I have some process heavy software for activities such as photo processing or digital painting which can heavily use the hard drive as swap space.

The 2TB hard drive gives a nice size of storage for videos and photos

The hard drive is "spinning

2TB 7200RPM SATA hard drive, and Windows 10 Home.

Not mentioned is that the DVD-R drive is a laptop variety.

Even a 120GB drive for the operating system to boot off would make a WORLD of difference, as the spinning Toshiba hard drive in here is a bottleneck for the rest of the speedy system

Mine is the I3 version with 8GB ram and 1TB hard drive.

The DDR4 memory can be maxed out at 32 GB, plus a portable hard drive can be attached by USB or USB-C for swap spaceThe Acer TC-885-ACCFLi5 Aspire desktop is a good basic computer that will work well for most activities, Simple home users or students would find this computer more than adequate, but gamers, or people with heavy processing needs will like find reasons to upgrade.

Unconventional vertically-mounted hard drive cage will require patience if you wish to populate its second bay

The DDR4 memory can be maxed out at 32 GB, plus a portable hard drive can be attached by USB or USB-C for swap spaceThe Acer TC-885-ACCFLi5 Aspire desktop is a good basic computer that will work well for most activities, Simple home users or students would find this computer more than adequate, but gamers, or people with heavy processing needs will like find reasons to upgrade.