Can I upgrade my graphics card in Acer Orion Predator 3000 PO3-630G ?

yeet7222 · February 23

I have an Acer Orion Predator 3000. Model Number: PO3-630GPart Number: DG.E2PAA.002

I have a GTX 1660 Super and intel i5 in my pc now. I was wondering if i could either upgrade the chip or the GPU, but i'm not sure about compatibility. Let me know if you know if i can upgrade to maybe a 3060 and an i7 or if that is not possible. also, if you find a graphics card that fits, could you send the link? Thank you in advance.

[Edited the thread to add model name to the title]

StevenGen · February 23

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/701074/can-i-upgrade-my-graphics-card-in-acer-orion-predator-3000

The PO3-630G comes with a 500W Acer proprietary PSU and mainboard and to upgrade the PSU for a new and a more powerful power supply its not going to work as the PO3-630G mainboard has 2x 4-Pin ATX power connectors while the new PSUs all have 24pin ATX power connectors which won't fit into the PO3-630Gs mainboard.

The PO3-630G came oem fitted from Acer with a higher spec RTX3060Ti or a RTX3070 gpu so consider these two gpu's as an upgrade for your PO3-630G desktop, see these gpu's highlighted below. The PO3-630G also came with an the i7-11700 or the i7-11700F cpu's. If you upgrade the cpu to an i7 make sure that you also upgrade the ram to at least 32GB @ 2x 16GB DDR4-3200Mhz but you should preferably be running this desktop with 64GB @ 4x 16GB DDR4 -3200Mhz as for the RTX gpu's that would be the best upgrade solution and also you should upgrade to the last bios version R01-A4 for this desktop. Good luck and hope this helps you out

CPUs fitted to the PO3-630G desktop

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StevenGen · February 24

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1261459#Comment_1261459

These are all the cpu's that the Predator Orion 3-630/630G supports on its System chipset PCH: Intel B560 mainboard. Its Maximum memory is 64GB (using four 16GB modules) at DDR4-3200 MT/s 1.2V U-DIMMs.

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billsey · February 24

Those should both work. You will see almost no change with the CPU swap but will see gaming improvement with the GPU.

StevenGen · February 23

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/701074/can-i-upgrade-my-graphics-card-in-acer-orion-predator-3000

The PO3-630G comes with a 500W Acer proprietary PSU and mainboard and to upgrade the PSU for a new and a more powerful power supply its not going to work as the PO3-630G mainboard has 2x 4-Pin ATX power connectors while the new PSUs all have 24pin ATX power connectors which won't fit into the PO3-630Gs mainboard.

The PO3-630G came oem fitted from Acer with a higher spec RTX3060Ti or a RTX3070 gpu so consider these two gpu's as an upgrade for your PO3-630G desktop, see these gpu's highlighted below. The PO3-630G also came with an the i7-11700 or the i7-11700F cpu's. If you upgrade the cpu to an i7 make sure that you also upgrade the ram to at least 32GB @ 2x 16GB DDR4-3200Mhz but you should preferably be running this desktop with 64GB @ 4x 16GB DDR4 -3200Mhz as for the RTX gpu's that would be the best upgrade solution and also you should upgrade to the last bios version R01-A4 for this desktop. Good luck and hope this helps you out

CPUs fitted to the PO3-630G desktop

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billsey · February 23

The i7-11700F will be slightly cheaper than the i7-11700, but we typically only suggest a CPU upgrade as the last step in optimizing your system.

Your system came from the factory with 8GB of memory and a 512GB SSD, IIRC. Unless the drive is very close to full, the biggest bottleneck is likely to 8GB of memory. If the drive is close to full then upgrading it to a 1TB or larger is your best first step. They aren't too expensive and it's important to have them stay well under 75%… The memory is pretty minimal for a typical desktop and way under optimal for a gaming rig. You likely need 16GB or better yet 32GB to run unimpeded by the lack of memory. Note that you need DDR4 3200 non XMP memory on your system. The XMP memory will run at it's base speed, usually 2133 or 2400, instead of the needed 3200.

The next upgrade after you have enough memory will be the GPU, the 3070 is a decent choice. Key is the 8GB onboard memory, since that draws less power than cards with 12GB or more.

yeet7222 · February 23

Ok thank you all so much. I also forgot to mention I already upgraded my pc to 24gb of ram. That may have been helpful to know, I know it would be risky to run the 3070 or the i7 at 8gb of ram.

yeet7222 · February 23

I attached two links below, do you think these will be compatible and/or fit?

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-11700F-Desktop-Processor-LGA1200/dp/B08X6V4WTF/ref%3Dsr_1_1?crid=2WK65V8XR5YZ5&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.NTZZ-fI-ADkVUycOhKCGrtAfjggIvYRlfHuBl9lO_0t2JHXEtSNFmeIYp6nflggBzsRTBH3OwgCqOj0ZhepNk7lGvWRfoz4bqtPJcp3gRlyvLy7Et4DBZPJG5TH34xpZr1cqqfMeFT7Xp8iZxymGfFe4KWg5Z6nich4gpl0IBA10zDa9fJvWniIQWXIe9fUerD81ZI2rkWYx2wsJS5G77-3movASVUcnNkm5pl_fmRs.fGepyyUlRwY66VcrLArRif1ZHp1g_QYlJSqSkvA0Vu4&dib_tag=se&keywords=intel%2B11700f&qid=1708727560&sprefix=intel%2B11700f%2Caps%2C308&sr=8-1&th=1

https://www.amazon.com/NVIDIA-GeForce-RTX-3070-Graphics/dp/B08MYCN952

StevenGen · February 24

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1261459#Comment_1261459

These are all the cpu's that the Predator Orion 3-630/630G supports on its System chipset PCH: Intel B560 mainboard. Its Maximum memory is 64GB (using four 16GB modules) at DDR4-3200 MT/s 1.2V U-DIMMs.

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billsey · February 24

Those should both work. You will see almost no change with the CPU swap but will see gaming improvement with the GPU.

yeet7222 · February 24

Why won't I see any change going from an i5 to an i7?

yeet7222 · February 25

Hello, I was also wondering if you could reccomend some DDR4 ram for me to purchase (since I believe DDR5 is incompatible). I would prefer for them to be in 16gb sticks so I could reach the maximum 64gb ram (4x16gb) Thank you.

billsey · February 25

The i5-11400F runs at 2.6GHz base rate, with 6 cores and 12 threads. The i7-11700F runs at 2.5GHz base rate with 8 cores and 16 threads. So, unless you software wants to run lots of threads simultaneously, you won't see any real change in performance. Most games are single threaded as are most apps, so no real difference. Here's an Amazon link to compatible memory from Crucial. It's just the first I got with a search that wasn't XMP, and there are lots of other choices.