ACER Predator Orion 7000 Desktop PC Review: Ultimate Desktop Power for Serious Gamers

The concept of a desktop PC seems a little alien these days. Laptops are all the rage for portability and decent power on a budget – but what if you want to go all out? That’s where desktop PC’s like the ACER Predator Orion 7000 desktop come in. 

It’s all about power at this end of the market, and with the lowest end priced at $7,999 RRP (but currently on-sale for $6,199) it’s a premium gaming option. 

Running up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor with NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs, the ACER Predator Orion 7000 desktop also offers unbridled power with Predator CycloneX 360 cooling keeping it cool, and it looks the part too with fully customisable ARGB lighting.

ACER have sent a review unit across with 64GB of DDR5 RAM and a 2TB M.2 SSD – though there are configs which have more (and less), The Predator Orion 7000 also has the benefit of upgradability with space for multiple types of storage as well as room to add more RAM in the future. 

I got to use the ACER Predator ORION 7000 Desktop PC for a full month, and here’s how it went. 

Hardware

Specs

The Predator ORION 7000 comes in a decently large case, around 67 Litres and weighing in at 18kg. 

There’s a tempered glass panel on the left to show off the internal components, and on the front to show off the intake fans – with ACER’s customisable RGB lighting throughout. 

While the case offers many options for upgrades, including four M.2 SSD slots, mounting points for 2.5” SSDs and two bonus 3.5” HDD racks with tool-less enclosures as well as space for up to 128GB of RAM – it’s also not toolless, but all you need is a phillips head screwdriver to gain access. 

Inside you’ll also find a 1,200W power supply running the system which includes modular inputs – with spare slots available. While there’s theoretically free PCI Express slots – the RTX 5090 GPU takes over the whole board covering the slots. 

Thankfully the User Manual will take you through how to install RAM, new GPU or new drives in your PC. 

One easy way to add more space to your new PC, is through the Hot Swap Storage caddy mounted in the top of the case next to the USB and audio input/output jacks.

It took a little to work out what this was, but it’s essentially a caddy you can add your own M.2 SSD and then just take it with you wherever you go. It uses a USB-C connector – which there is in the storage bay, making it easy to take your data with you.

On the rear of the PC, you’ll find another USB-C port, as well as three 5Gbps USB Type-A ports, and two slightly slower USB 2.0 ports. There’s also hard-wired ethernet with a 2.5Gbps RJ45 jack, and audio jacks for microphone, line-in, and line-out.

Internally, you get Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3 to keep you connected to the network, and your peripherals. For peripherals, the Desktop actually comes with an Acer Predator Mouse and Keyboard combo, though they are fairly basic wired models.

The System includes an excellent air-flow setup for cooling, using  Acer’s CycloneX 360 cooling system which uses a 3-in-1 triple-fan design – as well as a CPU Liquid Cooler to keep the system running cool – even when you throw everything at it. 

The cooling works well. There’s four modes available: Quiet, Balanced, Performance and Turbo – and to be fair, on Quiet and Balanced, you rarely hear any of the fans.

Despite the liquid cooling, the fans can get a little loud if you push into Performance and Turbo modes though. At full speed you can experience over 75dB from the fans alone – about the same as an idling truck, so it’s loud but it does keep the system cool.

The entire system is lit up using ACERs Pulsar Lighting system which you can configure in the Acer PredatorSense app which comes pre-installed on the PC. The Pulsar Lighting system lets you choose colour, as well as a style for the Fans, Cooler and RAM. 

Performance and Gaming

The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor with 64GB DDR5 RAM and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 GPU with 32GB VRAM can handle pretty much anything you throw at it, and do it fast. 

Video rendering and gaming are the two top choices here, and it does both extremely well. 4K and 8K video video renders fly out of Camtasia, and gaming is almost unrestricted. 

Games including Crimson Desert, Cyberpunk 2077 and Crysis Remastered easily hit over 110 FPS. Crysis actually hit over 240 in ‘Can it run Crysis’ mode and NBA 2K26 peaked at 240fps. 

Of course we ran it through 3DMark’s Benchmarks and here’s how it went:

Software

There’s a copy of Windows 11 Home, with the 25H2 update offering support through to October 2028 pre-installed on the Predator ORION 7000 desktop.

There’s a few apps pre-installed on the system. Mostly Windows apps and utilities (including Solitaire), most of which cover the hardware from the system including the DTS: X app for Audio, Intel utilities for Wifi and the NVIDIA app for your GPU which will help keep drivers and more up to date.

That said, you do get a couple of bonus apps which include offers. The Dropbox app is pre-installed, and comes with an offer for 100GB of space if you sign up.

There’s also the McAfee app which is pre-installed. You’ll certainly know from the subsequent annoying pop-ups telling you all about it until you take advantage of the trial, or uninstall it. 

The Killer app for Acer is the Predator Sense app. Pre-installed, the Predator Sense is ACER’s gaming control software.The app is ready to help you tune your new gaming machine. You can switch performance modes, run a checkup and see what games you have installed – and control your lighting.

Final Thoughts

ACER’s Predator Orion 7000 Desktop PC is an all-out killer when it comes to performance. Top of the line hardware paired with a configurable and expandable case design gives you a lot of options for gaming. 

The NVIDIA GPU offers extremely high-end performance with games like Cyberpunk 2077, NBA 2K26 and Crimson Desert looking fantastic while offering 4K resolution gaming with Ray Tracing – all without skipping a beat. 

While the desktop offers almost unbridled performance, it does come at a cost – both literally in the form of a hit to your wallet, as well as in space. The large case has a matching footprint that takes up a lot of desk space, and can be quite loud when the system performance needs cooling. 

Overall though, if you’re serious about gaming and are looking for pre-configured systems this is an excellent option. 

You can find the ACER Predator Orion 7000 over on their Australian website.