Our opinion on the Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 PHN14-51-59AF
Multimedia, the gaming laptop Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 PHN14-51-59AF with a battery life of 8 hours suitable for studying, benefits from a good amount of 32 GB RAM and a high-performance Core Ultra 5 125H Intel Meteor Lake hybrid processor which accelerates processing. This is also the case for the comfortable fast SSD storage of 1 TB reinforcing responsiveness but also for the high-end GeForce RTX 4060 ray tracing graphics card NVIDIA Ada Lovelace adapted to recent games. This Windows 11 Ultrabook equipped with Thunderbolt 4 and Wi-Fi 6E connectivity and an RGB backlit keyboard also benefits from a 14-inch IPS High Definition 2.5K anti-reflective 16/10th screen with more faithful than average sRGB colors which improves fluidity in games with its 120Hz frequency.
Features of the Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 PHN14-51-59AF
| Screen(s) | 14″ IPS 2.5K 120Hz 16/10th 100% sRGB thin edges low blue light emission (2560×1600, anti-glare) |
| Processor | Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Meteor Lake (14 cœurs : 4P 4.5 GHz / 8E 3.6 GHz / 2S, TDP 28W) |
| Installed RAM (max) | 32 GB (soldered) LPDDR5x 7467 MHz |
| Graphics card | NVIDIA Ada Lovelace GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB dedicated GDDR6 (120W, 1990MHz), Intel Arc integrated into the processor and Optimus |
| Storage | SSD M.2 de 1 To (NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4) |
| Connections | 2 USB 3.2 (Gen2) + 2 USB 3.2 Type-C (Gen2) Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, microSD/SDHC/SDXC card reader |
| Network | Wi-Fi 6E ax (2×2, Killer 1675i), Bluetooth 5.3 |
| Backlit keyboard | Oui, RGB 3 zones |
| Numeric keypad | – |
| Windows Hello | – |
| Audio system | 2 DTS:X Ultra speakers |
| Operating system | Windows 11 64 bits |
| Announced autonomy / Battery | 8 hours / Li-Polymer 76Whr (230W adapter) |
| Poids / Dimensions (mm) | 1.9 Kg / 324.1 x 255.35 x 19.52-20.9 |
The Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 PHN14-51-59AF faces the competition
The Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 PHN14-51-59AF is currently available at Boulanger and offers an attractive configuration/price ratio for its category where it is one of the least expensive to offer such a high-performance processor (also recent) and graphics card, with such a high definition/frequency screen with such faithful colors as well as Thunderbolt 4 connectivity, all in such a compact case.
If the Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 PHN14-51-59AF does not meet all your criteria, you will find other configurations for gaming on a similar budget in our gaming laptop guide. For the same budget, choose the model with the most powerful graphics card, it will have the greatest impact on performance.
Need a student laptop? Check out our guide.
Chassis, connections, screen of the Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 PHN14-51-59AF
Cooled by 2 5th generation AeroBlade 3D fans, 2 vector heat pipes, liquid metal thermal paste and air vents, this versatile multimedia laptop for creators and gamers has an angular dark gaming appearance.
The connectivity integrated into this creative gaming laptop is good, including 2 USB-C including 1 Thunderbolt 4, Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 6E wireless modules for communicating and connecting remotely, an audio port, an HDMI video output useful in order to easily connect it to a TV or a monitor for example but also 2 USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible) guaranteeing transfers up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0 if USB 3.0 devices are plugged into it.
We can obviously backlight the keys of the chiclet keyboard whenever we need to better discern them.
To appeal to gamers, the screen is adorned with a frequency of 120Hz higher than the 60Hz standard to provide better fluidity in games and more generally in everyday life.
The screen will interest fans of High Definition content since it adopts a 2.5K definition superior to Full HD while its 16:10 format is more comfortable than the standard 16:9 by displaying more information.
Thanks to its IPS technology, the screen has significant vertical and horizontal viewing angles as well as sRGB colorimetry that is more faithful than average.
Performances, autonomy of the Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 PHN14-51-59AF
The Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 PHN14-51-59AF may appeal to those who wish to have a compact High Definition nomadic multimedia laptop that performs well in gaming and creation.
Its autonomy, which is around 8 hours on battery in light use, may appeal to some looking for a student laptop, especially since this Ultrabook is easy to transport since it is compact and thin while its weight is controlled.
However, it delivers solid general performance to attract as many users as possible. Because it is built around a good amount of above-average 32 GB RAM coupled with a Meteor Lake Intel Core Ultra 5 125H processor with AI services, 14 hybrid cores and integrated Intel Arc graphics solution.
The potential of this duo is deployed in work requiring RAM and CPU resources using multi-core (and AI), such as 3D rendering, video editing or photo editing.
In these areas we obtain much faster processing than if we were dealing with 16/24 GB DDR4/5 as well as a Quad/Hexa Core.
Creative people will therefore be seduced, especially since the dedicated GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card on board provides graphics acceleration of processing under software taking advantage of GPU computing power, such as the Adobe suite, Vegas or VSDC.
Featuring the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture, the GeForce RTX 4060 ray tracing is a high-end dedicated graphics card with which you can play recent games.
However, some concessions are necessary under the most demanding opus in 3D resources due to the 2.5K definition. Because it requires more graphics calculations than Full HD, which results in a lower number of fps.
On a daily basis, a switch is made automatically and in real time between the Intel Arc solution and the GeForce RTX 4060.
It is NVIDIA Optimus technology which takes care of this by favoring the Intel Arc as much as possible despite its significantly lower performance because it is energy efficient which promotes autonomy, an advantage of this configuration as we have seen more early.
The GeForce RTX 4060 is in any case used by Optimus when it comes to carrying out graphics work deemed too heavy for the Intel Arc, typically for gaming.
The storage is high since it is entrusted to a very comfortable 1000 GB SSD for installing and storing many software, games and files including personal creations.
As it is silent, shock resistant, energy efficient but also fast, the SSD provides great responsiveness and fluidity on a daily basis.
Thanks to the SSD you can quickly access online game cards while launching games/software, multimedia processing and starting/stopping are done quickly.
Finally, expect this versatile multimedia gamer Ultrabook to heat up and make itself heard when pushed hard (e.g. games, treatments).
To contain its temperatures, it can be combined with a ventilated support if necessary (remember to check the dimensions carefully!).
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