Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop, Intel i7-10750H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB, 15.6 Full HD 144Hz 3ms IPS Display, 16GB Dual-Channel DDR4, 512GB NVMe SSD, Wi-Fi 6, RGB Keyboard, PH315-53-72XD

Ive had no end of issues with the realtek audio drivers. I often get no audio output. Ive been able to temporarily fix it by reinstalling the drivers but I could never get the microphone jack to work. Battery life is poor, 2-4 hours. Otherwise the laptop is great.

Computer performs quite well from a graphics standpoint for cost but I am worried about quality control. 2 months in, and the headphone jack is not working.

If youre a semi to serious gamer that is in the need of a gaming laptop while also on a budget then look no further. The Predator Helios 300 is just right for you, the big brother to the Nitro5 and an amazing model.

It was really good for the one day that everything worked, then after day 2 the sound stopped working entirely saying that there was no audio device installed (including the built in speakers), and then on day 4 it blue screened on me permanently saying windows 10 isn’t working on the computer. FYI amazon won’t help you if you have a problem, I called their “tech support” that was really just white noise over the phone and then I went to see if I could get a replacement and they could offer me that either.

Sick laptop bro

If you’re thinking on getting this laptop, please do it you won’t be disappointed, for the value of this it’s has amazing performance and quality. The shipping was a little rough since surprisingly they didn’t put any protection on the package but everything else was fine. NOW if you’re getting this I would recommend to undervolt it and so you have the best temps all the time. I played Destiny 2, warzone, Raimbow Six and the temps never went to 70c which is awesome for a laptop this thin and it’s components.

What you get for the cost is hard to beat with the Helios 300, but ultimately the heating of this laptop was just too extreme that I had to return it. The temperatures of the CPU were way too high at idle and awful under load. I was regularly seeing 60-70 degrees C without anything open, even after limiting the CPU turbo feature from the control panel. This resulted in a very loud computer, even when just web browsing. I’d like to give it the benefit of the doubt, and that the fans/thermal paste/etc on my unit were just installed poorly, but if that’s the case it reflects poorly on Acer’s quality control.

This is my 1st gaming laptop.

Sought after by CHRIS HANSON

After less than 2.5 years of every day use as primary computer (web browsing, emails, occasional video streaming) and WoW gaming rig - ie, not pushing this thing hard - it just died. Completely unresponsive. I did all the usual troubleshooting, and all signs point to motherboard failure. First computer Ive ever had die prematurely. I still have a 20-year-old Dell Inspiron in my closet that boots up fine. Im extremely disappointed with this laptop and will be spending the holidays trying to salvage files from the hard drive. Cannot recommend.