Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop | 12th Gen Intel i7-12700H | GeForce RTX 3060 GPU | 17.3 Full HD 144Hz 3ms IPS Display | 16GB DDR5 | 512GB Gen 4 SSD | Killer Wi-Fi 6E | PH317-56-70XJ

I am a grad student and casual gamer. When I get to play its for like 4 hours a couple times a week. This computer doesnt overheat or start glitching out. Tested it on vacation with a nearly 10 hour gaming session and the charge cord battery barely got warm. Super worth the money. This computer came with great features I didnt know I needed until grad school assignments surprised me. Very impressed. Would highly recommend this computer.

EDIT: This laptop gets WAY TOO HOT. I actually no longer recommend purchasing it. It is very capable and can do almost anything, but the cooling system is entirely insufficient. I consistently get temps of 80-90 degrees Celsius playing WoW Classic with nothing else in the background but Spotify. That game is a hundred years old and should not be taxing on the system, even at max graphics. Very concerned and disappointed about the investment Ive made.

This was purshased for gaming & other heavy cpu/gpu usage (video editing)

I love this laptop. Its great right out the box plays bfV at 120fps average maybe a little higher. Great value got it on sale. The screen is really bright and vivid.

It lasted a little over 2 years and began to malfunction. I looked online and this seems to be pretty common, a hardware failure. Random crashes and a black screen with no bootable device on it. Of course its 3 months past warranty...

Thing is fantastic. Display, great. Gaming, excellent. Battery? Best bet is to use it while its charging, otherwise, its pretty mediocre. Regardless, great laptop 9/10 :D

Purchase date - August 2019

after I update BIOS driver and graphic card driver, black screen boot loop happend.

I bought this to get my son to study more, even though I don’t allow his computer games most of the time. It worked. He takes pride in his online classes. And he has game nights on Fridays, too.

For what it is, this laptop is a pretty good and relatively cheap gaming laptop. However, I have had my laptop repaired once and die twice in the span of 3 months.