Measuring 1.5 by 16.9 by 11.7 inches (HWD), the Predator Helios 500 is comparable in size to other 17-inch gaming laptops, such as the 1.18-by-16.7-by-13.1-inch Alienware 17 R5, and at 8.82 pounds, it ...

The Acer Predator Helios 500 is a gaming laptop designed for extreme gamers. Not infinitely wealthy ones, such as the lucky 300 who bought a limited-edition $8,000 Predator 21 X, but reasonably ...

Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop expert and has been writing about and reviewing them since built-in Wi-Fi was an optional feature. He also covers almost anything connected to a PC, including ...

Picking a gaming laptop is a more intense decision than picking a desktop or individual components. You can’t just throw in a new graphics card or CPU in a few years to improve performance. Outside of ...

The Acer Predator Helios 500’s AMD version is the champ for multithreaded applications, plus it’s a lot cheaper than its Core i9 sibling. There’s just one problem: the baffling 256GB SSD, not nearly ...

Apart from what should be one of the best displays on a gaming laptop should also be one of the fastest gaming laptops on the market, with the new Acer Predator Helios 500 packing Intel's latest 11th ...

Acer announced a range of new PCs at its Next@Acer event in New York City today, such as the most powerful 13-inch Chromebook convertible, the lightest 15.6-inch Windows 10 laptop, and a whole bunch ...

If you've been turned off by the limited horsepower in Chromebooks so far, Acer's new Spin 13 might be for you. It sports either an Intel Core i3 or Core i5 CPU, something we've only seen in Google's ...

Acer has announced new AMD-powered gaming PCs ahead of Computex 2018, including the Nitro 50, Helios 500, and Predator Orion 5000. Two of the three are desktop gaming systems, while the Helios 500 is ...

It wouldn't be an Acer launch event without high-powered gaming PCs in the mix, and this year is no exception. The company is kicking things off with the Predator Helios 500, a 17.3-inch brute of a ...

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