Acer Predator Helios 300 PH317-51-720W

Specifications

Acer Predator Helios 300 PH317-51-720W (Predator Helios 300 PH317 Series)

Processor

Intel Core i7-7700HQ 4 x 2.8 - 3.8 GHz, Kaby Lake

Graphics adapter

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

Memory

8192 MB

Display

17.3 inch 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixel 127 PPI, IPS, glossy: no

Storage

1 TB HDD + 256 GB SSD

Connections

2 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort

Networking

802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5), Bluetooth 4.0

Battery

48 Wh, 3220 mAh

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64 Bit

Additional features

Keyboard Light: yes

Weight

3 kg ( = 105.82 oz / 6.61 pounds) ( = 0 oz / 0 pounds)

Links

Acer homepage
Acer notebook section

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Reviews for the Acer Predator Helios 300 PH317-51-720W

Ревю на Acer Predator Helios 300 (17″, PH317-51) – различен от по-малкия си брат, но не напълно
Source: Laptop.bg

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Positive: Slim size and light weight; good ergonomy; nice display; long battery life; large screen. Negative: Weak connectivity.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 08/23/2017

Comment

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile: The mobile GTX 1060 is based on the GP106 chip and offer 1280 shaders. Compared to the identically named desktop version it features a slightly lower clock rate. Games in Full HD and maximum details should run fluently on the card.

With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

i7-7700HQ: Quad-core notebook processor based on the Kaby Lake architecture. Besides four CPU cores (including Hyper Threading), the chips also integrates the HD Graphics 630 GPU and is manufactured in an improved 14 nm process.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

17.3":

This large display size is used for laptops which are mainly intended for an use on a desk.

Large display-sizes allow higher resolutions. So, details like letters are bigger. On the other hand, the power consumption is lower with small screen diagonals and the devices are smaller, more lightweight and cheaper.

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

3 kg:

This weight is representative for typical laptops with a 14-16 inch display-diagonal.

Acer: The company was founded under the name of Multitech in Taiwan in 1976 and renamed to Acer or Acer Group in 1987. The product range includes, for example, laptops, tablets, smartphones, desktops, monitors and televisions. Gateway Inc. and Packard Bell also belong to the Group and sell their own laptops.

While Acer still had the third largest global market share in the notebook segment in 2008, it ranked 6th in 2016 with a market share of 6% after they had continuously lost market shares.

There are dozens of Acer laptop reviews per month, the ratings are average (as of 2016). Gateway, which has an own laptop line-up, has also belonged to the Acer Group since 2007.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.