't change anything and once your on that screen your stuck there and have to do a hard reset. Not sure why you're even allowed to click on it. You can use Gigabyte Control Center to change the RGB on the fans and ram. Don't use OpenRGB (at least for now), It can change the color of the fans but the current version of OpenRGB can not change the color of the ram so it will be stuck on rainbow throwup mode.
-Set the ram to EXPO in bios, not XMP. I did not know what it was (AMD's version of XMP on ddr5 ram) so I did XMP like I always do and it created a bunch of issues like the computer crashing when it would wake from sleep.
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