In the past, the Helios had excellent prices on their side, usually below any of the competitors, but with the redesigned chassis I’d reckon production costs have gone up, which will reflect in the final pricing. The competition in the segment is tough, though, as the Helios 300 has to outmatch devices like the Asus ROG Scar GL504/GL704, Dell Gaming G7, HP Omen 15 and the Lenovo Legion Y740, most of them available with both 15 or 17-inch screens. In the meantime, you can also follow this link for updated prices and configurations at the time you’re reading the article. It will start at $1199 in the US and 1499 EUR in Europe, for undisclosed configurations, and we’ll follow-up with more details once available. The Predator Helios 300 is expected in stores in North America around April, and later in June in Europe and other parts of the world. However, all these are just suppositions for now, and something we’ll only be able to analyze once we get the review units. It’s worth noting that the Helios 300 PH315-52 also gets the dedicated Turbo button we’ve previously seen in the Triton series, which automatically boosts the GPU’s clocks and fan-speed for improved performance, and that once more suggests a cooling implementation that can handle the heat output of an overclocked Turing GPU. I would also expect the cooling to do a better job at keeping this hardware at bay than in the past, as Acer implemented their latest version of the AeroBlade 4 fans, as well as extra intakes on the sides, for improved airflow. 9” (h)Ĥ-zone RGB backlit keyboard, webcam, stereo speakers Intel HD 630 + up to Nvidia RTX 2070 Max-Q 8GBĢx M.2 PCI x4 slots, with RAID 0 support + 2.5″ bay Up to Intel Coffee Lake-R Core i7-9750H CPU It also gets an RGB keyboard that seems much like the one on the Triton 500, which we’ve discussed in here, but with an extra NumPad section.ġ920 x 1080 px, IPS, 144 Hz with 3 ms response (Overdrive), non-touch, matte It borrows from the ultraportable Predator Triton 500, with a black metallic chassis and blue accents, and is also smaller than the previous model, as you can tell from the shrunk bezels around the screen. But first, here’s a quick specs list, so you’ll know what to expect.Īcer completely revamped the design lines of the updated Predator Helios 300, which is the first aspect you’ll notice about it.
The updated 2019 Helios 300 PF315-52 promises to improve on all these aspects. Update: In the meantime, we’ve spent more time with this laptop, and gathered all our impressions in the detailed review available over here. We’ll start off with the Helios 300, as I expect this to be the most popular option in the Predator Helios line-up throughout 2019 and the first part of 2020. We’ll also have detailed reviews in the weeks to come, so stay tuned if interested in one of these new 2019 Predator Helios notebooks. We’ll talk about both lines down below, covering their main-traits and novelties, their potential quirks and their competition. The Predator Helios 700, on the other hand, is a higher tier device with a sliding keyboard/arm-rest, meant to maximize performance and cooling, while ensuring that the areas that you normally come in touch with stay cool, something you’ll want in a device that can be specced up to a Core i9 processor and RTX 2080 graphics. It will compete in the mid-range segment of gaming notebooks, with an MSRP starting price of $1199 in the US and 1499 EUR in Europe. The Predator Helios 300 is a standard clamshell laptop with updated hardware, an RGB keyboard, a smaller form-factor than the previous generations, as well as revised cooling.
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