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
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132 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
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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
The Acer is a well-made machine with good balance, especially considering the £1,300 price. The GTX 1050 Ti is a solid 1080p gaming chip, the Core i7 processor is fast, and the screen is solid.It's all wrapped up inside a good-looking design that doesn't...
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Published: 2017-09-11, Author: Dan , review by: CNET.co.uk
The Nvidia 1060 graphics card is overclockable, and cooling is assisted by a patented superthin fan. For a 17-inch VR-ready gaming laptop, the price is very reasonable
You can find the same GPU in 15-inch systems that cost less. The screen is only standard HD resolution and doesn't really pop. The part-plastic body is a yawn
You can find similar components for less, but Acer packs a lot of unique features -- and a big screen -- into the midpriced Predator Helios 300...
Published: 2017-08-04, Author: Rhys , review by: pcgamesn.com
Seeing as this is a £1,300 laptop - not exactly a small investment - you'd be right to expect some serious performance for your money. Does the Helios 300 provide?Well, yes and no. As the benchmarks show, its Intel i7 7700HQ CPU can blast through multi-co...
well made and not very aggressive on the gaming accents, good IO, good keyboard and trackpad, excellent performance, runs cool and quiet with daily use, fairly good speakers, but not very loud
heavier and larger than expected, rather dim and color deficient screen, the low travel keyboard won't appeal to everyone, runs very hot under load, only gets a 48 Wh battery
The Helios 300 is Acer's first mind-range Predator built on Intel HQ processors and Nvidia 1050 Ti/1060 graphics. Top notch performance is its selling point, alongside a quiet cooling system, a nice keyboard, solid IO and overall good construction, with s...
Acer's already tried and tested this formula with the its VX line, and with a higher-spec graphics and a better screen, I'm optimistic this is another solid addition to its gaming laptop range...
Striking design, Performs well in games, Upgradable components, Overclockable GPU, Competitive street price
Exhaust fans get noisy, Screen isn't always bright enough, Keyboard layout could be better,
The Acer Predator Helios 300 is exclusive to Flipkart in the online space, and it's now available for Rs. 89,990, compared to the launch price of Rs. 1,29,999. Keep in mind that this isn't an official price reduction from Acer, only Flipkart's pricing. If...
Well Built, Lighter than its competitors, Good display, Keyboard is good for typing, GPU overclocking
Only 1 USB 3.0 port, Quality of plastics could have been better, Expensive
The Acer Predator Helios 300 is a good laptop, but can't match the added features of some other laptops in its category. That being said, it is the only laptop in its range to offer GPU overclocking, if you need that...
The system boot and game load times on the Acer Predator Helios 300 is quite low. As most of it is handled by the large SSD within the machine. This machine is not a power hog either, 180W is what it consumes at max. The design is slim (because of which t...
Abstract: The CMO and Consumer Business Head of Acer India, Chandrahas Panigrahi, said in a statement while commenting on the launch, “We are thrilled to bring in the new generation of Predator series to India. Predator Helios 300 combines innovative design and u...
A decent gaming laptop that does well in gaming without pulling any extraordinary punches and remains relatively cool, even if it is on the louder side of things, which can easily be drowned out by music.(previously published in issue December 2017)...
