This article provides an overview of the laptop Acer Predator Helios 300, designed for 15.6-inch screen games Full HD, Processor Intel Core i7-7700HQ, graphics card Nvidia Geforce GTX 1050Ti, 16 GB of RAM and two hard drives.
Notebook Review Acer Predator Helios 300
Компания Acer все чаще напоминает о себе на игровом рынке, as evidenced by the, in particular, laptops флагманской линейки Predator, she regularly updates. Manufacturer provides solutions allowing their computers to gain an advantage over competitors in the games, due to modern components are characterized by best performance.
Acer Predator Helios 300 It is a new series of notebook, it is determined by the manufacturer as a model of middle segment. And judging by the price 1500 dollars, the way it is. As experts say, guilt that are quite expensive graphics card Nvidia Geforce GTX 10xx new generation.
price, of course, It will depend on the specific parameters. In our case, the model with a graphics card priced at 1050Ti 1160 dollars. We tested version, it seems, reasonable compromise, it set:
- powerful processor Core i7;
- видеокарта Geforce GTX 1050Ti;
- 16 GB RAM;
- two hard drives (SSD HDD и), that is all, that the player will expect from his new workstation designed for games.
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The appearance and quality of execution
Before moving on to the practical performance tests, necessary to evaluate the appearance of the latest notebook. Painted in several places on the Predator logo package is nothing new. On the whole, the design is similar to that applied to his predecessors. Dominated by black and white colors with red accents. This solution worked well in previous generations, why the manufacturer did not go to drastic changes.
On the screen lid flaunt two red stripes, and at the bottom of the same color grille, through which hot air comes out.
The housing is made of plastic and aluminum. As applied materials, and build the highest quality. Ничего не люфтит и не гнется. Нажатие на крышку экрана не вызывает искажения изображения, indicating the reliability.
Equally reliable operation panel is made of aluminum, It is therefore not rigid flex. If you are going to use it to participate in various tournaments, the transportation problems should arise, as the laptop is quite thin (It has 28 mm in thickness and weighs 2,7 kg).
On the bottom side we find two caps for maintenance, removing them you can access the slots with RAM and hard drive.
connectors
The number of available ports satisfactorily, although there is one but. Pity, that the manufacturer decided to use up to two standard of USB-ports 2.0, but not 3.0. they are placed on the right side of laptop. The equipment of this price segment users expect more, so the manufacturer in this regard the decision raises questions. Рядом с упомянутыми USB-портами стандарта 2.0 is the headphone jack and charging.
On the other hand, situation is better. Here, in addition to the USB 3.0 are provided:
- USB 3.0 type C;
- a full-size HDMI video output;
- jack RJ-45 network device and a memory card reader.
Also here you can find a Kensington lock.
Front and rear submitted additional ports.
It should be noted, that during testing matte surface it proved to be not at its best, it is quite easily soiled, because of what we had to frequently wipe it with a towel or napkins.
Keyboard and Touchpad
The keyboard is placed in a small recess, whereby the surface of the keys is at the same level, and that the touchpad. The key travel is short, but well tangible. What is important, the whole design is very robust and does not deviate even under strong pressure. Therefore, we can be calm in the, whether it will sustain operation during the exciting game.
WSAD keys are highlighted in red. The surprise is the fact, that they are also highlighted in this color. The truth of the matter will not clear, the user can only include the keyboard backlight on and off, inability to control its intensity a little upset.
standard-sized touchpad is surrounded by a red and silver frames. It works flawlessly, quickly responds to the movement of the sensor finger. Two-button mouse as always integrated into sensor.
Speakers
Acer has two speakers placed at the underside of the housing. Please except that its volume, but unfortunately not for their quality. sound flat, and there are no bass. Конечно же предоставленная система Dolby Audio позволяет выбрать один из профилей, that change the characteristics of the sound, so that its quality improved somewhat, but, certainly, music lovers it does not satisfy.
Conclusion
If you skip the situation with speakers, not very good quality, it should be noted, that the laptop looks pretty good for the price. certainly, he will cope with a bang with the latest games in the resolution FullHD.
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