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Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop, 15.6" Full HD IPS, Intel i7 CPU, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, GeForce GTX 1060-6GB, VR Ready, Red Backlit KB, Metal Chassis, Windows 10 64-bit, G3-571-77QK

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  • Latest 7th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor 2.8GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.8GHz | Windows 10 Home 64-bit
  • Latest NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with 6 GB of dedicated GDDR5 VRAM
  • 15.6" Full HD (1920 x 1080) widescreen IPS display, Red Backlit Keyboard
  • 16GB DDR4 DRAM Memory & 256GB SSD | Extra empty expandable hard drive slot for 2.5" hard drives
  • Up to 7-hours of battery life
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    Acer Predator Helios 300 G3-571-77QK Gaming Notebook comes with these high level specs: 7th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor 2.8GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.8GHz, 15.6" Full HD (1920 x 1080) widescreen LED-backlit IPS display, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with 6 GB of dedicated GDDR5 VRAM, 16GB DDR4 2400MHz Memory, 256GB SSD, Acer TrueHarmony Technology Sound System, Two Built-in Stereo Speakers, Secure Digital (SD) card reader, 802.11ac WiFi featuring 2x2 MIMO technology (Dual-Band 2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.0, 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port), HD Webcam (1280 x 720) supporting High Dynamic Range (HDR), 1 - USB 3.1 (Type C) port (Gen 1 up to 5 Gbps), 1 - USB 3.0 Port (featuring Power-off Charging), 2 - USB 2.0 Ports, 1 - HDMI 2.0 Port with HDCP Support, 4-cell Li-ion Battery (3220 mAh), Up to 7-hours Battery Life, 5.95 lbs. | 2.7 kg (system unit only) (NH.Q28AA.001)

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    4.5 out of 5 stars
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    Customers say

    Customers like the performance, value, and smoothness of the laptop. They mention that it runs VR games without a hitch, the trackpad does it's job, and is an excellent product for the price. Customers also appreciate appearance, and gaming. However, some customers differ on sound quality, quality, and cooling.

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    817 customers mention726 positive91 negative

    Customers like the value of the laptop. They say it's a really good laptop for its price, with a great price to performance ratio. The screen is pretty sharp and decent, but not perfect color. Overall, customers are happy with the performance and value of this laptop.

    "...would have preferred a Killer car, but this is still a good performing adapter for the price.Upgradability: .7/10(for a laptop)...." Read more

    "...Long story short: Best laptop for the price of $1000, can run nearly every game I can think of in high-ultra settings without the worry of..." Read more

    "...I know it was well worth it. When I looked up just a few parts I had value so..." Read more

    "...Pros:- Great value. You certainly get what you pay for and more. For $1,000 this is quite a bit of PC.- Size and weight...." Read more

    388 customers mention315 positive73 negative

    Customers like the performance of the laptop. They mention that it's still performing perfectly, runs VR games without a hitch, and plays games well. The trackpad does its job, and customers have no issues with responsiveness or it being too touchy.

    "...Postives: Speed.. CPU/GPU/RAM... overall performance and benchmarks compete with laptops selling for $500-1000 more. Best bang for buck...." Read more

    "...The WiFi set up is easy and almost flawless. I say almost because of human error...." Read more

    "...This laptop will play games and it will play them well especially for the price point it is set at...." Read more

    "...that comes built in to the laptop, as it is very simple and works great, giving you a very nice window that gives you a live feed of your individual..." Read more

    368 customers mention307 positive61 negative

    Customers like the smoothness of the notebook computer. They say it's amazing, runs games really smoothly at 1080p, and has very good response time. The charging is quick, and the laptop has great performance. The 1060 runs games smoothly at 10.5 inches and the i7 makes light work of multitasking. The durability and responsiveness are both acceptable, and it responds very well to taps and gestures.

    "...Different but not a bad thing at all. The ac charging is quick and has lights to tell you when it’s charged...." Read more

    "...Built in SSD is very fast to load. From reboot to desktop is only seconds...." Read more

    "...To wrap this up we are both incredibly happy with our machines. It's fast, fairly portable and can play any game out there no problems...." Read more

    "...The touchpad is very good, having smart gesture capability, and the left and right clicking work well on it, as well as tapping the touchpad to click..." Read more

    225 customers mention187 positive38 negative

    Customers like the gaming capabilities of the laptop. They say it's a great gaming laptop for the price, and it handles all current games just fine. The display is good enough for gaming, with reasonable framerates of around 25 fps. Some customers also mention that the laptop is powerful and can handle programming workloads. Overall, customers are happy with the gaming performance of the product.

    "...1060 is great for 1080p gaming at decent frame rates and the CPU can handle my games and programming workload though not as well as the 8086K on my..." Read more

    "...It can play just about anything and plays them all at medium to high settings no problem...." Read more

    "...pushing the CPU and GPU to their limits as is, but it does run the game EXTREMELY well, keep in mind you HAVE to be plugged in to the power supply..." Read more

    "...While it is certainly playable, the fluctuation is somewhat annoying and breaks the flow of the race...." Read more

    212 customers mention198 positive14 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the appearance of the laptop. They mention that it looks really good out of the box, the IPS display looks great, and the finish is incredibly nice. The metal chassis is fancy, and all but the plastic around the screen and base. The Temps look good, and it handles 1080p gaming well. The matte finish attenuates reflections well.

    "...It's that fast/smooth/nice and at this price, the power is astounding...." Read more

    "...I’ve had it for only a few hours. But I’m in love. The sleek style plus the beautiful packaging. Almost had a tear in my eye. Then I turned it on...." Read more

    "...The colors are nice and the picture looks fine but it's definitely not as bright as some other models out there...." Read more

    "...The ISP screen is beautiful to say the least, with very good viewing angles, having a VERY slight loss in brightness at about 50+ degrees onward,..." Read more

    346 customers mention207 positive139 negative

    Customers are mixed about the quality of the laptop. Some mention that it's a good solid and heavy gaming laptop that will last for a few, while others say that the build quality was super flimsy, they sacrifice the screen and build quality to get you some powerful tech specs under the hood, and there is some screen tearing when in game.

    "...The top and KB tops are alluminum, the rest is plastic. Everythings seems solid...." Read more

    "...There will be screen tearing, input latency is not great. Fast paced shooters will feel off...." Read more

    "...Its a good solid and heavy gaming laptop that will last me for a few years to come...." Read more

    "...-The keyboard is well built and feels great with a red underlight...." Read more

    303 customers mention97 positive206 negative

    Customers are mixed about the cooling of the notebook computer. Some mention that it has excellent thermal performance with built-in fan controls, while others say that it runs too hot and has no lag nor overheating dangers.

    "...fans and the external case being made of aluminum this laptop can still get quite warm when running at full tilt.- Great wireless capability...." Read more

    "...can run the highest setting "Ultra" and still have no lag nor overheating dangers...." Read more

    "...This laptop does run hot though, be aware you won’t want to use it on your lap for any length of time...." Read more

    "...Avoid MSI stealth series as these run too hot. Lenovo has the Y720 which is a good pick here. HP is too expensive here to consider...." Read more

    198 customers mention90 positive108 negative

    Customers are mixed about the sound quality of the laptop. Some mention that the speakers are comparable to a decent 5 watt Bluetooth, while others say that the fans can be a bit loud and make buzzing noises.

    "...It just feels right to me.Sound: Sound is 'OK'. It's the weak point on this laptop...." Read more

    "...Fan noise did kick up quite a bit as expected (just like my desktop 970) but the pitch from the laptop is a bit higher so it more noticeable but..." Read more

    "...The speakers are MUCH better than most gaming laptops I've used and Acer's software lets you customize them to sound how you want...." Read more

    "...Almost immediately the computer will ramp up and the fans start to blow very loudly, I can even hear the fans with my headphones (over the ear) on...." Read more

    Best gaming laptop in the $1000 price range
    5 Stars
    Best gaming laptop in the $1000 price range
    I had been looking around for a while at many different gaming laptops, planning to get one for sure, but was really on the fence about which one to get. I looked at all of the MSi, Asus, Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Sabre, etc. and to be honest, all these companies had great gaming laptops to offer for around the $1000 price point I was looking for. And I would hope that anyone looking for a gaming laptop in this price range would understand that companies are going to make compromises to reach that price range. All of the gaming laptops from all of these companies are great for this price range, and they all make their compromises in different areas of their laptops to reach that point. Ultimately though, most all of the other ones I looked at for this price were making their compromise in the the form of the GPU, stepping them down to the GTX 1050ti instead of the 1060 to try and cut costs. This was the only one that I found that still included the GTX 1060, and a 6gb one at that! No, it doesn't have the Aeroblade fans like some of the more expensive Predator line, and doesn't have a Thunderbolt port, but it does still have a USB-C 3.1, and the dual fans that it does have are still very good. I'll try to spare the more specific details on the specs on the laptop, as you can simply read those yourself on the main page here for the Helios 300, so I will move on to the concerns I had and what I think of the laptop so far now that I've had it for a few weeks and had plenty of time to run it through the mill.There was another reviewer on here that had purchased the Helios 300 as well, and in his review stated that once he got it, Acer did not have the current driver software update on their site for the GPU, so his GTX 1060 in it was useless at that time. He updated his review a few weeks later stating that Acer did finally update their driver software support to the most current version, but I was still concerned about this at the time of my purchase. Needless to say, my concerns about this were immediately alleviated once I got the laptop, as I opened the GeForce Experience program the laptop comes installed with and was easily able to update the driver software within the first 10 minutes of turning it on. Now to my second concern I had, which was heat and coolingI do plan to use this laptop for gaming, and although I don't plan on doing extremely heavy gaming on it, as I have a PS4, Xbox 360, 2 ps vitas, and a Nintendo Switch, all with plenty of games on them to which are my primary gaming platforms, there are just some games you cannot get on consoles, especially indie games that are offered on Steam, and this is my main use for this laptop, but I did want to see what this thing is capable of, so I purchased The Witcher 3 and Far Cry 4 to really test what it can do. I'll say, between those two games, and above all my other indie games and older, easier to run games that aren't near as taxing on the hardware, The Witcher 3 is the ultimate test to see what a system can do, as it runs it HARD, pushing the CPU and GPU to their limits as is, but it does run the game EXTREMELY well, keep in mind you HAVE to be plugged in to the power supply for these particular heavy running games to perform adequately, as if you try and unplug and run them solely on the battery power, both Witcher 3 and Far Cry 4 will instantly cut down to 9fps and are completely unplayable in that manner, and this is NOT something that can be changed, it is just the way the BIOS is set up. Trust me, I tried messing with all of the regular settings to which none of them changed this at all, the only way I found that you could possibly get those type of games to run at full 60+fps on the battery alone would be to go into the BIOS and turn up the voltage, but I DO NOT recommend even trying that, as it is just not worth potentially melting your computer just to do this, so settle on knowing you will need to be plugged in when playing PS4-era games. All of my other games, however that are xbox 360-era games, such as dark souls and payday 2, and ALL of my indie games, run a smooth 30-60+ fps in battery only mode. So, back to the heating and cooling, even though it doesn't have the Aeroblade 3D fans, the dual fans it does have work very well and are much quieter than I expected them to be, only really being noticeably audible when turned up to max speed. The rest of the time, they are barely a whisper. I want to note, that I HIGHLY recommend always running the PredatorSense application that comes built in to the laptop, as it is very simple and works great, giving you a very nice window that gives you a live feed of your individual CPU and GPU fan speeds, as well as current temperature/loading monitoring for both the CPU and GPU as well, and records all of that data on a second-by-second basis from the time you open the app to current. It also has very easy settings to use, have Auto, Max, and Custom fan speed controls, as well as having something called CoolBoost which I will get into in a moment.So, while running either The Witcher 3 or Far Cry 4, I noticed that after extended periods of play (1+ hours), on the auto setting and with CoolBoost off, CPU temp was staying around 90 Celsius, and 80 Celsius for the GPU, and there were short spikes that would last a few seconds at a time where the CPU would actually jump up to 97 Celsius, which was enough to concern me, so I tried messing with the settings more, and concluded that if you are going to play any heavy games that tax the hardware this much, I HIGHLY recommend that you turn CoolBoost ON, as once this was on, on the Auto fan setting, playing The Witcher 3 or Far Cry 4 for extended periods, it considerably helped to cut down these max temperatures, where now the CPU max was at 87 Celsius, and the GPU at 78 Celsius max. Much better. Now, as for all of my indie games and Xbox 360 era games, this ran considerably cooler, with Dark Souls pushing the CPU to 72 Celsius max, and GPU 61 Celsius max. So, in conclusion, cooling is definitely more than adequate for light to medium gaming, but to remain adequate cooling on heavy games, I recommend you always turn on CoolBoost first, but once you've done so, it is adequate.In conclusion, I am extremely happy with the performance of this laptop! It hits all of the right marks for someone like me who does do medium and some occasionally heavy gaming on it. As far as all other uses, for web browsing, video streaming and similar tasks, it is more than enough to easily perform well, with web browsing specifically being very fast. It may even be enough to say it is overpowered for such tasks, which is fine by me. The ISP screen is beautiful to say the least, with very good viewing angles, having a VERY slight loss in brightness at about 50+ degrees onward, but it is so slight it is still viewable. The keyboard is very solid, and the keys have good travel and resistance, not too much, not too little. The only qualm I might have regarding the keyboard is the fact that you only get one color on the back lighting for it, red, as I understand that may bother some people, but again for the price point, some compromises are to be expected, and the red backlighting really does not bother me, and actually has really good lighting, not being too overpowering but giving you enough light to be able to easily see all keys well. The touchpad is very good, having smart gesture capability, and the left and right clicking work well on it, as well as tapping the touchpad to click. Battery life overall is actually much better than I anticipated for all the hardware it has, being able to get upwards of 8 hours with light to medium use for surfing the web and doing other things, with gaming obviously draining it much quicker, but I've been able to get up to 2 hours on some games on just the battery alone without even trying to turn any of the settings down and actually having the screen brightness all the way up. The 256gb ssd that it comes with is blazing fast and I absolutely love it, but I do recommend you consider getting an additional hard drive for it as I did, as it does come with an extra 2.5" slot on the bottom to put an additional drive in it, which I ended up throwing my old 500gb PS4 hard drive in, which was an extremely easy thing to do since they made a simple door on the back that comes off after just removing one screw and is super easy to do yourself, just don't forget to make sure the hard drive you put in it is already formatted or empty, as I forgot to erase all my old PS4 data off the one I put in it, and ended up having to go into the Disk Management settings and delete all the partitions (save files essentially) one at a time before the computer would even recognize the hard drive, but once I deleted all of the partitions, it easily recognized it.In summary, I would definitely recommend this laptop for anyone that is looking for something similar to what I was looking for that wants to get the absolute most performance they can for a price point of $1099 and that isn't concerned too much about being bothered by having a laptop that looks like a gaming laptop.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars God-Like Gaming Laptop for the Price Range of $1000
    Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2018
    Before I speak about this laptop; I'd like to give a quick TL;DR for those who want my single sentence opinion on this laptop.

    Long story short: Best laptop for the price of $1000, can run nearly every game I can think of in high-ultra settings without the worry of overheating; excellent with multitasking and has much memory to do so.

    Long story: As I read the reviews, most of what I could say would echo the voices of many other 5 star raters:
    - It's great
    - Fan does its job well
    - Insert a feature already explained in the page

    Thus, I will try my best to write a unique review among others about this laptop. This laptop is my very first laptop that I chose for the purpose of gaming and working during college. My initial laptop that I had before this laptop (Acer Aspire E 15) was a noob compared to this beastly computer. So far I am not disappointed at all with anything for this laptop, and unless this wasn't obvious in the first place; this laptop can run any game I can think of! Here are some games I tried just to name a few:

    ARK Survival Evolved: A game that my old laptop could barely run, this laptop runs it beautifully in high graphics with no noticeable lag spikes. Run around quickly, fly in a dinosaur, spot something from far range; there wasn't anything I could do that would make this game lag at all. Worried about heat? Checking "PredatorSense", the CPU and GPU would not go anywhere above 200F (~95C) thanks to the dual cooling fans. (The picture below does NOT show the results, but is there to give a sense of what you could see in "PredatorSense")

    Rainbow Six Siege: Another game that required high specs, this laptop can run the highest setting "Ultra" and still have no lag nor overheating dangers. There were a few lag spikes, but doing more research, this was due to the automatic Vsync that was activated for the game, and by turning it off, the FPS for this game would average 100-110FPS on "Ultra" without much error.

    As a college student addicted to gaming, 3 things stood out for me for this laptop, and were the leading reasons for why I bought this laptop over other laptops in the $1000 range:

    1. GeForce GTX 1060-6GB: I'm sure this is also the reason that many people are here debating about this laptop. Trust me, I've looked, and you won't find other laptops at $1000 rocking a GTX 1060 like this laptop, unless you're okay with finding laptops on the $1200 range.

    2. I7 Core, 16 GB RAM, VR Ready, and all the extras: This laptop is basically your portable desktop that is capable of running a bunch of other things you have in mind. Need a lot of RAM for programs? Need a fast CPU? You have a VR but can't run it on your noob-ish computer? This laptop can do all of that and more.

    3. Easily to upgrade storage: The only downside that I can think of is the space of 256GB. Comparing that to my highest game storage eater "ARK Survival Evolved" with about 50GB (and more because of content updates), that means I can only download 5 huge games before running out of space. Luckily it was super easy to upgrade it with a 2TB SDD; the laptop comes with screws and a handy storage holder for your SDD (or HDD) that you want to upgrade. Super easy, and if you're scared of doing it yourself (or it's your first time), YouTube has all the info you need to make it easy for you.

    So what are you waiting for? Buy this laptop, and hopefully this has convinced you enough to buy this laptop! Here are a few last things I will let you know in case you're trying to look for this info:

    - Black Friday Deal: I'm one of those people who waited for this laptop to go on sale during Black Friday. I'm not sure if the price will change this time, but during Black Friday this laptop went from $1049.99 to $999.99, which is the price of the laptop as of today (1/9/18). That being said, the big deal-breaker was that their mixed reality headset (third choice) can be purchased at the same price of $999.99 at the time. To be honest, some people are having mixed reviews with the headset, but if you were waiting for a deal on Black Friday, the same pattern could most likely follow. It could change this year if you want to see for yourself!

    - Potential upgrade required for BIOS, or incorrect version of GeForce programs: I saw a couple reviews complaining about this, and just like the most helpful review here, I did not have any hiccups or errors regarding the BIOS problem that another reviewer had. This was another anxious thing I was worried about, but now I've come to the conclusion that it could have been a simple manufacture error for that very individual.

    - The "lag" myth: Some might complain that this does not run games that well at all, and I could have a potential explanation why. The gaming laptop will work best when the charger is plugged in. I was about to complain and leave a review when I tried to run ARK; it initially couldn't run on medium settings and had a low FPS! Until further research on many reviews, they said that the laptop will work best via plugging in the charger. Either way, I wouldn't want to be worried about my laptop dying mid-game, so it's wise to start charging your laptop should you need to run an intense game.

    Hope things go well for your final decision, and leave a "helpful" on this review if this really did help!
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    Reviewed in Spain on April 21, 2018
    Esta maquina es excelente pero primero quiero recalcar el envio, tambien excelente por parte de amazon. 2 dias desde EEUU wow, mucho antes de la fecha prevista.
    Por este precio ahora mismo no hay nada comparable, puedes jugar a PUBG a 60 estable alto - ultra, fortnite ni te plantees que vaya a bajar de 60 en todo ultra, mas o menos lo compararia a mi torre que trae una 970 pero quizas bajada algo de frecuencia. Este rendimiento encaja perfectamente a la pantalla que trae ya que vas a poder jugar a titulos en ultra por mucho tiempo sin ver tu rendimiento reducido. Si trajese un monitor 120hz no le sacarias el partido en los titulos mas exigentes, aunque vendria bien en esports.
    El teclado es excelente, la pantalla mucha gente se queja, pero investigando encontra un perfil de calibrado de color y mejora increiblemente. Realmente la gente que se queja ni edita en PS ni hace trabajos artisticos ya que se ve increible y lo unico de lo que te podrias quejar es de la infidelidad que pueda producir en tus trabajos, pero vamos es eye candy.
    Respecto a la temperatura el hecho de tener la salida hacia la parte opuesta al usuario es perfecto, mas modelos deberian de incluirlo.
    Es verdad que se puede notar algo caliente la parte superior del teclado, pero esto en ningun momento me ha molestado y en invierno puede venir muy bien para enfriar las manos.
    En españa este modelo viene con menos prestaciones y un precio superior por lo que recomiendo encarecidamente comprarlo exportado, aunque te venga con teclado US te acostumbras rapido y si eres programador te daras cuenta de que tu vida habria sido mas facil con este layout.
    Por decir algo negativo es que subir algo la frecuencia del monitor es complicado o imposible ya que trae Nvidia Optimus, pero vamos es algo que poca gente se plantea. Generalmente Optimus trae mas ventajas que inconvenientes. Tambien hay que decir que las huellas se quedan con facilidad debido al material empleado, que le da un aspecto bastante premium. Los pequeños detalles como los bordes de aluminio realmente me agradan.

    Conclusion: Debido a que las graficas de la siguiente gama para laptop saldran a finales de año este ordenador sigue valiendo la pena comprarlo incluso cuando salgan debido a su precio, calidad de construccion y rendimiento. Si te ves indeciso porque es exportado, la empresa de envio se nota que es muy profesional y si politica es muy buena respecto a devoluciones y reparaciones. La pantalla es imprecisa para profesionales, pero no tiene nada que ver con lo agradable que es de ver, como lo que les pasa a las amoled.
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