Acer Predator gaming rig: Faster. Deeper. Harder. Further.

Hey, that's Acer's overtly compensating tag line, not our take on this totally over-the-top gaming rig. Acer's new Aspire G7700 Predator desktop offers options such as an overclocking quad-core, Core 2 Extreme proc, up to 8GB of DDR2 800/1066 memory, and 3x NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX graphics cards kept in check by a liquid cooled core. It features what Acer calls a "world's first optical bay mechanism" revealing a pair of 5.25-inch drive bays which you can stuff with a DVD drive, Blu-ray/HD DVD drive or both. The box can be configured with up to 4x, 3.5-inch SATA hot-swappable hard drives (including 10k RPM raptors) with RAID support. No street date or pricing yet, but we've got plenty of pics in the gallery.

Gallery: Acer Predator gaming rig: Faster. Deeper. Harder. Further.

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[waiownsyou @ May 21st 2008 2:23AM]

Overkill much?

And seriously, if Optimus Prime was a PC, this is it. That damn robodude is always the biggest of everything.

[DiscoCat5 @ May 21st 2008 2:28AM]

hes smaller than megatron :I

[DiscoCat5 @ May 21st 2008 2:30AM]

speaking of which... anyone know why megatron didnt use that glowing sword (that comes out of his arm) when fighting megatron in the last fight scene? (too effective?...)

[DiscoCat5 @ May 21st 2008 2:30AM]

of the movie btw not the tv shows

[Ace b @ May 21st 2008 3:32AM]

@DiscoCat5

Dude,You Fail.

Original:" anyone know why megatron didnt use that glowing sword (that comes out of his arm) when fighting megatron in the last fight scene? (too effective?..."


Edited:" anyone know why Optimus Prime didnt use that glowing blade (that comes out of his arm) when fighting megatron in the last fight scene? (too effective?..)


I assume thats what you meant.

[Charlie Calhoun @ May 21st 2008 5:56AM]

@ Ace

Same idea here. I thought "huh.. I don't remember Megatron fighting himself..." Be cool if they had like schizophrenia or something though.

"Let's kill these humans"
"No! They're innocent!"
"KILL THEM!!"
"nooo!!"

Smeagol (Gollum) type thing, you know?

[mattclarkie @ May 21st 2008 6:58AM]

Looks like a car that has been in a crash. Even the wiper blades didn't survive the crash.

[pcdsim @ May 21st 2008 8:55AM]

And they're all smaller than Omega Supreme whose teeny compared to Unicron or Primus.

[DiscoCat5 @ May 21st 2008 9:08AM]

haha yes i guess i need to proofread my messages a bit better :p, but of course i meant megatron, but seriously anyone know why he didnt?

[DiscoCat5 @ May 21st 2008 9:12AM]

and before you pull me up for saying megatron, that one was sarcastic... just covering myself, never know what some poeple think on the net.

so in summary,
why doesnt OPTIMUS PRIME use the glowing sword that extends from his arm in the final battle scene when he is fighting MEGATRON?
could itb e that it would be too effective? thus changing the series of events after that battle.

and that pc looks pretty cool too. out of my price range though :(

[Jacob Wilson @ May 21st 2008 2:25AM]

No love for DDR3?

[Kamokazi @ May 21st 2008 9:44AM]

Pricey and doesn't really deliver the performance over DDR2 (yet). Although this rig is pricey in the first place, so, eh, whatever...

I think DDR3 will start to become more popular with Nahalem late this year/early next year.

[WarMouse @ May 21st 2008 2:26AM]

I challenge anyone to come up with a more overtly sexual tagline.

[Pochi @ May 21st 2008 2:35AM]

I defy anyone to buy this and not admit major sexual inadequacies.

[Dualboot @ May 21st 2008 2:35AM]

Here you go:
Faster. Deeper. Harder. LONGER!

[ethana2 @ May 21st 2008 3:00AM]

Yeah, wow. Good job acer.

[ethana2 @ May 21st 2008 3:01AM]

By the way, you're not allowed to own one of these rigs if you live within 5 miles of an elementary school...

[Reader @ May 21st 2008 3:56AM]

"this computer is like boning Jessica Alba"

Do I get a cookie?

[linuxamp @ May 21st 2008 5:22AM]

What about ... "WETTER" as in it's so wet.
It's liquid cooled so that line would be accurate.

[Martin @ May 21st 2008 7:36AM]

A sexier tagline surprised nobody else has thought of it already...

"iPredator"

I wonder if Apple will ever bring a gaming system/console to the market place.

[urbanpeasant @ May 21st 2008 7:58AM]

Penetrate your games!

[r3loaded @ May 21st 2008 9:48AM]

Martin, I also thought up "iPwn". See how it rhymes with iPhone? :)

Obligatory bit follows:

That's what she said...

[michael @ May 21st 2008 11:04AM]

what about The Sexual Predator:
Pwn some noob and T-bag him halo style!

[OneLove @ May 21st 2008 11:40AM]

...thats what she said!

[Colin Potter @ May 21st 2008 2:26AM]

what does it do deeper?

I like the overall design of the case though... its kind of cool and it doesn't look like anything i've seen before

cough* http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/video-hands-on-with-the-gmc-bulldozer-r4-computer-case/

but seriously.... HD-DVD?! that better be a no-cost add-on!

[Michael @ May 21st 2008 2:50AM]

Jesus. That thing looks like the lovechild of Optimus Prim and a Super Nintendo.

[mike @ May 21st 2008 3:25AM]

@colin

Not surprising: its supposed to look like a giant clitoris.

[linuxamp @ May 21st 2008 5:24AM]

The case does look quite deep as does it's height. Width looks pretty normal though.

[Pjkli @ May 21st 2008 9:03AM]

@Mike
The clitoris is just a myth. How could they design it to look like something they've never seen before?

[Erik @ May 21st 2008 2:30AM]

Paint it red with gold highlights, add in a little logo, and an extra $500 on to the price tag.

What do you have then?

The official Iron Man rig.

[monkfishbandana @ May 21st 2008 6:43AM]

Guess what that sound is.

The sound of the Acer marketing, design and finance departments kicking themselves.

[Jordan @ May 21st 2008 2:38AM]

Harder Better Faster Stronger!

[Eh @ May 21st 2008 2:43AM]

How did they get Shirow Masamune to design a case for them?

[doylemb @ May 21st 2008 2:58AM]

Anyone else think that thing is rockin an Iron Man Mk III look?

[frankXchange @ May 21st 2008 3:00AM]

It would be much cooler if the front cover served a purpose other than to make it look like Iron Man's travel bag. I wonder if they also offer a blue glowing round mouse that attaches to your hand, a hud, and a radial keyboard (like in the movie).

[Juneau21 @ May 21st 2008 8:02AM]

so how much is this?

[ben @ May 21st 2008 3:11AM]

Add a few more angles and moving parts and I'm sold!

[Laughing Man @ May 21st 2008 3:10AM]

I can't find a good reason to care. Go Orange!

[iDanD123 @ May 21st 2008 3:33AM]

Oh comeon, 8GB ram? a quad core?
HAVE YOU NEVER HEARD OF THE MAC PRO?!!!!!!!!!
Mac Pro
2x3.2GHz Quad Core
32GB Ram (Upgradeable to more)
4 Hot Swappable HDD bays

And UNIX, OpenGl, etc.

[Ryback @ May 21st 2008 3:40AM]

Wow! Those specs makes the Mac Pro the ultimate gaming rig! Doesn't it...?

[FTY @ May 21st 2008 4:17AM]

Build the best Mac PRO and then go build a PC with exactly the same spec, compare prices and wonder how a fucking Apple case costs ~5k.

[nh @ May 21st 2008 4:25AM]

Oh comeon, 32GB ram? Eight core?
HAVE YOU NEVER HEARD OF BLUE GENE/L?!!!!!!!!!

[Kizorblade @ May 21st 2008 7:20AM]

Too lazy FTY, why don't you go try?

Two Xenon processors, yadda yadda

Oh, and it also can't sound like a jet.

[Ryback @ May 21st 2008 3:41AM]

And now for the mandatory comment: Does it play Crysis?

[iDanD123 @ May 21st 2008 3:47AM]

Yes, very well, if you boot windows on it.
This mother will run vista ultimate 64 bit with crysis with ease

[triforceOFcourage @ May 21st 2008 4:31AM]

"This mother will run vista ultimate 64 bit with crysis with ease"

And so does my rig...except I payed half that.

WTF is with the Iron Man case tho? Scratch that...what the hell is the deal with overcompensation on all facets of this computer?

[computer.dude.28 @ May 21st 2008 6:16PM]

And now for the mandatory reply:

It obviously does, it isn't worth asking, and the only way your comment could be considered manditory would be if your goal was to piss people off.

[Puneet @ May 21st 2008 3:46AM]

oh my jesus christ holy optimus prime batman monkey balls !

[AntiMatter @ May 21st 2008 3:57AM]

Not for the green minded.

[HydePark @ May 21st 2008 4:14AM]

It looks like a Japanese robot who needs some attention