Acer Predator Triton 500 SE Gaming/Creator Laptop | 12th Gen Intel i9-12900H | GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | 16" WQXGA 240Hz G-SYNC Display | 32GB LPDDR5 | 1TB Gen 4x4 SSD | Killer Wi-Fi 6E | PT516-52s-99EL

An absolute beast. Runs everything you throw at it, at high graphs and no lagging. Also, renders at a great speed. The material doesn't feel cheap, and it's very thin and slick. Really good laptop.Cons:RAMS is not upgradeable beyond 32GB (as per manufacturer recommendations), but it could be possible to add more, at one's risk. Possible risks: random system interrupts a.k.a. literally bluscreens (but I might be wrong).A bit loud fans when the turbo is on, but that's ok.Overall, an absolute masterpiece, a must grab if you want to squeeze money out of this laptop as a work investment (either gaming, content creation, or 3D design).

It works really well at doing whatever you need it to do, and you can add an extra nvme drive inside the laptop. You also can run pretty much any game at max settings, play bluestacks (admin privs) and emulators no problem.The sound on this laptop without headphones suck, but the video quality is really nice. I keep my laptop elevated on a laptop stand so I don't really worry about any heat issues. Overall I have no issues with this laptop.

Temperature control problems with a single game open, it does not even support Valve's Dota 2 and reaches 100 degrees C°

This laptop has plenty of pros... Modern 12th Gen Intel CPU, NVidia 3080Ti (laptop version), plenty of RAM. They were a bit stingy on the SSD but 1TB will get you by for a while. The screen is a nice improvement over the laptop it's replacing (close to years old). I was pleasantly surprised the only bloatware of significance was Norton, which I immediately got rid of - nobody needs that garbage.However, it has one major drawback and one minor annoyance. The touchpad is annoying and easy to palm - could have sworn this problem was fixed 10 years ago but it's not on this laptop (not by default at least). The bigger issue though.... the sound is awful. Not just your typical bad laptop speakers, but almost like they're blown bad. Better get ready to use headphones or separate speakers because you're not going to want to listen to these clearly overlooked speakers that are built in.DTS/X... lol... whatever that means... it definitely doesn't mean good quality built-in speakers that's for sure.

I needed a reasonably priced computer for gaming. This fit the bill for me. I have used it for almost a year and have had no issues.

The only reason I'm giving three stars is because the laptop did work fairly well for a year and some change. I've been very careful with it. It sits on a shelf on top of a laptop fan, plugged into an external display. It's never been dropped, never been used to visit sketchy websites...any of the stuff that would make a laptop more likely to fail. Well, as of about a week ago, I now have a $2400 brick sitting on my shelf. My best guess is that the CPU failed, as it was overheating just browsing the internet, and the entire computer kept freezing, then eventually gave me a blue screen of death. Since I can't afford the few hundred dollars it's gonna take to fix the dang thing, it's gonna sit on the shelf while I try to function using my 10yo computer with 1/3 the specs that's still trucking along.

Assume computer. Arrive on time and in flawless condition. I am using it for movie making using Cut Clip software. Super-fast running the Cut Clip software. Screen is sharp and crystal clear. Others had commented that the sound quality was not the best. I would have to disagree; the sound is perfect. Thanks.

Second update, 11/11/23 (purchased June 2022): You can see from my earlier review that the laptop had to be returned once soon after purchase because the graphics card didn't work. Acer said they replaced the main board. Kudos to them for fixing the product, but it took two weeks along with my time and effort to get it shipped out, etc. FFWD to today, and it looks like the SSD has failed and the laptop is out of warranty. Now I'm on the hook for replacing it out of pocket, along with the added frustration of reinstalling the OS, all of my apps, etc. Long story short, the machine specs out nicely and the price was lower than a comparable Alienware laptop, but Acer's component QC leaves a lot to be desired, IMO. Oh, and something else I missed in my initial reviews... The display adapter doesn't work through the USB3-C ports. Basically, you can't utilize the high end graphics card through a docking station. You have to plug an HDMI cable directly into the laptop's port. Kind of a pain if you want to use external monitors. I am going to just buy a new laptop from a better brand and hand this Acer down to my son after I replace the SSD. Pity.I received the laptop back after a two week turnaround, from the time I dropped it off with FedEx to when I got it back two days ago. According to the repair order, they had to replace the entire main board, probably due to the NVIDIA GPU being faulty. The machine is working flawlessly (hope I'm not jinxing myself) so I will give it 4 stars, knocking 1 off because of Acer's poor initial QC and the relative hassle of being without my computer for two weeks.Original review: I will update this review depending on how the repair process goes. I ordered the laptop on Prime Day and received it a few days later. I spent about a week getting it all set up. Launched a game and the frame rate was like a PowerPoint presentation. Weird... I looked in the Device Manager and the NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti (a VERY expensive component of this very expensive laptop) wasn't working. After troubleshooting with no luck, I contacted Acer support via their chat feature. After telling the CS rep what steps I'd taken, they told me to send it back for repair. Hopefully I'll get it back in 10-15 days. So, for now - Acer gets 1 star from me. Whether that changes and how much will depend on them.