 This has to be the most fun I've had with a gaming laptop this year and honestly I think this is probably the best gaming laptop, especially at its price point Hey guys, Thunder E here and welcome to another video on the channel. This time we're covering the ASA Predator Helios Neo 16. Yes, that's a lot of names for a gaming laptop But this is probably one of the best gaming laptops you will find this year and if you're a gamer looking for a laptop I'm already going to recommend you right off the bat that this is probably the laptop for you to pick up now You're wondering why now before we do that go ahead smash that subscribe button Notification icon to be notified with more videos on the channel. So what makes this laptop special like it looks pretty simple It's great. You've got the predator logo there It also weighs 6.17 pounds So it's not too heavy and it's also not light at the same time But this this laptop comes with a lot of ports and features But also comes with a lot of great gaming performance. You're going to see it throughout the video I'm not going to even jump into benchmarks because we already know what the Intel 13 gen can do We've already seen what a 4060 can do, but what can they do within this laptop now? ASA has done a good job in packing a lot of features in here and you can see the keyboard is nice and flush You've got of course specified keys for your AWSD as well as also the predator button that allows you to go to the predator sense Software now this is a very comfortable keyboard. I do like the trackpad as well But of course when you're gaming you're going to be using the gaming mouse So it really doesn't matter if you have a really good trackpad here as I mentioned in terms of specs You're looking at an Intel 13 gen processor. This is actually has the 13700 HX which is a desktop class processor. You've also got an RTX 4060 Yes, as well as the as well as 16 gigabytes of RAM DDR5 and a terabyte of storage Now you can expand that storage and this system is pretty easy to go ahead and open up you flip it open Take out the screws You do have two dim slots for your M2 drives as well as also for expanding your your RAM You can go ahead and increase that ramp to 32 gigabytes if you want to and I also added an extra drive Which is the shows up on the system here in terms of the display. It's pretty solid It's an LED display nothing too special Although it does have supports up to a hundred six five Hertz in terms of refresh rate Which is really nice and very solid now You've got a couple of things to note here when you start gaming You want a game at the best performance and this system allows you to go through different fan modes or two different game gameplay settings from quiet to balance From balance to performance and then turbo and you can quickly access that either through the Predator send software, which is nice and pretty straightforward Or you can tap this button right here and that blue button each time you tap it It takes you through the cycles But I want you to listen to the audio of the fan as it increases as you go from quiet balance Performance and turbo and we'll talk about how it actually affects you gaming wise Okay turbo is just super loud and not warranted But what kind of performance do you get as you move across with this device in terms of performance with all the different Fan settings. We actually tested a rich shot of the Tomb Raider and at quiet settings with the fan at quiet We got 87 frames per second at the highest settings of the game And then when we move it over to balance we jumped all the way up to 108 frames per second That's a huge jump right there and then at performance where of course the fan was much louder We got our performance at FPS at 112 frames per second and then finally moving over to turbo got a hundred and sixteen So to me the best Is actually balanced because you get a high frame rate and also the the fan isn't super loud at that point Now in terms of temperatures we're getting around a hundred and two to a hundred and five While playing at balance, but when the temp when the fan was kicked on to turbo it dropped down to 97 degrees So there is there are benefits for going to turbo because of course really cools down the system But it's just super loud. Now. What about game the performance while gaming on the system now playing shot of the Tomb Raider I got a maximum frame rate of 132 frames per second at resolution 2560 by 1600 and it worked out pretty well I went over to try red dem redemption 2 and I saw some interesting numbers there where playing red dem red dem Redemption 2 at 2560 by 1600 max settings. I was able to get 90 frames per second which was nice 88 to 90 frames a second And then when I dropped it down to 1080p the resolution I was able to get a much higher frame rates and getting closer to a hundred and 17 frames per second. So that was really solid. Now. What about do me turn on? I love playing this game I'm stuck on the same stage as you progress can probably guess Do me turn on max settings ultra nightmare and also at 2560 by 1600 we're getting around a hundred like a hundred and thirty to a hundred and forty frames per second So it ran really well and these games are no slouch and the performance that you see is something that you would expect Timing in timeout with this system now this system not only has some really great gaming performance But also has a ton of ports as well on the right side You've got two usb 3.2 usb a 3.2 ports and on the left side You do have one extra USB a 3.2 port as well as also a micro SD card slot and a headphone and mic jack combined And now the rare of this laptop You do have HDMI 2.1 out as well as also thunderbolt 4.0 allowing you to get for the good rides per second Output and also connecting to an external monitor. This thing is pretty solid and balanced all the way through Now what about audio? Well, let's put it this way if you're gaming on this You want to be wearing a headset because if you're going to be using the fan at its highest at turbo You're not going to hear your games that much, but here's a quick sample of what the speaker actually brings to the table They're okay nothing special a bit quiet and also not a lot of bass behind it, but we care about performance and this laptop delivers And here's the big kicker is the price point. It starts off at $999 for the koai 5 variant with a 4050. This here is a koai 7 13700 hx with a 4060 graphics card and you're getting top tier performance from the system and it's priced at $1349 so honestly, this is a steal and I think it's worth picking up So if you guys have any questions or any comments about this gaming laptop Let me know if you want to pick one up use our link down below also comes with this Predator carrying pouch, which is pretty nice so you can actually use it with you on the go I really like this. I think this is just a solid bite. It's nothing too crazy It doesn't look super sexy or anything, but it just gives you the performance that you're looking for as a gamer So again use our links. Thank you and always enjoy your entertainment