I went into the store to buy a different laptop but they didnt have any so i looked at this one since it was close to the same specs. I am glad i did! I am a full time rver and needed a gaming laptop to pass the down time. I have consoles but they use a ton of power and consume the tv which isnt fair to my husband. I play a lot of survival style games; NMS, Long Dark, Valheim, ARK. This little beastie is perfect for them. I loaded up my steam and epic accounts and started playing straight out of the box (which is very high end packaging, by the way). Its AMAZING. I would venture that NMS is actually better on this laptop than on Xbox. Yes, the max fan is loud. I expect that. As a programmer, its very normal for me to hear the fan when im working the gpu. It sounds clean and you can feel how quickly it cools. It looks great and is a perfect size. I have a programming laptop (HP) that is significantly heavier and bigger so i wasnt immediately convinced i would appreciate the size. Its so much more comfortable to use as an actual laptop than my programming machine. And that fan keeps it from being to hot to sit and play without a table and external cooling fan (which i use for the other one). Graphics are as good as ive ever seen aside from console, appearance is cool and classy (not gaudy like many gaming laptops). Plays out of the box (obviously after Win setup) and you can adjust gpu settings on the fly, Keyboard is fun and responsive, trackpad has a fingerprint reader that is better than my phones. Nothing negative to say at this time. Price point was epic. I wont work this little guy as hard as some playing CP and such but for my purposes, its ideal.

This laptop worked great for casual gaming. The screen looks good and it is pretty fast. The only negative is the battery life but that’s to be expected with a gaming laptop.

TL;DR Very satisfied with the laptop. It's easily portable and has solid build quality. It also offers enough performance to run most modern games at 60+fps with maintaining good temps and low fan noise. Use an external monitor for a 7 to 10% performance increase. Minor gripes with the key layout but nothing that's a deal breaker. The Triton 300 SE is designed for portability. Build quality is great, it's thin and light but still feels sturdy and I love the finish on the lid. Lighting effects on the keyboard look very nice without going over the top and can be turned off very easily. The track pad is very smooth, nicely sized and includes a fingerprint scanner. The monitor looks good and covers 99% SRGB while supporting 144hz, plenty for gaming and content consumption but maybe not content creation. There were a few times that I wished it would go slightly brighter, but this was only in areas with very bright ambient light. The included Predator Sense software is easy to use and well laid out. It offers controls for lighting, battery optimization, fan control and preset power profiles. You can choose from Quiet (silent), Default (barely audible), Extreme (Loud but not annoying) and Turbo (Loud, headphones required). In my testing there was only about 6% performance difference from Quiet to Turbo with most of the difference hitting at Default and a considerable increase in fan noise at Extreme and again at Turbo. I will be using the Default profile as it still runs very quiet and gets almost peak performance in most titles. I tested the 3050ti with a handful of games and I was happy with the results. Results which saw a 7 to 10% increase using an external monitor. Starting with Hitman 3, in the Dartmoor bench I got 64 fps with the settings shown on the attached screenshot. Witcher 3 on ultra with hair works off resulted in 60 to 65 fps. Sniper Contracts 2 yielded 65 to 70 fps with a mix of high and very high settings. Destiny 2 on high saw the biggest difference between the inbuilt screen and the the external monitor with 80 to 85 fps and 105 fps respectively. I also ran Time Spy receiving 5895 on Turbo, 5537 on Quiet and 6042 on an external monitor with Turbo. I also tested using a cooling pad but did not notice any benefits in either temperatures or score. This tells me that the laptops cooling solution is more than capable of handling the i7 and 3050ti which is good as voltage control is locked out in BIOS and not supported in Throttle Stop or XTU. My only minor quibbles are mostly related to the keyboard. The keys are fine, but I wish the power button wasn't located next to others keys and was swapped with the Turbo button. The monitor brightness controls are opposite of what you'd expect based on the icon. Lastly, I wish the volume up and down controls were swapped. All of these are things that you can get used to but still were initially jarring. All in I am very happy with this laptop, sure there are some with higher specs but the Triton 300 SE offers all the performance I really need while maintaining great temps in a small package. 

I wanted both a powerful gaming laptop to be able to play graphic intense PC games, but also wanted to be able to use with VR. Ran the Steam VR performance test out of the gate and it’s on their very high end of “VR Ready!”. Games like Beat Saber in VR are very fluid and pop. Standby’s like Fortnight render flawlessly and are easily handled by this amazingly slim laptop. The Predator Sense app let’s you monitor the health of the pc, measure temps of the CPU/GPU, customize lighting of the keyboard, CPU/GPU fan control with different modes (Quiet, Default, Extreme, Turbo). Turbo is also available with a quick activate button above the F1 key. There’s also custom audio modes and the Dolby dts X sounds great. WiFi is latest gen and it downloads games super quick. Steam downloaded in about 2-3 mins and by itself is 2GB! If you use the laptop keyboard I did notice it got a bit warm leaving the fan settings on default - mostly on the top section of the keyboard area (the GPU is underneath that section). Kicking the fan up or putting it in “Turbo” mode helps a lot. With the fan in turbo mode the fan makes a bit more noise, but you can’t hear it if playing with a decent gaming headset or ANC headset. It’s actually much quieter than my previous gaming desktop fan wise. Initial setup was quick and easy - took about 15-20 mins. Cortana walks you through it. Not a ton of preloaded bloat ware which I appreciate! Has an integrated fingerprint reader on the mousepad for quick / secure login. Overall very pleased, didn’t break the bank, and looking forward to being able to “bring the VR party” to friend’s houses!

I decided to test this laptop since I have been travelling more, and I wanted a smaller laptop that would still be able to handle gaming while providing decent graphics. The Acer Triton 300 SE is a very nice looking machine; the metal chassis gives it a sleek look and the feel of a premium built laptop. The first thing I noticed when powering up the laptop is the sound; it was fairly impressive... nothing like you get with headphones, but very loud, crisp and clear, especially for a small machine. The display is also nice, although I'm used to a 2560×1440 display, but it is only 14" so maybe 2560×1440 is out of the question. Acer's PredatorSense software allows you to control and monitor many of the aspects you'd expect such as key lighting, fan speed and what mode you want (Quiet, Default, Extreme, or Turbo). However, the mode can only be changed when the machine is plugged in and there's more than 40% battery life. I've tried the laptop both on battery and plugged in, and although I'm sure there's some difference between the modes, I really didn't see a huge increase in gaming performance from Default to Turbo. The gameplay using the battery is smooth, but I am also using Nvidia's GeForce Experience which optimized all of the games to lower settings when using battery power. I overrode these settings and the gameplay was still smooth, but you pay for that with less battery life. One thing I really like about the laptop is the keyboard. I have large hands, so one of the things I was worried about was feeling cramped when it came to the keyboard, but this isn't the case at all; my hands fit comfortably on the wrist rest areas without any trouble at all. The only trouble I've had is that a thumb will sometimes contact the touchpad when I'm typing or playing. The keyboard has a nice overall layout and feel to it, and the keys have good response. You can't change the color of each key, but the keyboard is divided into three zones, and the color can be changed for each zone. Overall I think this is a solid gaming laptop; it's not the best I've seen, but for its size, it gets the job done pretty well.