Good Deal?

[partypanda64]

I have been looking at buying a new laptop for a while. Yesterday I saw this deal on an MSI GS60. What do you think? should I upgrade from my old T420?

[TheRandomness]

Hmm.. A slow i7-6700 with a 950-960. That's quite alright for a laptop, I'd get it

[ShadowCaptain]

17 minutes ago, partypanda64 said:

I have been looking at buying a new laptop for a while. Yesterday I saw this deal on an MSI GS60. What do you think? should I upgrade from my old T420?

pretty good deal! 

 

but MSI and others are announcing new stuff soon with the new GPUs

[Pendragon]

2 hours ago, ShadowCaptain said:

but MSI and others are announcing new stuff soon with the new GPUs

^ it's a clearance sale. So ultimately it's ur choice. 970m on a GS60 is meh. I personally dislike the GS60 very much due to the literal 2 hour battery life new. And that's not gaming. I need some time away from an outlet. But if that's okay with you, the GS60 is a fine machine. You trade thinness for everything and I don't need my laptop that thin.

[don_svetlio]

2 hours ago, partypanda64 said:

I have been looking at buying a new laptop for a while. Yesterday I saw this deal on an MSI GS60. What do you think? should I upgrade from my old T420?

1200$ is the retail price, this one is refurbished so it should be less than that

[ShadowCaptain]

1 hour ago, Pendragon said:

^ it's a clearance sale. So ultimately it's ur choice. 970m on a GS60 is meh. I personally dislike the GS60 very much due to the literal 2 hour battery life new. And that's not gaming. I need some time away from an outlet. But if that's okay with you, the GS60 is a fine machine. You trade thinness for everything and I don't need my laptop that thin.

 

Yeah battery life isnt great, but few if any gaming laptops run properly away from the wall, its just a shame that for "normal" use the battery  isnt too  great

But the 970m is a good card, pretty much runs everything at 1080p 60fps

 

Thin and light is definitely something a lot of us appreciate, and not ALL laptops make too many sacrifices 

[don_svetlio]

20 minutes ago, ShadowCaptain said:

 

Yeah battery life isnt great, but few if any gaming laptops run properly away from the wall, its just a shame that for "normal" use the battery  isnt too  great

But the 970m is a good card, pretty much runs everything at 1080p 60fps

 

Thin and light is definitely something a lot of us appreciate, and not ALL laptops make too many sacrifices 

Well. GL502 has 5 hours of battery, is slim and has a 970M

[partypanda64]

I actually didn't get it, I went for the a brand new GS72. It was about $20 more but you get the 6gb 970m (which i know is sorta useless). 

[Pendragon]

6 minutes ago, partypanda64 said:

I actually didn't get it, I went for the a brand new GS72. It was about $20 more but you get the 6gb 970m (which i know is sorta useless). 

But um, pascal is out....for that money you could of picked up a 1060 laptop. And that 1060 would have competed against a 980 desktop and kicked the 970m to the curb.

[partypanda64]

16 hours ago, Pendragon said:

But um, pascal is out....for that money you could of picked up a 1060 laptop. And that 1060 would have competed against a 980 desktop and kicked the 970m to the curb.

I needed it for work, my thinkpad finally gave out and I needed something quick.

[Pendragon]

9 minutes ago, partypanda64 said:

I needed it for work, my thinkpad finally gave out and I needed something quick.

Ahhh. Yea. Time sensitivity is always an enemy unfortunately.

[partypanda64]

12 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

Ahhh. Yea. Time sensitivity is always an enemy unfortunately.

yep :(, but it has arrived and it is a magnificent beast of a laptop