This is hands down the best gaming laptop for the money at this time. The 1660TI performs incredibly well at 1080p, taking full advantage of the 144hz display. The i7 CPU boost and maintains 4ghz regularly without hitting thermal throttle. It can handle VR (I tested with a rift s), and every modern title that I've thrown at it well over 100fps.Almost every other laptop at this price includes the MAX-Q version of the 1660TI, which is about 40% slower, or the significantly worse 1650. The full 1660 TI in this laptop can nearly match the performance of 2070 MAX-Q and 2060 GPU's in more expensive laptops.I reduced one star for a couple minor complains:- The screen, while bright and vivid, does have some backlight bleed in the corners. Some have it worse than others, but its acceptable on my device. It doesn't show in games, even in dark areas, and is only really noticeable when booting up. There is also some IPS glow, but that is just a part of using that tech for the screen.- Battery life is pretty bad, even in a low power non-gaming use case. If you need to use this portably without a reliable power source for more than a couple of hours, look elsewhere.- Its loud. If you use 'turbo' to get the max clock speed on the GPU/CPU, it ramps the fans up to 100% and is audible even through headphones. Luckily, I haven't found a need to use turbo mode yet. Even more demanding VR games run very well on the 'fast' GPU setting.Overall, if you're looking for a mid-range gaming laptop, the helios 300 is by far the best available in the ~$1000 price range.