A Gaming BEAST - Acer Predator Helios 300 (2022) Review

The Predator Helios 300 has been completely updated for 2022 with a new price, updated specs, better availability and enhanced battery life. This all makes it one of the best, fastest 15" gaming laptops launched so far this year but there's some things you need to know too.

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0:00 - Predator Helios 300 (2022) Intro
0:36 - Helios Specs & Pricing
1:29 - Design & Build Quality
2:49 - Helios 300 Size & Weight
3:41 - Displate Sponsor Spot
4:15 - Keyboard & Trackpad
5:32 - An Amazing Amount of Ports
6:14 - Webcam & Speakers
7:11 - A VERY FAST & VIBRANT DISPLAY!
8:05 - Helios 300 Upgrade Options
8:43 - Battery Life
9:16 - CPU Power, Temperatures & Speeds
10:23 - GPU Power, Temperatures & Speeds
11:29 - Noise Levels (BEWARE!)
12:53 - Real-World Benchmarks
14:04 - MUX Switch - How to ENABLE!
15:21 - 1080p Gaming Benchmarks
15:59 - 1440p Gaming Benchmarks
16:29 - INSANE Performance...Except

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[soumyaripan]

The predator helios series laptops are built like tanks after the 2018 models. I have a 2019 17" model with RTX 2060 graphics. It has been going through pretty intense workload everyday since I have bought it, given I am a VR game developer. This machine has never made me worried about anything. I am happy finding a company whose performance laptops I can trust on.

[clarkisaac]

All Acer predator laptops run quite loud in turbo mode but are still acceptable within noise range. Most importantly, cooling efficiency is outstanding and then machines are able to avoid overheating in the long term.

[arc_fab]

Nice one.
Talking from experience, I'm an Architect I use Helios 300 for 3ds Max Vray GPU Rendering...I can tell you, the Helios 300 is a beast.
The Rendering speed is extremely fast.
It Renders scenes with more than 100+ polygons in just lest than 2 minutes when using the Vray GPU RTX Option.
It worth the price...

[Mr.GD]

The laptop market is going good! The Razer Blade, Acer Helios, MSI GF Thin Lineups are really bad before, but now, it's easy to recommend.

[shrinivaspatil]

Watching this on my Predator Helios 300 2021 and i absolutely looove it. 1 yaer in and still going strong. and yup those fans are looud.

[medat]

That labtop (QHD+240Hz and 3070ti with 1TB SSD) is now being sold for 1300:1500 on best buy, what a deal

[timt]

Sidenote: The Helios 300 now looks a bit like the Helios 500 (Edit: The old one. The new one has a lot of RGB)

[PuerinTheHunter]

One of the best reviews! Thanks for showing the MUX switch!

[jesuslopez]

I was about to buy the Hp Omen 17 for $1200 but the website went down, and decided to take the $1500 best buy deal, can't wait to have the Helios

[HotelHero]

This is the best review on YouTube currently for the 2022 Helios 300.

[DeismaGames]

watching this on my helios 300 right now. i have the same specs as you however i have the version with the big predator symbol on the back. I have really enjoyed my helios, the only issue ive had is dealing with windows 11 as i havent dealt with the OS until now.

a lot of reviewers complain about the fan noise when its on turbo, but i personally dont mind it. you even mentioned thats its annoying even with headphones on. with my HyperX headphones i havent really been hearing any noise from the fans when playing my games. which, the only time i do turn on turbo mode is when im playing AAA games like Call of Duty so with the loud gameplay you wont be able to hear anything outside of your headphones, not even the fans.

but if you are just a casual gamer and play things like the sims or rimworld or stardew valley or even minecraft (without shaders) you wont have to worry about using the turbo mode. So dont let the fan noise discourage you from buying this laptop.

I also want to thank you about telling me about the MUX switch! i didnt know what that was until i watched this!

[ebig]

"Spoiler alert; it's a gaming beast guy"

Me: one could say that it's a gaming predator...

[s.t.]

I got this model 4 years ago. I played with every setting and decided to run it at 99% power instead of the overlock at 100% cpu. Who cares still plays WoW perfectly

[consumertechwarehouse]

I absolutely love your reviews. You guys definitely give me b-roll goals

[thomas]

Great review. Nicely done. Your review is informative but not so technical as to be hard to comprehend.
I have a tricked out version of last year's model. 11th Gen i7,
NVidia 3070 with 8 gig VRam, 165 HTZ QHD screen, 16 gb of DDR 4 RAM. I maxed out RAM and M2 slots (hdd too) right away. Yes I REALLY like it. Cheers!

[CrisisXD]

Finally a detail and complete video review of this laptop

[teddym]

For anyone curious, with the MSI GE67 with 12800HX, I got a best of 8700 in CBR20. It only has 4 extra threads compared to this and was able to run over 4ghz on the P cores which is pretty sick for a 15" laptop. Sadly I returned it due to touchpad issues as well as a really bad bug that screws up the graphics in optimus mode (everyone has it, no fix yet but it drove me insane in a day, that was all it took). in dGPU mode though, the OLED screen was just stunning. This Acer is a good laptop but it's just too loud for me sadly, I have a limit. Sticking to my 2021 Legion 7i for now then with 11800H and 3070.

[tatedrinnon]

When the fans start rattling and you clean them and they start rattling again and you get stuck in the loop, flip the laptop upside down when you turn it off and let it sit overnight, the fans slide down their post and rattle on the fan cage, I started doing this 3 months ago and it works, hasn't rattled since.

[amfitness]

I bought this laptop on sale for 1800$ from Best Buy. I was looking to replace an old HP model. Did tons of research but for the specs and my needs (gaming only and pretty much in house not caring it around etc) I set a 2K budget. This was at the top of my list. So far I’m loving it…I use an external cooling pad and yeah it gets a bit warm from time to time turbo mode helps a lot, yeah it’s loud but with headphones on it’s alright. I rather my laptop be cool than cooking (like my old one). I don’t know if it will hold up but it seems solidly built. Honestly does everything I expected and more.

[FatalityBeatz]

Just got this laptop around Black Friday for 1000$ with an (Intel I7, RTX 3060, 16GB DDR5,
512 GB SSD, 165HZ Screen) and I have Upgraded another SSD For 2TB SamSung Evo 970 and this whole build is a beast for gaming