Thronos : The ultimate gaming chamber

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Thronos : The ultimate gaming chamber.

Thanks to NAG, Acer predator and Julia “Bish” Robson, I was fortunate enough to test out and play in the Acer Predator Thronos gaming rig. As far as gaming experiences go, the Thronos is, at first, intimidating. With its scorpion-like style and posture. The Thronos seems like a hybrid gaming/sleep pod between a TRON  sleep pod but you feel like one of the mechs from “Love, Death, and Robots” in the ”suits” episode.

Love, death, and robots mechs

The visual impact that the Thronos has on a medium-sized room is rather large, but it’s a positive impact because it instills a sense of childlike excitement. Once climbing into the machine the experience of being in the machine itself is overwhelming at first but that’s because one could never imagine their dream coming true.

The powerhouse behind the Thronos is an Acer built PC. The setup is an 8th gen i7, two 1080ti with 32gigs of RAM, so there’s enough of a driving force behind this machine. When playing Forza 4 Horizon it often felt like one had to dodge the bricks that came flying towards the screen, if you drive as badly as I do. The three 27’ inch curved LED monitors to isolate your vision in a comforting and intimidating way, and the graphic quality is immediately noticed. The zero-G feature of the chair puts you into a reclined and almost lying down position which is the strangest gaming position you never knew you needed. I wouldn’t recommend this position for competitive gaming on a mouse and keyboard, but if you’re playing with a controller then go mad!  The Zero-G feature would be amazing for casual gaming or if you plan on grinding for a few hours and know that you have bad posture.
Gaming has never seemed smoother, but definitely not simpler. If you do decide to eventually buy a Thronos, at the price tag of roughly $14,000 (R210,000), a professional will have to come and cart the goods in and set it up for you. Unfortunately, the placement will be pretty permanent considering the fact that it weighs 300kgs. But what if you wanted to LAN? I guess you could ultimately, if you have a crazy rich group of friends, all invest in one, leave them at someone’s house all set up and then come together now and then to LAN and have a heckin’ good time, and then you’ll all feel like you’ve entered the matrix or have your own Mech-warrior machines.


Here is a link to the Acer Predator Thronos page just to curb your curiosity. https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/predator-thronos
Thanks for reading and feel free to look at more pictures below.

- Oskar Roux

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