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

Great laptop for a great price. I have not experienced the bugs other people have, so I am grateful for that. Its everything I expected from a gaming laptop.

I really like this machine. It gets hot but there are ways around it.

outer seal has been broken!!!!

This laptop is great for the price, but you better be able to re-paste the CPU and GPU with a high quality paste (dont attempt liquid metal pastes unless its a stationary unit) and you will need to undervolt it to specified criteria based on your model. But upon opening your laptop to repaste you need to know what you are doing before hand. This is not a task for an unexperienced user. We are able to get such high performance from this laptop using third party voltage limitators and repasting ourselves. If you cant afford the $500 for the next version this is a great option if you are willing to put in the work to make it functional. It is cheaper because you have to invest about $50 to make it usable and your own time and expertise in modifying your laptop. However, Acers warranty wont cover any potential mistakes and you will be left with a high powered streaming device instead of a gaming laptop if you screw up opening and re-closing your laptop.

The hardware within this machine was very good although the CPU would get very hot 99 degrees Celcius, soon after the computer would stutter and get minor freezes for that reason I returned the item. Not very happy with the cooling.

Love the look and portability of the laptop. There a few twerking in the setting and graphic so game can run smoothly but overall it was a nice update from my outdated desktop to this laptop. Little tip, dont let nvidia experience optimize your game. It was this program that took make me a whole week wondering why even low end game skip frame and literally after uninstalling it(after updating the drive) it drop cpu temp by 10 degree while gaming which was hitting 80 degree on game like maplestory 2 with it on. I had to reinstall it to upgrade the driver but didnt let it optimize the game. Overall it a great laptop for that price.

Battery fast bun out

Fast heat is an issue some shuttering from high temp

Im writing this review from said laptop. Ill be it it is a little pricey, but I love it. The screen is outstanding as is the sound. I only have two minor complaints you should be aware of. Whilst on Skype, anything else you try to play(audio) will be very quiet and it can not be changed (at least not that Ive found through the control panel). It doesnt really bother me expect when my friend and I try to watch videos together and cant hear it because shes on the other end of my Skype. The other minor complain is that the battery life says up to 7 hours. Now, while in normal use (browsing the web, watching videos, etc. Nothing high profile like gaming) I can get maybe 3 hours battery. This isnt that big a deal considering all this laptop has to do, its just something someone who travels often (and would need a long battery life) should know. I still give this laptop 5 stars because it works incredibly well for gaming and graphics while playing are outstanding. There is almost no loading time and rarely any lag (only when Ive been playing for several hours straight is there extremely minor lag on games with extreme graphics and processing). I would recommend this laptop for gamers.

My son loves it!