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

Anytime I’d play just about any game for 5-10 minutes the cpu would gets up to around 99 degrees Celsius and I’m no scientist but I don’t think that should be happening.

Amazing gaming laptop for the price found a problem with cooling and the laptop over heating other than that great laptop.

yes it eats that battery up fast if not plugged in but hey if you want longer battery life you dont buy a lappy that plays your games like this one do you want more power you use more power. a lot of people saying it heats up bad, however, I always use a laptop cooling pad with my laptops. I have not had mine heat up after having this laptop for a short time I am revising my review. it seems at first to be the most bang for your buck. I mean why pay more for the same amount of RAM Storage space graphics ETC no need to pay more for a name right? well, the truth is I am now having my system bog down even playing apps on facebook even the cheapest of laptop should run that stuff fine. so there is something wrong I try to run the Acer care center software that Acer gives you to keep your computer up to date running smoothly all that good stuff surprise the software locks up will not run I go to Acer webpage it is full of people trying to get that same problem fixed the best answer, uninstall it and reinstall a new copy from the sight. the problem that did nothing to fix it same trouble. ok so there is a support line just for the predator products call that they will help get the computer running correctly. they will read you the exact same things the webpage says to troubleshoot your problem they read it word for word. in the end, to fix it you need to clear the laptop reset it to a new install of the whole system oh we have done that 3 times already? it will work this time I assure you just reset it wait for it to finish. call us back if you have any more questions have a nice day. call them back when it did not work square one let us go to start menu and launch care center .... do your self a favor pay the little more for the premium brand dont forget the WARRANTY I purchased this computer mid December by mid January I was already trying to get my computer fixed not even 3 weeks old yet. it is now August and I still have a gaming computer that will not run games the WARRANTY has yet proved to be any more valuable than the writing you find on a bathroom wall at the gas station and I am thinking at this point the warranty will run out before anything is ever done about the problem. maybe my own fault as had gone to the Acer website and looked at what the people that already own one are pleading for help on I would have gone with something else the flaws with mine it seems are not uncommon I did give it 2 stars, not one as it is a working computer it was able to handle me writing this review just dont expect it to do much more

Hello: just bought this.. Had it for 8 days. Install a second hard drive a Samsung SSD (1 T) very easy install. Comes with a Intel 256 GB M2 SSD that reads at 1070 MB /second. Fastest drive I have ever seen. No seriously ..It is impresivelly fast. I am old enough to remember hard drives that read 2MB/sec and were consider fast (LOL, ;) ) .. From boot to desktop in 9-10 second including the time it takes to put the pin number in. Comes with Win 10 64 bit Home edition. Had usual Microsoft Games bloatware ..had those uninstall from the start. Has Trial version of Norton antivirus and Office 365 (also got uninstall) took crap Fake news MSNBC out (uninstall) put Norton (my own) and Office 2016. Needed to do Win 10 upgrade to latest version, that took some time. Install latest drivers (Nvidia and others). Install Pinnacle 22, Photoshop elements 10 and Steam (with some of my favorites games). Itunes and transfer my music and move the main folders pictures, documents video and music to Samsung SSD (runs at 300-340 MB/sec) and now fully set up. Games play great.. Very High and some in Ultra High. Monitor is 144 hrz but most games run at 60 hrz max, of my Games only Call Of Duty World at War runs at 144 hrz. Frame rate is constantly 60-70 frames/min Monitor is very good but not great (weakest point up to now). Very good investment for the dollar. Durability will be discussed in 4-5 months. Will revisit...If I dont revisit means is good..

Great computer my son loves it

Pros:

I have been building my own PCs for gaming for a while now. This was my first try with a gaming laptop. Within 5 minutes of playing any game the surface of the laptop above the function keys would get so hot it would burn to touch it. CPU temps were in the high 90s. Constant stuttering, screen tearing, input lag and inconsistent FPS. Big problems trying to record game play with OBS which should be a simple thing to do since the GTX 10 series graphics cards are supposed to be able to record without impacting performance. I was expecting a lot more from this based on the specifications. Returned.

Great budget gaming Laptop, the only issue i can raise is that it gets a bit hot and you can feel it since it has a metal body (keyboard saide) which transfers heat easily.

I dont usually write reviews, but Im really impressed with this laptop. Ive only had it for a few days so Im keeping an eye on performance.

Very nice. My husband helped me pick it out. We both game and he has one as well. We really like it and recommend a cooling pad