Acer - Predator Orion Gaming Desktop,Intel Core i7-14700F - 32GB RAM- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER- 2TB SSD - Black
Model: PO5-655-UB22
SKU: 6576268
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Customers praise the Acer Predator Orion Gaming Desktop's performance, noting its ability to run games smoothly and deliver high frame rates. However, some users express concerns regarding the CPU cooling system, citing high temperatures and a desire for improved cooling solutions. The included RAM speed has also drawn criticism from some users. Overall, the system's performance is a major selling point, but potential buyers should consider the cooling system and RAM specifications.
I was very reluctant in picking up a prebuilt, especailly an OEM prebuilt, as I always build out all of my PC's. But, with GPU's being scarce, and me not being very excited for the upcoming 5000 series (I don't care about framegen and DLSS 4, enjoy those fake frames!), I bit the bullet and picked this one up, as the 4070 ti super is nearly impossible to find now. All in all, I'm very pleased. This handls 4K video editing with Davinci Resolve with ease, and has been fantastic with my racing sims - ACC and iRacing. I'm able to pull of basic 4K edits without using proxies at all, and complex edits with plenty of fusion nodes while only going down to half-res on the timeline. Edits are like butter now compared to my old 1660 Super rig. I'm knocking this down 1 star for the following reasons: 1. A couple of the fans are a little louder than they should be at idle. In ramping up the fan speeds individually via the PredatorSense app, it sounds like it's the rear exhaust fan or the PC cooling fan, they seem to be feeding off of each other, so to speak. It'll make a little whirling type noise, and it can vary depending on the fan's speed. It's not even close to being bothersome enough for me to want to RMA it, but it is there and is noticeably louder than my last PC I built out in 2020. It's not bad or anything, just a little annoying when it's completely silent in my office and I'm trying to crank out a late night edit. Naturally, closed back headphones mitigate this concern entitirely. Also, it's hasn't changed at all since I got it nearly 2 weeks ago, so I'm not concerned with it getting worse down the road. I even cranked all the fans up to max for 2 hours straight, just to be sure of things. 2. The included RAM is slow. It's only 4,400mhz, and that will tick enthusiests off. I suppose on the plus side, the CPU is rated up to only 5,600mhz sticks anyways, and with it being a tad slower it should be more stable. 3. The predator symbol on the front of the case lights up along with the RGB fans. I wan't to hid this logo by turning off it's RGB lighting, but there's no option in the software to do that. I'll have to disconnect the pin hearder, no big deal, but figured I'd mention it. On the plus side, this prebuilt has been rock solid stable. The Event Logs look clean, minus some Acer update service that sends failed requests in the background from time to time, but nothing worth even mentioning. Device Manager is good, no conflicts at all. And all of the hardware has recent device drivers installed. CPU temps are between 36c and 55c when idle or watching youtube, and ramps up to 79c under heavy gaming load. Usually right around 45c. Those are respectable numbers for an air cooled Intel 14th gen CPU. The GPU and overal system temps are staying very low, usually in the 35c range, which is excellent. Considering 4000 cards are hard to get right now, and 5000 cards will be eaten by scalpers for a while to come, I think the sale price of this machine makes a good offer in these times. I saw a couple prebuilts get listed ahead of the 5000 release that have the 5080 and 5090, and the prices were redic! We're talking over 4.5K for the 5080 prebuilt, and over 7K for the 5090 machine. Way out of my price range, by a mile. I'm happy with this PC, it's a good all around machine.
Posted by BrianR
As someone who prefers to build my own, i was skeptical about finally having a prebuilt. This is a quality gaming rig, pretty clean cable mgmt, and it absolutely dunks on any 1440 ultra settings i throw at it. Good on temps, fans are quiet as a whisper with slight whoosh when the cpu is going hard. Predatorsense software is decent, w good presets for rgb. Shiny! All in all, I would say this is a high fps and quality to $$$ machine. Consume consume consume and buy this without hesitation.
Posted by NailgunChad
So far, so good on performance. What I don't like about it is that it came bundled with virus protection software that I don't want or use as I have my band of AVS that I use. The uninstall process was difficult and unnecessary. I'm sure I paid extra somehow for this software that I did not ask for or want.
Posted by RLL2
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