Acer Predator Helios 300 SSD Upgrade, Memory Upgrade, Clone SSD, Complete Upgrade.

[@TIAGOBEZERRA999]

Oh man.... Thank you so much.! I've just bought a Helios 300 and I have a spare SSD in my house. I'll install it following your step-by-step.! Thank you so much.!

[@REAB66]

You’re the only one that could help me with all this stuff at this detail (yeah, I’m a beginner)... thanks man, I really appreciate it. You got a new sub!

[@jjmdirector]

This Laptop is my everything! bought it last year on Amazon. I'm not a huge gamer, I have my old favorites and it covers everything I need. Expanding the storage is a must however

[@go0dfellah]

Upgraded ram and put in an additional ssd. Couldn't have done it without you. Thank you so much for this!

[@boredlife]

i have helios 300 i7 8th fen can i change battery and graphics and cooling.

[@cannabros]

what happens when you upgrade the ram?

[@ChloePrince]

Perfection! Just bought a new Helios 300 from Micro Centers, and wanted to upgrade my RAM to 32G myself. This video made it easy and appreciated the tips on how NOT to screw up the thin Aluminum casing!

[@RRD_072]

Happy to hear. U've made beautiful choice. I'm a Helios 300 user myself of 2019 model i bought around 2 yrs back. The Looks and the Metallic feel is like no other laptop. Mine's got gtx 1660ti and ram i upgraded myself to 16. What are the specs on yours ?

[@RRD_072]

Also have u bought the extended warranty 2yr (total 3years) that acer gives are really cheap price which is to be availed within 7 to 9 days of buying ?

[@wasssuupppman]

Crazy informative and helpful, I was really hesitant to try and upgrade my labtop until now. THANK YOU SO MUCH for this video!

[@poundcake1019]

Thank you for the video, it really helped me when upgrading my laptop. I like the fact that you go step by step and don't use subtitles.

[@JustYourTypicalHoho]

its my first time putting in ssd in my laptop. this guys sure helped me a lot from start to finish. thank you so much!

[@CadillacComputerCenter]

Good to hear. Thx for watching

[@revanvonheaven8270]

@@CadillacComputerCenter I have a question I can fix pretty much every thing and am skilled what I do not have experience is batteries I have a Hellios 300 10th gen but it came with 55wats battery I can not find an original battery that supports 90watts I need more amphers, but I need the correct voltage otherwise I can just cause a short circuit and fry my motherboard can you advise me how to bypass this I am building a laptop for the next ten years I am modifying it so I need to know how do I go on about doing this do I take the original battery, buy a 90watts and install the chipset from the original battery reverse engineer it or how do I go about that.

[@BgChf-dg5lv]

Very factual and straight to the point. My go to for changing out pieces now.

[@NoOtherChoicesForUN]

Great video. Just installed 64gb of crucial ram on mine and the opening was a PIA.

[@themadatheist1976]

Good, nice to see this model has heat pads for both m.2 slots even when the 2nd one is empty.

[@PedroLeonardoAlvesPereira]

Hello! I Found your video on 2021. Today I have used it to upgrade my Helios 300. Thank you very much for all the tips. Great Video!!!

[@RolyMoes]

Thank you so much! Followed along and the whole process went pretty flawlessly. Now to install some games!

[@woodybaby543]

Thank you. I have upgrade my laptop after watching your video

[@CadillacComputerCenter]

Awesome. Thanks for watching! Dale

[@hookedoutdoors1236]

Nice Job. Buying one of these and was considering spending extra money for the upgraded version. Knowing this I can save some money doing a Ram upgrade myself.

[@williamcordero13]

Just upgraded my Helios! Thanks for all the help!

[@thomas1699]

I am now going to upgrade my factory NVME drive to a Samsung 980 Pro. 'See if I can get a little more speed. (I finally did it. There is now a 980 Pro in the primary drive slot! Yeah!) (It is not really lacking, I just gotta tinker.) The only thing I "worry" about is the clone. You make that part look easy. Cheers.

[@sirownzalotgaming3025]

This is a great video man. Love the walkthrough, informative no fluff. Well explained. Great job. Liked and subbed.

[@L0n3W00f]

Loved this. Great job with these videos :)

[@anuragmishra3491]

Nice step to step guide and well instructed.

[@CadillacComputerCenter]

Thx for watching. Dale

[@Valorexo123]

Who else is watching this on a helios 300?

[@blakewilson103]

me

[@mr.x6240]

x3 :v

[@batourafg4963]

ME

[@べぺぃす]

I am! This thing is a powerhouse!

[@yoker1496]

+1

[@df-hh7yd]

This should be the top result for Helios 300 disassembly

[@vbnandu867]

Bless you for man a video without any stupid intro animations. Hope you get a good camera and an assistant. Please keep the work going

[@Ted_E_Bear]

Great video Dale !!

[@CadillacComputerCenter]

Thanks Ted, I appreciate that. Dale

[@specialmeats]

Was having a lot of trouble getting the plastic separated from the back casing to install an SSD. Thanks for the help!

[@callumwinkler1943]

12:48 Pretty sure the intake is solely on the bottom with the backs and sides for expelled air

[@monehget]

I would keep the original 512 gb with os clean install for future copying if the 1 tb corrupts or the NVME fully fails. Plus, I'll fill up the 512 gb day 1. Replacing mine with 2x2TB NVME and a 4TB ssd for the time being.

[@z3romaster]

What a great tutorial, man. Definitely subscribed!

[@krathoon2338]

This is a really great laptop. I think it is the same model I got. It is the RTX 3060 one, right? I just put a 2TB in the second SSD slot on mine. It is really annoying to open though. Fortunately, all the screws are the same size so you don't have to worry about keeping track what screws go into what holes.

[@wiffmastermase]

These laptops are so robust, I've actually swapped out my fans, SSD's and NVME's while it's still alive. Been mining with it if not gaming for a good 2 years now. I will say though the GPU fan (under the NUM keys) have gone on me twice. First one was a defect, paid for a new one to keep my warranty and repair it at home. Again, a robust laptop. Make sure you undervolt it, they have alot more headroom than you think.

[@BrettGreenberg-h4x]

Awesome video! Made adding RAM so easy. Thank you!

[@Am94514]

Wow this is a good thing from Acer hileos 300 because it’s not normal on most laptops to upgrade ram I just bought one and feeling good 👍🏼

[@thomas1699]

Great video. Clear instructions on how to install parts. Has anyone complained about a "conflict" between the Predator BIOS and that MX500 SSD? I have a 2021/2 Predator Helios. Read about the problem on the Acer Support Blog. Thanks

[@nrnlapi470]

Very Nicely explained with good detailing.. LOVED IT.

[@Polk]

Very informative video, I am hoping to install an SSD soon and will use this for sure!

[@enzoluizortiz3014]

Wait is it okay ig i put a 2tb 860 or 870 ssd?

[@nirnimeshde7231]

@@enzoluizortiz3014 Each slot can have maximum 1TB so by 2 slots you can get max 2TB SSD, not 2TB SSD per slot...

[@fefraga2008]

Lessons learned, no doubt!

[@tramonte]

Great video, very helpful. Thank you!

[@fiercekitstodvix9834]

Saved me $60!! Thank you, so. much!!

[@AllAboutUFC]

Gr8 video thanks!! I just bought one of these and i will be looking to do exactly what u did thank you!

[@CadillacComputerCenter]

Awesome. Thx

[@ssk5121]

Thanks I followed it as tutorial to update the ram🍻

[@koonley]

Great video. But a small correction; the fans suck air in from the bottom of the chassis and blow air out from both side and rear vents

[@piotrbeczkowski1517]

I was considering to buy this laptop, but with rtx 3070. Is cooling in it that big of a problem?

[@vanadik]

@@piotrbeczkowski1517 I have one with 3070, GPU cooling is fine(50-60 C), however CPU may get 90-95 degrees Celsius during gaming when Cool boost and turbo modes for fans are disabled. When they are enabled CPU temperature is 70-85, so it is ok, but the fans are loud on turbo modes

[@Merciless_Banana]

Ive got a good magnetic tip as well 😎

[@aiochannel2333]

Many thanks for your nice video

[@CadillacComputerCenter]

Thank you. Dale

[@w-gsnow8427]

Old man. You are a goddamn blessing

[@CadillacComputerCenter]

Well thx, I think! Lol

[@w-gsnow8427]

To be clear. Once the breakdown started there was nothing but the breakdown. The only thing I wish you did was use KZbin's chapter feature to mark pretalk and key points in the breakdown

[@w-gsnow8427]

@@CadillacComputerCenter I recently purchased the 3060 model variant of this because my old tower died and was lost on how to rip the ssd from the old comp and put it in this. Most other breakdowns didn't show how to open the damn thing. I'm glad you did. works beautifully, if a bit scuffed. Didn't have that nifty plastic triangle so I had to make do.

[@sorawomon]

Thanks, your video helped me a lot

[@landonmauldin42]

I was searching for a video like this. I’m fixing to upgrade my predator. What is the biggest ssd you can use. I already have a 1tb m2 ssd. Is there a max size the for the m2 ssd. I wanting to clone mine and add more m2 memory

[@Engr.S-Jay29]

Thank you sir. I really learned something. (Please dont skip adds guys) ;)

[@jayn8392]

So if i want to upgrade the spare m2 drive and keep the original i do not need to worry about cloning the data over?

[@PumbaBear]

Great video. I am about to do exactly the same

[@Logan-jk4go]

Thanks man this helped a ton

[@Dilip_Everywhere]

Legend 🔥🔥

[@therealgreyman]

im not really a techie so pardon for the stupid question. a couple of questions really. is it possible to clone the booting ssd on to the new one by installing the new ssd on the slot? (i dont have ssd enclosure and im being stingy. LOL) and also is it possible to use the inserted ssd as the boot drive? thank you for your time

[@sangyephuntsog1176]

Great video. Helped me alot👍

[@baronvonfox]

Nice job, thanks a lot.

[@diegonavarro6194]

Great video. Perfect explanation

[@meuconmyeuc1337]

Thank you for this tutorial, but the Samsung software link doesn't provide data migration; just benchmark and encryption software.

[@User-nb8mf]

Just Google Samsung data migration, had the same problem with the link.

[@billtechprogramming1435]

thank you for posting this,

[@cr7here]

Please provide the link of the Magnetic Pad where you kept all the screws.

[@datagrab]

*Thank you and God bless.*

[@kernildojunior]

Thx for sharing, it was a nice video, very detailed. Something I've noticed you've put a 1TB NVME SSD, but the manual says it supports 512GB on each bay, maybe the Brazilian version supports only 512GB :( Acer really hates LATAM lol.

[@GraveUypo]

don't worry, it'll support anything you put in there as long as it's on the same bus.

[@wowzers1069]

Good info, but didn't know that the guy who filmed Cloverfield did side work making DIY computer videos. Some will get it.

[@emper2977]

what thickness are those stock thermal pads?

[@trengey6498]

My predator Helios 300 never came with a SATA cable and I’ve had no luck finding a replacement one that works, where could I get one?

[@mvyhem]

Contact acer, they send them for free

[@trengey6498]

@@mvyhem I actually tried to go through Acer themselves but they said that they don’t carry the part for this model of laptop. I had to contact capital data (an authorized Acer reseller) and get a special order for the part that ended up costing me 46 bucks. It’s a shame that Acer wouldn’t actually help me and it resulted in me having to pay that much money for a dumb little cable

[@mvyhem]

@@trengey6498 that's fucking rough dude, I called them and asked them for the cable and they sent it to my with next day shipping, no charge to me. Was your laptop out of warranty?

[@trengey6498]

@@mvyhem I’m honestly not sure cuz I bought it off of someone second-hand but unused. They said they never got a warranty so I’m assuming they most likely never got it

[@tanishing95]

@@trengey6498 hi, did u got a cable? Im having same problem , bought second hand no cable

[@mr702s]

Would there be enough clearance to add high efficiency thermal pads to connect those heat sinks to the SSDs?

[@sirdarrel314]

Awesome video

[@Macintosh007]

Came back to say my predator helios 300 doesn't have the ssd/hdd bay. It is taken up with a bigger battery. Make sure to check before you buy the drive lol.

[@alfredito1990]

thanks old dude.

[@Connor_Dempsey]

Great video.

[@1Docflash]

loved info but camara guy gave me headache cant you us camera stand?

[@CadillacComputerCenter]

Sry man. I do now.

[@FreeThoughtCrime]

How do you install the Samsung Migration tool prior to the customer initializing the laptop for the first time?

[@CapvilleYouTube]

Hey, quick question: When you remove the drive, are all the memory files deleted? Do you get more memory, or is it a memory replacement and you lose all your previously stored files?

[@SevenkTV]

Why do you have to use a USB A/C to M.2 NVMe Adapter? Can't you install it inside the laptop first and then copy it? does it affect the bios?

[@ecologiadederecha4844]

I have the 2021 model, one question.. Is it possible to install 32gb only in one port and the other remains empty? Or it is better to have the memory in both ports half, 16 gb each port? Other could be 16gb one port, and the other remains with its 8gb ram? Wich configuration is better? Thanks in advance and congrats for the good videos.

[@themadatheist1976]

Hopefully the price drops to 1.2k or below on this model, already have a 2TB 2.5 spinner and about to get a 2TB m.2 for it. Maybe once the 3060s pop up they'll drop. Shame I missed it when it was 1k last year.

[@BasedEMT1776]

8 months later, the 2021 model with the GTX3060 is only like $1200-$1300 on Amazon. Your wish came true!

[@remykaderwin]

Hello. I have the same computer and i want to transfer a HDD from another computer to this one. Can you tell me what are the references for the cable sata from the hdd to the pc and a mounting bracket to put in it? Thank you very much, great video. help me a lot.

[@fgpz7670]

can you do a guide repasting your current model of the predator helios 300?

[@Flem100DK]

Thank you very much sir!

[@ShanerTheGrey]

The back and sides are both exhaust vents. The air inside is sticky on the bottom 😞

[@JamesOrefice74]

Why not use the old drive as a second m.2? Nice tutorial though. Thanks!

[@23dlozano]

Men, You saved me!! Thanks🥺🥺

[@lgww1940]

Where did you find that SATA cable???

[@fefraga2008]

I think it came with the computer, in the box. Mine came that way :)

[@David-rp2cn]

Ty

[@jasonpael9801]

why your unit doesn't have a warranty sticker on one of the screws?

[@terrancewalker7018]

I want him to explain everything to me forever.

[@nictatorxr]

If I were installing a second SSD, but still wanted to keep the original installed, could I also use that cloning software with the new SSD already installed and then wipe the original SSD? Just so then I don't have to pick up this adapter? Also, does that cloning software work if you're going from an HDD to an SSD? Curious for an older build that still only has an HDD.

[@XxSniperFiendxX]

Where can I get the sata plug, i think I lost mine 😭

[@drgonking2093]

Have you noticed keyboard clicks not registering? Deep or mushy feeling keys at all?

[@jozhva]

would a regular guitar pick work fine when opening it?

[@thomas1699]

Is it true that an M2 drive with chips on both sides will not fit in the 2nd M2 drive slot??

[@conny4973]

I have a Dell G5 and wanted to upgrade my storage. Dell didn't include the caddy, just an empty slot. No screws or data cable either and I can't find the type of cable you're using, only the thicker canoers which won't fit. Where would I find the missing pieces?

[@ShinNouz86]

Hi, may I know how long before the predator logo appear after upgrading and also what if I accidentally touch the gold plating on ram stick what will happen? And what should I do if I encounter problems after touching the gold plating on ram stick?

[@samjidpp5988]

The 2.5 ssd connector coming with laptop?

[@CadillacComputerCenter]

Yes it does on this model.

[@roach4328]

I didn't receive this connector for hdd. Can i use any other connectors?

[@ridenitro99]

Ssd 512 gb is there in my laptop acer pred helios300 at slot 0 so can i able to change it to 1tb or 2 tb ?? Slot 1 i have installed a 1 tb ssd earlier . So to install a new nvme ssd 1 tb can be installed at slot o which shows as a C drive ? So do i need to clone it 1st before putting the ssd at slot zero which is cdrive . ?

[@FluidITGuy]

what crucial kit came with that type of SATA cable? Mine did not. It was just the drive.

[@briandcruz4850]

Where is the motherboard serial no written?

[@maryrosejubelag4853]

Good day sir can i ask whats the specific code for the sata cable of this acer predator helios I got the same laptop but no sata cables need to order im here at the Philippines need to order it online

[@fafaas7239]

where can i get the sata cable

[@maryrosejubelag4853]

Same problem here need the code for the sata cable to purchase online

[@hashirkhan7052]

I just cleaned the dust and take out one ram out and put it back the way it was now it's not showing display I have waited more than 10 minutes it's still black screen plz help

[@danielbunchaft2774]

How much storage does this 2nd ssd nvme m2 slot support? I'm thinking abou buy a 2Tb nvme.