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

Look, if your in the market for a gaming laptop that has decent features at an affordable price, dont look any further. This thing is simply awesome. I have not experienced the heat issues that others mentioned but hey, thats just me. This thing works, I got my moneys worth, and that is what matters to me....bam! Thats all.

I love this computer it’s a beast. I used to think that gaming laptops were a wast of money and now I am to the point to where my main computer will always be a Predator the only negative I can take out of this is the battery life but this can be expected

Battery life sucks, but other than that, no complaints.

Runs a bit hot under heavy load, but not a huge deal if you increase the fan speed using the Predator Sense app.

Pros :

I mean it runs most games quite well, it only runs into a few small issues here and there when it comes to FPS shooters. Mostly the ability to maintain a 144hz speed especially within Siege. Besides that aspect for games of simply personal use like Monster Hunter, Rise of the Tomb Raider, etc. its quite fine. Also my only real con is the aspect of not having a hdd and having a closed up ethernet port (you need to pull on the plastic cover-ish to put the ethernet cable in. HDD issue can be resolved easily simply buying the HDD as I did which should be somewhere linked with this purchase and opening the back and simply placing it there with the mounting though take caution as some spaces are hard to get to and you might drop a screw into the pc itself.

Amazing laptop. The upgraded screen on the this model is well worth the extra money. The screen is much brighter and smoother than the previous model. It does get warm and a cooling pad helps. I also undervolted the cpu a little and that kept the temps way down during heavy gaming sessions. The build quality is excellent and adding a second drive helps with large games. Overall very pleased and happy I spent the money on the new model.

This laptop is great for a sub 1000 gaming laptop.

Gaming

After a couple months of using it, It had so many frame drops. The first month was great but then it started to overheat causing the frames to be bad