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Acer Predator Triton 300 SE: Affordable GeForce RTX performance in a slim package

An on-the-go gaming rig with ray-tracing chops that won’t break your budget or your back, the Acer Predator Triton 300 SE serves up an enticing mix of value and performance. With a list price of $1,400 but currently on sale at Best Buy for just $1,300, the Predator Triton 300 SE arrives with Intel’s cutting-edge Tiger Lake H35 “ultraportable gaming” CPU, along with GeForce RTX 3060 graphics and a slim 3.8-pound design.

The Triton’s understated silver chassis gives the laptop a corporate look, but if you crack open the lid, you’ll find a 14-inch, 144Hz Full HD display, three-zone RGB keyboard backlighting, and one-touch overclocking. Thunderbolt 4 and solid battery life make a good thing even better.

CONFIGURATION

The Acer Predator Triton 300 SE is one of the first laptops to pack Intel’s “Special Edition” 11th-gen Core H-series CPU, a so-called H35 chip that’s designed for a new class of (as Intel puts it) “ultraportable gaming” systems. Also inside: a GeForce RTX 3060 GPU, which boasts Nvidia’s Ampere 2nd-gen RTX architecture.

Let’s take a more detailed look under the hood:

CPU: Quad-core Intel Core i7-11375H Special Edition

Memory: 16GB DDR4 dual-channel SDRAM (upgradable to 24GB using a single soDIMM module)

Graphics: GeForce RTX 3060 with 6GB GDDR6 VRAM

Storage: 512GB NVMe SSD

Display: 14-inch 1920x1080 IPS with 144Hz refresh rate, 300 nits

Webcam: 720p SHDR

Thunderbolt 4, two USB SuperSpeed 10Gbps

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