Razer blade 14 (2015) or MSI GS 70 Stealth Pro

[pirabak]

So I am a university student that is looking to get a laptop that I can bring around with me for my day to day work while also letting me sit down and game at the highest settings that I can whenever I got free time. I'm looking for the powerful laptop that I can bring around with some ease (don't wanna bring a brick from home to campuses to the library on buses). My budget is around 4,500$ CAD before tax so there is a lot of wiggle room with what laptop I can get. You can suggest other laptops but I'd like some explanation on why they would be better. Looks arn't a big factor 

 

Here are the 2 choices that I have been looking at:

• http://www.ncix.com/detail/msi-gs70-stealth-pro-i7-b0-109521-1066.htm#CustomerReviews

The MSI laptop is slightly more powerful than the razer blade with a tremendously larger amount of storage, however there have been a lot of thermal complaints about it according to Linus himself so I don't know, can anyone else confirm or is it only when I'm playing games for a long time at high settings/resolution.

• http://www.razerzone.com/ca-en/store/razer-blade

The razer blade is almost as powerful as the msi laptop but it also has a 3k ish display and a touch screen which are big bonuses however the limited amount of storage is what irks me as I use this over time. 

 

Some other choices I found were these beasts though I don't know if they will be a pain to carry around or if they are just what I need.

• http://www.ncix.com/detail/msi-gt72-dominator-pro-i7-2b-109505-1892.htm
• http://www.ncix.com/detail/asus-rog-laptop-g751jy-db73x-core-a6-110211-1891.htm

Any suggestions or input would be greatly appreciated.

 

I may look at the new skylake laptops but I am not sure if they will be out when I start june late august / early september

[Swndlr]

JOIN THE RAZER BLADE CLUB

[Joshndroid]

have you thought about a sager/clevo - http://www.reflexnotebook.ca/laptops-notebooks/screen-size/17-displays.html

 

with your budget you could pretty much custom build your laptop

 

I have a metabox (australian clevo) and it is awesome, not a good looker but it runs fantastic even gaming now on new titles even with the 770m in it

[D2ultima]

Clevo P650SG/P670SG fully decked out from Eurocom is the way for you to go.

Reasons:

Best CPU cooling among the thin laptops (it is only 0.24" and ~1.3 pounds thicker/heavier than Razer Blade/MSI GS60/etc)

Best GPU cooling among the thin laptops

2 M.2 SSD slots + 2 HDD slots.

Easy to open/clean/maintain

P6x0SG comes with a 980M, unlike the 970M of the GS60/Blade

Warranty DOES NOT BREAK if you clean/repaste/flash BIOS with prema's mod/flash GPU vBIOS with Prema's mod (stability, unlocked OCing and voltage control, etc)/overclock/tweak system/etc.

Cheaper than both MSI and Razer

 

Downsides: smaller battery than the other two (still ~4 hours is achieve-able).

 

If you can deal with thicker/heavier models:

Clevo P750ZM/P770ZM, also from Eurocom.

Reasons:

i7-4790K CPU

MXM-slotted (remove-able, upgrade-able) 8GB 980M GPU

Same storage options as above

G-sync potential (sadly only 4K panel with gsync on the 15" model)

no optimus = no compatibility issues

 

Downsides:

~2 hours battery life at most

heavier

[exercutor5]

Get a Clevo P650SG, trust me it is much better.

[pirabak]

Is there a big difference between the 4720HQ and the 5700 because I can't find any benchmarks that say otherwise but I dont know about the feature difference but the clevo does look very nice. Any heat problems or coil whine from the fans on the thin clevo's? I know the aorus sounds like a blowdryer but its really powerful so just wondering about this.

[exercutor5]

Is there a big difference between the 4720HQ and the 5700 because I can't find any benchmarks that say otherwise but I dont know about the feature difference but the clevo does look very nice. Any heat problems or coil whine from the fans on the thin clevo's? I know the aorus sounds like a blowdryer but its really powerful so just wondering about this.

 

From my experience with the Clevo P650SG with the 4720HQ. it is rather quiet while not playing games, and even while playing games, it is not that noisy though the CPU fan would ramp up somewhat higher than usual. And half the time when I play games I have the fans set at max and have headphones on, so I can't really say much.

[D2ultima]

Is there a big difference between the 4720HQ and the 5700

Any heat problems or coil whine from the fans on the thin clevo's?

No

No, Clevos are the coolest of the thin laptop bunch.

[Razzy_85]

I have the gs70 2qe and have tried a mates blade and would take the gs70 over the blade any day due to specs.

It does get hot on the wrist and keys on demanding games but I can live with that but I do wish I had went with a thicker one like the gt72 for the much better cooling but I was being vein when I bought the gs70.

[razor767]

I'd go with the Razer Blade, also have a look at the Aorus X3.