Black Acer PH315-51-78NP 15.6 inches Laptop Review

Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop, 15.6" FHD IPS w/ 144Hz Refresh Rate, Intel 6-Core i7-8750H, Overclockable GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, 16GB DDR4, 256GB NVMe SSD, Aeroblade Metal Fans PH315-51-78NP

The Acer PH315-51-78NP laptop is a notebook computer, great for use as a personal computer. Packed with a large 15.6 inches display and a powerful 8th Generation Intel Core i7-8750H 6-Core 4.1GHz CPU processor. This Acer laptop model would work well for portability with its 5.51 Pounds lightweight design and sleek black look. Great for gaming, heavy duty processing or a work computer, this laptop is worth the price of $1399.

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This Acer PH315-51-78NP laptop is a powerful computer that is great for more than the average usage. You can use it for development work, play the latest video games, video editing as well as watching movies online such as Netflix, visiting social media networks like Facebook and be able to communicate with friends and family online through programs such as Skype and much more! However, if you are looking for a laptop with a spacious hard drive to store your files, we would not recommend the Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop, 15.6" FHD IPS w/ 144Hz Refresh Rate, Intel 6-Core i7-8750H, Overclockable GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, 16GB DDR4, 256GB NVMe SSD, Aeroblade Metal Fans PH315-51-78NP. Whether you need to write your term paper, catch up on work or create the family budget, this Acer PH315-51-78NP mobile laptop allows you to multitask with 16GB DDR4 2666MHz DRAM and the high end processing power of the 8th Generation Intel Core i7-8750H 6-Core 4.1GHz.

Summon Your Strength. Designed for those with a need to speed, the Predator Helios 300 gaming notebook combines powerful 8th Gen Intel Core i7 processor with high-performance NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics driven by the new NVIDIA Pascal architecture that is VR Ready. Two all-metal AeroBlade 3D...Click Here To Read More & Get Latest Offers
System Features
8th Generation Intel Core i7-8750H 6-Core Processor (Up to 4.1GHz) with Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Overclockable Graphics with 6 GB of dedicated GDDR5 VRAM
15.6" Full HD (1920 x 1080) widescreen LED-backlit IPS display (144Hz Refresh Rate, 300nit Brightness & 72% NTSC )
16GB DDR4 2666MHz DRAM Memory & 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD | Extra empty accessible slot for 2.5 inch hard drive or SSD
Gigabit Wi-Fi |Backlit Keyboard | USB 3.1 (Type C) | Dual All-Metal AeroBlade 3D Fan Cooling | Metal Chassis
PredatorSense gaming control panel, providing customization and control of gaming features, including system temperature, CPU fan speed and system fan speed.
Up to 7-hours of battery life
Laptop System Specifications
Processor8th Generation Intel Core i7-8750H 6-Core 4.1GHz
RAM16GB DDR4 2666MHz DRAM
HDD256GB PCIe NVMe SSD
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Dedicated GDDR5 VRAM
Screen15.6 inches
OSWindows 10 Home 64 Bit
Weight5.51 Pounds
Dimensions10.5 x 15.3 x 1.1 inches
USB Ports2.0 Ports (2) / 3.0 Ports (2)
Wireless802.11.ac
Customer reviews
Average Customer Review
3.8 out of 5 stars (210 customer reviews)
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203 of 207 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An unreasonably fast laptop for a reasonable price., July 10, 2018
By 
blake (SPOKANE VALLEY, WA, United States)
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This review is from: Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop, 15.6" FHD IPS w/ 144Hz Refresh Rate, Intel 6-Core i7-8750H, Overclockable GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, 16GB DDR4, 256GB NVMe SSD, Aeroblade Metal Fans PH315-51-78NP (Personal Computers)
I'm not going to post a super long review, just what I cared about, what this laptop is, and what it isnt.

Pro: Insane performance per dollar. Maxing out stuff like Diablo 3, WoW, Overwatch, DOOM, Various Source engine games (TF2, Halflife 2, black mesa, etc) will be butter smooth. This is a near-desktop replacement device.
Pro: One of the best non mechanical keyboards. Great travel distance and key responsiveness
Pro: Lighter than I expected. It's not an ultra-thin notebook, but very travel friendly.
Pro: Premium Feel
Pro: Gorgeous Display. It's a 144 Hz IPS display. It's gorgeous. There is some lightbleed when displaying almost all black screens, but that's expected. Not going to count that as a con.

Con: It can get warm, to the point of discomfort near the WSAD keys, which I assume the GPU is located internally. I turned on the coolboost feature or whatever its called and this helped.
Con: Bloatware. Took about 5 minutes to remove, but... Read more

72 of 73 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A hot laptop - literally and metaphorically., August 3, 2018
By 
Steven S. (Durant, OK United States)
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This review is from: Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop, 15.6" FHD IPS w/ 144Hz Refresh Rate, Intel 6-Core i7-8750H, Overclockable GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, 16GB DDR4, 256GB NVMe SSD, Aeroblade Metal Fans PH315-51-78NP (Personal Computers)
I was in the market for purchasing a laptop. I travel to conventions, LAN parties, and for work, so I'd like to have a really mobile gaming PC.

I was narrowing my scope to the following:
1. Playing games at higher than 60 FPS at medium to ultra settings, depending on the game and my preferences. This laptop does that.
2. Having a mobile VR machine, that way instead of hauling a beefy PC and all the VR equipment, I just have the laptop and go. This laptop does that very well (I have enjoyed Beat Saber with this laptop)
3. Being able to lightly content create via streaming and locally recording. I haven't tried streaming yet.

On paper, the laptop hits all 3. Having a hexa-core CPU and a full 1060 6GB, this hits all the bells. Now, to the problems I've had:

I'll share my experience so far: my first laptop purchase came in an Amazon box that look like it had a shotgun blast it, and the actual Amazon box was unsealed. While the... Read more

40 of 40 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars For the price you can't get any better than this, August 17, 2018
By 
Rick
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This review is from: Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop, 15.6" FHD IPS w/ 144Hz Refresh Rate, Intel 6-Core i7-8750H, Overclockable GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, 16GB DDR4, 256GB NVMe SSD, Aeroblade Metal Fans PH315-51-78NP (Personal Computers)
This is an extremely high performance laptop with a few of the expected cons of being in this price range (battery life, limited storage out of the box, can get quite hot). Overall the pros far outweigh the cons and I feel great about the purchase. It runs newer games extremely well on high settings without any kinds of performance issues. If you want to get full use of the beautiful 144 hz screen you might need to turn a few graphical settings but it's well worth it. I should point out that I did initially have some heat issues with this laptop where temperatures would consistently be above 90c on demanding games which caused throttling and massive frame drops. I fixed this by undervolting the CPU by 100 MV using throttlestop and running the fans at max speed during gameplay. This has completely solved the issue for me. If you wanted to you could also apply a quality thermal paste or buy a cooling pad but it's probably not necessary.

On top of the actual performance of the... Read more

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