Need help, looking at two MSI laptops

mrsalgado76 · 7 Mar 2012 at 04:13

Hi, this is my first post.. ever, theres are lot of clued up people in these forums and i usually can find the answer im looking for just by reading people's comments, you could say im a "long time listener, first time caller".

Im looking into getting a new laptop as my old sony viao packed up and now im stuck with the girlfriends netbook, i do have a pretty good desktop (six-core, GTX580, 16gig RAM) but i like to have laptop aswell.. im not too much botherd about money. around a £1000 is good. i hear a lot of people singing praises about the MSI GX660R.. but im also looking at the
MSI GE620DX,

I believe i have abit more knowledge than the average pc-world goer but not some much like the guys and dolls in these forums. Im planning to contribute for any experience i have. thanks for any advise in advance

£1149 - GX660R - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LS-000-MS

GE620DX - google it

mrsalgado76 · 11 Mar 2012 at 03:16

BUMP please... starting to pull my hair out now

Scrutinize · 11 Mar 2012 at 08:00

Right, firstly, edit out the competitors...

Secondly, do you really want to do gaming on this? If so what sort of gaming?

For this sort of money, priority is for me warranty and aftersales support, then find a laptop and reseller to meet that criteria.

Will come back with options later.

Gerpur · 11 Mar 2012 at 10:21

Start with removing the competitors.

Then why not go for http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-055-MS&groupid=959&catid=1828&subcat= unless you need quad core cpu?

mrsalgado76 · 11 Mar 2012 at 13:17

i did look at that laptop but when push comes to shove i would rather get the more expensive one... more bang, but what i dont understand is the cpu.. in the GX660R it says in the description that the i5 480 is a quad core but if i look it up everywhere says only dual core.. i dont understand these things about threads (care to shed some light)

i do want to game on this,.. I would like to play some decent games on it.. for example i would like the laptop to be able to play skyrim, crysis, battlefield 3 etc because it gives me peice of mind that it could handle high end gaming.

im almost certainly gonna buy from overclockers because ive heard the after sale support is second to none.

Meaker · 11 Mar 2012 at 13:19

Gerpur said:
Start with removing the competitors.

Then why not go for http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-055-MS&groupid=959&catid=1828&subcat= unless you need quad core cpu?

Because it only has a 1366x768 display?

You can find the Vortex 2 15.6" if you want more horsepower

mrsalgado76 · 11 Mar 2012 at 13:26

Meaker said:
Because it only has a 1366x768 display?

You can find the Vortex 2 15.6" if you want more horsepower

yeah if its a 15.6inch screen its gotta be high res..

and i just looked at that vortex 2, if you try to build a similar model to the GX660R its about £400 more.. and it doesnt look as fancy

Gerpur · 11 Mar 2012 at 15:04

The i5 480m is dual core with hyperthreading.

If money is not issue, and you want 15", then http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-054-MS&groupid=959&catid=1828&subcat= looks very nice.

If you are not in hurry, Asus G55 comes out in april, else you can look at Asus G53SW if you want more options.

mrsalgado76 · 11 Mar 2012 at 18:15

thanks for all opinons.. i believe i will still go for the GX660R... price is about right.

one last request... anyone have any idea on the GX660R what the max ram is and max speed of the ram, some say the max ram is 12GB some say only 8, and the max ram speed i cant seem find anywhere.. only that its comes with 1066mhz as standard.. thanks again

Meaker · 14 Mar 2012 at 21:55

1333mhz for the original I series and at least up to 16gb (it has 4 slots).