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

Good laptop

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!

GREAT laptop for the money, no argument here. Cooling is there, but there is a lot of horsepower that produces A LOT of heat. I would recommend a laptop cooling pad when you game.

USB-C is a data only port

Great for gaming - maybe not running on ultra settings for some titles, but on high its more than enough. But heat management could be improved... after maybe an hr f gaming, I could feel that the upper-middle to upper middle/right portion of the keyboard gets pretty warm.. you can still touch and keep your fingers on, but the other gaming laptop I had that I returned for other reasons was not as warm..

Es muy bueno juego casi a todo aun que es muy caliente haré cambio de pasta térmica por metal liquido.

Best performance with lowest price

I had been waiting indefinitely for video card prices to come down after the bitcoin bubble, and the Helios 300 allowed me to get a 1060 and 144Hz screen at a competitive price compared to a new desktop. The two drawbacks are obvious: heat management and battery life. Compared to any other similarly priced laptop, this thing sucks down power and dies in 4 hours; its expected and I simply expect to be plugged in if Im using much CPU/GPU. As for heat management, Ive got Throttlestop downvolting the CPU as many in the reviews for this laptop have done, I use fan management software, I have a cooling pad, and I just accept that the fans are going to be loud. Everything else is amazing as advertised: the 144Hz screen with improved color range from previous models, I love the feel of the keyboard and the numpad, the CPU is amazing for any windows tasks and it even has enough RAM to run Chrome.

good gaming computer

The Acer Helios Laptop is great for the price with the 144hz monitor but the constant FPS drops during gaming is making me think of returning it and getting a different gaming laptop. The only way that I found online to reduce the FPS drop is by lowering the processor minimum and maximum state to 75%, which drops the FPS by 30.