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James Teo
post Sep 2 2018, 12:19 AM

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Well actually I wonder why most ppl prefer Onyx than Raven Elite (both 1060) tho, can share?

I bought an Acer Predator Helios 300 1060 16gb Ram last Sunday because Illegear was not opened on Sunday and now I freaking regret it. Wanna sell it off and buy Raven Elite asap.

Any owner of Raven Elite 1060 care to share experience? Thank you in advance.
James Teo
post Sep 2 2018, 12:52 PM

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QUOTE(Lego Warfare @ Sep 2 2018, 02:05 AM)
Mind sharing why you regret getting the Helios?
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First, my main concern, I am a 3D lecturer who uses dual or triple monitors every day in my life, so I overlooked that Helios 300 has only one graphic output, well who knows a gaming laptop with 1060 and they decided to put only 1 graphic output for it. So with this only 1 graphic output (HDMI), I can only connect it to a monitor.

Second, the cooling factor is kinda bad, CPU temp can reach 100c.

Other than that, not too bad for a cheap gaming laptop.

My Helios 300 specs:
i7-8750H
16gb Ram (I added another 8gb ram)
128gb SSD + 1tb HDD
1060 6gb
144hz FULL IPS

I am selling off at Rm4800 (without the bag or headset), Rm4750 if you come and pick it up.
The item is LESS THAN A WEEK OLD. Just in case if anyone wants it. Haha.

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post Sep 2 2018, 12:55 PM

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QUOTE(Vail @ Sep 2 2018, 11:08 AM)
Bought Raven Elite last July. A friend of mine bought 2 units of Helio 300 from lowyat, same spec with the raven elite, 1060, i7 8th gen. One for himself, one for his brother.
While im happy using raven, those two units of helio was defective.
Both had screen artifact issue, and one of it died after few weeks of usage.
Screen issue took about a month to fix due to sparepart unavailable at highpoint service center, while one of it that cant turn on was due to some internal wiring.

Why im tellling this story, is that, good riddance if you sold your predator and get something else, especially that batch *manufactured in april/may*. The service center said that batch have issues due to lack of QC. Bear in mind, after the screen replacement, all is good lol.
and raven experience? I had no issues from day one, except minor audio drive related issues which solvable by quick google. And ill recommend getting the FHD instead the 4K because not every windows app supports scaling out of the box for 4K. *MSSQL management studio looks so friggin tiny on 4K 15 inch screen by default*.
Overall, im satisfied with the raven.  laugh.gif
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Lucikly mine was not defective "so far", well, last Sunday I went to Illegear but unfortunately they are not open as they changed their operation days from 7days to 6days so I can't buy my Illegear that time, so went to Lowyat and check out other laptops and bumped into my friend selling me this Acer Predator, well it is kinda tempting because of the price, then I bought it...

And now, regret it.

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post Sep 2 2018, 01:14 PM

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QUOTE(Vail @ Sep 2 2018, 11:08 AM)
Bought Raven Elite last July. A friend of mine bought 2 units of Helio 300 from lowyat, same spec with the raven elite, 1060, i7 8th gen. One for himself, one for his brother.
While im happy using raven, those two units of helio was defective.
Both had screen artifact issue, and one of it died after few weeks of usage.
Screen issue took about a month to fix due to sparepart unavailable at highpoint service center, while one of it that cant turn on was due to some internal wiring.

Why im tellling this story, is that, good riddance if you sold your predator and get something else, especially that batch *manufactured in april/may*. The service center said that batch have issues due to lack of QC. Bear in mind, after the screen replacement, all is good lol.
and raven experience? I had no issues from day one, except minor audio drive related issues which solvable by quick google. And ill recommend getting the FHD instead the 4K because not every windows app supports scaling out of the box for 4K. *MSSQL management studio looks so friggin tiny on 4K 15 inch screen by default*.
Overall, im satisfied with the raven.  laugh.gif
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How's the temperature for Raven Elite under intense gmaing?
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post Sep 2 2018, 02:20 PM

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QUOTE(Vail @ Sep 2 2018, 01:40 PM)
If someone asks me about gaming laptops, predator is actually on my most recommending list. The build is "usually" good and for its pricing as well. Another thing, if you decide to sell, if possible, keep the predator bag lmao. its cool AF  and checking the predator bag on All IT price tag is RM 1.6k or even buying it online costs about 100-150 USD.  brows.gif
On Raven elite gaming, my GPU is 70-90C on normal room temperature non-airconditioning with laptop cooler ( its like 31c here in Bangkok). Running Android emulators makes CPU on 60-70c depending on the settings.
Also while gaming, you'd feel the body becomes warm due to raven elite has aluminum body. Also when transferring files to your HDD, for a longer period,  you'd feel the bottom right beside the touchpad very warm due to the hardisk positioning.

The temperature looks fine to me as i had Lenovo gaming laptop before and it was even hotter  sweat.gif. The raven gaming center usually auto kicks the fan boost when the system heats up to cool it off, then it will return the fan to normal mode. There is also a button for the fan boost unlike the acer predator where you have to turn it on in the control panel.
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Correcto! I am keeping the bag, ironically the bag looks cooler than the laptop itself haha.

But one more thing to ask, your Raven Elite is core i7-8750H right? Cause I heard 8750H produces a lot more heat.

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post Oct 13 2018, 01:17 PM

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Hey guys, just wanna ask if any Onyx user experience short battery life. I get the most 2hours under light surfing and video playing, no keyboard or LED light, 15 percent screen brightness.

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