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Acer Predator Helios 300 review: Top-notch gaming performance at a reasonable price

Published Feb 1, 2022 03:34 pm

With its powered-up performance brought by its graphics chip and 144Hz display, the Helios 300 is perfect to elevate your gaming experience.

A brand-new feature to the laptop is their two new integral keys: Turbo and PredatorSense. Pressing the Turbo button instantly fuels the system's dual fans. Each of their 59 blades helped blast a surprising volume of air through the rear vents with the sound of a jet engine spinning up. This helps elevate your gaming experience to a whole new level.

Acer’s Predator Helios 300 packs a lot of power even with its thin chassis.

Acer Predator Helios 300

Within its darkened, metallic shell is all you’ll ever need: up to an 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i9 Processor, GeForce RTX™ 30 Series graphics, up to 32GB of 3200MHz DDR4 memory and plenty of high speed PCIe storage to fill up from your game library.
The Helios 300's performance is impressive for its price. It can reach more than 60 frames per second on current titles with quality settings on high at the laptop's native 1,920x1,080-pixel resolution.

Along with the system’s high performance is its Intel® Killer E2600 Ethernet Controller, Intel® Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i, and Control Center 2.0. These are all you need to clear out the online competition. You deserve the low latency and reliable connection that only Killer networks can provide.

With every game you play, worrying about your laptop overheating wouldn’t be an issue with its 5th Gen AeroBlade™ 3D Fan Technology. The wind-guiding optimization of Vortex Flow keeps airflow strong, frames high, and temps low. Perfect for every gamer and streamer.

One thing about this laptop is its fast. Its blistering FHD up to 360Hz or pristine QHD at 165Hz. The 3ms overdrive response also makes kicking this laptop into high gear a tear-free, seamless experience with minimal ghosting.

Acer Predator Helios 300

There is also a dedicated key to launch Acer's PredatorSense software that helps you keep tabs on system performance. Located where the number pad's number-lock key would normally be, the button and software give you direct access to fan controls and power plans as well as system monitoring.

The keyboard itself is perfect for both gaming and office work since the letter markings are easy to read with or without its blue backlight on. Other configurations offer four-zone RGB lighting. see-through keycaps on the WASD, arrow and PredatorSense keys. The precision touchpad is smooth, responsive, and accurate, too.

Overall, the Acer Predator Heliios 300 is a good place to start if you're looking to get more from your laptop, whether that's for productivity or for gaming. The Predator Helios 300 is a step up from the company's gaming line, and it shows in the extras like 144Hz display, overclockable GPU and sturdier feel.

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