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

My older son has the same Acer model and loves it. I bought this one for my other son to use for home schooling as a result of COVID19. Unfortunately the computer worked for about 3 hours then started making buzzing noises and crashed. I contacted Acer and went through a series of diagnostics to figure out the issue. They said it was either a hard drive or mother board problem and recommended I return it. The computer was returned it to the Amazon retailer March 30th. The good news is Amazon and their vendor lived up to their end of the bargain. My complete purchase price was refunded so that’s a good thing.

Having issues with this laptop that I am trying to address. I wrote a full review, but then misclicked and lost what I had typed, so for now, I will just say this: The screen is wonderful. The battery life not so much. Issues while gaming that wreck the experience, though while working games look great on this laptop. Having drive reading issues and issues causing games to freeze and force you to power off the laptop.

Awesome rig for the price

Poweedul, feature packed laptop with a color accuracy 144hz screen! Fantastic build quality! At less than 1k this laptop is tough to beat, I highly recommended.

This laptop is too slowly

Bought this for as a replacement for graphics intense CAD/CAM model rendering software. It handles the popular CAD software well! Renders patterned geometry from modeling quick. The touchpad guestures are a bit hard to master but I use an advanced mouse anyway. Fans cool this thing well and can be controlled on the fly (fully adjustable during use). Screen brightness can be a bit dark in sunlight or field conditions but resolution quality is great. THE BEST FEATURE IS SPEED! After initial setup, press power button and login screen pops up in under 3 secs...then, after login, ready to run with no lag after another 2 secs!!! Faster than my other built performance desktop machine of 5 years ago. Great machine for the price and even better price during annual discount sale times here!

Good for game but not for other purposes it’s too heavy

Screen Quality: Excellent. 144 Hz, 1920 x 1080 pixels. Screen looks excellent for the price. Youtube and games look great on this screen. Big enough and completely suits all my needs for gaming and watching videos. A lot of laptops in the same price range only have a 60 Hz screen. While thats decent, the fact that this one is 144 Hz is pretty impressive.

Nice gaming laptop for the price

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.