What do you think of the 14" Acer Predator 300 SE compared to the Blade 14 and G14? Also, if you missed it I reviewed the Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro which you can find here - th-cam.com/video/Bk2DiNBbljM/w-d-xo.html
It is going to be beaten by both Razer Blade 14 and G14, especially with their higher tier models. While i9-12900H sounds very good in paper, the huge thermal and power requirements inside that tiny 14" chassis, just using standard Fan/Heatpipe based cooling solution, is going to be a huge problem and will affect the gaming performance as well, since now the less power will be available to the GPU, and it will also make it throttle due to higher temps. 12700H with a RTX 3070 100W would have been a far better choice for the max model.
I just dont See the benefit of intel processor in an 14“ Laptop. People who buy 14“ want More battery Life an less Heat, thats why they buy a smaller More portable laptop AMD is just so much More Power effizient
@@xha8509 My point as well. Its bad in both ways. Now due to very poor battery, you'll loose the portability. On top of that, you now need to pay high price for having those core i9 but will never get the performance due to thermal and power limitation for an Intel cpu. I won't say it's impossible, Alienware x14 does manages the thermal without loosing too much performance but for that you need to implement far costly and exotic cooling solution.
Battery life is amazing on both Razer 14 and G14. Plus they both have better GPUs. Downclocking the i9 may be possible and the screen choices, 32GB of RAM, and HDMI 2.1 are huge selling points.
It's such a satisfying look when laptops have a keyboard spanning to both ends of the device like with most 13-14 inch machines. Makes it feel and look very compact :)
I'm guessing they limited GPU on the 14" to 3060 because of the power requirements of the 12900H. I would have preferred to see a Ryzen 6900 in that 14" chassis which typically boosts to 75W (vs 115W for the 12900H) and use the spare power budget for a 3070ti and compete head on with the Blade 14.
To add to this, I also think out of the blade 14, g14 and this, I'd most likely go for the g14 since I feel like it has all the bells and whistles I need/want
Could you make a instruction video upgrading the RAM in the 16" ? nobody else is doing it. I know it's supposed to be easy, but I've never done it before and I'm not even sure what is compatible... You could even make it a double feature and show how to replace the Liquid Metal thermal.
I bought this laptop during the holidays last year. Probably one of the best laptop I've ever owned. I liked the portable size but also the bezel on the bottom of the display is kind of annoying, it could have more screen ratio. Other than that, it's definitely worth the purchase
Dang I'd definitely get the 16" version. The one thing it should cut down is the 240hz and just make it that sweet QHD 165hz display. Good for battery. Good for price. And a solid 16 inch machine that doesn't break the bank. It's definitely the most interesting of the Triton series thus far and am glad to see more 16inch form factor in the market.
Laptops with high refresh displays automatically switch to 60Hz when on battery power. So having 240Hz or 120Hz does not affect the battery life at all.
True I’m about sick of the 5000hz 1080 displays now. If you have a 3070 or higher there’s no reason not to have a QHD panel baseline instead. Then throw in all the options for oled mini led etc etc
Hello , Matthew, i have a question , in the app Care center , does it have battery Charge limit to 80% ? Or the old versión 2021 ? Thanks for your Help Nice video.
"You're not lazy, you only have a certain amount of energy and right now you are using it to listen, watch and refill that energy to get your next task today. Keep up the experience"
I know this is engineering samples but when the rams are soldered into the motherboard like this, is the laptop gonna be running in single channel mode all the time?
If is engineering unit , will they add more usb port / thunder 4 bolt for 300 SE ? forget to ask does this support usb type c fast charge ? cause right now i am finding a laptop, all the new gaming laptop quite pricy
Wow, 3k oled 90hz? That’s new and weird, and how the heck is that the 14inch version have i9 but the 16inch max is i7? Weird. I don’t know what is acer doing but it seems weird to me about this year triton series
Yup 14" is the sweetspot for me bec it fits those small airplane overhead luggage compartments. My plane luggage has a compartment just for that size. Asus just dropped the ball since we have all been having major troubles with MediaTek wifi cards. Utter trash. Good thing they're going back to Intel's. Had to install one on mine. Honestly it should have been a recall or free upgrade to Intel's for the price they were charging for the 3060 version. Major disappointment but Asus has disappointed me several times in the past over other major issues of its peripherals. If Alienware will improve their sizing I will jump ship and go back to them.
Same here, need something to fit into my carry on. My Legion 7i is compact for what it is, the power brick adds an extra kilo and when travelling every bit counts. I agree the Alienware 14 although slim, has a big butt and it has the same depth as my Legion which is crazy. I've never owned an Acer laptop, but this 14" has my caught my interest and I'm sure it will be priced competitively.
@@rossdev Tnx for the comment. Wishing the best for all frequent travellers like us :) the new 2022 G14 is tempting but yes with the added power comes a bigger power pack lol love everythjng else about it tho.
why didnt this laptop get an amd advantage version with ryzen 7 6700h and new radeon 6650m gpu with 165hz 1080p ips screen and freesync premium also it would cost way less than a rtx intel combo overall but with better battery life.also i really liked this laptop because of its extremly low profile gamer look so most people wont realize easily its a gaming laptop......now i m really sad X(((((((((
Exactly, If they release the 14 inch version with AMD 6900HS/68000HS/6700HS then a lot more people will buy this thing, it would have better battery life than the current and previous Zephyrus g14 depending on how their software is configured which is huge, the amount of people I have seen talk about the battery life suggests that most people buy these machines for a dual environment where they go to work/School with this and game later so batter life is important. The ram slots are upgradable, the display is good and with a pricing similar to that of the last year's G14 this Laptop with AMD processors would do good in sales. Also the fact that some people didn't want to buy the new G14 because of the AMD graphics card would now have a very good option. But if they still somehow configure the intel chips to have a good battery life of upto 10 hours then this would be still be very considerable.
@@k1x16 True! However, as I need such a machine mainly for productivity applications (Creative Suite, Mocha, Blender etc.) Alder Lake is just far superior when it comes to performance. Even more so when we're looking at the GPUs. AMD is just not an option for those workloads. Still waiting for a decent machine with a P-Series chip and Nvidia GPU with at least 8gb Vram. Not sure if such a thing will even be released at some point though 😕
@@blue4059 Thanks for the tip! Interesting machine, 4gb Vram won't do it for me though :-( I need at least 8gb, so a 3070 at minimum. And I don't think there's a laptop yet with P-Series and 3070. Kind of an odd combination, I know...
@@mikefize2279 Yeah... unfortunately don't think it will happen given already small demand for such combo plus the ongoing chip shortage. And even P-series has proven to be extremely inefficient in light of recent reviews (look up "just josh yoga 9i").
Asus, Razer --> Vapor chamber Why are there no one else inventing cooling solutuions? Just heatpipes and blocks all the same. I know there are not a lot options but multi million/billion company's so many resources and inventing nothing :(
Good first look, but all this is sorta pointless without price. Acer will undercut competition on price, but enough to take the risk on their brand, which has historically not proven very reliable? Only if you buy a warranty too, I suppose. And then you’re at or more expensive than the competition in terms of price, sooooo….
I’ve used acer devices for many years, both for personal use but also in our company. Those get used for around 10 years (regularly more than that too) and we haven’t had a single failure with one. Obviously we do upgrade components such as wi-fi modules every now and then when there’s a new standard. But reliability wise I’ve had a lot of bad luck with other laptop manufacturers, and reliability as well as durability is one of the main reason we keep buying acer laptops.
I have the 300 se. DO NOT GET IT. I've had a ton of problems with it. The laptop does run a lot of stuff. HOWEVER, the software experience is by far the absolute worse I've had on a laptop, and the laptop has a LOT of problems that are too big to overlook & actively fuck with the health of the laptop. 1: if put to sleep, the laptop wakes up. Constantly. It doesn't matter if the screen is closed. As you can guess, this is insanely problematic if your laptop is closed in your backpack, as it will make a LOT of noise and heat up quickly. 2: it really makes a ton of noise. I've had loud laptops. But this is truly something else. It'll often start to make very loud fan noise even if I don't have ANY software open in class. You can see how that's a problem. And it makes loud jet noise when turning on from sleep (so, randomly) 3: it freezes A LOT, and I have to force shut down the laptop. I think it happens when the memory is at 100% capacity. The kicker is that this happens A LOT when NOTHING is open on the laptop. It just freezes, I can't do anything, and I have to restart it. It's good on paper, but shit in practice. The only pro is that the laptop does run a lot (games, premiere...). But I can't even say that, given that it bottlenecks and freezes when virtually nothing is open. You're better off getting anything else.
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What do you think of the 14" Acer Predator 300 SE compared to the Blade 14 and G14? Also, if you missed it I reviewed the Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro which you can find here - th-cam.com/video/Bk2DiNBbljM/w-d-xo.html
It is going to be beaten by both Razer Blade 14 and G14, especially with their higher tier models. While i9-12900H sounds very good in paper, the huge thermal and power requirements inside that tiny 14" chassis, just using standard Fan/Heatpipe based cooling solution, is going to be a huge problem and will affect the gaming performance as well, since now the less power will be available to the GPU, and it will also make it throttle due to higher temps. 12700H with a RTX 3070 100W would have been a far better choice for the max model.
I just dont See the benefit of intel processor in an 14“ Laptop.
People who buy 14“ want More battery Life an less Heat, thats why they buy a smaller More portable laptop
AMD is just so much More Power effizient
@@xha8509 My point as well. Its bad in both ways. Now due to very poor battery, you'll loose the portability. On top of that, you now need to pay high price for having those core i9 but will never get the performance due to thermal and power limitation for an Intel cpu. I won't say it's impossible, Alienware x14 does manages the thermal without loosing too much performance but for that you need to implement far costly and exotic cooling solution.
Battery life is amazing on both Razer 14 and G14. Plus they both have better GPUs. Downclocking the i9 may be possible and the screen choices, 32GB of RAM, and HDMI 2.1 are huge selling points.
@@xha8509
I see the benefit you could run it on the cool setting and it will gimp the cpu , but since it's an i9 the cpu gimp won't hurt performance.
It's such a satisfying look when laptops have a keyboard spanning to both ends of the device like with most 13-14 inch machines. Makes it feel and look very compact :)
I know right, that's why I love the 12 inch MacBook and the new Dell XPS Plus, just pleasing to the eye.
@@Jezee213 yeah those 2 are gorgeous
@@bennoboy97 I know right!
I'm guessing they limited GPU on the 14" to 3060 because of the power requirements of the 12900H. I would have preferred to see a Ryzen 6900 in that 14" chassis which typically boosts to 75W (vs 115W for the 12900H) and use the spare power budget for a 3070ti and compete head on with the Blade 14.
That would definitely be a better balance
It would have been nice. I don’t see this as a direct competitor to the top spec models of the g14 or blade 14
Yeah higher end gpus shouldn’t be available on laptops with to low power limits
Agreed there. Even a 12700H might have been better.
You're criminally underrated man, you're out here pushing great content! 👍
Keep this stuff up man, love your videos!
To add to this, I also think out of the blade 14, g14 and this, I'd most likely go for the g14 since I feel like it has all the bells and whistles I need/want
I appreciate that!
90hz OLED is great bro. Just a little underwhelmed by the brightness
Could you make a instruction video upgrading the RAM in the 16" ? nobody else is doing it. I know it's supposed to be easy, but I've never done it before and I'm not even sure what is compatible... You could even make it a double feature and show how to replace the Liquid Metal thermal.
Acer could did a rename move on they line up, like predator could be the 13/14" models and Triton would be the 15/16" models
Thanks for the review but 322 nits is not really great...
but Mathew, the 500 se has 2 whole stickers more, that's a huge difference in overall performance
I agree im slacking big time. Thanks for making this clear! two extra stickers is a massive diff in performance
I bought this laptop during the holidays last year. Probably one of the best laptop I've ever owned. I liked the portable size but also the bezel on the bottom of the display is kind of annoying, it could have more screen ratio. Other than that, it's definitely worth the purchase
thermals?
@@TheAgentAssassin haven't had an issue with them
Dang I'd definitely get the 16" version. The one thing it should cut down is the 240hz and just make it that sweet QHD 165hz display. Good for battery. Good for price. And a solid 16 inch machine that doesn't break the bank. It's definitely the most interesting of the Triton series thus far and am glad to see more 16inch form factor in the market.
Laptops with high refresh displays automatically switch to 60Hz when on battery power. So having 240Hz or 120Hz does not affect the battery life at all.
True I’m about sick of the 5000hz 1080 displays now. If you have a 3070 or higher there’s no reason not to have a QHD panel baseline instead. Then throw in all the options for oled mini led etc etc
Better get the Zephyrus M16
They both look beautiful, but I can't afford it
Bought the trition 500se rtx3070 +I7 1Tb SSD for 1450€...Brand new.
Dynamic pricedropping.
Me watching this with my Acer Predator Triton 300
16" model should have one row of keys more to the right, to fit PG UP DOWN, larger shift etc. It would be perfect then, so let's wait for Triton 301
I would go for the bigger one. 16" laptops are not as huge as they used to be a few years ago.
How?
@@Randomguy-sq5sj How what?
Thx Matthew amazing video
Thanks for watching!
Any news on the predator? I meant the normal helios predator.
I have a zephyrus g14 with ryzen 9 5900x and rtx 3060 and facing battery issues with windows 11
Any suggestions
Switch to windows 10 and relax
Hello , Matthew, i have a question , in the app Care center , does it have battery Charge limit to 80% ? Or the old versión 2021 ? Thanks for your Help Nice video.
"You're not lazy, you only have a certain amount of energy and right now you are using it to listen, watch and refill that energy to get your next task today. Keep up the experience"
I really love this type of designs
Great video as always!
Thank you!
There is a good deal on this 16” model on Amazon, would you recommend it or to go with used Legion PRO ❔
Holy. Can't wait for the 14". Wonder what the cost is going to be
A whisker under $2000 for the maxxed out OLED version with i9, $1600 for entry level with FHD IPS and i7.
Sticker placement is important!
I wish I can get my hand on the 16inch model because I like bigger screens to have enough room for editing software interface.
I know this is engineering samples but when the rams are soldered into the motherboard like this, is the laptop gonna be running in single channel mode all the time?
If is engineering unit , will they add more usb port / thunder 4 bolt for 300 SE ?
forget to ask does this support usb type c fast charge ?
cause right now i am finding a laptop, all the new gaming laptop quite pricy
Most importantly, does the 14" laptop open one handedly?
Yes, it does
Very nice work.
This giving me the Acer Aspire 7 Vibes.
does the 14 inch one have ghosting?
Wow, 3k oled 90hz? That’s new and weird, and how the heck is that the 14inch version have i9 but the 16inch max is i7? Weird. I don’t know what is acer doing but it seems weird to me about this year triton series
Yea they should've put a ryzen 6000 processor in the 14 inch model
@@abrahanrincon4569 acer laptops are getting weirder, don’t know what are they thinking?
@@thaibinh6585 ikr they put a power hungry, hotter cpu in a 14 inch chassis makes no sense
Very nice laptops! I like 240Hz displays on laptops, more flexibility in higher fps games.
what is it better than g14 2022 version
12th gen i9 in a 14 inch chassis?
And you believe this will be better than an AMD? I'll believe it when I see the benchmarks.
I hope it is! I'll need to get a retail unit it to believe it too
Why does no one except razer put a thunderbolt on the right side?
It is great if it is ryzen 6000 series.
it does not have type c port?
It does
Yup 14" is the sweetspot for me bec it fits those small airplane overhead luggage compartments. My plane luggage has a compartment just for that size. Asus just dropped the ball since we have all been having major troubles with MediaTek wifi cards. Utter trash. Good thing they're going back to Intel's. Had to install one on mine. Honestly it should have been a recall or free upgrade to Intel's for the price they were charging for the 3060 version. Major disappointment but Asus has disappointed me several times in the past over other major issues of its peripherals. If Alienware will improve their sizing I will jump ship and go back to them.
Same here, need something to fit into my carry on. My Legion 7i is compact for what it is, the power brick adds an extra kilo and when travelling every bit counts. I agree the Alienware 14 although slim, has a big butt and it has the same depth as my Legion which is crazy. I've never owned an Acer laptop, but this 14" has my caught my interest and I'm sure it will be priced competitively.
@@rossdev Tnx for the comment. Wishing the best for all frequent travellers like us :) the new 2022 G14 is tempting but yes with the added power comes a bigger power pack lol love everythjng else about it tho.
why didnt this laptop get an amd advantage version with ryzen 7 6700h and new radeon 6650m gpu with 165hz 1080p ips screen and freesync premium also it would cost way less than a rtx intel combo overall but with better battery life.also i really liked this laptop because of its extremly low profile gamer look so most people wont realize easily its a gaming laptop......now i m really sad X(((((((((
speaking of 14" - please review the Alienware X14
How much are they?
Nice, might consider this! 3060 is a bummer...
so is not being able to tap strafe
if 14 inch reviews recommend it it's good to go then
Hey Matthew Moniz how are you??
good you?
the 14 inch variant doesn't come with G sync 😭😭😭😭😭
The 14" model is interesting. I just wish Alder Lake had better battery life 😕
Exactly, If they release the 14 inch version with AMD 6900HS/68000HS/6700HS then a lot more people will buy this thing, it would have better battery life than the current and previous Zephyrus g14 depending on how their software is configured which is huge, the amount of people I have seen talk about the battery life suggests that most people buy these machines for a dual environment where they go to work/School with this and game later so batter life is important.
The ram slots are upgradable, the display is good and with a pricing similar to that of the last year's G14 this Laptop with AMD processors would do good in sales. Also the fact that some people didn't want to buy the new G14 because of the AMD graphics card would now have a very good option.
But if they still somehow configure the intel chips to have a good battery life of upto 10 hours then this would be still be very considerable.
@@k1x16 True! However, as I need such a machine mainly for productivity applications (Creative Suite, Mocha, Blender etc.) Alder Lake is just far superior when it comes to performance. Even more so when we're looking at the GPUs. AMD is just not an option for those workloads. Still waiting for a decent machine with a P-Series chip and Nvidia GPU with at least 8gb Vram. Not sure if such a thing will even be released at some point though 😕
Lenovo Thinkpad T16 with P-series + RTX 2050 + 86Wh battery is what you are looking for.
You're welcome.
@@blue4059 Thanks for the tip! Interesting machine, 4gb Vram won't do it for me though :-( I need at least 8gb, so a 3070 at minimum. And I don't think there's a laptop yet with P-Series and 3070. Kind of an odd combination, I know...
@@mikefize2279 Yeah... unfortunately don't think it will happen given already small demand for such combo plus the ongoing chip shortage.
And even P-series has proven to be extremely inefficient in light of recent reviews (look up "just josh yoga 9i").
it looks so dated ...its like a 2014 laptop on the outside am i right ?
The Color is awful, Looks like my Laptop from 2011 😅
You have fans in india including me nice content.
Thank you!
@@MatthewMoniz looking forward to see your intel hx processor review.
Bruh you cant even repaste or even clean the cooling system
Nice
huge sausage party mmmmmm oh yes man :P
300 se has sticker on bezel chin, 500 se doesn't
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No Portuguese, Canadian
Asus, Razer --> Vapor chamber
Why are there no one else inventing cooling solutuions? Just heatpipes and blocks all the same.
I know there are not a lot options but multi million/billion company's so many resources and inventing nothing :(
Good first look, but all this is sorta pointless without price. Acer will undercut competition on price, but enough to take the risk on their brand, which has historically not proven very reliable? Only if you buy a warranty too, I suppose. And then you’re at or more expensive than the competition in terms of price, sooooo….
I’ve used acer devices for many years, both for personal use but also in our company. Those get used for around 10 years (regularly more than that too) and we haven’t had a single failure with one. Obviously we do upgrade components such as wi-fi modules every now and then when there’s a new standard.
But reliability wise I’ve had a lot of bad luck with other laptop manufacturers, and reliability as well as durability is one of the main reason we keep buying acer laptops.
I rlly want a 14 inch gaming oled w high battery life...why did they use intel😒
Check out the Asus Vivobook pro 14x, you can have it with 2.8k resolution, 90hz and a Ryzen 7 5800H
@@lobster5782 rtx 3050ti that too at 35w isn't really that good for gaming. If it had the 80w rtx 3060 like the 2021 g14 it would've been great
I have the 300 se. DO NOT GET IT. I've had a ton of problems with it. The laptop does run a lot of stuff. HOWEVER, the software experience is by far the absolute worse I've had on a laptop, and the laptop has a LOT of problems that are too big to overlook & actively fuck with the health of the laptop.
1: if put to sleep, the laptop wakes up. Constantly. It doesn't matter if the screen is closed. As you can guess, this is insanely problematic if your laptop is closed in your backpack, as it will make a LOT of noise and heat up quickly.
2: it really makes a ton of noise. I've had loud laptops. But this is truly something else. It'll often start to make very loud fan noise even if I don't have ANY software open in class. You can see how that's a problem. And it makes loud jet noise when turning on from sleep (so, randomly)
3: it freezes A LOT, and I have to force shut down the laptop. I think it happens when the memory is at 100% capacity. The kicker is that this happens A LOT when NOTHING is open on the laptop. It just freezes, I can't do anything, and I have to restart it.
It's good on paper, but shit in practice. The only pro is that the laptop does run a lot (games, premiere...). But I can't even say that, given that it bottlenecks and freezes when virtually nothing is open. You're better off getting anything else.
And you are here dumping shit on the x14 haha, biased much?
absolutely and still will! 75W GPU compared to 100W with this guy and Predator 300 SE will be placed at a much better price point
no woke ness in this channel....whooooooooahhhhh!
micro sd card.... its a no for me definitely not on my list...
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