PowerPro 12:17 (MSI GT780 Barebones)

I'm about to order this setup from PowerNotebooks.com and was looking on peoples thoughts of it. The price I have specced it to is the max I am willing to go, if anyone has any helpful suggestions feel free to comment It's use will be gaming and all the usual (studying of course...), not looking for a dream machine but something that will last a few years hopefully.

PowerPro 12:17 (MSI GT780 Barebones, Chassis 1761[I think?])

 

That price is not good at all. Call Ken at Gentech and talk to him.

For $1440 here is what I got:


-17" Full HD (Glossy Display Upgrade)
-CPU = 2670
-GPU = GTX 570
-8gb DDR3
-Blu-Ray Reader
-750gb HD 7200rpm
-Bigfoot Wireless N1103 (3 Antenna)
-Steelseries Backlit Keyboard
-Windows 7 Home Premium
-IC Diamond Thermal Paste on both CPU and GPU

By the way, I also paid for three day shipping but it got all the way from California to Maryland in just two days. I realize you upgraded your CPU to the 2760 but it should still come out cheaper. You can also deduct $50 if you don't choose to pay for the three day shipping. Lastly, I don't know what your planning on doing with your computer but I just don't see the 2760 as a worthwhile upgrade for gaming purposes. In a year, you could probably upgrade the CPU to something better for less money.

 

The 2760 is a fairly costly upgrade. He also got 1600 MHz RAM and a 750GB hybrid HDD, which is a fair bit more than the standard HDD also. The price looks about right to me.

 

Yup 2760 is too much. Good thing nobody on this thread took that.

 

You can look this thread for more info

 

If I were you, I would drop the 2760 and the Hybrid drive and add a nice SSD. In my opinion, the 2760 isn't enough performance increase for the price increase. Just get the normal 750gb HD and add a 120gb SSD. The SSD will add much much more to the overall experience than the 2760 over the 2670 ever will.

 

The stock speeds are not the important part when it comes to comparing the difference between the 2670 and 2760. The Turbo Boost of the 2670 pushes all four cores to 2.8Ghz and the 2760 hits 3Ghz for all four, not to mention the dual and single core boosts are considerably higher. For $160 it's worth it. The following 2860 isn't worth the money though, better off getting the 2920XM with the unlocked multi.

In all honesty, I would drop the CPU down to the 2670 and get the 580M instead.

 

Pulled the trigger on this today after weeks of looking at everything else. The Sager NP8170 was the other consideration I had but the final sway for me was the GTX580 and the SteelSeries Keyboard being backlit. I had it on my Dell E6400 and I had it on my Alienware and the Sager lack of that one important feature was a deal breaker for me. I was also not willing to wait and see on the off chance Sager gets that feature later this year.

It should be here next week and i'm hoping its as good as the positive reviews I have read.

 

The 2760 is still a good option for those wanting the upgrade to 1600Mhz memory bus and also VT-d if you run virtualization applications it improves performance quite a bit afaik.