Gaming laptop - Tip if I should by MSI laptop

by user111122221 Jun 22, 2015 7:17AM PDT

Do you think the below is worth the money (€1200) for a good gaming laptop:

- MSI GE60 Core i7-4720 - Windows 7 Pro - 16GB - 256GB SSD + 1TB - GeForce GTX 860

Or any alternatives?
Asus ROG GL551 JW-DS71 is very expensive from UK so I opt out from this option

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But what game?

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jun 22, 2015 7:32AM PDT

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-860M.107794.0.html finds many game results and gamers explode over having to run say The Witcher 3 at low settings to get over 30 frames per second. While this is fine for many games, I can't guess what you are used to or expect.

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Why the outdated OS?

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jun 22, 2015 7:35AM PDT

You may be hampering getting the best performance with Windows 7 Pro. The discussion of 7 vs 8 ended when Classic Shell arrived. The unheard of to many reasons for 8 over 7 is simple. A lot of old API calls and more were swept away giving us a cleaner OS underneath.

It was a shame Microsoft pressed so hard on Metro but again, Classic Shell fixed that.

With Windows 10 just a few weeks away you also DO NOT WANT TO BUY NOW since newer laptops are delayed till the 29th. No reason to pull the trigger this close to that day.

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Go for the updated model

by evolutione Jul 7, 2015 3:16PM PDT

The newer GE62 would be a better bet at this point. you can find them for about the same price on some e-tailer sites.

you can check out a review from pauls hardware here too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbmXdNPXKnM

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MSI is definitely worth it

by Aragonalt Jul 28, 2015 4:29PM PDT

I think its definitely worth the money. The MSI GE Series is a really balanced choice because it's very affordable for the the quality and specs it comes with. You'll be able to game away comfortably with no problem with this laptop.

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My suggestion is choose MSI

by JOJOLIAO Jul 29, 2015 12:04AM PDT

You might consider choosing msi GE62 ,which is come with latest CPU & OS &GPU.
MSI GE62 core i7-5700 - Windows 8.1 -Geforce GTX 960M

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GE60 is better cooling and keyboard.

by BlueAlexFPS Aug 2, 2015 12:43AM PDT

I think GE60 is good, better cooling design, keyboard with backlit and steelseries engine software with macro keys function for gaming and some photo editing software.
I don't think OS version is the problem, because most of the model with Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 could upgrade to Windows 10 in few months, just need to wait the latest reliable drivers come out for Windows 10.

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by jacky0331 Aug 2, 2015 4:51PM PDT

It is really depends on what you are doing and the budget you wanna spend with this laptop.

Both laptops are really good. If I were you, I will go the cheapest one.

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