That's fine, though, because if you're gaming on a laptop, you're more than likely going to pair it with a gaming mouse, anyway. It feels better than most gaming-laptop touchpads, due to the slight bounce you get when you press it all the way down, but it does not have the physical left and right clickers that some new machines, such as the Lenovo Legion Y530 ($749.99 at Lenovo), do. The touchpad, meanwhile, is plastic-surfaced. The keys have more bounce than other gaming-laptop keyboards I've tried, such as the one on the Asus TUF Gaming FX504G. The Predator Helios 300 has a standard chiclet-style keyboard layout. (Your mileage may vary, of course I see far more gaming laptops than most people.) Seeing how much thought went into the curves and edges of the Predator Helios 300's design, I would have liked a more original, or at least a different, palette. It has become so common among gaming laptops these days as to border on cliche. Tastes vary, but I'm not a big fan of the red-and-black color scheme. The design theme carries over to the lid, which is decorated with a series of textured black triangles at the forward edge. ![]() Also adding flair is the shiny metal edging around the keyboard. While the underside of the system and the bezels around the display are plastic, the outer lid and the deck that surrounds the keyboard are all-metal, giving off a cooler, more premium feel than the rest of the machine. The chassis measures 1.1 by 15.4 by 10.4 inches (HWD), and it weighs 5.95 pounds. Likewise, the WASD keys and the touchpad are outlined in red for the sake of visibility. The rear exhaust, too, is bordered in red plastic. The lid, for instance, bears two crimson streaks etched on either side of a gray-metal Predator logo. It's a midrange, mostly black gaming laptop that's been embellished with red accents. In appearance, the Helios 300 isn't too much of a departure from the Asus TUF Gaming FX504G ($829.99 at Amazon) I reviewed just before it. (We're fans, for the most part.) What's Black and Red and Gray All Over?Īcer offers the Predator Helios 300 in versions with 15-inch and 17-inch screens the model for review here is the former. So the Helios 300's advantage centers on whether you prefer its keyboard layout, color scheme, and build quality. The catch: Some competing models will, too, for around the same money, and many have better battery life. ![]() With its GeForce GTX 1060 graphics, the Helios 300 will run most any game you throw at it with agility. ![]() It's designed for speed, whether for casual rounds of Fortnite or pushing your machine to its limit by tethering it to a virtual reality (VR) headset. Among them: Acer's Predator Helios 300 (starting at $1,099.99 $1,299.99 as tested, in its 15-inch version), built around muscular Intel "Coffee Lake" eighth-generation CPUs. Don't want to-or can't afford to-shell out kilobucks on a gaming laptop? Today's midrange GeForce-based models fill that void.
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