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

Terrible at running a simple game on all low graphics

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.

five star

Heats up fast depending on what you use it for, but that is expected. Fast boot time.

La computadora en sí es una obra de arte, pero me encontré con este detalle cuando le intenté agregar un nuevo disco duro en la recamara que trae. Quienes son muy delicados lo verán como un problema grande. Mucho ojo en revisar su aparato una vez recibido, lastimosamente he traído la laptop a otro país fuera de donde la compre y se me hace imposible devolverla. Por lo demás me parece una buena inversión. Lo que si esta claro es que se calienta demasiadisimo. Se soluciona con un undervolting.

Can hear the fans but not obnoxiously loud, not as hot as my old laptop but only use it for home/office use.

This gaming laptop has a lot going for it and at this price, its a good deal. Of course there are downsides (it gets hot), but I will go over those later. I am going to try not to get into all the tech specs, because those are easily available, but I will point out the main features and what I thought of them.

Im writing a while after I had bought this laptop. At first, it was good and provided solid performance. Now it barely scraps by on 1080p games. The reason being after a few months maybe half a year I noticed ma metal scraping noise. At first, I didnt think anything of it and maybe something minor.

I am not gamer. I am a web developer and just started playing with video. If you need a laptop that is ready to work when you are...... this is it. Video rendering was horrible on my older laptop. This one is like lighting. I highly recommend this laptop for anyone that uses their laptop more then an hour a day. Its super fast!!!!!!!

The first time I got this laptop, I found it a little bit laggy when I try to open the setting windows. I updated the driver of GPU then it became better but still noticeable laggy. So for the first few weeks, it worked well, I only use it to play the hero of the storm, it worked well. Unfortunately, when I started to play Battlefield 5, the experience became a nightmare. Inconsistent laggy keeps coming when I play this game. The frame speed dropped rapidly and made the game unable to play. Its a laptop with GTX1060 so there is no reason for it to perform such bad.