Testseek.com have collected 132 expert reviews of the Acer Predator Helios 300 PH317-51 and the average rating is 80%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Acer Predator Helios 300 PH317-51.
August 2017
(80%)
132 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(76%)
558 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Fairly portable (thinner and lighter than the competition)
Decent keyboard and touchpad
Good IPS panel with wide sRGB coverage and high maximum brightness
Good battery life for a 17-inch gaming laptop
Very good value/price ratio
With GTX 1060 I7
SSD and 2x8GB RAM combination for $1000$1050
Panel with low response times than usual
Rather comfortable keyboard (but resistance should have been better)
NVMe M.2 port
Easy access to the 2.5" bay and RAM
The best GTX 1070 notebook out there (at the moment of writing)
Maintains super low GPU temperatures at exceptionally high frequencies
Super bright panel with a high contrast ratio and very punchy colors (covers 99% of Adobe RGB and 96% of DCI-P3)
RGB
Good build quality
Excellent performance
Impressive thermal dissipation
Display has outstanding contrast and grayscale accuracy
Easily upgradable
Strong performance
Vivid display
Great price for a GTX 1060 GPU
Relatively long battery life
Two-year warranty
Easy to upgrade
Great 1080p gaming performance
Powerful hardware for the price
Comfortable design
Easy to upgrade storage and RAM
Beastly design
Comfortable keyboard and hotkeys
Awesome speakers
Solid graphics and performance
Remarkably cool while gaming
Cheap GTX 1060 gaming laptop with no compromises to game performance. Still offers an SSD and 16GB of RAM despite its budget price. Decent cooler
Easily recognizable
Light weight
Slim design
GeForce GTX 1060 with 6 GB VRAM
Fast Intel Core i7-7700HQ
Good input devices
512 GB SSD
Matte display with good viewing angles
High system performance
Low power consumption
Great port distribution
F
Bright FHD panel with decent response times
144 Hz G-Sync panel
Future-proof RAM configuration
Extensively configurable backlight
2x USB Type- C Thunderbolt 3 ports
Conveniently placed ports
Excellent maintenance options
Decent sound system
Decen
The editors didn't like
Unsatisfactory build quality
Poorly designed cooling system (high inner and outer temperatures during load)е
The screen uses PWM from 0 to 99% brightness (our Health-Guard profile fixes that)
Only one USB-A 3.0 connector
IPS has low color coverage
Low maximal brightness. Forget about photoediting
Ports
Only 2xUSB 3.0 ports (1xTypeC)
No Thunderbolt 3
No mDP
Storage
SSD is SATA and no HDD included
Sound quality isn't good
Upper left keyboard surface temps > 50C und
Heavy and bulky design
Price tag is also heavy
Short battery life
Slow SSD speeds
Especially sequential reads/writes
No HDD
Mediocre battery life
Poor audio quality
Color accuracy
Lacks necessary ports for Oculus Rift compatibility
Uncomfortable touchpad
Give in the lid
Display is on the dim side
Dim display
Only 256GB storage capacity
Lid is a fingerprint magnet
Below-average battery life
Display not as colorful as competition
Terrible display. Low price has led to some design and I/O compromises
Sound system is below expectations
High temperatures under load
Cooling fans make high-frequency noise under load
Cooling fans difficult to clean
Only one free 2.5-inch slot available
Could offer more ports
Low-contrast FHD panel
Incomplete sRGB coverage
Odd keyboard layout
Quite pronounced backlight bleeding
Poor battery life
High idle power consumption
Choice of material and rigidity too poor for its price
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Published: 2018-05-05, Author: Joe , review by: techradar.com
Decently priced to start, Gorgeous 4K display, Excellent keyboard
No graphics options, A little uninspired
Acer's newest 17-inch gaming laptop isn't rewriting the rule book on mobile PC gaming, but it's a beastly desktop replacement that's left us impressed...
well made, good keyboard and trackpad, gets an upgraded screen, solid performance, runs cool and quiet with daily use, excellent price
a bit heavier and larger than expected, the low travel keyboard won't appeal to everyone, runs hot and noisy under load, the speakers are average at best, only gets a 48 Wh battery
The Helios 300 is Acer's mind-range gaming laptop built on Intel HQ processors and 1060 graphics. The excellent pricing and solid performance are its main selling points, alongside a nice keyboard, alright IO and a fairly good screen on this updated 2018...
Abstract: The Acer Predator is a 17.3 inch high performance gaming laptop measuring 42x28x2.5cm and weights just short of 3kilos at 2.94kilos.This is a powerful beast that has the whole rear to dissipate the heat a heady gaming session is likely to create.The left...
Published: 2017-11-27, Author: Andrew , review by: techadvisor.co.uk
The Acer Predator Helios 300 is a good gaming laptop if you're after a machine that'll be plugged-in 95 percent of the time. It gets you good performance per pound with elements of gamer flashiness that appeals to some.The screen is what secures it a fair...
Published: 2017-10-30, Author: Alexander , review by: tomshardware.co.uk
Good build quality, Excellent performance, Impressive thermal dissipation, Display has outstanding contrast and grayscale accuracy
Slow SSD speeds, especially sequential reads/writes, No HDD, Mediocre battery life, Poor audio quality, Color accuracy, Lacks necessary ports for Oculus Rift compatibility
The Acer Predator Helios 300 isn't without its flaws, but the performance it offers at $1,100 makes the flaws almost negligible. It's hard to pass up a deal this enticing if you're working with a $1,200 budget.Review£1049.00 AmazonMOREBest Gaming Laptop...
Plays 1080p games smoothly, Core i7 processor, Good-looking design, Surprisingly lengthy battery life
Keyboard has familiar chiclet foibles, Trackpad is too soft, Mediocre build quality
Acer Predator Helios 300 – Performance Despite its size and design, the Acer is relatively affordable. The Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1050 Ti featured here is one of the more modest GPUs from the mobile Pascal roster, offering 768 stream processors, 4GB of memo...
Cool game-centric design, Great battery life for a gaming laptop, Solid CPU and GPU performance, Three set GPU speeds
Nasty gap between screen and base, Speakers mounted on the bottom
The Predator Helios 300 provides great PC gaming for the buck, and it should be your go-to rig if you want a gaming laptop that's fast, affordable, and huge...
