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Acer predator helios 7009/5/2023 It's not a phenomenal pictorial experience by any means, but we didn't feel like we were missing anything either. The software does a fine job and is very visually strong in its presentation. The software that controls it all, the brains of the machine, if you will, is called PredatorSense, and it even allows for easy overclocking and easy controlling of general settings. Most manufacturers, Acer included, are capable of creating powerful laptops that are half as thick, screen included. That, in turn, makes the thickness of the laptop all the more strange. Cooling is provided through the use of five large heat pipes, and internal evaporation chambers. The entirety of the Aeroblade hardware is hidden behind a Corning Gorilla glass plate. These make quite a bit of noise but are also extremely effective. The trackpad also works fine, but we realise that few will use a trackpad for gaming no matter its quality.īeneath the keyboard, one can find extremely sensible Aeroblade fans. Acer also lets you know that you can replace the switches with standard ones, which we assume just means that you can switch off the variable part of the switch so that it becomes binary. In addition, you can also change the low-profile keys' top plate for different variations, should you wish to do so. We've seen technology like this in other keyboards before, but we can't seem to recall seeing it in a laptop keyboard before. ![]() Each of these are linear keys where the pressure delivered determines the force of said pressure, much like the buttons on the back of a Dualshock controller. Acer wants to create its own connectors and this is made a reality through the WASD keys. The keyboard itself is thick as it houses so-called MAGforce keys. While it's easy to fault the build for its thick chassis and its unusually thick screen edge, there are extenuating circumstances that make it so. Speaking of power, however, the 72Wh battery drains fast, so users should be aware of the fact that having the laptop plugged in at all times is close to a necessity, especially when having the keyboard pulled out, which puts the computer into 'boosted' mode. There's also an overclocked state available called 'Extreme' because, of course, a gamer needs extreme power. The machine also has RGB lighting, because of course it does.Īnother welcome feature is the turbo button, which works splendidly. ![]() The feature sounds odd, but when you pull the keyboard down, you hear a Star Trek-like sound, and while we don't want to admit it, we played around with this feature quite a bit. The feature, of course, has an official name, 'HyperDrift'. Doing this also extends the wrist support. The cooling is quite unique as well as one can boost the cooling by sliding the keyboard down and thus exposing the two big fans hiding underneath. At the price point, we were not expecting an RTX 2080 but rather, an RTX 2070, and we also expected a 512GB hard drive rather than the 1TB we ended up receiving. There are two aspects that stand out from the rest of the build, or rather, three. Beneath the cover you have access to the RAM and the hard drive, granting users the option to upgrade the system down the line. The chassis is made up of a dark plastic shell and has bright blue cooling fins by the vents. ![]() It has two USB-C ports, one with Thunderbolt 3, a standard USB 3.1 port, an HDMI port, a LAN port, a display port as well as a microphone and a headphone jack. ![]() The machine weighs in at 4.9kg and is just over 4cm thick. That said, we can't seem to remember a gaming laptop without Killer Ethernet and thus, can't really say if it's any better or worse than its competitor, but we have yet to have any issues with the setup now or in the past. The network aspect is run through Killer E3000 2.5 GBPS Ethernet and WIFI 6. If you would like a better processor, the laptop comes in an i9 variety as well as up to 2TB NVMe storage and 64GB RAM, but that'll cost you. The Acer Predator Helios 700 is an impressive portable beast, boasting a 17.3'', 144Hz, 1080p IPS display, a 1TB NVMe hard drive consisting of two separate 512 drives in RAID 0, 16GB RAM, an i7-9750H CPU, and an RTX 2080 graphics card. First, however, let's take a look at what you get for your hard-earned £2,999. That's what Acer has chosen to do with its new and unconventional cooling system. The gaming laptop market is heavily saturated, so new ideas are needed for manufacturers attempting to create something interesting, something that differs from the competition.
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