Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop, Intel i7-10750H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, 15.6 Full HD 144Hz 3ms IPS Display, 16GB DDR4, 512GB NVMe SSD, WiFi 6, RGB Keyboard, PH315-53-71HN

I did a lot of research and found this was the perfect laptop for what I needed. I was excited to order it and see how great it would be. The day came when it got delivered. I opened it up, plugged it in. It is way bigger and bulkier than i thought it would be. I turn it on and immediately there is a big noticeable light bleed spot on the bottom left of the screen. Annoying, but only noticeable on darker colors. (I reached out to support, but apparently it didnt warrant a repair or replacement)

Nephew loves it he got it as graduation gift

Looks good feels good but the battery burned out after a month of use. It only works if it’s plugged in!!! I’m going to have to deal with warranty now and go through the hassle. Honestly not worth the money so mad I wasted the money on this instead of going with another brand.

Great for pretty much anything you could want to do. Windows 11 capable and Acer is the best brand out there. I had other predator models as well and there isnt a brand out there that can deliver like acer can.

Good

so I hoping for an upgrade given that is had a RTX3060 and modern day specs, but where did it all go wrong. I remember buying a predator Helios 300 in 2016 with GTX1060 that one of coolest and best laptop you buy at the time but this newer models just dont compare. Its turbo mode doesnt really work, its struggles keep its framerate even with the 3060 in it. I was hoping maybe play with this thing and have a blast but almost all the games Ive played on it just struggle to start then I run into the issue of it having breathing problem with it being intaking at a nice cool temp then randomly just having this sudden high air intake with while not even playing. Also back to turbo its a neat idea to have your laptop at peak performance at the click of a button but most of wont even run with it on , then if you wanted use it while your game running itll crash the game or worse case scenario itll shutdown the laptop. the only upside Ive seen this is its RGB lighting controls and its screen, but there is almost no saving grace for this thing. Sadly its fall from grace compared to it predecessors. Im hoping that its just my laptop thats like this in isolated case but from what Im seeing Im not only one in this case.

The only thing to note about my experience is that the battery failed about 6 weeks in, I shipped for repair, they slapped another battery in, and that one failed after 2 weeks. If it’s been a while since I updated, then it stopped eating batteries.

Edit: does not have a D drive only a C drive. Going to need to buy an external hard drive.

THIS IS THE GREATEST LAPTOP SINCE COCA COLA! GREAT BUY!

Used mostly for computer science classes at university. Battery only lasts 4-5 hours, but otherwise this is a great laptop. Good value for the money.