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 read a lot of reviews about this laptop before I bought it. The main two problems reflected on the reviews are overheating and battery life, which I was concerned about. After two weeks using it, I think these problems arent big deals to me. I am mainly a CS:GO and DotA2 player and this laptop performed pretty well. I could reach at least 140 fps in any maps in CS:GO and could reach up to 250 fps under lowest graphic settings. The overheating problem do exist sometimes if u dont turn on Coolboost or maximize fan usage. Temperature could easily raise to 90+C and would result fps drop. Usually I turned on Coolboost and highest CPU temperature would be around 80C, which is acceptable. (A cooling pad might be helpful according to my friends but I dont think it is necessary for CS:GO or DotA2) Battery life is to be honest short. Only lasts 3 hours just typing files on Word. But usually I used it for gaming and could find a place to charge. Ill have to praise the 144hz screen and 1060GPU which makes the game flow smoothly. It actually helps a lot in FPS games. Additionally, the price was very attractive.

Gaming

I was on the fence with this or a similar laptop with a 60hz screen and ultimately decided to go with this. Best decision ever! The screen quality is so crisp, wifi signal is stronger than any device I own and it runs every game I own from league of legends to skyrim with high resolution mods with no frame drops!

Smooth screen, can run pretty much anything at high settings, and great trackpad

Everything is fine, just has a little scratch on the screen but it did not have influence when I was playing. I thought that’s the problem of posting

A good deal! I bought more than one.

Awesome brand new with no problems. Global shippping completed in 1 day---The best.

After 3 months of gaming on this thing I have to say its great considering its a laptop. I have been able to run games on max settings such as For Honor, Mordhau, Fortnite, Rocket League, Dead by Daylight, Sea of Thieves, and Forza Horizon 4. My only gripe is the battery. If you want to game on the go you wont have very long to do so at all and if you use the Predator Sense to increase fan speed to max and click the max overclock setting youll notice your battery is draining significantly after playing for a while. But all in all its a great gaming laptop for the price, plus you can just sync an Xbox One controller without the need for an adapter.

So far it’s good

Absolutely agree with everything all the 5 star reviews say. This is an incredible machine, but man its not engineered to completely cool the powerful hardware its packing. The reason Im giving this a 5 star and not 4 star though is because I was able to fix the overheating problem, and man, once its fixed you are looking at an incredible value for incredible performance in a laptop. If youre not willing to under-volt the cpu (I used Hotel Heros under-volt guide) youre not going to be able to play new AAA games without severe overheating issues (93-96C). After undervolting Im running AC:Odyssey at 60fps all high settings at 82C max where before it was maxing at 96C and causing massive fps drops.