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Acer Nitro N50-610

PRICE £749 (£899 inc VAT) from currys.co.uk

What if. That is the question that haunts the the Acer Nitro N50-610. This gaming PC comes tantalisingly close to being a bargain, but it’s handicapped by two crucial cost-cutting measures that that it can’t quite overcome. If you have sufficient technical technical nous, it’s easy to rectify them both–but it will costa little money.

The first and most obvious handbrake is 8GB of RAM. Supplied as two DIMMs, this leaves two empty sockets so you can add two more sticks yourself at around £20 each. Is doing so necessary? No, because Windows

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