Acer Predator G5910 desktop review

The Acer Predator G5910 desktop is, let’s be honest here, a big toy. Or, more specifically, a computer on which you play games. Targeted at gamers, this device is brimming with hard drive storage and processing power, but does it do anything other than let you play CoD?

What we like best

The Acer Predator G5910’s design is likely to either induce fits of giggles or genuine excitement. Orange stripes run down the shiny desktop’s front to make it look like a cross between Judge Dredd’s mask and a plastic tiger. The sides are kept matte and without frills, which, depending on point of view, either balances out the slightly garish front or makes the whole thing lopsided. We think it looks kind of cool.

You can equip the Acer Predator G5910 with a Blu-ray drive to add a video playback dimension to what is ultimately a gaming computer. With the right monitor, you can go one step further and add 3D to this bad boy, which will make first-person shooters even more intense.

Along with copious amounts of computer games, you will also be able to store your film and music collection comfortably: with the G5910’s four SATA hard disk drives (which each store up to 2TB of data), you’ll be unlikely to run out of storage quickly.

What we like least

For a computer so capably stocked in certain areas, the omission of USB 3.0 ports is pretty unforgivable. Everything else about the Predator G5910 screams speed and power, yet there are no fast data transfer options.

Another trick has been missed with the graphics card options, which don’t include NVIDIA’s latest, most advanced offering, the GTX 590.