Opinions on which to get. Razer 14" Blade vs MSI GS66

[Roxhound63]

Greetings,

 

Looking for opinion.  Which would you buy.

 

Razer 14"

RZ09-0427NEA3-R3U1

• AMD Ryzen™ 9 6900HX (8-core) Processor
• 14" IPS Wide Viewing Angle QHD (2560x1440) 165Hz Display
• NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3070Ti Graphics, 8GB
• Intel® Wi-Fi 6E (2x2/160) Gig+ and Bluetooth® 5.3
• Windows 11 Home (64-bit)

MSI GS66 Stealth 

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• 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-12900H Processor
• NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3070Ti, 8GB
• 15.6" Anti-Glare QHD (2560 x 1440) 240Hz Display
• Steel Series RGB with Anti-Ghost Keyboard
• Windows 11 Home (64-bit)

I am torn which way to go. Right now the Razer is 100 bucks cheaper.   I will be doing work and gaming, and when not traveling will be using it on a 4k monitor.

 

Any help would be great, as i am just being indecisive.  My current laptop is a Dell G7 15 7590  - i7 9750H, with a RTX 2060 on a FHD.

 

Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

 

[TylerD321]

How much ram does each system have?

 

I personally like the msi system better but I have been known to favor Intel. I also enjoy steelseries as a company and like their keyboards. I’ve seen talk of people not liking Razer laptops due to issues with their batteries bloating and killing the system.

[Roxhound63]

MSI 32 Razer 16.

[lopj245]

As an owner of a gigabyte a5x1 with the 5900hx I would personally go with the msi, this thing {Ran} hot. I ended up liquid-metaling the CPU and GPU lol, now temps are fine and I see a max of around 80-85 Deg C under max load on the cpu and an average of 68 while gaming.  GPU never ran hot to begin with but the temps dropped by around 10 deg. I liken this to gigabytes trash thermal compound that was used in assembly(crusty). I know the 12900h runs hot also but from what I've seen on the internet people don't usually have issues with thermal throttling. Both are solid laptops and I bet they would preform far better than my a5x1 thermally out of the box haha.

 

As for which laptop to choose it should be clear, more ram and a better cpu on the msi make it the prime choice.

[lopj245]

3 minutes ago, lopj245 said:

As an owner of a gigabyte a5x1 with the 5900hx I would personally go with the msi, this thing {Ran} hot. I ended up liquid-metaling the CPU and GPU lol, now temps are fine and I see a max of around 80-85 Deg C under max load on the cpu and an average of 68 while gaming.  GPU never ran hot to begin with but the temps dropped by around 10 deg. I liken this to gigabytes trash thermal compound that was used in assembly(crusty). I know the 12900h runs hot also but from what I've seen on the internet people don't usually have issues with thermal throttling. Both are solid laptops and I bet they would preform far better than my a5x1 thermally out of the box haha.

 

As for which laptop to choose it should be clear, more ram and a better cpu on the msi make it the prime choice.

Have you thought of building a desktop? With the amount of skrilla you're dropping and the price of GPU's at the moment you would be ahead to do so. You've got your current laptop for your travels after all.

[Roxhound63]

I already have a desktop, 3900x with 3080TI.  I travel for work so looking for that end.  My Dell is starting to have issues so was looking to replace it.

 

If i didnt have a desktop, would definatly go that route first.

 

[TylerD321]

2 minutes ago, Roxhound63 said:

I already have a desktop, 3900x with 3080TI.  I travel for work so looking for that end.  My Dell is starting to have issues so was looking to replace it.

 

If i didnt have a desktop, would definatly go that route first.

 

Steam deck and save cash? Stream desktop to steam deck assuming you have WiFi while traveling.

[lopj245]

4 minutes ago, Roxhound63 said:

I already have a desktop, 3900x with 3080TI.  I travel for work so looking for that end.  My Dell is starting to have issues so was looking to replace it.

 

If i didnt have a desktop, would definatly go that route first.

 

I mean you could newegg them and try them for 25 days lol. 30 day returns are nice.

[jaslion]

The razer is bad bad bad quality. With this I mean most blades die between 1-2 years of use. This has been an issue sincr the first one.

 

The msi stealth can NOT COOL itself to save its life. This is way too much power for that thin laptop.

 

Get a asus g15 if you want a thinner and lighter device that wont cripple performance or a lenovo legion if you want a normal laptop with good cooling for a light price

[Roxhound63]

7 hours ago, TylerD321 said:

Steam deck and save cash? Stream desktop to steam deck assuming you have WiFi while traveling.

Lol, thanks, but distance of travel is too far for that to be effective.

 

Looked at the SCAR 15, bout the same price, but less memory, again 16 instead of 32.

[Roxhound63]

So am down to the strix 15 or the MSI.

 

Same price, one is tax free, other has 90 day return policy if i am unhappy compaired to 15.

 

GAHHH I hate being indesicive.

[IPD]

IMHO, i9 is overkill.  Razer is flushing money.  Thin & Light anything is flushing money. Gigabyte laptops are dogshit.

 

Have you looked at Clevo resellers (Sager, AVA, etc)?  Origin might be worth a look too. 

[Imbadatnames]

44 minutes ago, IPD said:

IMHO, i9 is overkill.  Razer is flushing money.  Thin & Light anything is flushing money. Gigabyte laptops are dogshit.

 

Have you looked at Clevo resellers (Sager, AVA, etc)?  Origin might be worth a look too. 

That’s a very contradictory statement… clevo are dogshit and origin are overpriced AF

[IPD]

3 hours ago, Imbadatnames said:

That’s a very contradictory statement… clevo are dogshit and origin are overpriced AF

Clevo makes like 80% of the laptop chassis in the market.

 

YMMV on Origin.  I trust them more than I would Razer, Gigabyte or Alienware.

[Imbadatnames]

4 hours ago, IPD said:

Clevo makes like 80% of the laptop chassis in the market.

 

YMMV on Origin.  I trust them more than I would Razer, Gigabyte or Alienware.

You mean the 80% that are shit? 
 

TBH razer are renown for being unreliable. Gigabyte and Alienware it depends product to product 

[IPD]

Honestly, my go-to is still MSI.  But I'm not sure I trust Stealth.

 

I had a Sager.  Nvidia's shit GPU build quality is what made that a bad laptop--not Clevo.