When to buy a Helios 300?

ElSidz
ElSidz Member Posts: 14

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edited November 2023 in 2020 Archives
Hello World!
I'm considering buying a budget gaming laptop and am looking at the Helios 300.
A few things I wish to know before i proceed:
1. Will the model be updated in May 2020? I heard that they might do so at the expos.
2. Can I configure the laptop to my specs before I buy it instead of again spending separately? I want 32GB (2x 16GB) RAM and a 1TB M.2

Thats all!
Thanking you in advance!

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  • xapim
    xapim ACE Posts: 7,253 Pathfinder
    edited February 2020
    @ElSidz regarding any future launch only acer support would be able to know exactly if they already have anything scheduled for it or not and you cant customize it before you buy every country has their own variants with different stock specs the only thing you can do its to wait and see what comes out but personally i wouldnt worry at ram/storage (it can be upgraded later) i would just consider the cpu/gpu (which arent upgreadable) also regarding rtx gpus there are only a hand full of games supporting it so far and in my personal view not worth the money right now hopefully in 3/4 years from now there will be more support for it but again it all depends on the devs and on what short/long term are you planning also as i said the ram can be upgraded later so you can buy a cheaper model with a good cpu/gpu and upgrade it later i recommend hyperx/vengeance 2666 dual channel kits (they arent so expensive as they were when i got mine) and regarding the m.2 if youre planning to use it only for gaming and average use sata its more than enough and i would go for 1/2tb wd blue (in fact not many games require ssd only had to move 2/3 so far into the ssd of all the 130+ i have installed and 90% running from my external 5tb 2.5hdd all run fine no issues) but if youre planing on content creation/rendering etc nvme its the way to go anyway hope this helps :)

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