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

I received this laptop as a graduation gift last August. It worked amazingly for what I wanted it to do for gaming. Later throughout the year, late October to early November, my computer started overheating and randomly shutting down after 20-25 minutes of gaming This persisted for a solid 2 months.

Laptop works just fine and fast but overheat while gaming.

Laptop looks great! Runs amazing! So far so good! Bought a 1TB SSD to put in it as well! Wasnt hard to install at all! Recorded all of it and will be up loading it to my YouTube. TacticalFlakes

pretty good at this price. a few cosmetic defects that have no impact on performance

I will admit that Acer is not typically the brand that you think of for high performance -- gaming or not. After using this for a few days, I am completely tickled impressed!

Nice gaming laptop for the price

This computer can run games really smoothly and they look great, especially the resolution and 144 hrz monitor. but sadly, this pile of garbage is a glorified paper weight and runs EVEN MINECRAFT and GARRYS MOD super hot. once it gets up there in temperature which, even when the fans are set to max with coolboost on, the whole thing slows to a snails pace. this actually worthless (for gaming) computer is only good for the most casual of web browsing. it has a horrible cooling system, and the screen also bugs out every now and then. overall, this is not even worth 200 let alone the THOUSAND spent on it.

I bought this to play between college classes after homework until my main pc broke, everything you need to know is simple. It can run almost anything, just keep it on the charger with fans on max speed (If they are too loud you could grab one of the laptop cooler pads and it will be fine). It is 144hz but with some shooters the screen being tiny can be annoying. Storage is a little low but you can upgrade it very easily. Other comments mention defects, but these don’t seem to be a problem to me at all.

I have loved every single thing about this computer. I have had no problems what so ever! I got this about a year and a half ago and still is working fine. Definitely is worth the buy if youre looking into a gaming laptop. Although I do recommend buying a hard drive on the side so you can download multiple high GB games.

This is the best you can get for the price. Ive had no problem running any games. It boots up super fast because of the SSD. Im not sure how people are having overheating problems. I havent had any, even running triple a games. Just be sure to set the fans to max and turn on coolboost through the predator sense if need be. I cant speak for durability because Ive only owned it for a month and a half but this is the best you can ask for in a laptop for this asking price.