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

Acer predator helios 300 (2018)

Laptop seems to work good for my 3d processing and editing but I am disappointed to see a dead pixel on my brand new laptop, im sure I could have sent it back but it would be such a hassle to reload all my software so i will keep it but not totally satisfied with the screen quality.

I was deployed for training for 6 months and needed a good laptop to handle anything I threw at it, including gaming. I have a desktop I built at home with high end components and wasn’t sure how the gtx1060 would fare in comparison. It’s able to play the same games I play on my duel gtx1070s and I’ve been able to keep the laptop relatively cool at around 77 degrees with settings on high or ultra. Screen is great, HD at 144hz and games run smooth. I see no screen tearing or any other issues.

GREAT laptop for the money, no argument here. Cooling is there, but there is a lot of horsepower that produces A LOT of heat. I would recommend a laptop cooling pad when you game.

Absolutely love the 144hz screen. This thing is a beast, it runs CEMU w/ BotW at nearly 60fps solid and many native games push 80-100 fps. I run the Unreal editor and have had a great experience in there, fast and responsive, shaders compile quickly.

very good

Love the look and portability of the laptop. There a few twerking in the setting and graphic so game can run smoothly but overall it was a nice update from my outdated desktop to this laptop. Little tip, dont let nvidia experience optimize your game. It was this program that took make me a whole week wondering why even low end game skip frame and literally after uninstalling it(after updating the drive) it drop cpu temp by 10 degree while gaming which was hitting 80 degree on game like maplestory 2 with it on. I had to reinstall it to upgrade the driver but didnt let it optimize the game. Overall it a great laptop for that price.

It boots up quickly and my games all run smoothly on high graphics. It does tend to get a little hot, but from what Ive seen, the temperatures are normal for gaming laptops of this level. Get yourself a cooling stand and you should be fine. My only complaint would be how much of a nuisance up was to set up my Seagate HDD, but even that issue was solved pretty easily after a bit of searching on the Acer forum.

Really good materials and amazing picture quality. Fast and responsive. Great gaming laptop.

This computer overall is very good. It’s screen is crisp despite the protective cover and it’s overall a very smooth and powerful computer. My only hang up would be that if you are playing a graphically intense game, about five or ten minutes in, its frames will drop drastically as it hits a plateau in its heat. After about 30 seconds of this frame drop, it’ll return to normal and won’t do it again.