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

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The laptop runs normal things fine. Twitter, YouTube etc.. but just playing cargo, I get awful frame drops often. Its really not even playable. Looking to return mine for a refund. Not happy at all. If it cant run CS what can it run, unfortunate..

Absolute great price to power ratio on this computer if you are willing to work with it a bit. There are a few things that need to be done in order for this computer to run as its intended to.

I dislike this laptop. I git it new and after first boot and windows instalation it had a problem with keyboard backlight not working. I spoke with acer support and none of the fixes worked which means device wasa defected. Windows got updated and after restart windows entered bootloop. Also some program windows were blury and battery life is terible.

I purchased this laptop to be my gaming device while Im travelling. So far I have tested Battle Field 1 and Guild Wars 2 and was able to play at Ultra/Highest settings on both games at 60+ FPS (BF1 - Averaged 75 FPS, GW2 - Averaged 70 FPS). All of this was done without using the available overclocking that is configurable with Acers PredatorSense software. I purchased a 1 TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD to install in the 2.5 bay. After installation I found that the SATA+Power connector had a broken PCB (circuit board). I contacted Acers support and within 30 minutes they had put in an order to ship me out a new SATA+Power cable. I would like to note for those less technically inclined, they did offer for me to return the laptop and receive a completely new one. Since I know my way around a motherboard I chose to just replace the cable myself. So far Im very pleased with this laptop, for those who complained about the keyboard getting hot, this is a common issue on all gaming laptops. It can simply be fixed by setting the fan speed to max when playing video games. I just finished a 2 hour session of Battle Field 1 multiplayer and my keyboard is just slightly above room temperature. I have listed what I liked about the machine and what I didnt below as well as a summary of my review.

Terribly out of date out of the box. Acer customer service not helpful at all.

This is my first gaming laptop and its AWESOME! I just love the design, its really fast and really great. It is very prone to having fingerprints everywhere, but its easy to clean and great!

Laptop seems to work good for my 3d processing and editing but I am disappointed to see a dead pixel on my brand new laptop, im sure I could have sent it back but it would be such a hassle to reload all my software so i will keep it but not totally satisfied with the screen quality.

Ok, you will here that this laptop gets hot, it is a gaming laptop, fast cpus get hot.

Great laptop for its price, its a bomb!