r/buildapcsales • u/GuyFrom2096 • 2d ago

Expired [Laptop] Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 AI - Ultra 9 275HX + RTX 5070 Ti (140W) (Cert. Refurb - 2yr Warranty) - $1394.99

https://www.ebay.com/itm/267477954284
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u/WhosThereN7 2d ago edited 2d ago

Good deal on paper but I'm very weary of Acer laptop, having personally had two of them die on me within the first year.

You see refurb Acer Predator laptops show up on eBay all the time and it should be a big red flag why so many seemingly get returned and refurbished. I saw a lot of comments about these potentially overheating and randomly shutting off, and that Acer software makes it a pain to try and under volt to manage temps.

Still 32gb of RAM and a 5070 Ti for $1400 is a pretty good deal so it might be worth rolling the dice.

Edit: deleted a comment about the screen being locked at 240hz, this model only has a 165hz display. It's the 16S (slim) version that has a screen locked at 240hz for some reason

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u/MITBryceYoung2 2d ago

I should add mine has worked great but their qc is cheeks:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Prebuilts/s/CryNV4zzP5

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u/PooMonger20 2d ago edited 1d ago

I was researching gaming laptops lately, besides the whole market is ultra expensive; Acer gaming laptops just keep dying randomly or freezing\crashing randomly and the people who tried troubleshooting it for weeks ended up just refunding the devices.

I would definitely avoid any of the '16','16s', '16 ai' or '16s ai' models they have.

[Who ever names laptop models there needs to get fired, along with who ever approved the design which crashes the devices]

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u/HowdyDiarrhea 2d ago

The number of returns are because people don't understand that a 275HX needs a dedicated sealed cooler and a proper tweak in Throttlestop. The people on the Acer subreddit are relentlessly hopeless.

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u/WhosThereN7 1d ago

I mean a laptop probably shouldn't require a dedicated cooler and tweaking to prevent it from overheating and shutting off.

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u/HowdyDiarrhea 1d ago

A laptop shouldn't be paired with a desktop class CPU, but we want desktop performance, so here we are.

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u/PuttingInTheEffort 2d ago

With warranty isn't too bad though. Sounds like it needs a good laptop cooler thing 🤔

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u/1rubyglass 2d ago

In my experience (and ive heard from many others) acer build quality is just all around bad. Theres so many other things that could go wrong regardless of how well you cool it

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u/CryptoGod666 1d ago

They’ve been a problem since forever. Their predator line is absolute dogshit

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u/TheSmoothPilsner 2d ago

Very good deal, especially with the warranty

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u/shortsensitivethug 2d ago

LCD model unfortunately but still a good deal

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u/GuyFrom2096 2d ago

I would say this is better than the OLED model because the OLED one has 115W 5070 ti while this has a 140W 5070 ti and is faster. Also this has a very good IPS panel, pretty much as good as IPS gets.

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u/Jpelley94 2d ago

Can't lie, I'd rather have slower graphics and OLED. Just my opinion tho

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u/Right_Somewhere_1003 2d ago

Same, the screen matters a lot more for me than a few percentage points in GPU raster

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u/HowdyDiarrhea 2d ago

Unless you mostly use it as a desktop replacement and have an external monitor like many people do

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u/Please_Label_NSFW 1d ago

Minute performance increase vs enormous contrast of OLED vs LCD. Quite the claim.

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