This is a great laptop... I'm upgrading from a gateway m-series that's had it's end of it's useful life.... This is a major upgrade...i5-8300..the gtx 1050ti... Good stuff is going on for this laptop... I had read a few reviews before purchase and watch few YouTube videos..it stated that it's fans are loud and it gets hot...fans are a bit audible only if you game...Netflix and YouTube this thing is silent... But I'm not much of a gamer...wanted a decent graphics card in the event that I wanted to game for a bit... Plus I stream lots of videos also on Netflix... It's perfect... It's the little brother to the predator Helios... Great but..I'll recommend...no troubles or issue so far...slight heavy...but my other laptop was heavier...so I don't mind...