I bought this as a Christmas present for myself to replace an Alienware that is on its last legs.  It is a great system - boots fast, plays current games fine, has a beautiful screen, not loaded with bloatware, and it is fairly light weight.I have no real complaints that would not apply to pretty much any other CPU in this price range.  It can be loud and the battery life is pretty non-existent when gaming (both to be expected), but I have had zero issues with it.I am going to ding it one star because the size of the hard drive is too small for gaming and it will fill up fast.  Not a big deal as that is likely factored into the price and the rig has a second slot for an additional hard drive (I added a 1TB SSD).  So I would not ding them for this, but in kind of a weird move Acer includes a bracket for a second drive, with zero instructions on how to install one, and practically threatens to void your warranty if you do not take it to one of their service centers to do the installation.  It is an exceedingly simple process, so I can only guess that this was a marketing choice to direct more spending at their service centers by the unwary.  That being said, it is still a great PC, and I would recommend it to anyone shopping for a gaming PC in this price range.