Acer's Latest Predator Looks Meaner than a Pit Bull
Acer's Latest Predator Looks Meaner than a Pit Bull
Posted 06/28/2010 at 7:50am
| by Paul Lilly
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Acer's Predator series have consistently bucked traditional case design and instead have taken aim at gamers with an aggressive styling, and the latest Predator AG7750 is no exception.
"Designed to conquer and destroy, the Aspire Predator boasts a rugged, intimidating chassis as well as super power and speed," said Steve Smith, senior business manager of consumer desktops for Acer America. "It’s a smoking hot gaming rig delivering eye-popping graphics and dynamic audio for a jaw dropping experience that will fire up even hard core gamers. Plus, plenty of room for future upgrades will assist gamers in their quest to reign supreme in the new world order."
Announced today and already available for order online, the AG7750 sells for $2,000 and comes equipped with an Intel Core i7 930 processor, 12GB of DDR3-1333 RAM, 1.5TB hard drive, Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 graphics card, DVD writer, onboard 7.1-channel audio, dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, multi-card reader, a generous 11 USB 2.0 ports (5 front, 6 rear), eSATA, Firewire, HDMI, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.
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grieserl
June 28, 2010 at 6:22pm
Port placement issues aside, this is without a doubt one of the coolest cases I have ever seen.
Zachary K.
June 28, 2010 at 1:58pm
is it just me, or does that entire front look like a copper heatsink?
imagonex
June 28, 2010 at 11:28am
Compared to other vendors' offerings this is a pretty decent system for the price. Looks are in the eye-of-the-beholder. One will have to be careful how they place their cords. I like the orange/black and style. I'm not sure everyone will like the colors, though.
Surely, one can build a similar system for less and tweak it to their liking.
Decent kit for $2000. I'd buy it. In the end, though, build-your-own gives you more freedom and options to your heart's content.
mgalletly
June 28, 2010 at 10:09am
Anyone who buys this is going to need either long USB and headphone/mic cables with plenty of slack or will have to unplug their front panel everytime they want to burn a disc or install software or read/write a memory card. Or is there a way around that I'm not seeing from the pictures?
Muerte
June 28, 2010 at 12:59pm
I don't see an issue. The usb ports, the speaker and headphones jacks are accross the top and the balck guard doesn't look like it hinders any of it in the up or down position.
Camerone
June 28, 2010 at 2:20pm
In the second photo, you can clearly see that the black guard (in it's raised position) is most definitely above the row of inputs on top of the case. Perhaps it may not conflict with usb drives (hopefully), but cords for headphones and mics will have to do some maneuvering.
That being said, I can definitely agree with the styling of the case.
big_montana
June 28, 2010 at 9:46am
I hope they improved their cooling solution, as they do not need another recall for melting cases. Not that I'd buy an Acer as I still think their quality is lacking.
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