Review on 💻 Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-54-760S Gaming Laptop: Intel i7-11800H, RTX 3060, 15.6" FHD 144Hz Display, 16GB DDR4, 512GB SSD by Tay Fair

If you've heard of the Helios 300 then you've heard that it's one of the best, if not the best, value for money you can get. For $1,200, you get a nice 1080p, 144Hz/3ms display that's very sharp and looks great. Aesthetics remain similar to last year's model except the rear vents look more aggressive, very nice. It has slots above the keyboard for better cooling. 10th Gen Intel and 2060 or 2070max q depending on configuration. Now, let me get to the meat parts. Easily upgradeable non-soldered RAM, dual-channel, non-soldered WiFi 6, two NVME slots, and one 2.5 SSD slot. Cooling is PHENOMENAL. I wanted to repaste, but wanted to see how it fared with factory paste. Well, the maximum he reached was 91 seconds and it dropped to 88 seconds immediately. It averaged around 80-88C while playing for over an hour (on Far Cry 5's max settings). I'm only going to repaste because I like fiddling with my stuff, but the average user doesn't have to worry about that. The GPU stays even colder. Those inlet holes they added above the keyboard make a big difference. Let's see what else. The sound is good, typical laptop speakers, you must use headphones. The material feels very comfortable. It doesn't look like a "budget" gaming laptop at all. In a sea of overpriced gaming laptops with similar or higher price points, this one really is a winner. Also, I know Ryzen is awesome, and you'll read all about "8 cores vs. 6 cores, maaah!" I looked through 3 Ryzen laptops. While the extra cores and threads were nice, they're useless for gaming, especially when they're running slower and hotter.