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    Acer Goes for High-End Gamers With Predator PC

    With its sassy orange and black body, the Predator is Acer's riposte to HP's Voodoo and Dell's XPS and Alienware lines. Running an Intel Quad-Core processor, the desktop PC also has liquid cooling, a Blu-ray Disc drive and four swappable SATA disk drives, and uses Nvidia's SLI graphics technology. Full stats below the gallery.

    Windows Vista OS
    Intel Core 2 Extreme or Quad processor
    Nvidia nForce 780i SLI chipset
    8GB memory
    1TB SATA hard disk
    4 x 3.5-inch Easy-swap HDD drive bays with either:
    BD+ SuperMulti burner
    BD/HD DVD reader
    Supermulti
    Multi-in-one card reader
    TV tuner card
    Dolby Home Theater audio enhancement
    Gigabit Ethernet
    56K modem
    Front ports:
    4 x USB 2.0 ports
    Headphone and microphone jacks
    Rear ports:
    4 x USB 2.0 ports
    IEEE 1394 port
    PS72 keyboard and mouse ports
    2 x Ethernet ports
    2 x eSATA ports
    6 x audio jacks
    S/PDIF jack
    Clear CMOS button
    TV-out port
    2 x DVI-D ports
    Acer Empowering Technology software
    Acer eRecovery Management
    Acer Arcade Live
    McAfee Internet Security Suite 2008
    Adobe Reader
    eSobi
    NTI MediaMaker
    Dimensions: 490 x 430 x 190 mm

    The Predator also has a bunch of accessories, including a Logitech G11 gaming keyboard, GS gaming mouse, remote control, and an Acer LCD monitor and stereo speakers. No word on pricing or availability as yet. [Acer via PC World]

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