I have a question about GT780DXR-447US

I am going to buy a laptop either ASUS Republic of Gamers G74SX-AH71 or MSI GT780DXR-447US.

I don't know which one I should get. I am not a heavy gamer, but I play Winning11 (Pro Evolution Soccer)a lot, and watch a movie.

I am offered ASUS G74SX-AH71 at $1250 and GT780DXR-447US at $1100. Both are brand-new.

The spec for MSI is that, i7-2670, 12gig RAM, gtx 570-3g vram, 2x500gig of HDD(RAID 0 <-- I don't know what this means though).
For ASUS, i7-2670, 16gig Ram, 560-3g vram, 750g of HDD(7200rpm)

It seems like MSI has a better spec and cheaper price, but I never purchase the laptop from MSI, so I am just a little concerned about having it without hearing from you guys.

Is both items of the price that I am offered reasonable price?

I also heard that MSI G780 have only one fan cooler inside while g74 has two and good cooling system with less noise. Because of one fan, does it make a lot of noise to keep it cool, and get easily hot during the heavy load?

One more question. My budget for a laptop is about $1300, and I heard the news that new G75 is coming soon, but the price has not been set yet.
Do you think it is better for me to wait for G75 or new MSI G series rather than purchasing either one of them now?

would it be like an out-dated purchasing if I will buy GT780DXR-447US now since GT780DXR-447US was released in 2010?

I have never purchased this high-end laptop before, so I don't know much about it. If you could tell me what you think or any advice, that will be very helpful to me to decide.

Thank you

 

I really can't answer your questions for you since i'm still researching this stuff myself, but I am curious about where your finding them for that price?

 

Based on what I know, the MSI GT780DXR-447US was released December 15, 2011, so it's a pretty dam new model....between the 2, I'd definately get the MSI w/ the GTX570M. Better GPU than the one in the ASUS. I haven't heard anyone really having problems with the cooling on the MSI either....especially with the cooler boost.

and yeah...what place is quoting you that price for the MSI??....and the ASUS for that matter???

 

I'm interested in this MSI also. Can you advise where you can get it at that price? That's better than any I've found.

 

$1100 for the MSI is a two times STEAL

 

Feel free to check out the official owner's lounge for both laptops. You can see from post counts the popularity of the two.
No, all of those postings are not about issues either.
Both are great machines but one thing I could point out is that the Asus G74 does not upgrade the GPU beyond the GTX560M but the MSI comes in with the GTX570M which is a decent step up from the 560M.
You could also check out the shootout, albeit slightly dated on youtube.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YXx6nr_jvjY