MSI or HP?Which is better?

[sdw123]

Hi..

 

I'm gonna buy a 6th gen (because they are going cheeeeap to clear stocks) laptop.I have 2 options. HP Envy 15 (i7,16GB,GTX950, slim, no ODD, backlit kb) and MSI GP Something. (i5,8GB,GTX 940, steelseries non backlit kb.) HP one is about $200 higher than the MSI.  What do you recommend? I really like the Slim, backlit kb and more memory on HP. But MSI seems have a long life. Please help me.

 

Thanks.

[Droidbot]

What prices? I can probably get you a Lenovo that's as good for $1049. Which i5/i7s? There's a big difference between the U and HQ series processors. 

[sdw123]

1 minute ago, Droidbot said:

What prices? I can probably get you a Lenovo that's as good for $1049. Which i5/i7s? There's a big difference between the U and HQ series processors. 

both HQ . 6700 and 6300. Prices are surprisingly $800 - 1000.

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, sdw123 said:

both HQ . 6700 and 6300. Prices are surprisingly $800 - 1000.

Notbadman.mp4

 

I had a deal for a 7500U, 16GB DDR4, 256GB NVME, 950m for 1.05K delivered, but that's good. Dell Outlet is absolutely empty. I'd go for the HP, my Elitebook 2570p is still kicking ass 3 years later (except the CMOS battery dying, I have to open the keyboard and then replace a battery)

[sdw123]

16 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

Don't go for HP, their build quality is terrible now days (at least for the consumer stuff). Although the MSI's specs are a little lackluster. You're probably better off at that price point with an Inspiron 7559

 

24 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

Notbadman.mp4

 

I had a deal for a 7500U, 16GB DDR4, 256GB NVME, 950m for 1.05K delivered, but that's good. Dell Outlet is absolutely empty. I'd go for the HP, my Elitebook 2570p is still kicking ass 3 years later (except the CMOS battery dying, I have to open the keyboard and then replace a battery)

Thank You. HP got stunning aluminum finish.But I don't know is it got any cooling fans.Btw I have to render 1,2 videos each day.

[Droidbot]

4 minutes ago, sdw123 said:

 

Thank You. HP got stunning aluminum finish.But I don't know is it got any cooling fans.Btw I have to render 1,2 videos each day.

Ooft, that's tough on a low end machine. HP's consumer stuff's shit when it comes to cooling. and so is some of the newer business stuff (ahem.. 820G1). 

[Jumpwired]

MSI. Watch out for the 1060-1070 models with the under powered charging brick. 

[Pendragon]

2 hours ago, Jumpwired said:

MSI. Watch out for the 1060-1070 models with the under powered charging brick. 

That's actually just Razer and Asus. LOL. MSI had underpowered charging bricks in the last gen, but it's fixed now. 

[Ryujin2003]

9 hours ago, sdw123 said:

Hi..

 

I'm gonna buy a 6th gen (because they are going cheeeeap to clear stocks) laptop.I have 2 options. HP Envy 15 (i7,16GB,GTX950, slim, no ODD, backlit kb) and MSI GP Something. (i5,8GB,GTX 940, steelseries non backlit kb.) HP one is about $200 higher than the MSI.  What do you recommend? I really like the Slim, backlit kb and more memory on HP. But MSI seems have a long life. Please help me.

 

Thanks.

 

The Envy is garbage. I get a bunch of them in my shop all the time for hardware issues. If you go HP, Omen and Spectre are the way to go. Otherwise, I'd go MSI. You get a longer manufacturer's warranty (2 years vs 1).

 

6 hours ago, Jumpwired said:

MSI. Watch out for the 1060-1070 models with the under powered charging brick. 

 

4 hours ago, Pendragon said:

That's actually just Razer and Asus. LOL. MSI had underpowered charging bricks in the last gen, but it's fixed now. 

 

I have an MSI GS73VR Stealth with GTX1060. No issues with my charging brick.

[Droidbot]

18 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

 

The Envy is garbage. I get a bunch of them in my shop all the time for hardware issues. If you go HP, Omen and Spectre are the way to go. Otherwise, I'd go MSI. You get a longer manufacturer's warranty (2 years vs 1).

 

 

 

I have an MSI GS73VR Stealth with GTX1060. No issues with my charging brick.

Yeah, HP's new stuff isn't particularly good quality. However - in AU the manufacturer is legally bound for the product to last as long as it usually should and have a warranty - ie for phones 2 years, because they're on 2 year contracts. I'd assume you're legally allowed to argue a 3-4 year lifespan for a computer, even more?

[TheLagDidIt]

msi is more likely to have desktop grade chipsets

[sdw123]

17 hours ago, Pendragon said:

That's actually just Razer and Asus. LOL. MSI had underpowered charging bricks in the last gen, but it's fixed now. 

It's a Skylake one.

 

12 hours ago, Ryujin2003 said:

 

The Envy is garbage. I get a bunch of them in my shop all the time for hardware issues. If you go HP, Omen and Spectre are the way to go. Otherwise, I'd go MSI. You get a longer manufacturer's warranty (2 years vs 1).

 

 

 

I have an MSI GS73VR Stealth with GTX1060. No issues with my charging brick.

Really.. I guess MSI is the only choice then.Ehh but I liked HP so much.(specially for the aluminum chassis, and no Optical drive.)

[sdw123]

How is the Asus Zenbook Guys? (Skylake, touch screen, i5, 1TB HDD.)

[Pendragon]

8 minutes ago, sdw123 said:

How is the Asus Zenbook Guys? (Skylake, touch screen, i5, 1TB HDD.)

uhhhh which one. there's only one that's good. I think it's the Zenbook Pro or UX501 or something. The rest are shit. 

[sdw123]

3 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

uhhhh which one. there's only one that's good. I think it's the Zenbook Pro or UX501 or something. The rest are shit. 

its the UX303UB

[Pendragon]

1 minute ago, sdw123 said:

its the UX303UB

 

4 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

The rest are shit. 

The thing is a wanna be 12in Macbook. And not in a good way. At least Macbooks are optimized for their OS. This one is just a passively cooled PoS.

[sdw123]

2 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

 

 

Thanks.