Acer today announced new Aspire X3 and Aspire M3 consumer desktop models for customers in Canada. The new desktops come in a sleek, black design with an illuminated blue power button, an attractive touch that ensures it can be found even in a dark cabinet. The sleek Aspire X3 Series desktops boast mainstream technology in a small form factor with prices beginning at just $449.99 CAD. The Aspire M3 brings cinematic entertainment to life in an expandable micro-tower for $569.99 CAD.

The Acer Aspire X3 come with an AMD Athlon II or an Intel Pentium E5500 processor, up to 4GB memory, integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9200 or Intel GMA X4500HD graphics and a 640GB hard drive. Other features include 9 USB 2.0 ports, HDMI port, and PCI Express x1 and PCI Express x16 slot for adding a TV tuner, discrete graphics or sound card.

The Acer Aspire M3 come with either Intel Core i3 and i5 or AMD Athlon II processors and up to 6GB memory. Othre features include ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics card, 5.1-channel surround sound, up to a 1.5TB hard drive, plus an easy swappable hard disk drive cartridge and one additional hard drive bay, PCI Express x1 slot, 12 USB 2.0 ports and HDMI port.

Both of them are now available.