acer 2024 Newest Predator Helios Neo Gaming Laptop, 16″ WUXGA 165Hz Display, Intel Core i7-13700HX, RTX 4060, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, Wi-Fi 6, Backlit Keyboard, Windows 11 Pro, with…

I do a lot of gaming in Second Life and I never ever dared to play in Ultra Resolution because really you will lag, even with gaming computers. But I bought this laptop, and I am playing now as we speak I am playing in Ultra Resolution while playing music on Windows Media Player as well while in here writing a review, and so far zero lag on my game, no crashes and no issues whatsoever with multitasking everything I am doing here and the laptop still feels cold after 3 hours of this beating I am giving it although clearly the cooling fans are running kinda steady because I am really testing it big time. I am really excited about this little monster, it’s powerful and you can also ‘upgrade’ the memory if you aren’t happy with fast but want superfast. Bottom line if you are a gamer like me and like to multitask while you are gaming, and you want to try Ultra settings for graphics this is the lappy for you, 5 stars *****

I purchased this laptop to be an upgrade from the previous machine I was using. I was encouraged to go forth with the purchase, as cyber Monday included a roughly $200 discount on the total price. Having used the machine now, I wouldn’t exactly say I’d be too happy if I did not get it during the holidays, and with that discount. The GPU (RTX 2060) performs well, as expected. I always run system diagnostics as a first priority, when purchasing electronics online, to verify the components come as advertised. Battery life is medium-poor. But that is to be expected with this type of power-drawing performance, and in addition, can get very hot. The Nitro 5 comes with NitroSense pre-installed on the computer. This software lets you monitor the temperature of your CPU and GPU, realtime. As well, you can use it to adjust the speed settings of the internal cooling fans. The cooling fans seem to nearly run full blast (set to automatic) when playing any game. I have tried a few graphic intensive games, as well as Minecraft (which shouldn’t be too terribly demanding) and it seems that no matter what, if you’re playing a game; expect CPU average temperatures of 89 degrees Fahrenheit. This is, of course, to be expected of a gaming laptop. Of course you could turn down your graphic settings and possibly keep the machine much cooler that way, but that is not exactly something I’d like to do myself, considering the purchase was made specifically to be able to slam those graphic settings to the max whilst still maintaining playable framerates. My biggest bone to pick with this laptop is its keyboard. Its keyboard is quite honestly, very very disappointing. Yes, it has its RED backlighting and nicely sized keycaps to the tune of a full keyboard with numpad; But the keys are very irresponsive. You almost have to mash the keys to have it register a keystroke. As well, you cant just mash the keys, you have to do it almost in the center of the keycap itself. In addition to that, my (A) keycap came from the box a little bit oversized, and I mean by millimeters. But this causes it to catch on the web-bezel in between itself and the (Q) key, and makes a very audible click, as well as make it even harder to register a keystroke. My solution to the bum (A) key and overall poor responsiveness of all the keys was to purchase a keyboard cover for $6. I got the clear one so I could still have that wicked red glow from the backlight. This seemed to help dramatically. It kept the oversized (or slightly poor positioned) ((A)) key from catching on the bridge between by molding its position. In regards to the poor responsiveness, the keyboard cover provides slightly more resistance to the keys, forcing me to press the keys harder anyway, which seems to result in a registered keystroke. With the keyboard cover, I’m finding myself typing more naturally and making less mistakes than I did without it, it seems to make it possible to not have to press the center of the key as well, as the cover will pushing down on the entirety of each individual keycap by dividing the pressure throughout it. Long story short, buy a keyboard cover with this. It might even save you from crumbs and liquids spills. Thanks for reading, I hope it helped.

Excellent laptop for my needs. Very fast and reliable.

I’ve had it for a week and it does play most games at high or ultra settings at a solid over 60 fps. Some older games over 100 fps ultra easily and the temp stays good. I don’t notice the fan noise at all. It’s super speedy in chrome and desktop apps of course and the only thing it really needs it’s a second drive. It does support a second M.2 NVME slot and a SSD/HDD slot. I put in 1 TB SSD from crucible and I plan on maybe putting in another NVME in the second slot someday. it works for me. I bought it mainly for college and some moderate gaming. Will update if anything changes.

Very competitive pricing for a laptop that runs most games very smoothly. I love this computer and even dragging the mouse across the desktop seems smoother then my old laptop. Battery life is absolutely horrible but its not like you can’t just bring the charger in most situations anyway. I would highly recommend under-volting to prolong PC life and preventing it from heating up as much. I would also recommend buying an additional hard drive for it if you are going to download a lot of games to it, I have like 3 games on it and the hard drive is already full.