Hey guys,
So Ive been in the market for a laptop for quite a while now, and naturally, my opinion has shifted from complete conviction that I want one laptop to conviction of another in just two days. Needless to say, Ive considered basically every option available. After about 6 months, Ive decided on the MSI GS60 Ghost, and heres why:
For confirmation, I went out to my local microcenter to have a look at it myself, but I intend to purchase and Configure it through XoticPC. Let me just start out by stating the obvious, this thing is SEXY. The unibody aluminum chassis is stunning, and the SteelSeries RGB keyboard adds a whole new element of customization that isnt found on most laptops. Both Physically and Aesthetically, its just plain built well. For a while, I was considering the Asus G750, but i realized how much of a behemoth it is, and decided a ten pound laptop wouldnt be great for lugging around in a backpack with all my heavy books. On the other hand, the GS60 is incredibly portable and I could really see myself carrying it around.
All thats fine and dandy, until we address the elephant in the room: cooling. Ive heard many mixed reports on how the small chassis does to expel heat under heavy load, some saying that they cant even touch it and others saying its perfectly fine. Ive come to the conclusion that both the 860m/870m variants have the same flawed cooling, which was what originally made me stop considering this. Obviously the answer would be to simply get the 970m version, as it has significantly better cooling and power efficiency, but to my dismay, the lowest priced one is 1800 dollars, which brings me to my next point, my budget
Here is what I intend to fit under a 2000 dollar budget in combination with the laptop: ASUS VX279Q 27 inch monitor ($279), Ogio rebel backpack ($60), Cooler Master Slim Cooling pad ($17)
I was looking through MSIs website when I discovered that there was a configuration option that included the 850m for only $1350! This would fit under my budget, and my overall configuration would end up costing around $1600, which is still very adequate for my budget. The GTX 850m is obviously a lower end chip, but Im not concerned about performance in games at all, as my friend owns a laptop with a mere GT765m and everything runs great on high settings on wall power. The 860m/870m chips are said to use too much power, and therefore cause more heating issues. But the 850m presumably uses less power, therefore heating better.
Here's my final question. Does the 850m actually have better cooling than the 860/870m variants? I do intend to have IC diamond installed by XoticPC no matter what, and I also intend to buy a cooling pad, so a few heating issues isn't a problem, but people have been saying that the 860/870m variants are just TOO hot for even that.
Thanks in advance,
Sebastian
So Ive been in the market for a laptop for quite a while now, and naturally, my opinion has shifted from complete conviction that I want one laptop to conviction of another in just two days. Needless to say, Ive considered basically every option available. After about 6 months, Ive decided on the MSI GS60 Ghost, and heres why:
For confirmation, I went out to my local microcenter to have a look at it myself, but I intend to purchase and Configure it through XoticPC. Let me just start out by stating the obvious, this thing is SEXY. The unibody aluminum chassis is stunning, and the SteelSeries RGB keyboard adds a whole new element of customization that isnt found on most laptops. Both Physically and Aesthetically, its just plain built well. For a while, I was considering the Asus G750, but i realized how much of a behemoth it is, and decided a ten pound laptop wouldnt be great for lugging around in a backpack with all my heavy books. On the other hand, the GS60 is incredibly portable and I could really see myself carrying it around.
All thats fine and dandy, until we address the elephant in the room: cooling. Ive heard many mixed reports on how the small chassis does to expel heat under heavy load, some saying that they cant even touch it and others saying its perfectly fine. Ive come to the conclusion that both the 860m/870m variants have the same flawed cooling, which was what originally made me stop considering this. Obviously the answer would be to simply get the 970m version, as it has significantly better cooling and power efficiency, but to my dismay, the lowest priced one is 1800 dollars, which brings me to my next point, my budget
Here is what I intend to fit under a 2000 dollar budget in combination with the laptop: ASUS VX279Q 27 inch monitor ($279), Ogio rebel backpack ($60), Cooler Master Slim Cooling pad ($17)
I was looking through MSIs website when I discovered that there was a configuration option that included the 850m for only $1350! This would fit under my budget, and my overall configuration would end up costing around $1600, which is still very adequate for my budget. The GTX 850m is obviously a lower end chip, but Im not concerned about performance in games at all, as my friend owns a laptop with a mere GT765m and everything runs great on high settings on wall power. The 860m/870m chips are said to use too much power, and therefore cause more heating issues. But the 850m presumably uses less power, therefore heating better.
Here's my final question. Does the 850m actually have better cooling than the 860/870m variants? I do intend to have IC diamond installed by XoticPC no matter what, and I also intend to buy a cooling pad, so a few heating issues isn't a problem, but people have been saying that the 860/870m variants are just TOO hot for even that.
Thanks in advance,
Sebastian