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The most obvious thing about the Acer Helios 300‘s design is that it isn’t pushing the limits of slimness or overall size. It’s 29mm thick and has noticeably wide bezels around its 15.6in screen, making for a laptop with an overall footprint of 432.3mm x 289.9mm.
In comparison, the Razer Blade 15 measures 355 x 235 x 20mm. The Helios 300 is also heavier than such machines, weighing in at 2.6kg compared to the 2kg of the Blade. But, such is the nature of much more affordable laptops. Putting the Helios 300 up against more similarly priced alternatives and it fares much better. The MSI GE63, for instance, measures 383 x 260 x 29.5mm and weighs 2.49kg.
The styling is nice and modest with a simple black plastic used for the bulk of the build and brushed black anodised aluminium panels for the lid and keyboard surround.
You get the fairly aggressive silver Predator logo on the lid and there are some red highlights in the form of clear red plastic strips on the lid, metallic red paint on the rear and red backlighting but otherwise it’s reasonably plain, in a good way.
All the laptops connectivity is ranged down the sides while all the cooling draws air up through the bottom and out the back. The Helios 300’s innards are modest enough that only one side of the exhaust vents on the rear are actually used – the others are filled in.
