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1) port with the Sleep and Charge function, and a USB Type-C 3.1 (Gen.

Then, on the right, you will find a Mini DisplayPort, an HDMI connector, as well as a USB Type-A 3.1 (Gen. That, located on the left, includes an RJ-45 connector, two USB Type-A 3.1 (Gen. All of the other I/O are scattered on the sides. Here, the power plug is placed on the back of the laptop. By the way, instead of entirely black, the vents on the back now have grey edging. Nevertheless, below you will also find the speaker cutouts, while the hot air is exhausted from the back and both the left and the right side of the chassis. Lastly, looking at the bottom panel we see the typical ventilation grills, but in contrast to the Helios 300 (PH315-52), some of them are partially closed, perhaps due to the addition of on-base ventilation. It is especially pleasant to use when it is paired with the fast-paced displays. In addition to the comfortable keyboard, the touchpad is pretty good with its decent gliding and accurate tracking. On the bright side, we feel that the issue can be solved easily by flushing the bottom panel and the base during the production phase. And we are not messing around, guys, it is really sharp and you can comfortably slice a potato there, resulting in significant discomfort to your wrists. What we really don’t like, though, is the sharp edge dropping from the base, down to the side, facing the user. Additionally, there is a dedicated Predator Sense button, which opens the respective app, as well as a Turbo button, which turns the laptop into a vacuum cleaner.ĭespite the aluminum used for the base, we see some keyboard flex, but it is not that bad. Its Arrow keys are big, but they are crammed into the rest of the keys, which makes them less comfortable to use. Once again, we see an optional RGB backlight. Further down below, there is the keyboard that has a decent travel, clicky feedback, and a NumberPad portion. How about the base, though? Well, here, we see the other difference (apart from the weight) with several ventilation cutouts being introduced to the top-most part of the material. Also, on its back, the lid has the Predator logo, which shines in blue, as soon as you turn on the notebook. Above the display, there is an HD Web camera, a feature that was weirdly ditched by the ASUS ROG Strix series. In terms of usability, the lid opens easily with a single hand, and you can see thin bezels on the sides and on the top – the norm for 2020. Interestingly, the new model weighs 2.50 kg, which is a 200-gram increase, compared to its predecessor, while the thickness remains the same – 22.9mm. However, despite its metal cover, the lid bends like a warm slice of cheese. This makes the body extremely strong and resistant to flex. As we saw on last year’s model, the Predator Helios 300 (PH315-53) features aluminum on its lid and on the base, while all of the other panels are made out of plastic.