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

After 2 years this guy died without any chance to restore it. As a service center mentioned there was a short on the motherboard. My son played it only a few days a week.

Terrible battery life, runs very hot, can max most games at 1080p. Getcha some!

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This computer cant be used for gaming, the cooling system is soo bad that you cant run a game without undervolting the CPU + a cooling pad, the only way to avoid it frying is using liquid metal as cooling paste which the average gamer doesnt know how to use and should be done just by a professional because you can cause circuit break.

It’s done everything that I wanted it for

I solely bought this back in late 2018 because it had VR Ready plastered everywhere. I notice the pictures now are missing that sticker but mine still has it. No Display Port means no PC VR support other than thee first gen headsets. Not thunderbolt USB insures theres no work around for the issue. This might be a good thing since this laptop already feels like its going to burst into flames after playing a game with decent graphics after about 20 minutes. That being said, it does run higher end games surprisingly well. Just dont plan to press any keys above the W row without gloves.

Good Laptop but gets very hot and thermal throttles when gaming. Temps range from 90 to 98 degrees celcius and causes my games to drop frames intermittently. Had to use throttle stop to help with throttling. Cpu runs very fast and smooth. Gpu is not the greatest but decent enough to run my editing softwares and play casual games on medium to high settings.

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Sad i cant give it 0 stars fell in love with the stats failed right out of the box reached out 2 times to be repaired through warranty havent had it back or heard any news on it accept try back tomorrow its been nearly a month of that not worth the headache and after looking into the actual issue it apears to be a known problem not a one off

At first I liked this laptop as the specs looked good on paper, but when I finally got around to gaming on it, I noticed that it draws power from the battery even while plugged in, and if you play long enough to draw the battery down, it shuts down without a warning. I first noticed the battery draw while plugged in when using the VR headset and figured it was Normal due to the sets power requirements. I also noticed it again while playing Assassins Creed, though I never played long enough for it to completely drain the battery, only a couple of hours. But when I finally got around to playing The Long Dark tonight, it shut off on me after only 4 hours due to its faulty design of draining the battery while plugged in (power supply not good enough). Please choose a different laptop. What good are the specs if you cant use it.