Thinking of buying the ACER Predator Orion 5000 PO5-640 but worried about cooling.

I think you should get it and see what temperatures are like first with the style of games on the resolution you play at, after that if you decide to change some things up it's actually not that hard once you get started, the 5000 and 7000 share the same case, so you'll have few choices to the route you can take - being in the UK there's a ACER reseller on ebay who supplies brand new predator orion case parts , you can get the 240 AIO bracket, and even a verticle GPU mount if required for the 7000 series which will be a direct bolt on for your 5000, if you don't want to do that then people on these forums have gone for Noctua tower coolers.

One thing i can say is the Predator orion ( PO5-640/PO7-640 ) cases are extremely versatile and have alot of upgrading potential which is alot for a prebuilt considering alot of manufacturers lock their systems down from the case to the components with proprietary parts. Everything in the acer predator can be changed out from the PSU to the motherboard/GPU , it can even accommodate the largest RTX 4090 so is quite future proof, maybe look at the 7000 series from currys with the 3080 it's cheaper then the 3090 version and everything else is the same and not much more then the 5000, that could also be a option to explore.

Interesting just went to their site and they no longer do the PO7-640 and are doing the PO7-650 variant, difference would be that the 650 has a Z790 motherboard, support xmp and 13th gen CPU, but still only comes with a 3080, and they've priced it at 2799 instead of the 2499 of the original 640.

So the 240 AIO wouldn't bolt into the 5000 case directly, i believe it uses a different top part that doesn't have the mounting for it,

here's what the 7000 one looks like and it should fit the 5000

this is the link to metal section

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275379642354?hash=item401de7dff2:g:W5IAAOSw7DNiyVbU

this is for the top grill, you only need the bit in the middle which clips out so maybe the seller has it serperately

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265772669582?hash=item3de1491a8e:g:QqAAAOSw1StjY-js

Either way if you get the 5000 and are upgrading the case then message the seller first.

well i was doing some research for you at currys i was bored and i hope ya dont mind =]] this acer 5000 is very similar to mine and comes with a 3070

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/acer-predator-orion-5000-po5640-gaming-pc-intel-core-i7-rtx-3070-2-tb-hdd-and-1-tb-ssd-10233218.html

then the same thing but with a 3080 both within your budget

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/acer-predator-orion-5000-po5640-gaming-pc-intel-core-i7-rtx-3080-2-tb-hdd-and-1-tb-ssd-10233222.html

this would be the cooler ide go with if you have to get everything at currys

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/be-quiet-dark-rock-pro-tr4-135-mm-cpu-cooler-10192587.html

and then like the rest of us put the extra argb stock cooler fan right above the cooler as you see in my pictures of my pc

and i looked to see if currys had any good ddr5 memory for your pc and they only have 2 kinds argb corsair and ya dont need that i personally swear by crucial i mixed crucial with the samsung that came with mine for 48gigs and it works great when gaming but for benchmark testing it was worse so i ran all those with just the 32 from crucial. goodluck and keep us posted.

i went with the model with the 3070 because i didnt wanna spent the extra 450 for the pc with the 3080 and i wasnt sure if i would need it, its sold here in the usa at bestbuy, for you tho its only a 300 dollar difference not bad. i looked at every gaming pc there and none come with a tower cooler so thats something you will have to add later on if you need it and trust me you will EVERY acer desktop comes with subpar cooling and thats not a knock on acer all manufactures do that on lower to mid priced gaming pcs i have noticed and before i upgraded my cooler my highest temp gaming at 1080p max settings was 63 on RDR2 and Days Gone and Shadow of The Tomb Raider i dont have any COD games or others ones that run hot BUT when running Cinebenchr23 it hit 85 now 63 so the tower cooler def helps and those games that ran at 63 now run 43. and will all my upgrades i have made i now love this pc and am very happy with it the looks and case are awesome and the lighting is amazing once ya dig into it and learn it.

just think how good it will cool if ya tried it in gaming mode haha, i dont like auto it doesnt work properly on my 5000, so i use gaming when gaming auto for everything else.

well thats awesome but ya shoulda kept the 2 fans for the top rack my cinebenchr23 never goes over 64 now, the more fans the better, and then go one step further and remove the GPU bracket it improves air flow more that i coulda imagined, i see you use the HDD i didnt get any so i removed that for better air flow for both front fans, but good job getting started and yeah all acer predator gaming computers have subpar cooling but glad ya got a start on it, if you wanna go further those other upgrades are helpful.

I would not recommend putting top exhaust fans if your issue is the CPU getting to 90C as it did not work in my case. I would highly recommend investing in a CPU cooler just like I posted. It will be an added work but trust me it will be worth it. I was playing FAR CRY 6 and CPU temps would stick to 60C max compared to 90-100C with the stock CPU cooler.

@ExZine This is what I did to install the Noctua U12S.

Yeah i have the predator sense preinstalled and use GameMode or increase the fans on my own, But the CPU Cooler is [Content removed]… over 90c when playing PUBG smh

Anyway thank you so much for the help, Big up Mate!

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@NeoGeo, tried sending you a PM but it didnt work. Could you please PM me or help me out with this:

I have a Orion 7000 (i9 12th, 3090) with a 120mm AIO which i am looking to upgrade to a 240mm AIO. Which one according to your experience would be the easiest to upgrade to? ( plug and play) without having to think about usb connectors not fitting etx. Just looking for a simple solution for someone not thar experienced.

Thank you in advance.