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

Laptop seems to work good for my 3d processing and editing but I am disappointed to see a dead pixel on my brand new laptop, im sure I could have sent it back but it would be such a hassle to reload all my software so i will keep it but not totally satisfied with the screen quality.

computer runs good for me but i guess i got lucky and bought one that didnt have hardware defects which can happen with anything you buy now in these days anyway. the problem i ran into was it only has 1 display port. i went out of my way to go to the store to buy a usb c to display port adapter couldnt get it to work so now im stuck with one display port i looked it up and cant seem to be successful if anyone knows why im running into this issue please write me back in a email. [email protected]

Overheats like mad and died in under a year. You can find way better. It’s a known and very common issue that they don’t give a damn about.

For gaming this laptop is terrible, it throttles so much and tech support couldnt help me with anything to fix it. I would go from 200 fps down to 5 fps and have it stay there for 20 - 30 seconds which is terrible for playing a competitive game. My laptop thermal throttles and power limit throttles. Undervolting does nothing either. This laptop pushes itself to its fullest potential but once it goes over its fullest potential it keeps going and causes it to throttle. I got this laptop for mostly gaming and I would rather continue playing on my $400 laptop from 2 years ago then play on this.

Perfect laptop.... poor battery performance nevertheless I do not regret this purchase in the least.

If youre looking for a quality gaming laptop on a semi-budget, this is it. Most other laptops in this price range, do not offer the same specs or screen quality.

Update: The laptop was purchased at 1,000, yet I only got 800 back. Why? A restocking fee. I would have taken a replacement but their support said that wasnt possible.

Overall the laptop looks very well put together, the hardware was a great value. However even on the first day after using it for a little while the laptop runs at temperatures near 100 degrees Celsius. Purchased myself a cooling tray to attempt to resolve the issue and it still runs extremely hot. Acer is completely unwilling to resolve the issue without sending the laptop out of state, which would leave me without the device for 2 weeks. I dont recommend purchasing this laptop unless youre looking for a portable furnace, Id look to other laptops.

So far this laptop is doing basic things fine but whole reason I got this was to run Oculus rift since this claims to be VR ready. Rift software says everything is ok and meets requirements but there is no video coming from the games. Will spend few more hours but don’t want to waste more time and this will be returned. Such a waste of time.

A decent upgrade from my old laptop