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Acer Predator Triton 500

things we did upon unboxing Acer’s newest gaming laptop was fire up the included software, PredatorSense (which, for some reason, has its own dedicated button on the keyboard). Like many programs of its type, PredatorSense collates a suite of tools useful to gamers: fan controls, automatic overclocking functions, temperature and voltage monitors, and so on. The first feature to catch our eye was the fan boost function, so of course we merrily clicked the “Max Speed” button.

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