Ever since Acer launched its affordable 15-inch GTX 1060 gaming solution, the Predator Helios 300, users around the world were immediately attracted by its excellent price/performance ratio. We also had the chance to play around with and our early verdict on the notebook is that it has some considerable drawbacks, which, by the way, aren’t driven by the price tag. Acer is also planning to launch a 17-inch version of the notebook that should come as a more affordable alternative to the Predator 17 (G5-793) with GTX 1060.

Interestingly, the 17-inch Helios 300 has fewer similarities with the 15-inch model than expected, aside from the design and hardware, of course. This is probably the reason why the 17-inch Helios 300 has vastly different model number – PH317-51. Anyway, both have the same Core i7-7700HQ paired with NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1060 GPU, up to 32GB of DDR4-2400 memory, Full HD IPS displays and standard storage configuration with M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD and a 2.5-inch HDD. But when it comes to build quality, things are done differently here.
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