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

The machine was wonderful.

Laptop overheats while gaming reaching temperatures of 97 Celsius. I sent the laptop to Acer for repairs. They sent it back saying it was fixed that they replaced the motherboard. I tested it and to my surprise it was overheating again. I contacted Acer again and once again they told me to sent it to them for rapairs. I sent it for for second time hoping this would be the last time. After I got it back once again it keeps overheating. I contact them and asked them for a refund or a replacement. They told me they dont do refunds that 97 Celsius is ok even though I have sent it to them for that reason twice. They want me to sent it back for repairs a 3rd time. At this point Acer has used my laptop more than me. I use predator sense plus a cooling pad but it doesnt help. Laptop still overheats.

perfecto

I’ve only used this computer a few times since I purchased it as I wanted to use it for photo editing. It continually freezes up and I can’t do anything at all with it. One of my worst purchases ever. So disappointed. Going to have to return it.

Grandson happy

Do some research before buying this product.... Comes with a lot of problems I tried everything in the book to try to keep it but just got old on the bright side the screen display is great until the screen started flickering

Overall it is a fantastic computer, I am using it for Cyber Security. It does everything I need with the standard specs besides the 2TB SSD I am going to install. The main fuss I have regarding the Predator Helios 300 is the fans are on the bottom of the computer, and the material the device is made of leaves thermal marks of some sort when you rest your hand on it etc.

I bought this in July of 2018 for about $650.00 new on sale. Laptop has been GREAT! I upgraded the memory 32gb and new SSD right after I purchased it, and recently upgraded to a new 2tb and 4tb ssd. Stripped it down internally and replaced all thernal pads and re-pasted the cpu and gpu. Fans all still work but I did clean them too. The laptop has always run a bit hot under the wasd keys, but I have always used a laptop fan/stand and I built a usb powered cooling fan to sit on top/over the wasd key area to cooling. Ive never had a problem with thermal throttling when gaming. I replaced Windows OS many years ago..... best improvement I could have ever down for any computer. Currently rocking linux POPOS and Kali on dual boot. This laptop has been an excellent investment and more defiantly got moneys worth out of it. I have several newer and faster laptops, but this one goes everywhere with me.

The laptop meets the performance expectations however it tends to spike up to 95-100 Celsius. This is primarily occurs in actual gameplay and not benchmarking or stress testing software. This occurs with fans set to max output using Predator Sense and using Coolboost enabled. Attempted to use Intel XTU to undervolt the CPU however this has minimal effect and the CPU will still hit above 90 and throttling is still experienced. Suspect this is primarily due to bad thermal pasting job, which I refused to do as it would immediately void both the Amazon and Acer warranty. Its a shame since Acer put a lot of work into adding additional cooling features only to have it negated by poor build/assembly. I will most likely return this and pay a little extra for another laptop with better build quality.

This Laptop gets hot as heck. Even with a high quality laptop cooler. I would suggest looking elsewhere if you want something that wont burn your lap when gaming. After all, it is called a LAPtop for a reason, right?