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| The Acer Predator Triton 14 PT14-51-783U |
Acer has be able to churn out 14 Inch Laptops for all kinds of purposes. From student Creator gaming laptops like the Swift X 14 to even the Predator series. The power has always been quite good for their form factor and I always view 14 Inch as the perfect balance of size, portability of a subnotebook without much trade offs in their performances. Here are some good examples of their 14 Inch systems including mine to compare to:
Acer Swift X 14 2023: Ryzen 7 5825U, RTX 3050 Ti (40W) - Mine and it still works.
Acer Swift X 14 2023: Intel i7 13700H and RTX 4050 (50W)
Acer Swift X 14 2024 Intel AI Version: Intel Ultra 7 155H, RTX 4070 (60W) or 4050 (60W)
Acer Predator 14 Triton PT14-51-78B4 2024: Intel i7 13700H and RTX 4050 (95W) - Reviewed by Notebookcheck
Acer Predator 14 Triton 2024: Intel i7 13700H and 4070 (105W) - Mine
Acer Predator Triton 300SE 2023: Intel i9 12900H and 3060 (95W) - 14 Triton's Predecessor
Just this small list alone is why Acer still competes well in the school laptop and creator laptop market. And usually they don't cost as much as the other competing devices. I got mine for 2043 SGD (Free shipping included) / USD 1,500, after a over 350SGD discount with vouchers off its original 2399 SGD / 1765 USD price tag. Amazon was offering at 1420 USD / 1933SGD but it would still cost almost 2150SGD after factoring in shipping. Luckily for Lazada I could pay by instalments for 12 months directly to Acer.
Which leads to my specs for this laptop:
Specifically this model number: PT14-51-783U
Core i7 13700H
16GB LPDDR5 6000MT/s RAM
1TB nVMe Gen 4 SSD
RTX 4070 (105W)
COMPETING DEVICES
Other computer manufacturers also brought their portable gaming 13-14 subnotebooks to the market too:
- AftershockPC's Lunar 14: 1750SGD with 13700H and 3050 6GB (50W), 1TB, 16GB, 2880 x 1800 screen
- MSI Cyborg 14: 2199SGD with i7 13620H, RTX 4060, 1920x1200p 144Hz, 1TB
- MSI Stealth 14 AI: 3099-3199 SGD with Ultra 7 155H, 16GB, RTX 4060, 2880x1800
- Razer
- ASUS Zephyrus G14 Series: 3025 to 3399 with Ryzen 7000/8000 HS processors and a RTX 4050 / 4060.
- ASUS Flow Z13 - 2499SGD with i9 13900H, RTX 4050, 16GB DDR5, 1 TB - Usual price 3328
- Razer Blade 14 2023 - 3311 with Ryzen 7 7940HS, RTX 4070
On paper, specifications-wise, the Acer Triton does offer the no-compromise with less money option, being the cheapest 14 Inch Laptop with a RTX 4070 and costing less than other 14 inchers with less powerful GPUs. Should be noted that the Lunar 14 from Aftershock PC is after all more as a creator / student laptop, rather than a gaming device. Fitting in a RTX 4070 in the above-mentioned laptops above really pushes the price out of most people looking for a 14-Inch and Acer is the only one able to put it in a Sub 2200-2400 Laptop.
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| Current Bedside Rig with a Razer Deathadder white Mouse and a White Controller |
ACCESSORIES AND FREEBIES
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| The Laptop Case that housed the laptop. |
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Came with a free mouse.
Acer Predator Cestus 310 retailing at SGD 69 |
The inclusion of a Laptop Backpack and a Predator Cestus 310 Black mouse was what came with the laptop. If this is your first portable gaming rig, you can just plug the mouse in, plug the brick to the mains, and away you go. Frankly I would have preferred a white / grey version of the mouse to go with the grey exterior. However it does complement my usual mouse pad, the steelseries Qck Mini. It should be noted that the included (and rather large) power brick supplies 230W of power. Usually most laptop bricks would use the "Mickey-Mouse" connector at the end of the box, not this one though, it uses a standard C15 Power cable which may be great if you have a much longer cable that plugs into your Desktop's Power Supply.
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Predator Cestus on a
steelseries Qck MINI |
Dimensions and design: Looks like an office Laptop
312.42mm x 226.06mm x 19.81mm
1.7 Kg
On first glance, the Predator looks like a good ol' plain Jane Office Laptop. And you're not wrong to assume that it looks like a HP Elitebook or Dell latitude or something. It can function like one but it's a whole lot more. On the outside, doesn't have the same flair and look as the more flashy Predator Helios brethren. Really it is styled as a sleeper laptop, partly because of its thick and plain grey exterior. As such it can be easily pass as an office laptop like from HP, Dell or something even with a small Acer Predator Logo on it. You can stick that on an office desk and no one would be any the wiser. Moreover the free inclusions of the Backpack and Predator Black Cestus 310 Mouse (at least for my order) bundled to the laptop box just screams the whole package to be carried to an office.
However, the internals are anything but an office laptop. It uses an all-metal case for two purposes. It helps with structural rigidity but also to dispel heat because it really needs that conduction for a powerhouse like this.
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When closed, it can easily pass as an office laptop with a Predator Mouse
The Predator logo doesn't really stick out either.
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This laptop's dimensions and size puts in on similar ballpark as most 14 inchers in the market. Yes it is considerably thicker than other gaming laptops but not by much and 1.7 Kilos is still not at all heavy. The only thing that IS heavy is the 750g power brick this laptop is supplied with! Holy Fuck man! I guess I can understand that is because the power brick supplies up to 230 Watts of power.
The bottom has some ventilation slots, along with raised feet to help with a bit of air flow on the laptop. It's not of ventilation at the bottom, as most of the intake and exhaust is based around the sides and rear.
All around, using the laptop normally doesn't display any flex or wobble. The sheets of aluminum are relatively thick which makes it pretty sturdy, especially from the bottom.
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Enough ventilation has chunky and sturdy feet to raise the laptop and to some extent
give quite abit more additional structural integrity to the bottom shell. |
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Gosh that power brick is freaking heavy, are you kidding me?!
It's a Delta unit delivering 230W of power.
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It uses a standard C13 Power Connector, a common connector for a Desktop Power Supply.
A cable for it comes included but you can use any C13 Power Cord. |
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| All metal Finish. |
The free bag that comes with it is Predator branded. Only thing is that is too big and overkill for my use! A smaller big like this Adidas one I got in Austria in April will be enough with room to spare.
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The laptop bag on the left also came with the lappie. Too big for me to use!
So I'd use my Adidas bag I just got from Austria near Vienna. |
Ports:
Port Selection on the Predator 14 is very similar to my Swift X 14 Go with only differences in a couple of port placements. On the right side is the audio combo jack, a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A port, and the HDMI port which swapped sides with the Kensington Lock slot. The left is the latter, the Power jack, another Type A USB 3.2, and a USB-C which is actually my first Thunderbolt 4 port that I have. The Predator 14 does have one key addition that makes it more suited for creators which is a micro SD card slot at the front. The USB Gen 2 Type A ports have a bandwidth of 10Gbps, while the Thunderbolt 4 USB-C does support up to 40. The USB-C Thunderbolt 4 port is full featured, which allows support for Power Delivery and an eGPU but doesn't charge the laptop so don't bother using the USB-C to charge. Even if it could, it can't supply enough power.
Except the front, each side plus the bottom has ventilation one way or the other to exhaust its heat. The power jack uses a barrel style connector which seems to be the universal thick barrel power connector from Clevo instead of the thinner connector from my Swift X 14. So technically one of my 180W power bricks could fit here though it wouldn't supply enough juice to charge it.
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| Left Side: Kensington Lock slot, universal Barrel style Power Jack, USB-A 3.2 Gen 2, Thunderbolt 4 |
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Front: Micro SD Card, a godsend due to the Laptop's lack of expandability
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| Right Side: Headphone / Combo jack, USB-A, HDMI |
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| Rear is entirely exhaust. |
Because storage options on the Triton are limited, the MicroSD card is a godsend for anyone that does content creation. Therefore you can stick a 512GB or 1TB card in which goes a long way. However, should be noted that Notebookcheck's PT14's MicroSD card slot is a bit on the slow side so I have to assume mine should be the case as well. Still useful for slamming storage in for documents and videos while keeping the SSD primarily for games.
Intel Core i7 13700H: Raptor Lake's a heavy hitter.
Intel Core i7 13700H 12 Core 20 Thread Processor
24MB Cache
6 Hyperthreaded Performance Cores with 2.4GHz base, 5GHz Turbo Boost Clocks
8 Efficiency Cores with 1.8GHz base, 3.7 Turbo Boost Clocks
Intel UHD Graphics: Iris Xe with 96 Execution Units with boost clock at 1.5Ghz
45W TDP, 60W PL1 (Sustained), 115W PL2 (Burst)
The Intel Core i7 as of late have changed quite abit of their core configurations. Gone were their usual pure Hyperthreaded Cores in favor of Using 2 different types of Cores. The Performance Cores with Hyperthreading for more intensive tasks and Efficiency cores for low power operations and computing. This particular example is the Raptor Lake 13700H with 6 P Cores and 8 E Cores for a total Core count of 14 and 20 threads. Both the 13th and 14th Gen CPUs are the same architecture based on the Raptor Lake design. It is just a more refined architecture over the older Alder Lake CPUs. Regardless of the case, the 13700H is more than capable of handling almost any kind of tasks you can throw at it.
If the RTX 4070 is not super needed, it uses a UHD Graphics iGPU that is identical to the Iris Xe with 96 Execution Units. On GPU-Z, it'll be labelled as UHD Graphics rather than Iris Xe but the number of Execution Units is the same.
Power Limits do vary on laptops with this CPU, as some will have a lower power limit on boost and / or stock clocks, thus affecting performance. Acer sets the Triton 14 PT-14's 13700H with a significantly higher power limit of 60W at stock, and 115W when on turboboost. So you will be hearing a lot of comparisons being in line with Notebookcheck's 13700H. Sounds quite high for a laptop CPU, but that would also play a part to some of the scores on Cinebench and 3DMark Fire Strike and Time Spy.
Input devices: Keyboard is surprisingly good. Small but zippy and responsive touchpad.
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| Full size keyboard with a tactile feel to it. |
The chiclet style keyboard makes typing pretty much a breeze which makes processing of school documents a rather huge boon. In fact this blog has been completely typed using the Acer Predator 14 Triton's keyboard. Sure the keys are silent but they exhibit a rather satisfying tactile feedback for every single key stroke. Each key is a full-sized key with full sized arrow keys as well. Another good thing is that there is no keyboard wobble or flexing which further proves its build quality. The only slight quirk is that the power button for some reason is not able to put the laptop to sleep or hibernate.
*Update*: Holding the power button does for 4 seconds does bring up the Acer Power Button window that gives you options for shut downs. I have no idea this even existed, because I never had to do this with my Acer Swift X 14. So I turned that automatic window off so I can hibernate the Predator without bringing up anything else.
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| Great, responsive touchpad. Could be just a couple centimeters larger then it'll be perfect. |
The touchpad is small, which to be fair is to be expected after you manage to cramp in a full-size keyboard in it. It's however nice and very smooth, but ultimately sensitive and responsive allowing very quick strokes and glides. In fact it is as good, maybe even better, than the trackpad on my MacBook M1 despite having a bigger touchpad. It does come with a fingerprint sensor but I usually don't really use it.
The buttons? Their clicks are nothing short of... bloody satisfying. Kid you not, enough said.
RTX 4070 Laptop: 105W TGP is quite a pleasant surprise
The RTX 4070 on the Predator 14 Triton is based on the Ada Lovelace ADA106 chip with its full complement of 4608 cores, more than the Desktop 4060 Ti's 4352 Cuda Cores.
What I was looking over some reviews the RTX 4070 used in this thing, they didn't reveal the actual TGP of the laptop's RTX 4070. To me, I was kinda expecting around 75W to 80W in a 14" Laptop. However, when I went over to Acer's website, it dawned on me that was the GPU was set in freaking105W TDP, which is about the full performance it can get. Yes there are 115W and above TDP versions but doesn't seem to do any significant gains so this is pretty as optimal as it gets.
That makes this GPU in particular a monster to be shoved into and it will perform quite well, as shown on 3D Mark later. You may feel the 8GB VRAM on a 128-bit memory bus may present as a bit of a bottleneck. But so far at its native 2560x1600p, in my experience, I don't really encounter stuttering due to memory bottlenecks and 1920 by 1080p/1200p is gonna be overkill regardless. The Ada Lovelace's architecture has already optimized memory usage so a lower bus width instead of 192 bit is still good enough.
Also interesting to note, as I found from HWINFO, the thermal juncture for the 105W RTX 4070 was set to 87 degrees Celsius. The GPU in my testing even when overclocked didn't hit it.
Fast 165Hz 16:10 1600p display with adjustable refresh rates is one of Predator Triton 14's top features.
The 14" 16:10 IPS panel is probably one of the best displays I have tried in a laptop so far. Truth be told, this is also perhaps my very first display that is more than 60 Hz.
And just by gliding my touchpad was enough to quickly tell a difference between a 60Hz panel and a 165Hz panel. Having a 16:10 aspect ratio over a standard widescreen also gives a bit more vertical screen estate to display a bit more content. G-Sync is integrated on this IPS Panel. And depending on the need for either power or energy savings, the display can be toggled to different refresh rates as well as being able to dynamically toggle itself automatically between 60 and 120Hz. nVidia Optimus will set it to 60Hz when the laptop is running off battery.
Another top feature is that the IPS Panel is super bright that in lit up environment, turning the brightness all the way is pretty much overkill. In the complete dark, the screen remains bright even at the dimmest setting. Either way, it's easy to adjust via the Keyboard or by the side bar in Windows.
In all a very good and adaptable screen! Already the first sentence says it all. You can get the option with the mini LED screen also in 165Hz which should be better but the IPS panel for this one is already really really good.
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Even at the minimum brightness setting, most of the text and icons are still legible.
This particular IPS Panel sports a 16:10 aspect ratio with a resolution of 2560 x 1600. |
16GB of RAM: Is it enough?
The minor problem is that the RAM is soldered and limited to 16GB no matter which configuration you go for. However on this platform, 16GB of DDR5 RAM will still provide a tonne of bandwidth. The question whether 16GB RAM is enough, maybe long term not. But as long as you limit background task usage and focus on just gaming, it shouldn't be a problem. Like my Desktop, the 16GB of DDR5 RAM that is onboard is clocked at an impressive 6000 MT/s.
1TB nVMe SSD: It's a Samsung 980 PRO in disguise!
The SSD details was abit vague as nothing was said about the type that was used. Device Manager did say it's a Samsung following with a bunch of letters and numbers. By Googling these letters and numbers there and it turns out that this Samsung Drive is an OEM variant of the 980 PRO drive. That'd explain why downloading and writing to the drive can be easily kept up at 200+Mbps a second on a 5GHz WIFI network. Read Speeds in theory can reach around the 6000-7000 MB/s and writing around 4000. The RTX 4050 Variant that Notebookcheck reviewed only came with a 512GB Micron SSD with Read and Write speeds fairly similar. However, 512GB is not viable, so if you can, find one with a bare minimum 1TB as your boot drive.
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GPU can sustain a near 2.4GHz Clock on Turbo
80 Degrees on the RTX 4070, 77 on the 13700H |
SOFTWARE AND TEST SETUP
The Predator does come with the PredatorSense software that allows changes of the Laptop's power and fan profiles to handle various loads and applications. Activating the Turbo Mode turns the fans all the way but it also also turns up the frequency of the CPU AND even applies a 100 MHz Overclock to the GPU core which is pretty nice and will boost the scores in most of the tests. So most tests will be under Turbo Mode with fans set to Auto for its out of the box experience. Word of warning if you using it, it's gonna get loud!
I'm not going through battery tests because if you buy a desktop replacement, you won't really shift it from place to place. That's not really the role for this laptop. This is meant as a secondary machine especially if the study with my main rig is needed for my wife for her lessons there.
Fire Strike Benchmark: CPU is surprisingly overperforming better than Notebookcheck's highest 13700H result! Acer's tunings allow to duke it out with the 14-Core i9s.
I'm just simply pitting this laptop against other results I have done with an Acer Swift X 14, the laptop I am replacing, as well as my old system with an Ryzen 7 1700X system that is currently in storage with a RTX 3070. The Laptop is set to its Best Performance and Turbo mode which clocked the GPU with a +100 MHz overclock. And in 3 runs, surprisingly the GPU was able to stay around the 74-75C mark. Gaming temps will be higher later as it has to sustain for a session while 3D Mark will allow some breathing time in between scene changes and restarting runs.
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Overall scores even beat my old ITX build, thanks to the strong CPU performance
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Scores are quite impressive for a 14 Inch Laptop, mixing up with some of the bigger laptops in Notebookcheck. Not because of the GPU, but it was actually because of the CPU for some reason. Of all the CPUs and SoCs that I tested over the years, the i7 13700H clearly is my most powerful CPU that I have. But it's due to Acer tuning this CPU with a higher Power Limit which allowed it to draw as much clocks as it possibly can, compared to any other laptop manufacturer. Even trumps my 6 Core 7500F. The GPU score of 28727 places itself in among the common pack in Notebookcheck, but among some of the higher wattage ones at 140W, 160W... that kind of ballpark. Moreover it's not really that much slower than an overclocked Desktop RTX 3070.
That higher Power Limits would explain why my PT14 and notebookcheck's PT14's Core i7 13700Hs are amongst the top performers with the same CPU, which always is a good thing. But didn't explain the 2nd thing why my Intel Core i7 13700H Physics score on Fire Strike actually surpassed the maximum score of all the 13700H laptops tested by Notebookcheck, and by quite a bit. In reference to Notebookcheck's Predator Triton 14's 13700H, mine weirdly scores higher but within a few % margin of error. The highest score was from a Acer Nitro 17 with a RTX 4060 GPU at 30259 tuned at 6GHz. Usually the average of all 13700H benched at around 26000 points. This laptop even beats the average score of the 13900H and narrowly beat out an Alienware's 13900HK that Notebookcheck was even testing. No idea why my 13700H is performing this well and I was able to replicate a 30,000 plus score over and over again.
I may be very lucky with this sample of the 13700H. Either way, it's great and I'll take it.
3DMark Time Spy
Time Spy has become increasingly standard for testing 1440p - 4K capable gaming GPUs over Fire Strike. General scores are typical for an RTX 4070 and 13700H combo. Near 12000 in the graphics score and again a much higher than average score on the CPU.
Cinebench R23
The good scores for the 13700H as a result of Acer's tunings do not end there. Cinebench places the CPU's score of over 18454 points considerably higher than average 13700Hs on Notebookcheck. Again in line with their Predator 14 Triton PT14's 13700H with the RTX 4050 and both duking up there with some of the 14 Core big boy CPUs like the i9 13900H and 13900HK.
Geekbench 6
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| Another solid showing for the i7 13700H. |
Geekbench benches all the computing stuff and specifically targets your CPU. A score of 14816 is another good showing by the Core i7 13700H, against the NBC's one of 13800+. A bit of abnormally there by the NBC's PT14, but it was still the highest score on Geekbench 6 among the other 13700H till I got this one. Heck my PT14-51 even beat the highest score set by by the Core i9 13900Hs.
BORDERLANDS 3 AND THERMALS AT TURBO:
While going on a 30 minute gameplay on Borderlands 3, we're gonna talk thermals. At its Highest settings at its native 2560x1600p, we can go easy 60 fps on Borderlands 3. Temperatures while running tip at about 77 C on the CPU and 80-81 on the GPU which is well in tolerance in a gaming scenario. There was no obvious sign of thermal throttling and the GPU sustained around the 2400-2450MHz ballpark and demonstrates it is pulling the rated 105W, sometimes even going to 107W. Additionally, according to HWINFO64, its voltage pull is around 0.910 V. Some users report at 0.98 Volts or more but if you're going gaming, use the gaming pull as reference.
Yes you can feel the laptop's warmth but it was not that super warm. Still, your mileage may vary and may be that I do naturally have hot hands. Since most of the heat is all concentrated in the middle section of the keyboard, your palms wouldn't feel that bad, although may feel just a tad sweaty.
To be absolutely fair to the 14 Inch Triton, this is high end hardware stuffed in there. It is no surprise that this thing will get hot in some way or another. I don't really have a good testing methodology because I'm just using a typical gaming load to test which is the most likely purpose you'll have for this laptop instead of benchmarking it over and over. Cooling off however is done fairly quickly though, due to the entire body made of aluminum which made the entire keyboard area, one gigantic heatsink which does helps dissipate heat. Despite the high surface temps, Core hardware temperatures surprisingly are controlled rather easily with little trouble.
From this clip, the fans are loud like obnoxiously loud, but for a 14 Inch Laptop with some high end hardware that can be overclocked, it kinda needs it at Turbo mode. Just get a pair of headphones if you need it or plug it to some speakers. You can tweak the fan speeds on Turbo Mode but turning off Auto Modes for the GPU and CPU fans but I would recommend a laptop cooler to balance out everything.
SPEAKERS:
Funnily, these speakers are pretty loud for what they are. Even at 15% volume they still have a hefty punch. However sadly, doesn't really translate to good quality of audio to be honest. I dunno how to say it, the best way that makes it less garbage is actually turning off Audio Enhancements on windows for the default speakers. It's funny as Audio enhancements are meant to improve audio but in the PT-14, that is unfortunately not the case.
OTHER STUFF:
Other stuff which was super helpful is casting on a TV. Streaming movies from the PT-14 either from VLC or via Windows is the best experience of all my laptops I've got so far.
CONCLUSION - Some compromises, but still a great portable powerhouse
+ Software that overclocks the GPU and CPU on Turbo mode.
+ Surprisingly powerful i7 13700H, rivals some of the i9 CPUs like the i9 13900HK and the Ultra 9 185H.
+ Capable and near Full Power 105W TGP RTX 4070
+ High Balance of Performance to size and weight.
+ Still portable enough despite being a bit chunkier than other 14 Inches.
+ One hell of a display; bright, fast, color accurate and adaptable refresh rates and G-Sync ready.
+ Thunderbolt 4 that also has power delivery.
+ Most value for money 14 Inch Laptop with a RTX 4070
+ Satisfying Keyboard though Power Button doesn't put it to sleep.
+ Rather Thick materials used which really helps in structural rigidity.
+ Acceptable Core Hardware Temperatures
= Hot Surfaces but Aluminum surfaces disperse heat relatively quickly and Core Temperatures are good under load.
= Tiny but actually very responsive trackpad with a fingerprint reader (albeit at the wrong spot), and nice, loud and satisfying mouse click.
- Slightly plain design, although it can easily pass as an office laptop
- Not as light as other 14" Laptops but the weight is still very acceptable and manageable.
- Huge Power Brick.
- USB-C does not have the capacity to charge the laptop.
- Soldered RAM, CPU and GPU
- Another USB Port, (3rd type A or 2nd Type C doesn't matter) would be nice.
- Very loud when exerted at Turbo modes.
- Mediocre audio quality despite speakers being loud.
Acer has engineered a Tiny-ish yet mighty everyday laptop that represents that limit of power in as small a package as possible. If you think the Swift X 14 is a good no-frills line of 14 inch Laptops, this is about as good as you can get in that size for less of a price point than those of like say MSI Cyborg 14, Razer and Asus. The RTX 4070 is more than capable to handle games up to 1440p. It being light makes it a fairly portable yet powerful everyday gaming machine.
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Acer has constructed a bit of sleeper of a powerhouse laptop.
Does have shortcomings but it just not only works, but works well.
Pictured with an Acer Predator Cestus 310 Mouse which came free with the Laptop. |
Number crunching and highly threaded applications will be absolutely no problem for the 14 Core 13700H. This one did surprisingly well on Fire Strike and Cinebench, partly because of Turbo mode. But even if you didn't get lucky on this one, most computing tasks can be executed on this CPU easily.
No doubt you will encounter tradeoffs like soldered memory, slow but still useful SD card reader, hot temps. However for the purposes of gaming, this laptop does the job.
It is not without faults however, as all laptops are. The shortcomings are its less flashy design which may feel a little plain to some. This may be a good thing as this can pass as an office laptop which it can definitely be. Personally I would prefer it being black instead of grey. Hot surfaces but that is made up that the whole body of the laptop is a gigantic heatsink which helps to dispel heat abit more quickly and controls hardware hotspot temperatures relatively efficiently. An additional USB port would be nice, preferbly a type C, but another Type A would be useful too. Another thing is that the power brick is flipping huge, and the biggest letdown is that expansion is pretty much non-existent with most components soldered. Swapping to a bigger drive will require you to reinstall windows again.
But I guess to some extent that the microSD card as well as the Thunderbolt 4 port does allows some upgrades. Not to the laptop per se, but at least installing a more powerful eGPU or external storage is an option.
Despite its deficiencies, the Acer Predator Triton 14 is still a great portable powerhouse. The question is whether which laptop you'd better off with. The RTX 4050 version or the RTX 4070 version of the Triton 14? I would say without a shadow of a doubt, the 4070 Triton 14 especially with the 1TB Samsung Drive. The 512GB Micron SSD in the 4050 is not enough to be used viably in a gaming laptop or content creation. It's weird that the 4050 at the time of Notebookcheck's review cost 1440 USD, now the RTX 4070 one with 1TB SSD costs the same now. So it makes more sense to buy the more powerful model.
With all that said, as far as gaming laptops are concerned, this has certainly got to be one of my favorite gaming laptop I have ever purchased. Powerful without it being too flashy.
