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 handle hundreds of laptops a year as a system administrator at Ohio State. This is one of the worst models I have worked with. The screen is coming apart and the GPU has already failed.

I really love this laptop. Heres my pro and con list:

I needed a new computer for gaming. I still like WoW. And my old computer couldnt handle it. SO MUCH LAG! But THIS computer....SO SMOOOOOOTH! And OMG! The GRAPHICS are AMAZING! I didnt know how DETAILED the world was before!!! Im even more in love with WoW. Finally I computer that works for my gaming. The heat isnt too bad. One place gets warm, but flat surface or desk, keeps it cool enough. NO heat warnings (Like my old one.) Fan works well! Now I can check out other games! My kids love the name, they think its cool it says Predator on laptop! So far, this computer is so much better than my old one, I cant find any negatives.

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For all gamers who are looking at this... its great. ARK survival evolved on max graphics works with no laggs. Screen is ammazing ang keyboard is confortable.

Which means hiccups doing your gameplay

Amazing laptop, totally worth it

Been only using it for about 8 months, the mouse clicker already not working properly.

As soon as this thing arrived I unboxed it to set things up. Right off the bat the screen started flickering. Youtube screen flickering Acer Predator Helios 300 for some examples of what this looks like. It flickered so bad that I could not browse the internet or play a game. I ended up repackaging it and returning it to Amazon that day. I called customer support and they could not fix it but said that theres a hardware issue and that I should mail it to them for repair. This would probably fix the issue, but why should I spend $1000 on a laptop that comes broken, and then wait weeks for it to be mailed, repaired, and returned for a chance that it will be fixed? Theres plenty of other laptops of this quality on the market around the same price that probably have a better build quality. I think the specs on this thing are incredible but its clear they achieved this by cutting costs elsewhere.

I want to give a five star review but the thermals are horrible! I’m on the brink of returning it because of this problem and I had the Dell G5 and it never overheated like this mess. Just go with the Dell G5 but avoid the Dell G7. i7 8750 is a thermal mess avoid this processor! I undervolted and it still gets hot temperatures honestly for the cost I shouldn’t have problems like this.