Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 Gaming Laptop | Intel Core i7-13650HX | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | 16″ WUXGA 1920 x 1200 165Hz G-SYNC Display | 16GB DDR5 | 512GB Gen 4 SSD | Killer…

9 reviews for Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 Gaming Laptop | Intel Core i7-13650HX | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | 16″ WUXGA 1920 x 1200 165Hz G-SYNC Display | 16GB DDR5 | 512GB Gen 4 SSD | Killer…

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Amazon Customer – November 1, 2024

   This is a great machine at a great value! This is a super solid device (not lightweight) or flimsy. Super smooth scrolling. Plenty of computing power for my needs. So happy to find a pc with this capability at a great price.

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Keith T. – November 18, 2024

   This has been my daily driver computer for almost a year now and I’ve been very impressed. It’s handled every game I’ve thrown at it and more.

   GPU: I’m going to do this first since this is arguably the most important part. I have the RTX 3060 version. The important thing to note is that this is the MOBILE 3060, which is slightly less powerful than the desktop 3060. It’s nearly equivalent in power to a desktop 1070 Ti. I have been playing some pretty intensive games on it over the last year including, most recently, Baldur’s Gate 3 on max graphics. I keep the screen refresh rate at 60Hz instead of the 144Hz that you can use because it saves battery while also allowing your GPU to rest a bit while gaming. I’ve also capped the FPS at 60 directly through the Nvidia app. Same reason there, I don’t need 144Hz. In BG3, It keeps a consistent 50-60fps while using only about 50% of the GPU. I also consistently play games from Xbox Gamepass on here on max graphics with very little stutter or issues. All in all, I’m very impressed by what a mobile 3060 can do.

   Screen: The screen is a very bright, crisp IPS screen that’s capable of up to 144Hz. The viewing angle is good and even from the side you can still make out details (albeit a bit dimmer). It gets very bright at max level, almost headache causing, so I personally keep the brightness at about 20%.

   Battery: Depending on what you’re doing, the battery is…fine. If I’m running a game (not recommended on battery), I can get about an hour out of it. But if I’m just using it day-to-day with my settings (60Hz refresh rate, 20% brightness), I can get 3-4 hours of solid use.

   CPU: I’ve never had any issues with it multi-tasking or running any app or game. Even when using CPU intensive programs like Handbrake, it will max the CPU but still give you decent performance to continue using it for web browsing and videos.

   Cooling: The fans themselves are somewhat loud if you get in to heavy duty gaming and I do recommend getting a stand to prop it up to allow for airflow, which drastically helps. There is a physical turbo button which makes the fans go to 100% and are pretty effective at lowering temps but are also loud, so best to only use that with headphones. Under load in BG3, it will run about 60C, which is fairly low. In a more intense game, I have seen it get to 70-75C which is warmer, but still in acceptable range.

   Overall, I’d recommend giving this a buy if you want a solid gaming laptop but also a daily driver.

3. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Muhammad D – November 24, 2024

   الاب ده احسن من ديل ديل بيبوظ بسرعه

4. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   John – December 15, 2024

   I bought this laptop back in October of 2024 – waited awhile to see how it would go before I left a review.
   I’m an Apple guy so I was a little nervous going back to Windows. This laptop is very nice. Windows 11 is very nice also. Windows supplies its office suite as a test drive with limited time before they want you sign up for longer periods of time. I’ll probably just buy the 1 time deal for 150.00 and then I’ll have what I need. I really don’t need the 365 suite.

   The screen is very bright and does not disappoint. It’s very crisp with excellent detail and colors and is 18″. I have not noticed any backlight bleed whatsoever. I only had 16″ on my MacBook Pro. The screen size was a major reason why I wanted this laptop.

   The keyboard is backlit and you can change the color to whatever color you want the back light to be. It mainly sits on my desk. I moved it upstairs the other day for a bit on the battery. Battery life is not Apple battery life. It drains fairly quickly compared to my older MacBook Pro, but I’m not travelling with it much and it sits primarily on my desk. The power supply is rather large for it.

   Some people were complaining about the fans being too loud. Well, its a gaming laptop and some fan noise is expected. If I were a gamer the fans would be louder I’m sure, but I’m only using it for daily activities and I can here the fans but I’m not bothered by them as they are fairly quiet. The fans are adjustable via the Predator software they provide with the laptop.

   McAffee suite comes with it as a trial. The laptop is quick, grant you I’m not pushing to hard, but I have noticed no waiting when it comes to using it, so the processor speed and memory are fine for me. I do watch movies on it and the 18″ screen is exceptional.

   All in all I’m very pleased with it. My only complaint is that at first the trackpad was a bit touchy. There is however an adjustment for this in Windows 11 to adjust the sensitivity. I noticed it’s on sale for Black Friday that is a better deal than what I paid for it by probably 100 bucks or so back in October. If you want a big laptop, just buy it – you won’t be disappointed.

5. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Alejandro P. – December 27, 2024

   El primer equipo que pedí me salió mal y tuve que devolverlo en menos de una semana, le di una segunda oportunidad y este funciona correctamente, los juegos se ven super bien, hay quienes dicen que el sonido se escucha muy bajo pero tengo entendido que es sonido espacial (dtsx), la batería dura poco pero es razonable, es súper rápida y me encanta su diseño, también puedes hacerle upgrade a la Ram e instalarle un nuevo SSD sin problemas.

6. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   anonymous coward – January 2, 2025

   This machine is big, bulky AND very powerful. If you want raw power, then those systems will be heavy. It’s a fair price to pay for the raw power. If you want something super light, they will be much less powerful but will have better battery life. So far, I like everything except the sound. With a body as big as this, Acer should be able to provide decent audio right out of the box. Unfortunately it doesn’t even match some high end Phone (apple, pixel, samsung) speaker audio. I bought to reduce clutters on my desk, replacing monitors and old workstation. And it does a fine job in that department due to raw cpu/gpu power. The base storage is decent at 1TB but great thing is that you can add a secondary storage and additional ram with two physical slots. Many companies are forcing onboard RAM which prevents you from upgrading. Other than speaker audio, this laptop is excellent. You can use a headphone or connect to external speakers but for this price, audio should have been better. Again, this is a very minor issue because I didn’t have anything else to complain about. Happy otherwise.

7. 

   Rated 1 out of 5

   Mirna Zeferina Montero Casas – January 8, 2025

   Al encender la computadora, jamás dio imagen, solicite devolución de mi dinero el 14 de septiembre 2024 hasta el momento, no me han devuelto nada, ya ellos tienen su producto que devolvi

8. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   user-MPAA551 – January 12, 2025

   Everything is good as expected from its specs but the battery life is really short compared to the average 6 hours mentioned in the details. My laptop takes only 2 hours and i need to recharge it again even i am just watching YouTube

9. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Alejandro P. – January 20, 2025

   Very happy with the order. Laptop is amazing! No any issues!