I just received the the Acer Helios 300 I was able to snag from Amazon on Monday. This is the new 2019 i7/9th gen model.I haven’t done anything other than start setting it up for my son but so far it’s build quality is very nice. It’s all plastic but their is very little flex in the keyboard, the frame is solid and there is almost no flex in the screen. Reviews have stated the keyboard deck and cover are aluminum. This one definitely isnt - its a very hard plastic.There is significant light bleed around the bezel edges when the screen is dark. It almost appears as if the bezels are too tightly attached to the display. I don’t see the bleed much when the screen is displaying graphics/programs/colors.It’s extremely quiet, but that’s probably because I’m just sitting setting it up and don’t have any programs running. Turning on the turbo fan switch makes the thing suuuuuuuper loud.So far, I really like it and can’t wait to see it running some games. I want to compare it to the Lenovo Y740 I picked up the other day too (that is when that one finally ships in late August...)I’ll give some more updates as we screw around with it.It’s fairly heavy and bulky. It’s definitely not a slim design but overall not too bad. Its a very good size display. I had purchased a 17 inch Lenovo Y740 as a second laptop but cancelled it for a 15 inch Y740. Im very happy I did this because I feel the 15 inch displays are perfect sizes for a laptop after using the Acer 300.The keyboard travel time isn’t bad. I love this keyboard because it has the keypad included. The keyboard doesnt feel cramped with the added keypad even though this is a 15 inch machine. Keystrokes feel slightly mushy when pressing. The keys are illuminated in light blue which can be made darker or lighter with two of the F keys. The blue light isnt annoyingly bright or obnoxious like some laptops I have seen.There are a few bloatware programs added by Acer onto this laptop. I would suggest a clean install of Win10 and then heading to Acer to download their Predator Sense program. This is one Acer program you definitely want to keep and use. If not a clean install, do your research and find what programs to remove. IMO, immediately Nortons should come off.Updates to come as we move into gaming/benchmarks/testing.