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 bought this laptop so I can play Sims, I’m 50 years old and have played it forever-so as a treat I got this laptop specifically for that. My gamer son picked it out for me and he did perfect. The screen quality and details are amazing, the game itself runs like a scalded cat, so amazingly quick. It’s the best gaming laptop I’ve ever had the pleasure to asSIMmilate on!

Only two problems with this device I have found in my weeks of use. Initially starting up my graphics card was set to default as Intels graphics chip. Which also included games. Ita a power saving features to switch between rendered but mine was not switching for games. But it was easy to switch it in nvidia settings. Number 2 thermal throttling was a noticable problem. The solution I decided to go with was getting graphite pads. And alternative to heat paste with a slight risk sense they are conductive. Not difficult to pop open if you got the right tools and if you can change out thermal paste at the very least it is a great value laptop.

This laptop is excellent for a middle of the road budget, temps get pretty high but are manageable with undervolting.

Incredible! Sturdy, sleek, and a great gaming experience.

This product seemed great but everything I wanted to do with it, it cant seem to do. It claimed to be for vr but it only has one usb 3.0 port. To use oculus rift properly at all you need three. The USB c port does not put out video so you cant use a USB c powered monitor. The battery does not have great capacity for a gaming laptop, it needs at least 2000mah more.

Worked flawlessly for 2 years then the Intel Integrated Graphics 630 GPU died. Have to run global settings on the Nvidia card which will significantly reduce the life span of my graphics card. Sad end to what was a great machine. 2 years is too short of a lifespan for a laptop thats $1,000.

I really love this laptop.

Fast and quiet

I bought this Laptop on May 2019 and suddenly in November while I was playing, it shut off by its self and never get back to life, only after 6M it get broken.

The screen casing is coming apart. The casing is thin, lightweight plastic and other than that, there are only two small metal pins holding the screen to the laptop. With the casing coming apart, the screen literally comes loose from the laptop. Given the price of this laptop, it should be better quality. We are arranging to send this in for warranty repairs, which I dread because of online horror stories about the repair process. The initial email response from Acer implies that we must ship the laptop at our own expense, which would be ridiculous given that it is obviously poor manufacturing. I will reach out to them to see if they will be providing a prepaid shipping label, or if I will be held responsible to pay for shipping their defective product back to them. I will update with details on the repair process.