Our quick take
Acer Predator Helios 500 - 4.0 / 5
Design
- Dimensions: 400 x 319.2 x 35.30mm / Weight: 3.90 kg Abyss Black colour scheme
Screen
- 17.3-inch Mini LED IPS panel 770 nits max brightness 3840 x 2160 resolution
Keyboard and touchpad
- 3.1mm key travel Interchangeable WSAD key caps Plastic touchpad with separated mouse buttons
Performance
- Intel Core i9-11980HK processor, 32GB DDR4 RAM Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 16GB GPU 2x 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSDs, RAID 0 array
Battery life and features
- 4-cell battery (Whr unspecified) Thunderbolt 4 Wi-Fi 6
To recap
Not the best buy for plug-and-play gamer whose idea of performance optimisation ends at installing the latest Nvidia drivers. But if you plan on going deep and overclocking components, it’s among the best around.
