Last year Acer Day was a huge deal. No, not just for Acer, but for plenty of Acer fans and even people who are in the market for some new hardware. There was plenty on offer on Acer’s biggest sales festival of the year in the year 2019. Tis year is a little different though.
For the past years, Acer day have been always held physically and you will get to see the items on offer in Malaysia’s Mid Valley Megamall. This year’s COVID-19 crisis though has made a physical show floor a little more difficult. It does not mean that Acer Day is not going to happen though, it is still happening.
Thanks to one of Acer’s biggest online retail partners, Shopee, Acer Day 2020 is happening. Without a venue though, the Acer Day 2020 event is exclusively online ordeal. Of course, when it happens online, you know there is some great deals.
Acer Day 2020
Acer Day 2020 is happening on the 2nd to the 4th of August 2020 exclusively online on Shopee and Acer’s own online store. You get plenty of deals too, up to 83% in discounts in some their attractive accessories. Would you believe me if I tell you one of them is their highly sought after gaming chair?
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Acer is still having their virtual event celebration too though. The Acer Day 2020 virtual even will be happening on their Malaysia Facebook page on the 2nd of August 2020 at 3.00 p.m. in the afternoon. You can catch Linora, Pong Pong, and Cikidot’s performance then in addition to catching and winning some lucky draw prizes.
For 83% discounts all you have to do then is to go to Acer’s online store or Shopee on the 3rd of August 2020 to look at all the deals Acer has in store for you. You can even get their gaming chair for as low as MYR 340 from about MYR 1,900. The bad news is the Acer Predator Gaming chair that is being sold on that day is no the OSIM massage chair that was recently launched in Acer@NEXT 2020. Still a good deal all in all.
But that is not the biggest deal of Acer Day 2020. The biggest deal is Acer’s Helios 300 gaming notebook PC for 2020 making its debut in Malaysia. We call it the baby Helios. Just because it is a baby Helios though, does not mean it is a lemon.
Acer Predator Helios 300
No, the Helios 300 for 2020 is one very powerful notebook PC indeed. It packs Intel’s latest 10th Generation Core i7-10750H six-core processor that has been proving to be a kicker in Acer’s Nitro 5 for 2020. That kick turns into a shove though with Acer fitting an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 GPU. You can even spec it up with 16GB of RAM, which is huge. You even get a 144Hz IPS display that produces great colours and clarity at Full HD.
The Acer Predator Helios 300 for the 2020 will come in two flavours. One packs a 10th Generation Intel Core i5 and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660Ti for MYR 4,599. For a little bit more money at MYR 5,199 you are getting the ultimate Acer Predator Helios 300 with the 10th Generation Core i7 and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060.
Acer Predator Helios 700
There is something else that will lurk in the shadows for Acer Day 2020. That is the replacement model of the desktop replacement that took the world by storm last year. When I say it took the world by storm, it actually sounds like a storm when you turn it up. This is the Acer predator Helios 700 gaming notebook.
It is not really a gaming notebook when it weighs as much as a cow on your desk. The desktop replacement comes with everything that Acer can throw at it to make it the perfect weapon to bring to LAN parties without strapping as much as a luggage bag to yourself. Its form factor means that it should still fit an overly large backpack, if that is all you are carrying in your backpack.
Enough with making fun of its size though. What it packs within the large body is no joke. You get power from the 10th Generation Intel Core i9 CPU, the ultimate gamers CPU. You can spec it up with up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super too, for maximum GPU attack. Yes, sounds like plenty of heat.
The 17-incher display produces crisp Full HD image at 240Hz and responds to you at 1ms. It is an IPS display with high degree of colour accuracy too, so you can technically work with it if you are in the creative industry. But those also sounds like a lot of stress on the CPU and GPU. That means more heat.
The behemoth though can handle the heat. Acer’s 4th generation Aeroblade design has proven itself to be a capable active cooler for plenty of Acer’s Predator machines. The blade design is the reason why you can get something like an Acer Predator Triton to work at full chat reliably.
That same Aeroblade technology cools the Acer predator Helios 700 for 2020. Cooling is a tricky business though, this much heat needs more management still. That is why Acer developed a new heat dissipator plate that they call POWERGEM. The new conductor is supposed to be a better conduit for heat transfer and therefore a more efficient cooling solution to be on hand.
Like the older Acer predator Helios 700, there is the HyperDrift keyboard technology that allows the hardware to be used in two configurations. One, normal mode where it looks like any notebook PC on your desk (albeit a large one with 17-inch display). The other one is a slid down, full power, full cooling, ultimate gaming mode. You reveal the complex heatpipe and fan system that cools your PC and additional vents to let out and intake more air to cool the whole system down for maximum beast mode. This is your ‘Turbo’ button on the Helios 700.
It is pricey though. For an Intel Core i7 variant with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super, you are spending about MYR 12,999. If you go for the full beast option of an Intel Core i9 and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super combination, you are looking at MYR 17,999. That is not even counting the amount of money you might spend on Chiropractic treatments for your compressed back after hauling this thing from the shop to your home or your LAN parties. Maybe you might need that luggage bag after all.
Price and Availability
The Acer Predator Helios 700 will be available for pre-orders on Acer Day 2020. The Predator Helios 300 though will be available on Acer Day 2020 with some event exclusive gifts and promotional prices. Of course, that goes along with all other Acer’s accessories and hardware on Acer Day.
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Acer Day 2020 is happening from the 2nd to 4th August 2020 in partnership with Shopee. You can tune in to Acer’s Facebook page on the 2nd of August 2020 at 3.00 p.m. to catch performances that Acer has lined-up for Acer Day. Of course, everything is done online and all purchases will be done online. You can visit their website, Facebook page, and their Shopee official store to know more. Save up and start shopping.
