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

The charging jack is faulty and will eventually stop taking a charge, rendering your machine a brick. I’ve purchased three of these laptops, and all 3 developed the issue after about a year. It’s not the cables. I bought several new cables but the Jack doesn’t contact right so no charge. Great machine with a fatal flaw.

Pros:

Less than 3 months after delivery, laptop would not boot. Currently being serviced by Acer support. Not impressed that a new laptop has such poor components that fail in such short order.

Battery could be better for so much money.

Works great for live streaming and production. Been using for just under a year, no problems. Just as fast as the day I got it!

So I compared this one to the performance of a Lenovo Legion 5 that sported an AMD Ryzen 5800H CPU/3050Ti GPU. The Ryzen scored better in Cinebench but the Helios scored better in Heaven due to the 3060. The fans didnt ramp up to bad in both Cinebench and Heaven but the CPU did throttle peaking at 94c. Cinebench score was 12594, Heaven, it scored a 5034 with 406 FPS max. I then ran the same tests using the turbo mode and extreme profile to see what difference it made. The CPU ran much cooler and scored better in Cinebench with a 12824, GPU stayed cooler as well, but performance for whatever reason, slipped. In Heaven I recorded a score of 4264 with 365FPS max. Thought those numbers to be a bit odd, you would think using the extreme mode it would be pulling better numbers on the GPU. I loved the keyboard on this, much more customizable then the Legion 5 was, another thing you can customize in software is the boot logo. The laptop also makes this kind of cool musical tone when you first boot it up which Ive never seen before. Gonna have to find out how that is done and try doing it myself. The IPS screen looks absolutely amazing on this. Power supply is a 230 watt unit and this also comes with a carrying case of sorts that you can put it into. Like I said I compared this to my Lenovo Legion, which is priced about $200 less. All in all, it was very hard to say which is the better machine. There are pluses and minuses to be found in each one, but I think you are getting your moneys worth either way.

I am constantly using mine. Perfect for gaming on the go! Great great quality! Kind of want to get more.

I didnt like how it heated up with games that have been out for almost 6 years.

Good product, great value for money.

I got this laptop for my younger son who is a gamer. It is worth noting that at the same time as I gave him this laptop, I also gave him my old desktop which is still a powerhouse. My son barely touched the desktop and is constantly using the laptop. Here is why: