Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 (PHN16-71) review – clever blend between Nitro’s affordability and Predator’s power

Name: Acer Predator Helios Neo 16
Brand: Acer

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From: Alex Iliev 28 June 2023 / 20:32 | 3

8. Disassembly, Upgrade options, and Maintenance

7. Temperatures and comfort, Battery Life Previous page Next page 9. Verdict

Disassembly, Upgrade options, and Maintenance

To access this notebook’s internals, you need to undo a total of 11 Phillips-head screws. Then, pry the bottom panel with a plastic tool, starting from the front.

Inside, we find a 90.6Wh battery pack. To take it out, just unplug the connector from the motherboard.

In terms of memory, there are two SODIMM slots. They work with DDR5 RAM. As for storage, you get two M.2 PCIe x4 slots, which support Gen 4 SSDs.

Here, the cooling comprises two heat pipes, shared between the CPU and the GPU, with one more dedicated to the CPU, and two additional ones for the graphics card. As you can see, there are four heat sinks, two fans, and a couple of heat spreaders for the VRMs and the graphics.

8. Disassembly, Upgrade options, and Maintenance

7. Temperatures and comfort, Battery Life Previous page Next page 9. Verdict

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PHVM_BR

10 months ago

This has a 4060, not a 4050!

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wilton

6 months ago

I find the upgrade option weak, 2 nmve, are both now filled what is the max capacity they will hold (some have what can only be described as bios limits), for that matter can they take 80mm? Also what about the RAM, what is the max speed or capacity. The only really upgradable parts of a laptop should be properly investigated. Thanks for the effort though