#ACER PREDATOR HELIOS 300 RTX 3060 FULL#

If you’re going to play games with the Helios 300, you’ll need headphones, and you’ll probably want noise-cancelling ones at that.įortunately, the Helios 300 comes with DTS:X Ultra at no extra cost. It sounded more like a room fan than a laptop. Turning on “Turbo,” mode, to increase performance, made the fans even louder. Obviously, the fans have to work hard to keep a high-end graphics card like the RTX 3060 cool, but the noise the fans make is some of the loudest I’ve heard. This is another area where the Helios 300 struggles. They don’t produce much bass at all, the audio is tinny, and it’s hard to hear sounds over the laptop’s fans. The internal speakers on the Helios 300 are bad. But it does have a buttery smooth 144Hz refresh rate which is great for competitive gaming. If you’ve been using a 4K, or even a 2K, display the difference will be jarring, and it will take some getting used to. Playing games with the sun shining directly on the screen doesn’t work well. Its screen has an average brightness of 280 nits, and it looked very dim at max brightness. While it isn’t a bad display, it doesn’t meet the high standards set by other laptops. The Helios 300’s display is where Acer has done most of its cost-cutting. 2x SSD and 1x HDD, making it easy to expand your storage which is great. Inside the Helios 300, there are three slots for hard drives. You have to press hard to make it function. And even if I did, it makes itself less responsive when in a game. It’s placed slightly right of the WASD keys, so I never accidentally touched it. The keys have LEDs underneath that you can easily customise, and the “gaming” keys (WASD) stand out from the rest as they have a darker blue outline. It’s odd and wasn’t something that needed changing. Going against nearly every other keyboard in the world, the volume up and down buttons are now function keys located on the up and down arrows with the brightness keys on the left and right arrows. Typing with it was as easy as it should be however, the keyboard has a strange layout. It’s spaced out well and has a Numpad on the right side which is great. However, Thunderbolt 4 compatibility would’ve been nice because the Helios 300 would’ve been able to support up to two 4K monitors, in case you wanted to use a better display with the laptop. On the right, it has an HDMI 2.1 port, 1x USB-A, 1x USB-C port, and a mini display port. The laptop has 2x USB-A ports, an Ethernet port, and a headphone jack on its left side. And despite its weight, I found it comfortable to use on my lap, and it wasn’t a burden to carry around. Made with aluminium framing, it has a sturdy build. This is a solid and heavy laptop weighing 2.3kg. The vents on the back look rugged and futuristic as well. The Predator Helios 300 has a clean design that doesn’t scream out, “I’m a gaming laptop!” Its most “flashy,” elements are the Predator logo and two reflective strips with blue lining on the lid. This older configuration costs $3,250, making the upgraded 30-series an affordable gaming option. You can customise the Helios 300, but currently, the only configuration option available in New Zealand contains an Intel Core i7-10750H processor with 16GB-RAM, a 256GB-SSD, a 1TB-HDD, and an Nvidia GTX 1660ti 6GB graphics card.

#ACER PREDATOR HELIOS 300 RTX 3060 FULL#

It also has a full HD 1920x1080p display with a maximum 144hz refresh rate and a 475GB SSD. Our review device had a GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU with 6GB of dedicated RAM, 16GB of RAM, and an intel core-i7-10750H.

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