Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop | 12th Gen Intel i7-12700H | GeForce RTX 3060 GPU | 17.3 Full HD 144Hz 3ms IPS Display | 16GB DDR5 | 512GB Gen 4 SSD | Killer Wi-Fi 6E | PH317-56-70XJ

Why a company would lock the bios from the user and require physical modification to the chip is beyond me. Cant dual boot this machine as I would have to take it into a repair facility because Acer for some reason doesnt think that the community cant take care of their own devices. I wont be purchasing an Acer again.

I’ve had this for about a month and have put in over 200 hours of games and homework. So far, I haven’t had any issues with frame lag as long as it is plugged in. This is most definitely the best bang for your buck. Whereas you don’t have the luxuries of having an aluminum body or a better quality camera, you do get what matters in gaming: the powerful insides to give you solid performance, adequate heat management, and smooth graphics. For its price range, I still think it to be the best.

Bought this for my husband and son for gaming and they absolutely love it! Quality for the price is excellent! We looked at tons of gaming laptops and took the time to make sure we would be happy with our purchase and we definitely are!

I have never had a gaming laptop, but this is extremely fast. I do a lot of data analysis and this is easily twice as fast as my previous laptop. I also play some games and this laptop handles them well. I even notice a major improvement while using something as simple as microsoft word. This is a great laptop and for the $1200 it cost me, it seems worth it so far. I will update if there are ANY problems.

While this laptop does have a nice design and decent screen with 144hz refresh rate, my experience with this laptop has been plagued with power issues that required my computer to go back to Acer for now a 2nd time for the same exact issue. On top of that, Acer customer support is not easy to access or particularly helpful until you get higher level managers involved. For a laptop that costs such a premium price, I would expect a much higher quality product and that simply has not been the case. Very disappointed in Acer this time around.

The computer works amazing for everything I use it for - running my works virtual desktop, streaming on discord, playing in roll20, running casual games like stardew valley and the sims 4. However, the fans are ridiculously loud, even when the computer is idling. I read in reviews that this unit has loud fans, and I thought, how loud could they really be? They are ASTOUNDINGLY loud, it will make you reevaluate your previously held notions of loudness. Any time its on, even if youre just looking at it from across the room and not asking anything of it, It sounds like an ancient desktop tower that has been baking in the sun for hours and is on its last breath from a lifetime of mining bitcoins.

This thing is fast. I love it, especially the predator operating center where you can control the fan speed and monitor the processors and gpu’s.

EDIT: This laptop gets WAY TOO HOT. I actually no longer recommend purchasing it. It is very capable and can do almost anything, but the cooling system is entirely insufficient. I consistently get temps of 80-90 degrees Celsius playing WoW Classic with nothing else in the background but Spotify. That game is a hundred years old and should not be taxing on the system, even at max graphics. Very concerned and disappointed about the investment Ive made.

Within a few minutes of starting a game the laptop freezes and has to be manually restarted. Happens multiple times before I can actually play a game.

Love, love, love! Im not using it for gaming. Just wanted something with more power. Its so quiet, you dont know its running! Its so fast, I couldnt believe it. Love the light up keyboard and everyone about this laptop. Couldnt be happier!