Acer Predator Triton 500 PT515-52-73L3 Gaming Laptop, Intel i7-10750H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, 15.6" FHD NVIDIA G-SYNC Display, 300Hz, 16GB Dual-Channel DDR4, 512GB NVMe SSD, RGB Backlit KB

I just got my Triton 500 yesterday (with the 2070 Super, couldn't afford to go higher). I have to say this thing is incredible! I've been searching for a gaming laptop for awhile, and tried just about every one. This gaming PC has won the competition! It games like a dream. I can't believe it's a laptop! It games the same as my desktop PC, if not better. The battery lasts way too long for a gaming laptop. 6 hours with the NVIDIA GPU engaged is insane (youtube and Amazon Video). Everything is engineered way too smooth with too many choices (GPU choice toggle/coolboost/Preset Overclocking/etc etc etc). Every time I look for an option to change it's already thought of, and done correctly. Even the design is beyond beautiful. The RGB is insane! This laptop screams elite gamer, but also dignified and classy at the same time. Also, I have a unique heat issue. I have burn damage to my hands so I can't use a laptop where the surface temp gets too hot (G14 sole my hands up for days). I can't get my Triton 500 to get hot. The surface temp is nice and cool, and even the GPU hasn't gone over 75 degrees C even on CoD warzone with maximum settings. Performance has been incredible. I've been maxing out warzone in every way I can imagine trying to get this laptop to reach a limit. It hasn't yet. The 300Hz refresh rate is a game changer. I went from 2-3 kills a game to around 6 just by being able to see them before they see me. Thank you all for your hard work in designing a dream machine Acer. I don't usually pull this hard for a product, but for the first time in years I'm beyond impressed! It's so rare to see a product intentionally designed as a masterpiece, and Acer has done it! I've never tried an Acer laptop before, but I've instantly changed my status to Fanboy!

I ordered this laptop for gaming and school work the amount of effort acer put into this laptop is amazing, the temps are literally the coldest on the market I'm using the auto fan preset and I get a solid 120fps on minecraft rtx with turbo I can achieve 160fps but the fan is louder then an airplane, the screen had no backblight bleed and I measured the panels response time with overdrive I managed to achieve 2.47ms on average with 300hz running on gpu mode aka g sync, the battery life on this unit is amazing with optimus running on 60hz at 60% brightness, I recently got it today so I'm not done testing but it's still 74% by just browsing on chrome watching things on youtube (fortnite montages) and (anime) also, I went on microsoft teams did some stuff and also reddit, I don't know why but the colors were higher then normal the brightness I measured was 367 nits which is good for a gaming laptop 101% srgb with 81% adobergb and 83% p3 with a contrast ratio of 1250:1. Overall if your going for any gaming laptop this is the thing to go one consequence is the wrist wrest space see the video for yourself, if you own any razer gaming mice you will know this is small, personally I would find this a benefit since I can't tuck my chair under my table so I'm not sitting too far away from the laptop

UPDATE 2/6/23: TLDR: ALWAYS document your packaging and send off process with pictures and videos to have proof you sent off an undamaged, properly packaged unit! Will save you some headache. After talking with Acer Corporate Care Support, I had them investigate the state of the package but since they had thrown it away, they couldn't file claim and agreed to repair my laptop a second time, free of charge. I've also learned that apparently in my first repair case, the laptop also arrived with drop damage but was repaired 'as a courtesy' while never informing me of said drop damage. In both cases I've packaged the laptop safely and sent it without any external or superficial damage and in both cases Acer says they've received it with significant drop/fall damage, which I find extremely weird. I appreciate Acer coming through and repairing it free of charge though, that is good customer service in the end. TLDR: Laptop broke twice with the same issue, Acer repaired once and on second issue claims fall/drop damage that wasn't there when I packed it and sent it in. Refuses repair. I liked this laptop when I got it. It was sleek, well built, ran perfectly well and had good performance on games. It did run fairly hot and the 'turbo' option makes your fans scream to a degree I'm not sure anyone would ever wanna use it. That said, about 8 months after I got it, in the middle of gaming, with plenty of ventilation, no modifications to the unit at all, it just completely shut off, went dead. Literally no reaction to anything, just a complete brick. Fine I said, it's in warranty, let's send it in. They analyzed and repaired it, though it took me almost 3 weeks to get it back. Though they didn't elaborate on the issue, they apparently replaced multiple major components, including LCD and mainboard, which seems insane for a new bought unit that nothing had happened to. Anyway, I kept using the laptop the same way I did before. Standing on a ventilation pad, nothing to obstruct the airflow but guess what, only about a month later, in the middle of gaming, the entire laptop shuts down AGAIN, in the exact same way as before. No lights, no charge, completely dead, a total brick. I think to myself, wow, they repaired this thing by replacing MULTIPLE components and it didn't take even a month for it to fail again in the exact same way? Amazing. But, I'm still in warranty, so I send the unit back in as before. I figure, whatever they're doing there, let them do it again. This time though I see they 'suspended repair' and I start a chat asking what's going on. Chat person tells me they're waiting for replacement parts because of the damage but I don't need to do anything. Alright, I think, let's wait. A week after, Acer contacts me, tells me the damage is so bad that it can't be economically repaired but now ALSO claims it's not covered by their warranty and offers me the same model for about $1,600 with a 90 day warranty. Lol. Now I think, what are you talking about? Not covered by warranty? So I call them and they explain to me technicians found extensive fall/drop damage on a corner of the unit, which isn't covered. They assure me that the outside of the package was fine and it was properly packed. I KNOW I packed a physically intact and superficially undamaged laptop. A laptop that had the exact same issue as before, shutting down. Acer then sends me pictures showing the unit with significant corner damage that looks like someone stepped on it or slammed the corner of it against something hard. To recap, I packaged a fully, externally intact and undamaged unit in Acer's own box and packaging material (from the first return) and Acer now claims there's external damage but also claims the box was undamaged. I'm sorry but where did this supposed damage suddenly come from? How absolutely convenient for Acer that they don't have to repair it now (again). They're essentially saying now, you can buy another unit, for more than you originally bought the new one, with a 90 day warranty (not even 1 year) or have the laptop sent back with even more damage than it had originally. This sounds like fraud to me. I didn't damage it, the package looks undamaged, so who's to tell me that Acer didn't drop it at their facility and thought 'whoops, let's just blame it on the costumer' ?

Acer went all out on the Predator. Nice surprise to see that they used DDR4-3200 (albeit not the lowest latency DIMMs) and a nice fast m.2 NVME drive. High performance CPU and GPU that fit in a nice thin laptop was a nice surprise considering heat dissipation that is required. Very happy with this laptop I bought for my daughter starting College needing something more than her existing 7yo 14-inch Alienware, 4th gen Core i5, GTX-760 - for 3D modeling and graphics design. It does her school work great such as loading and using Maya, and her game playing experience is excellent, she's able to jack the graphics settings way up to pretty much Max on all her games! Excellent performance! Upgrading the memory to low-latency 32 GB - RAM Ripjaw 2x16GB 3200 and adding an extra SSD - Samsung 1TB 970 EVO Plus was a little work. This is not the easiest laptop to change/add RAM or SSD, great care has to be taken. My only gripe would be the difficulty most people may have wanting to upgrade without damaging connectors and such. There are good videos on YouTube how to disassemble this laptop to access those components which are on the other side of the system board (under keyboard).

This is an excellent gaming laptop. It is thin, light, the screen is gorgeous, and the chassis looks fantastic. However being thin and light the thermals are always going to be terrible. If you use the discrete GPU this laptop will heat up to around 90 degrees for the CPU and GPU quickly doing even basic tasks such as web browsing, reading emails, or youtube. You will not be sitting with this on your lap at these temps it is painfully hot. This Triton ships with "discrete GPU always on" in the PredatorSense menu. Turn that off and it will only use the discrete GPU when needed (for gaming). This allows this laptop to maintain a much more comfortable 35 - 40 degree temp for everyday tasks and remains very quiet with low fan speeds at these lower temps. Also be aware because the thermals are so bad when you do use the discrete GPU for gaming the fans spin fast and they are LOUD. Not an issue if you are using headphones otherwise it sounds like you are riding in a small jet. The heat also travels up through the keyboard. Not painfully hot but definitely warm. The battery lasts around 4 hours with "discrete GPU always on" turned off for everyday tasks. When turned on you will be lucky to get 2 hours. Overall I really like this laptop but just know going in with any thin and light gaming laptop your thermals are going to suffer which means a lot of heat quickly with loud fans when using the discrete GPU. We also use it with Oculus Quest 2 and the link cable which this laptop is more than powerful enough to handle, and thankfully has the correct USB-C port to connect. Being away from the laptop when using VR and not having to use the keyboard the hot temps are no issue whatsoever. Having the option to turn off the discrete GPU to keep temps down for basic tasks is very welcome and makes this laptop usable when travelling. You do have the option of using better thermal paste and undervolting but this will only bring temps down marginally and the fans are still going to be loud.

If you purchase this laptop DO NOT use it on your lap or on a soft plastic surface. I had two and they both had the same heat problem. The bottom of the laptop would become way to hot to even touch and it would heat up very easy and quickly. you could of course run it on turbo and this would reduce some felt heat but be advised turbo is very loud. I am quite sure the bottom would get hot enough to melt soft plastic. At 61c or 141.8f a burn can happen in seconds. I love acer, i use a acer swift1 it has lasted me for years with abuse and its what im writing this review on. I cannot recommend the acer predator triton 500 knowing the risk associated with it.

A solid and very capable gaming laptop capable of replacing some desktops. Pros: - 300hz G-Sync Display, top tier screen, no IPS blur and ghosting. Better than my $410 IPS monitor. - Excellent CPU, is basically the same as the i7-9750H though - Excellent GPU with Max-Q design, allowing power allocation for the CPU to GPU or vice versa when needed. Also, the 90w 2070 super Max-Q in this laptop performs as well as the normal 115w 2070 Super Mobile. - 16GB DDR4 2933Mhz RAM (Decent speed, 16GB is more than enough for most people unless you're 3D rendering) - Metal body and plastic bezels, superior build quality - Very good thermals, 3 fans along with 5 heat pipes allow for good cooling. On max fans the cpu hits around the low 80s or high 70s and GPU around the high 60s with heavy load. - Full Per-key RGB keyboard (There is a bump on the W key if that bothers you) Cons: - Relatively expensive - Average battery life - Difficult to upgrade due to motherboard being mounted upside down - 1080p screen - Loud Fans* (This may be a negative to some people but loud fans are good because they cool your device well which will increase the lifespan of the components). - Keyboard animation on startup* There is a keyboard effect when you boot-up which can't be disabled regardless of keyboard lighting settings. Overall this is a very good gaming laptop, I replaced an older version of this one (Acer Predator Triton: i7-9750, RTX 2060 (2019 model) and they've made many improvements. They added a slightly faster cpu, full Per-key RGB lighting to the keyboard, a better screen, and upgraded the RAM speed from 2666Mhz to 2933Mhz.. They also added the RTX 2070 Super Max-Q which is more power efficient and cooler compared to its counterpart. Additionally, the thermals were better because of the Max-Q design on the GPU. This 90w 2070 Super Max-Q also performs as well as the normal 115w 2070 Super Mobile due to the good thermal design on this laptop. Got one of the best benches on UserBenchmark for this graphics card. Very nice laptop, would recommend if you have the budget for it. (Although you should probably wait until the RTX 30 series laptops are released)

The product is carefully packed; mine came with at least 2 boxes before it reached the laptop. Acer tends to provide great care of their packaging, so the problem of a broken laptop on arrival is extremely rare. It is a monster when it comes to gaming. With 300hz monitor, I am satisfied as there is no tearing and fps spike. It is just a perfect choice especially for FPS games out there. However, there are two problems to be concerned about, which are the noises that it makes and the heat. Usually, while gaming, you would probably hear a lot of fan sounds, and it might affect your experience with friends, and yep, heat also comes along. Obviously, it is a gaming laptop, so I could not ask more besides a smooth run for all of my games. I am really satisfied with this choice.

Very fast delivery , came 2 days after ordering even if it said that i should wait for 10 days. Battery life when gaming is shorter but as expected when you are using this laptop for gaming you should be connected to charger all the time to boost your fps anyway, so no complaints. Good experience so far.

Really like this laptop, Even my some friends said my laptop is really good 👍

Un producto de altisima calidad anda increible, lo unico que no me agrada mucho es que se impregnan las huellas de tus manos en las zonas de contacto fuera de eso es una maquina hermosa

Moin, eigentlich läuft der Laptop schon gut. Die neuesten spiele kann ich zocken und der 300hz Bildschirm ist auch super. Aber....wenn ich ihn anmache...nichts starte...er mit 17% belastung direkt auf 87°C hoch geht ist doch nicht normal....die slim bauweise ist echt hammer und sieht super aus, gekühlt wird da aber nichts. Lüftungslöcher sind bei dem Laptop auch nur hinten forhanden..direkt unter den 3 lüftern. Also ab und zu überlege ic hob ich morgens zum frühstück den laptop anmache um ein leckeres ei auf ihm zu braten. Bei den merkmalbewertung gibt es leider keinen reiter mit Kühlung..da würde ich versuchen -1 stern zu geben Würde von diesen Laptop abraten

heat accepted playing very powerful with or without battery no problem after updates battery brilliant