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 warranty from acer wasnt extended after it was resold, so there is no coverage for repairs. Worked great while it worked, but getting no response from reseller and Acer wants $200 to look at it.

This was a gift for my grandson. He seems to enjoy it and has not complained at all.

I love my predator

Great laptop for its price, its a bomb!

The cpu is not overclockable, it states that the CPU can be boosted but its not possible. Update 2022: I bought this back in August 2019 and it was an OK laptop, but a few months ago it overheated for some reason and died. Also the battery dies way too quickly.

I got this laptop 20% off. For current gen and “pro” games I can get get 60 FPS in everygame be warned that a 1060 will NOT get you 144 FPS in all current gen games unless settings are tweaked to the lowest possible. Games like Diablo 3, overwatch, fortnite run at above an average of 100 FPS with settings at high to max. I tested black ops 4 all modes run at 60 with vsync in with little to no dips (except an occasional glitch where textures would not load right away) I’d say this laptop is amazing for the price right now. The CPU does run hot at times which worries me a little. Acer has made amazing quality laptops for the past 6+ years that my family had used them. The quality of this is great. It’s thinner than my last gen laptop which was an MSI GT60 and I’m impressed. If your looking to get 144 FPS is every game on a laptop at 1080p your going to need to spend another $1000 dollars.

This thing is flat out awesome for the price. The biggest complaint I see is the overheating. I found an easy fix on YouTube that lowered my temps WHILE gaming by 20 degrees on my cpu AND gpu. You need Intel extreme tuning utility and you need to turn down the turbo boost on the cpu. Its only 2 options in the utility you need to change. I made mine 20watts and 25watts max. Look up a video to see which options need changing. No under voltage required.

Heats up fast depending on what you use it for, but that is expected. Fast boot time.

Ordered this laptop in August 2019. It has worked great up until recently, where I started getting BSODs in Windows. I was able to determine (through my own troubleshooting - more on that later...) that one of the sticks of RAM was faulty. Since the laptop was still under warranty, I contacted Acer Tech support. Those calls are the reason I will never buy another Acer product.