Acer on Wednesday announced its new line of Aspier notebooks built around Intel's Sandy Bridge architecture. There are three new models in all, including the Aspire 5750, 5750G, and 7750G.

"The new line-up of Aspire notebooks will give consumers advanced productivity and outstanding entertainment capabilities," said Preeta Anil, senior manager of product marketing for Acer America. "The new Aspire line upholds Acer's strong tradition of offering first-to-market, leading-edge technologies at budget-friendly prices."

Power users will be most drawn the 17.3-inch  Aspire 7750, which comes with two SODIMM slots for up to 8GB of DDR3 memory and up to 750GB of hard drive storage. The 5750G and 5750, meanwhile, sport 15.6-inch screens and come pre-loaded with 4GB or 6GB of memory and can be configured with up to 640GB of storage space. In addition, Acer says the 5750G is the first to market with the new Nvidia GeForce GT 540M graphics solution.

All three models feature Acer's clear.fi digital home entertainment solution that automatically connects all Acer devices onto a home network. This works not only with notebooks, but also with smartphones, desktops, HD media players, and home storage devices.

The Aspire 5750 ($900), 5750G ($900), and 7750G ($1030) will be available January 9, 2011.

Today marks the pre-launch of Intel's much anticipated Sandy Bridge architecture, which has vendors lining up to be first out the door with related products. One of those vendors is G.Skill, who tells us they've just launched a new memory line -- RipjawsX series -- designed specifically for Intel's newest silicon.

There are a whopping 25 new DDR3 memory kits in all, ranging in frequency from 1333MHz (4GB/8GB/16GB) to 2300MHz (4GB), some with fans and some without. But what really separates these kits from your standard fare is that G.Skill purportedly hand tests each one on an Intel Sandy Bridge platform "in accordance with G.Skill's strict internal testing procedure, to ensure best in class performance, compatibility, and reliability."

No word yet on price or availability.