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

Defective keyboard, the letter U key is defective

Wanted to wait to see if seller would help even for money to suppott but none from seller also found out seller damaged internals when looking to try and fix. Laptop could have potential the issue is with the seller computer upgrade experts no help just a few months out of warranty, not looking for much would even pay but 0 help, definitly not experts, Buyer be ware, learned my lesson and I think this is Amazon backed, will not purchase anymore high tech items from Amazon

I bought this laptop after my PC stopped working and right out of the box the computer looked really nice. It was working fine until I tried to play Counter Strike which is where I started to see the problems. Randomly while playing my FPS would drop to 10-30 and then go back up. It was happening more often than it should sometimes 10 times per game. I checked the temperature of the computer to make sure it wasnt over heating and everything checked out so I decided to look up what was happening. I saw on the Acer forums that I wasnt the only one who was having this problem and that it has been happening to these computer for quite some time now without a solution. I contacted Acer and they gave me some things to try but nothing was working so I decided to return it. Other than that issue the computer ran games pretty well (besides when it was dropping FPS). Now you have to keep in mind this doesn’t happen to all the laptops. In fact I have a friend that has the same one and he says it runs just fine. So if you get one that work its work the money, but if you get unlucky and get one that doesn’t run well its a major hassle to try and get it fixed/return the item.

to start im a pc tech I bought this as a backup pc and I have to be honest this laptop is really nice it has midrange specs so it will play all your games well the build quality seems solid which i did not expect for the price point it feels quality the performance is great depending on how you have your power settings theres no lag no nothing just a nice smooth desktop performance the whole time and as a response to all of the negative reviews concerning the temps and throttling as long as you turn on cool boost in the acer predator program and or turn the fans on max settings while gaming and are in a cool place you wont have any issues most of these complaints i have seen are from noobs who dont realize thats part of laptop life to an extent and also are not turning the fan speed on max i would high recommend this laptop

Lovely

I have owned 3 Acer laptops now including the Nitro 5, and the one with the mx150 graphics card been a very loyal customer. I have never been so frustrated with a purchase from Acer. I feel as though I have been ripped off. Allow me to explain. I have owned the 2018 model Predator now for 3 months I have used it of and on for light gaming and noticed that temps would creep into the 90-95 c range after 30-45 min of play. no problem I thought I will under volt the CPU and the GPU , buy a cooling pad, and that should help a lot. It didnt. I use Predator Sense of course on full blast , and the temps still hover around the 89-92c range CPU and this is in a 72 degree room. I am not playing demanding titles either, Grim Dawn, Path of Exile . So out of fear of damaging the machine I will not use it to game. Acer made small improvements over the 2017 model in cooling but it is not good enough. now i am stuck with a 1000 dollar machine that tries to destroy its self every time I attempt to play a game.

I just made a huge jump from a 2013 Hp laptop to this one.... Acer is crazy for this one haha! This is the most powerful device in my house right now. I’m probably going to use it to make Youtube videos and play video games. You can play fortnite on this thing with ULTRA settings no joke!!!

El proveedor cumplió en tiempo y forma con la entrega, el equipo es fantástico y el proceso de facturación fue muy rápido. Ampliamente recomendado, :)

Runs a bit hot under heavy load, but not a huge deal if you increase the fan speed using the Predator Sense app.

Needs to be undervolted heavily in order to do any kind of gaming. Also youll need to void the warranty by putting better quality thermal pads/ paste to gain any kind of longevity out of it. Upon doing so, I found several screws missing from the heat sink. All in all Im giving it three stars because after all of that, I can finally enjoy it.