Acer Revo One RL85

Paul_B · 26 Sep 2018 at 12:38

Hello all

Complete newbie here so please bear with me or if I am in over my head and in the wrong group feel free to do one!

I've got an Acer Revo One RL85 that I use for streaming mainly with some well known programmes (one begins with A and other K) but I keep getting very high CPU usage.

Currently has 2GB and I was going to order an 8GB stick for it but then remembered mention about overclocking. It has Intel Celeron 2957U at 1.4GHz, could this be overclocked and if so to what speed and do you good people think it would be worth it? Edit: Oops, and how would be the best way to go about it if so

Thanks

Paul

Psycho Sonny · 28 Sep 2018 at 17:02

I had one of those. It's crap. RAM doesn't help at all mine had upgraded ram, etc.

You are best buying a proper HTPC and custom building it yourself. It will never be as small or sleek though. I just built one in a normal PC case and shoved it in a corner with the sofa in front of it. So you can't see it at all so don't care what it looks like.

Paul_B · 30 Sep 2018 at 09:31

Thanks @Psycho Sonny
Did you manage or bother to overclock the Revo?
Really need something small though. Any of these android boxes or similar worth a go?

Psycho Sonny · 30 Sep 2018 at 09:43

Paul_B said:
Thanks @Psycho Sonny
Did you manage or bother to overclock the Revo?
Really need something small though. Any of these android boxes or similar worth a go?

Over locking on such a small machine will be a fire hazard if its possible.

At best you will get such a marginal improvement it will make zero difference

LuckyBenski · 30 Sep 2018 at 12:31

All these mini PCs use at best low-power Intel Atom/Celeron chips that aren't capable of overclocking (it's disabled).

Get something that has the power you need, or build something small but powerful. The reality is, anything that's unlocked for overclocking will already be plenty powerful enough at stock.

Are you streaming at HD or 4k? I'm guessing HD as that device won't have 4k outputs. I usually use a website called CPUBoss to compare CPUs, try pitting the N2957U against whichever CPU you're considering next.

I had a box with Atom Z3735f that did HD fine, but it struggled with windows 10 over time and now doesn't get used - primarily due to limited 2GB RAM

Paul_B · 1 Oct 2018 at 15:37

Thank you for your replies, I will not try overclocking.

Most streams are HD and tend to be OK on the whole except for when Windows stuff kicks in (anti malware etc)sio I think you are right @LuckyBenski about Windows10.

Do you think it may be worth trying Linux as do not need W10?

LuckyBenski · 1 Oct 2018 at 18:31

Paul_B said:
Thank you for your replies, I will not try overclocking.

Most streams are HD and tend to be OK on the whole except for when Windows stuff kicks in (anti malware etc)sio I think you are right @LuckyBenski about Windows10.

Do you think it may be worth trying Linux as do not need W10?

That, sir, is exactly what you should do :cool:

Much lighter on resources and tends not to get slower over time.