Acer Aspire TC-1775-UR11

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  • Intel Core i5-14400 (10-core: 6P + 4E, 2.50 GHz base, up to 4.70 GHz turbo)
  • 8GB DDR5-4800 (1 x 8GB, 2 slots, up to 32GB)
  • 512GB M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
  • Intel UHD 730 graphics

Lowest price seen
~$599.99 (approx.)
from $599.99 at Amazon

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Summary

A 15L budget compact tower with a 14th-gen Core i5-14400, 8GB of DDR5 and a 512GB NVMe SSD, aimed at home and office buyers who want room to add memory and storage. Check the power supply and the M.2 slot before you buy: the proprietary 300W unit has no GPU power connector, and the empty optical-drive bracket sits over the SSD slot.

Strengths

  • The Core i5-14400 alone retails for about $235, so the full system is compelling at its usual street price.
  • The compact 15L chassis fits under a desk.
  • Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 are uncommon at this price.
  • Dual HDMI outputs drive two monitors.
  • The side panel comes off with a Philips screwdriver, and RAM and storage are easy to reach.
  • There is a front-panel card reader and a USB-C port.

Weaknesses

  • The CPU fan is quiet at idle but intrusive under heavy load.
  • The 512GB SSD fills quickly.
  • Boot POST takes longer than expected.
  • 8GB of single-channel RAM limits multitasking until you add a second module.
  • The proprietary motherboard and power supply limit upgrades and repairs.
  • The optical-drive bracket covers the M.2 slot, which makes SSD swaps fiddlier.

Verified specifications

ModelAcer Aspire TC-1775-UR11, part number DT.BLRAA.001.
ProcessorIntel Core i5-14400, 10 cores (6P + 4E), 16 threads, up to 4.7 GHz turbo, 2.5 GHz base frequency, 65W base TDP.
RAM8GB DDR5-4800, single-channel (1 x 8GB); two DIMM slots, up to 32GB total.
Storage512GB M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD; one M.2 socket plus four SATA ports, SATA cables included.
GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics 730.
Operating systemWindows 11 Home.
WirelessIntel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 and Bluetooth 5.3.
EthernetGigabit.
Power supply300W, proprietary and non-modular, with no 6+2-pin GPU connector.
Front panelcard reader and one USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 port, plus USB-A 2.0 ports.
Dimensions13.4 × 13.8 × 6.4 in (340 × 350 × 163 mm); 15L chassis.
In the boxwired mouse and wired membrane keyboard.
Warrantyone year from Acer.
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Performance

Everyday performance is enough for office work, streaming and light content creation. PCMag’s August 2024 testing put the system ahead of its predecessor in most productivity benchmarks (PCMark 10, Cinebench R23, Geekbench 5.4 Pro and HandBrake 1.4) but last in PugetBench Photoshop, and just behind the pricier Asus NUC 14. Windows Central reported snappy performance for streaming, browsing and Office work with no thermal throttling; the CPU peaked around 85°C during turbo and settled near 65°C under sustained load. The integrated UHD 730 graphics gain from DDR5 memory but still trail Iris Xe and Arc solutions, and GFXBench 5 would not run on PCMag’s test unit.

Upgrades and repairs

Inside there are two DIMM slots, one M.2 socket, four SATA ports and PCIe x16 and x1 slots. The catch is the proprietary motherboard, which will not fit a standard case, and the proprietary 300W power supply, which has no GPU power connector, so a discrete card is limited to 75W of slot power. The chipset, VRMs and M.2 slot have no dedicated cooling, which PCMag notes is acceptable for a midrange low-power system. The empty optical-drive bracket sits over the M.2 slot and makes storage upgrades harder. A firmware update on arrival is worth the effort: both reviews recommend it to address the Intel 13th/14th Gen Raptor Lake stability issue, and it is unclear how quickly the microcode fix reaches Acer’s BIOS.

Fan noise, storage and ports

The CPU cooler is quiet during normal desktop use but audible and intrusive when the CPU is pushed. Windows Central measured it at about 47 dBa during an extended stress test. The test unit used a WD SN740 M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 SSD with moderate speeds, and the 512GB drive fills quickly if you install more than a handful of large games. The front panel carries a single USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 port among many USB-A 2.0 ports, and pre-installed third-party apps from Amazon, Dropbox and Booking.com appear in the taskbar; they can be deleted.

Is it worth it?

At its usual street price of about $500 the package is good value, and Windows Central saw occasional drops to about $440 with coupons (August 2024). PCMag listed an MSRP of $599.99 at review time, and its page showed $639 at Newegg and $729 at Walmart (October 2026). Above about $600 the weak points — the proprietary board and power supply, single-channel memory and the capped GPU path — get harder to justify. If you plan to add memory, an Acer community member suggested a 2x8GB DDR5-4800 kit at about $33; the 16GB UR12 variant listed at $649.99, which is easier to beat by upgrading the UR11 yourself.

Which model this is

This page covers the Acer Aspire TC-1775-UR11, part number DT.BLRAA.001, a 15L compact tower sold with the Core i5-14400, 8GB of DDR5-4800 and a 512GB NVMe SSD. Acer also sells a UR12 variant with 16GB of dual-channel memory, plus configurations up to 2TB of storage or a GTX 1660 Super. If you want dual-channel memory out of the box, don’t confuse the UR11 with the UR12.

The US listing for this configuration carries ASIN B0D3FC8MD4.

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