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AcerPredator Orion7000 (2023)

PRICE As reviewed, £3,333 (£3,999 inc VAT) from currys.co.uk

With its Orion 9000 range stuck on Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 30 cards, the Predator Orion 7000 is now Acer’s premier gaming PC series. The 2023 update has just landed, packed with Nvidia RTX 40 series GPUs and Intel Raptor Lake 13th generation chips. After spending a week with a top-tier model, I can confidently state that the Orion 7000 range is a power-packed choice for hardcore gamers —as well as being one of the largest PCs you can buy.

I’m a big guy, and I still had to take a deep breath and brace myself before hefting the 17kg Orion 7000 around during the setup process. The tall tower case measures roughly half a metre tall and deep, so it takes

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