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    Is this a good gaming laptop?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by cheezewhiz445, Dec 14, 2012.

  1. cheezewhiz445

    cheezewhiz445 Newbie

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    Hello,

    This my first time here and I was just wondering if anyone could tell me if is a good gaming laptop?

    Barbones of the 15" MSI
    15.6" Full HD (1920x1080) LED Matte Widescreen LCD
    nVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M 192bit w/1.5GB GDDR5
    Intel Core i7-3610QM (2.3~3.3GHz) w/6M L3 Cache - 4 Cores - 8 Threads
    16GB (4x 4GB) DDR3/1600 Dual Channel Memory - SALE! $30 OFF
    500GB SATA II 3GB/s 7,200 RPM Hard Drive
    Combo Dual Layer SuperMulti DVDRW/CDRW Drive
    Internal 7-in-1 Card Reader: SD/SDHC/SDXC/XD/MSPRO/MS/MM
    Built-in Bigfoot Networks Killer Wireless-N 1202 - Ultimate Gaming Card + Bluetooth 4.0 (Dual Band) - Smart Li-ion Battery 9-Cell
    Full Range 180W Auto Switching AC Adapter
     
    cheezewhiz445, Dec 14, 2012
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  2. ALLurGroceries

    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    Moved to MSI
     
    ALLurGroceries, Dec 15, 2012
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  3. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    It's a well balanced machine with a focus on price/performance.

    The 670M is based off the older fermi architecture so runs a bit hotter than the 660M but is still noticeably faster and the better cooling in the MSI also helps counter that. It's also upgradable to at least the 680M in the future.

    The 3610QM is a decent partner to the graphics and while again is upgradable should last you at least another graphics upgrade before you would go up to something like the 3740QM.

    It's got a lot of ram but it is fairly cheap so if the price difference is small it wont hurt.

    The 500GB HDD is reasonable but adding an SSD even just as a caching drive would be your first future upgrade just to help make the machine feel snappy and quickly boot.

    Otherwise as a whole MSI machines do offer decent sound and keyboard :)

    What you would get with that machine is a well balanced machine which will do well as it is and also has the scope for future upgrades.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 15, 2012
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  4. WhatsThePoint

    WhatsThePoint Notebook Virtuoso

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    What is your budget?

    MSI Whitebook barebones models have a low starting price because they have less included than the branded models plus an all plastic case and different touchbar.

    If you have your own OS to install and can live with the 1 year warranty administered by the reseller over the 2 year branded model warranty from MSI with a 1 year global warranty plus an Accidental Damage Warranty then the Whitebooks are the way to go .

    In some instances the price difference between 15.6" and 17.3 inch in very close.

    Do all your detective work before buying and contact resellers directly to get their best deals.

    Gentech PC and Power Notebooks are 2 dealers I suggest you contact before buying anything.
    ADD a Windows 7 or 8 OS plus an equal warranty and you may come close to the branded model's price.
     
    WhatsThePoint, Dec 15, 2012
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