Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-54-760S Gaming Laptop | Intel i7-11800H | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU | 15.6 FHD 144Hz 3ms IPS Display | 16GB DDR4 | 512GB SSD | Killer WiFi 6 | RGB Keyboard

Okay, so I was hesitant on this laptop because some of the reviews mentioned bad temperatures. I was concerned with getting a laptop with bad thermal paste (which does happen). However, the laptop came super well! Lots of reviewers fail to mention the healthy temperature levels. Idle should be 30-45c. And under full load it should never go past 85c. EVER!!! If it goes past, its likely it could either be, 1: Bad Thermal Paste/application, 2: Bad Fans, 3:Lack of contact with HeatSinks. 4: Bad Ventilation. If buying new, and the temps arent matching, exchange it, as shipping can sometimes damage components. Laptops generally require maintenance. If heavy using, 1-2 Years. Make sure those temps never go past 85c. Over time you will have to replace the thermal paste or fans may give out. Arctic Mx4 is the best paste. Those are very very easy fixes. Just keep that in mind when buying ANY gaming laptop! If you are scared to tamper with it, buy some insurance and send it to acer. (Continuing with the review......) With poor ventilation I was reaching 85c. I bought a laptop cooler, the IETS with rubber rings. Im getting incredible temperatures! Never going past 78c! This laptop is very heavy on proper Ventilation. If you look at the design there are a ton of vents from the bottom that push out through the top of the keyboard. S1I think a laptop cooler is necessary if youre gonna be gaming. This thing is incredible. Im running games on High/Max settings (Elden Ring, warzone, apex) and getting awesome frames. I upgraded the ram to 32GB and this thing is a work horse. Dual rank 3200 32gb ram will increase your frames by about 15, and more opened tabs!! ;) I also installed a 2tb samsung ssd. (Which I highly recommend you do) It is much easier to install an nvme than the SATA one. So I would recommend getting a m.2 nvme. Opening the back piece for upgrades can be a challenge. There Is a trick to it, and its likely you will break something if you dont get it right. So dont force it! So be very careful and gentle when doing it. Use a pick to slowly Pry it open. Pull from the vents back side. The battery can get kinda hot too. So make sure its in a good spot. You can also set the battery charge level to 80% for longer battery lifespan. Thats pretty much it! Its an amazing laptop for the price and power! Bang for your buck! Happy gaming!

Best laptop Ive bought. Yea the fans are a little noisy but other then that its perfect.

I also use this for video editing and it does great.

Had it for over a year now. Boots fast, plays new games on max in 1080p with great fps.

This laptop is pretty fast and great. Only thing is that it might heat up pretty easily.

This is a pretty powerful gaming laptop. The laptop has an 8 core 16 thread i7 and an RTX 3060 Laptop GPU and will be great for gaming and productivity. The screen is an IPS screen so it is pretty color accurate so it should be decent for photo and video editing. The GPU is not the same as a standard desktop RTX 3060 and is weaker but should still be great for gaming at 1080p. Overall this is a really nice gaming laptop and is decent enough to be a main gaming rig for most people.

Best bang for the buck right here! I love this thing! It gets a little hot but you just run the turbo when that happens and its good as new. I play this thing more than my desktop. I can play most games on ultra with it which is excellent. 10/10 would buy again.

This laptop was basically exactly what I was looking for. Before then, I never owned a true gaming PC. The only computer I owned before that wasn’t a hand-me-down was a 2016 Acer Aspire E15 with an Intel i5 and a NVIDIA GeForce 940MX graphics card with 8GB of memory. Needless to say, for any serious type of gaming, it was not to last. Games like Sonic Generations had the fan screaming in agony and the game would freeze at random points and games like Street Fighter V at lowest settings ran at about half speed. The only other modern gaming system I have was the Nintendo Switch, and while I love that system, it’s not the best main drive to play the latest blockbuster releases from 3rd Parties. And so, I began looking for a new gaming PC. I tried looking for a desktop all summer but I could never afford or find the parts I wanted and the prebuilt options didn’t impress me. But in September of this year I found this little guy and it had everything looking for it. I saved it up and got it at a discount of $1,100 with some extras such as a new mouse, mousepad, and backpack.

REVISED REVIEW after continued use. If you get this machine, definitely invest in a multi-yeared service. Its been less than a year and machine now disconnects randomly, overheats and is rather unreliable for regular (not gaming) use! BUYER BEWARE

TL:DR Well designed power user/gamer/VR laptop with decent hardware for the price! Works with Oculus Quest 2.