Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-54-760S Gaming Laptop | Intel i7-11800H | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU | 15.6 FHD 144Hz 3ms IPS Display | 16GB DDR4 | 512GB SSD | Killer WiFi 6 | RGB Keyboard

This is a pretty powerful gaming laptop. The laptop has an 8 core 16 thread i7 and an RTX 3060 Laptop GPU and will be great for gaming and productivity. The screen is an IPS screen so it is pretty color accurate so it should be decent for photo and video editing. The GPU is not the same as a standard desktop RTX 3060 and is weaker but should still be great for gaming at 1080p. Overall this is a really nice gaming laptop and is decent enough to be a main gaming rig for most people.

The laptop work great the screen looks great , but the battery life even on just video playback is at most 2hs not even close to what is says on the description

Runs smooth, great screen quality, and unless you’re installing a ton of large size games the 512GB SSD is good. It’s got it’s quirks- this is the first gaming laptop I’ve had that makes weird noises and physically lags a bit when you unplug it while using it, and I’ve noticed some instances (once a month or so) of graphical weirdness while watching videos online where things will get blurry and require a restart to fix itself- but for a gaming laptop with a 3060 at a decent price it so far seems like a winner. Great for someone who likes to keep up with a few new games every year and wants a machine that can handle that, though more hardcore folks may want to get something a bit bigger on the memory front.

I had read that this machine ran hot so I bought a fan pad with 4 fans and never used it without the pad. It did get very hot and I started seeing some glitches in the video when playing games. I never overclocked it, but right after the 2 year mark, I got blue screens where it was stuck in permanent repair mode and I would get pixelated static bands across the screen. Sine the video is integrated, there is no replacing the video card, so now its a paperweight.

The only thing that I dislike could be the cpu temperature because sometimes reach 90 celcius without warning and I must turn on the fans manually to control it (Windows 11) Ive been reaching out for solutions and seems to be an optmization issue with W11

I ordered this computer as an architecture student with an intent to do autocad, renderings, etc. This computer lags, the picture quality is average at best and it gets hot FAST and dies FAST. I am not even doing that big of files or crazy stuff either. The fans are also EXTREMELY loud. I do not recommend for common architecture files/CAD.

The laptop did not come in the original packaging and was missing some attachments as I have seen in product reviews, but that is fine. I purchased the unit used for under $800, so I figured the laptop was an open box. No scratches or dents in perfect working condition, so I got a steal. The only downside is, the laptop is for my son, however since it’s used I was not able to add insurance. I can hold my own when it comes to PC/laptop repairs so not a deal breaker. I did notice that upon setup, I had to plug the laptop into an Ethernet for setup. WI-FI was a greyed-out option until Windows 11 booted, then I was able to disable airplane mode. My hard work paid off.

Nothing much to say, really. My main purpose reviewing is telling you about the gotchas in video for this PC. Overall, though, it is absolutely excellent. It is utra quiet even with the fans running at high speed. It does get hot, but no performance issues.

It preforms amazing. Battery life is about what you except on a gaming laptop. It came with the cable to add a hard drive also has slots to add a second nvme and extremely easy to add them.

great for fortnite, 144 constant fps