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

I use this puppy for some cpu intensive music production and it handles it like a champ. Just make sure its plugged in when putting it through its steps. It drains pretty fast but thats to be expected.

First time getting a gaming laptop, regular lower priced laptops are not good gaming platforms, this on the other hand greatly exceeded my expectations.

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!

Quiet as promised; my previous laptop was much more noisy but this Acer is a pleasure to use. The only thing I dont like is that when the screen is dark you can notice backlights at the edges. But it happens when the screen is completely dark so its not a big deal.

Great

I like the performance.

I play phasmophobia and indie games and it runs perfectly. I’ve tried apex on it and it ran cooler than I expected so that was great. The only time I had an issue with heat is when I tried gaming and streaming on it at the same time which is unsurprising. It’s not a PC but in my case the portability is worth it

Possibly a defective unit but the laptop stopped working after two days. Apparently running google chrome and trying to open the start menu is too much for an advanced gaming laptop: it froze and I had to hard restart it. After which it didn’t actually pull up again, just cycled at the login.

Had mine since June 2021 and no problems.

My son loves this gaming laptop, everything about it.