Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop PC, 15.6 FHD IPS w/ 144Hz Refresh, Intel i7-8750H, GTX 1060 6GB, 16GB DDR4, 256GB NVMe SSD, Aeroblade Metal Fans PH315-51-78NP

It took me a long time to find the answer to the running hot issues, but I finally did so I will post it here. I was running at 98 most of the times with big games and the keyboard was so hot I couldn’t stand to touch it. The issue with mine turned out to be intel’s turbo boost technology..it needs to be disabled otherwise it will overclock your processes and run at those high temps. I disabled it and am now running in the 70s consitantly. I can’t share with you here how to disable it but if you search the internet you will find it. Now it’s just a fantastic machine for the price.

Overheating

It was broken twice within 10 month but they only provide one chance for repairing within my 2-year warranty. After the first repair the repairing button became view repair status - repair completed so I could not report problems again and make it fixed again.,

USB ports loosened pretty quickly.

Muy buen producto

I received this laptop just 3 days ago expecting to have an all around strong system that could withstand high settings (not ultra) when gaming. I quickly found out that the cooling system couldn’t not keep the CPU under 90 degrees Celsius with the fans on max settings, a 5-fan cooling pad, and a circulation fan on my desk. Additionally the computer crashed the first day I got it as well as constantly restarting due to “DCP WATCHDOG VIOLATION”- a driver issue. I was highly disappointed in the laptop’s performance and already returned it. Amazon was very helpful with that transaction. However, I don’t recommend this laptop as it seems very spotty in customer experience. I’m going to listen to what I’ve heard from the beginning and build a tower instead. I’m not one to place bad reviews but if I can save someone else from the trouble then it was worth it.

When it works, its absolutely fantastic for the price point. But it has issues charging that have gotten progressively worse, to the point that none of the positive qualities matter, it will just stop charging even when plugged in then just dies no matter how I try to adjust the cord. I would not but again, its less than 2 years later and I am going to need to buy a new computer because this one literally doesnt work.

Hi, this isn’t my amazon account It’s my mom’s. I know very little about computers and rams and graphics etc. but i really enjoy gaming and I wanted to get a laptop that I could play a large variety of games on while running them fairly smoothly with little lag etc. This laptop is wonderful, the 1 star reviews really scared me, but it really is a good laptop. The screen looks really clear and bright, the keyboard lights are all working and nice, BUT as many people said this laptop does get toasty, my CPU has been at 170° (Keep in mind i was playing GTA 5 which makes the laptop work a little harder) F which sounds bad and I got scared when I first saw that it was that high because i thought i was damaging something, but I looked into it and laptops like this are safe up to 221° roughly and if any damage is occurring do to overheating it will shut down on it’s own. I purchased a tree bee cooling pad as well because it was recommended (honestly think you could go without it) but it helps some if you’re really worried about the heat. Also this was my first time buying a laptop, and buying from amazon. I noticed that you have the option to pay $120 for a setup, DONT DO IT. I looked at what exactly they do, and it seems like such a waste of money, you just open your laptop, plug it in, turn it on, and start installing whatever you’d like on it. I also wasn’t aware that it comes with norton antivirus installed on it (1 month pre paid subscription) and after the month I’ll probably just use a free antivirus, because I’m not too worried about that. The battery, the battery isn’t amazing, but it’s also quite expected. This laptop is very powerful and I’d say you get an hour of battery during gaming, but having it plugged in while gaming isn’t really a big deal. All in all I was scared about this purchase, but it was a good idea and i highly recommend this laptop if it seems to be what you’re looking for.

The product was according to the description.

No issues, went to Best Buy and got a 500GB SSD, for 90 dollars, installed it with ease and made it the main game save file drive. Worth the price.