Where's the absolute cheapest place to buy a brand new MSI GS60?

CivicJDM · 11 Jun 2015 at 16:47

I've made a couple of threads recently about my search for a new gaming laptop. The good news is that i've narrowed it down to a couple of laptops, but in order for me to come to a final conclusion i first need to establish what the absolute cheapest price i can get a brand new MSI GS60 for.

I won't post a link as this would most likely be against rules, but there's one available to me for £850 with the i7-4710HQ and 860M, 7200RPM 1TB HDD and 128GB SSD. This is the cheapest i've seen one with this sort of specification.

Is there anywhere else i could look for getting it any cheaper? It must be at least an i7-4700HQ with 860M as i will be using this for both gaming and video editing. My preferred spec would be the i7-4720HQ and 960M.

Cheers!

infernox · 11 Jun 2015 at 17:22

I have just specced one at 839. With the i7 860M 240GB SSD and 1TB Hard Drive.

Its doable.

Or i7 960M 250GB SSD and QHD+ Screen for 909.

CivicJDM · 11 Jun 2015 at 18:00

infernox said:
I have just specced one at 839. With the i7 860M 240GB SSD and 1TB Hard Drive.

Its doable.

Or i7 960M 250GB SSD and QHD+ Screen for 909.

Wow, those are insane prices compared to anything else i've seen about. All of the GS60's with the 960M i had found were priced at well over £1000, way beyond what my budget could ever stretch to. May i ask where were you looking to find them that cheap?

stulid · 11 Jun 2015 at 19:36

Competitor prices, names, links etc are not allowed.

CivicJDM · 12 Jun 2015 at 11:50

infernox said:
I have just specced one at 839. With the i7 860M 240GB SSD and 1TB Hard Drive.

Its doable.

Or i7 960M 250GB SSD and QHD+ Screen for 909.

stulid said:
Competitor prices, names, links etc are not allowed.

That might make it a bit difficult for me then. If i could've bought the GS60 at £909 with the i7 and 960M then that would be absolutely excellent, and it sounds even more brilliant with the 250GB SSD and QHD screen. I'd be delighted to pick one up at this price.

Otherwise i'd have to go with a custom built laptop, and unfortunately this would perhaps be a disappointment in comparison. For the price i could only afford the standard 1080p screen and there wouldn't be any hard drives included either, so the MSI clearly makes much more sense especially with its slimmer aluminium constructed chassis.

I had a look around the site but doesn't seem possible to send private messages on here so i'm a bit stuck. I really can't bring myself to buy a much less superior custom built laptop if the MSI is available at a tiny fraction above my budget.

Infernox, to avoid breaking any rules is it possible to just give me a clue as to where i could get it?

Cheers, and i hope that's okay!

infernox · 13 Jun 2015 at 13:52

Type PC Builder into Google its the second link down. Build your own PC

CivicJDM · 13 Jun 2015 at 15:02

infernox said:
Type PC Builder into Google its the second link down. Build your own PC

Hmm, okay well i typed that in and for me it appeared as the first result rather than the second. But they don't seem to offer one based on the GS60 chassis, however there is a Clevo one around that price point which uses a 13" QHD+ screen. I'm guessing you were talking about this instead?

It doesn't matter really though because i found a GS60 based laptop on another website last night, for just under £880 i can get the 3.6GHz i7-4720HQ, GTX 965M 2GB, 3840x2160 4K screen, 16GB RAM and 7200RPM 1TB HDD. Seems like a very respectable price, the only bad thing is i perhaps wouldn't be able to have an SSD within my budget. But maybe i could save up for one afterwards and install it myself, so that's not too much of an issue.