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

I bought this laptop because the one I had for school finally started to give out, so I thought I might as well go all-out and get a computer I could also use for gaming. Im brand new to PC gaming, so for anyone who is buying this as a way to ease yourself into it, but also needs it for practical purposes I hope this helps. It runs games at at a really high FPS and the screen quality is pretty good at 144hz. However, it is extremely loud and theres not really a way to fix that if you want to use it for work or school. I also received it with a broken frame amd had to return it.

I bought to use with oculus quest works great both usb-c and USB-a ports work for it

Its true, it gets really loudly, but u know that u a putting good stuff inside a small place, so its normal that happens.

I bought this for multimedia applications while multitasking with several large programs.

This computer has had no issues running any games, been playing the new call of duty at about 80-90 fps without changing any graphics settings. Also have been using the computer for a ton of school work and havent noticed any issues. If it wasnt for the computer getting hot really easily (Its about 80 degrees when gaming), and being super loud with its fans, then I would give this computer 5 stars. The battery life is horrendous only about 3 hours, but I am always near a plug so it doesnt bother me. The only thing that I dont know why it occurs and it could be my internet, but every now and then videos/spotify wont work and I have to restart the computer. Again not big issues and things that dont bother me, but it could bother others.

Im not a computer expert by any means, but this laptop is beautiful and the quality and processing speed are better than any other computer Ive ever owned. The back lit keyboard is also a nice touch

I purchased this laptop around April 2020. Within less than a year, the GPU fan started to act up. It would stop spinning and my laptop will start to overheat like crazy. I went to several stores to see whats the issue with the GPU fan, and they told me that I wouldve to replace the fan. Its crazy how a fan is broken in less than a year. I would highly recommend avoiding getting predator helios 300 laptop to avoid future malfunction.

For the money it is a really great machine. However if you are running mmorpgs you are almost definitely going to want to get a cooling pad otherwise the fans do get kinda loud. Its cool that you can adjust the fan speed when needed too. Also idk how this will affect anyone else and it may just be a me thing but i have a magnetic closure on a wristwatch that causes the screen to throw hissy fits when worn on my left wrist and making contact with the lower left corner of the laptop (magnets and computers dont mix well lol).

Okay laptop but completely brined out after 2 years

I enjoyed this computer at first until I got new headsets for it and discovered the aux didnt work. Seems to be a pretty common problem and the fix was a factory reset. Which I did and it did work originally, then stopped working altogether again. Did another factory reset and now the computer just keeps overheating and shutting down. I barely have anything on this computer. It should not be overheating this easily. Dont waste your money. These issues appear to be common with a simple Google search.