Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower vs. Acer Nitro 50 (N50-600)
Here is a side by side comparison between Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower and Acer Nitro 50 (N50-600) specs including price, processors, memory, graphics, storage, ports, and more.
Line-out audio port with re-tasking to Line-in (Rear).
Creative Sound BlasterX 360°
External Ports
1 x Headphone Jack
Front
1 x Microphone Jack
Front
3 x Audio port
1 x Line-in, 1 x Line-out, and 1 x Microphone 3.5mm audio jack. (Rear).
Misc
Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower
Acer Nitro 50 (N50-600)
Warranty
Limited Hardware Warranty
Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower vs. Acer Nitro 50 (N50-600)
The Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower and the Acer Nitro 50 (N50-600) were released in the same year, 2018. The Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower has a mini tower form factor that can fit a micro ATX and Mini ITX motherboard, a few hard disk drives, and a single full-height graphics card. The Acer Nitro 50 (N50-600) has a full-tower form factor that can accommodate a large motherboard, multiple graphics cards, extra storage, and better cooling solution.
Processor
The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is like the brains of your desktop computer. Its performance determines how fast and responsive your PC is. Generally, a processor with newer architecture, more CPU cores, higher TDP (measured in W), and faster clock speed (measured in GHz) tends to be more expensive and run faster than others with older architecture, fewer CPU cores, lower TDP, and lower clock speed.
For Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower, you have options to configure it with a 54W 8th Generation Intel Coffee Lake dual-core Intel Celeron G4900 up to a 65W 6-core Intel Core i7-8700 with a boost speed up to 4.60 GHz.
While Acer Nitro 50 (N50-600) has configurations with a 65W 8th Generation Intel Coffee Lake 6-core Intel Core i5-8400 up to a 65W 8-core Intel Core i7-9700 with a boost speed up to 4.70 GHz.
Memory
The Random Access Memory or RAM is the super-fast and temporary storage used to handle all active tasks, apps, and games that will go away when your PC turns off. The more memory your PC has, the better multitasking your PC can handle without having to reload data from slower permanent storage that includes the hard disk drive or solid-state drive.
Fortunately, both PC allows you to upgrade later if you are unsatisfied with the amount of memory on your PC. The Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower has two RAM slots that support up to 32GB of 2666MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory. On the other hand, the Acer Nitro 50 (N50-600) has four RAM slots that you can upgrade up to 64GB of 2666MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory.
Ports
Computer ports are the interface for connecting your PC to its peripheral devices or other PCs. The most common peripherals are keyboard, mouse, monitor, flash drive, speaker, and printer. Most of them use Universal Serial Bus (USB) as their connection to your computer. So the PC with more USB ports can connect to more peripherals at the same time.
There is a total number of 8 USB ports available on both PCs. On top of the number of USB ports, the type and version of each USB port are also necessary for determining how fast it is.
The Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower has eight USB ports USB ports that all of them are Type-A port. It has four ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and four ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).
For Acer Nitro 50 (N50-600), it has seven USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. The PC has four ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps), two ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), and two ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps).
