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So I want a new laptop for fragaplooza this year. I got a bunch of OT days in for picking one up. They have a sale going on where this is:
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Specifications

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Processor
Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM Processor

Chipset
Intel® HM67

Memory
8GB DDR3

Display
17.3" Full HD Anti-Reflective 1920 x 1080 (16:9)

Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 570M 1.5 GB DDR5 VRAM

Storage
750GB

Optical Drive
Super multi drive

Card Reader
7-in-1 Card Reader SD / SDHC / SDXC / XD / MSPRO / MS / MM

Camera
720p HD Webcam

Wireless LAN
802.11 b/g/n

Ethernet
10/100/1000

Bluetooth
Yes

Interface
3 x USB 3.0
3 x USB 2.0
1 x eSATA
HDMI 1.4
VGA
Mic in
Headphone out

Audio
THX TruStudio PRO™
Dynaudio Premium Speakers w/ Subwoofer

Battery
9 cell

Power Adapter
180 W AC adapter

for under a grand. I hear that they can overclock rediciulously well - 4 GHz. I was thinking of skipping PC gaming for a few years but having this powerhouse for engineering, at home, would be great news! Either or, I'm picking this up only for fragaplooza, CoH 2, and lan parties and I'll be storing it away as PC gaming is only going to distract me next year.

Worth it? I was thinking of spending 1700 on a sager and grabbing the HD 7970m and picking up an SSD, but overclocking this guy would be sufficient for what I'm going to be gaming on it. I don't game at high resolutions anyways (easier to react in competitive play).




Ahhh!!!! I'm so excited. biggrin.gif
Edited by Domino - 6/23/12 at 6:26pm
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I don't think you can overclock non-XM laptop i7s since the multi is locked in BIOS.
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post #3 of 30
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blackbalt89 View Post

I don't think you can overclock non-XM laptop i7s since the multi is locked in BIOS.

It is the DX model. biggrin.gif

http://www.bestgaminglaptop.net/news/4-16ghz-msi-gt780dx-unveiled/

Ugh, but yeah...the CPU isn't overclockable... either or.. still worth it? SetFSB might be able to push it a bit and the CPU is fine for gaming where it currently stands. GPU overclocking is allowed on it too.
Edited by Domino - 6/23/12 at 1:59pm
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post #4 of 30
Quote:
Originally Posted by Domino View Post

It is the DX model. biggrin.gif
http://www.bestgaminglaptop.net/news/4-16ghz-msi-gt780dx-unveiled/

"MSI claims that the latest Core i7 Extreme Edition-equipped GT780DX is the first laptop with a 4,16GHz clock speed,"

Unfortunately without an Extreme Edition i7 you can't overclock much at all. Only using BCLK.

I had an MSI OEM laptop (XoticPC Force 16F2) and it had the same CPU and GPU and it ran games pretty well for the money. It's up to you though.
Edited by blackbalt89 - 6/23/12 at 2:22pm
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post #5 of 30
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blackbalt89 View Post

Quote:
Originally Posted by Domino View Post

It is the DX model. biggrin.gif
http://www.bestgaminglaptop.net/news/4-16ghz-msi-gt780dx-unveiled/

"MSI claims that the latest Core i7 Extreme Edition-equipped GT780DX is the first laptop with a 4,16GHz clock speed,"

Unfortunately without an Extreme Edition i7 you can't overclock much at all. Only using BCLK.

I had an MSI OEM laptop (XoticPC Force 16F2) and it had the same CPU and GPU and it ran games pretty well for the money. It's up to you though.

Yeah...I edited that in afterwards. doh.gif

Well, either or, I'm looking at i7-950 performance out of it at stocked. Still much better then my 555 @ 4 [GHz].

The 570m is essentially 6870/460 performance once OC'd to it's max eh? For the next few years, my preferred resolution is going to be anywhere from 960x540 to 1024x768/1024x600.
Edited by Domino - 6/23/12 at 6:31pm
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Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
256 GB ADATA AX900 750 GB HDD Seagate Media Drive Super multi drive DVD Stock 
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Windows 8 64-bit 17.3" Full HD Anti-Reflective 1920 x 1080 (16:9) BenQ GW2750HM 27IN Widescreen A-MVA LED (Calrib... GT78ODXR Gaming Keyboard 
PowerCaseMouseMouse Pad
180 W AC adapter GT78ODXR Stock Chassis CM Storm Spawn Wooden Desk 
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post #6 of 30
Quote:
Originally Posted by Domino View Post

Yeah...I edited that in afterwards. doh.gif
Well, either or, I'm looking at i7-950 performance out of it at stocked. Still much better then my 555 @ 4 [GHz].
The 570m is essentially 6870/460 performance once OC'd to it's max eh? For the next few years, my preferred resolution is going to be anywhere from 960x540 to 1024x768/1024x600.

Yeah, the 570m gets going pretty well. I never even overclocked mine but I've seen people say that it overclocks fairly well for a mobile chip but you have to make sure that you keep the thermals in check. I wasn't too thrilled with the cooling of the MSI I had but that's because I'm too used to the awesome cooling in my desktop that I didn't like seeing 70C+ on the CPU and GPU when playing Skyrim lol.

The mobile Sandys are pretty damn good. I've got a Ivy mobile in my Asus G55 and the thing absolutely hauls when paired with a nice SSD.

If you can add a nice SSD to your budget they make a great addition to a nice laptop.
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where is this sale?
     
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where is this sale?

It's a refurb sale and I'm not telling. There is only 1. tongue.gif
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post #9 of 30
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blackbalt89 View Post

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Originally Posted by Domino View Post

Yeah...I edited that in afterwards. doh.gif
Well, either or, I'm looking at i7-950 performance out of it at stocked. Still much better then my 555 @ 4 [GHz].
The 570m is essentially 6870/460 performance once OC'd to it's max eh? For the next few years, my preferred resolution is going to be anywhere from 960x540 to 1024x768/1024x600.

Yeah, the 570m gets going pretty well. I never even overclocked mine but I've seen people say that it overclocks fairly well for a mobile chip but you have to make sure that you keep the thermals in check. I wasn't too thrilled with the cooling of the MSI I had but that's because I'm too used to the awesome cooling in my desktop that I didn't like seeing 70C+ on the CPU and GPU when playing Skyrim lol.

The mobile Sandys are pretty damn good. I've got a Ivy mobile in my Asus G55 and the thing absolutely hauls when paired with a nice SSD.

If you can add a nice SSD to your budget they make a great addition to a nice laptop.

There was a guy on here that overclocked his 570m quite far. He was able to get stock 580m performance out of the bugger. That's nearly 20-30% improvements.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1156348/nvidia-570m/10

I had an SSD on my desktop and damn, did it ever fly. I'll just use the secondary drive as a media/file drive. Their so cheap too. Some SSDs are only 60 cents a GB these days. We were fine back in the day with 80 GB drives and only having a few games install at a time. How you liking the G55 btw? What are the temps like?
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Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM Processor @ 3.0 GHz Intel® HM67 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 570M 1.5 GB DDR5 VRAM @ 76... 16GB DDR3 1333 | 9:9:9:24 1T 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
256 GB ADATA AX900 750 GB HDD Seagate Media Drive Super multi drive DVD Stock 
OSMonitorMonitorKeyboard
Windows 8 64-bit 17.3" Full HD Anti-Reflective 1920 x 1080 (16:9) BenQ GW2750HM 27IN Widescreen A-MVA LED (Calrib... GT78ODXR Gaming Keyboard 
PowerCaseMouseMouse Pad
180 W AC adapter GT78ODXR Stock Chassis CM Storm Spawn Wooden Desk 
AudioAudioAudioAudio
THX TruStudio PRO™, Dynaudio Premium Speakers w... AKG HD 240 MKII | AKG Q701 Soundblaster Creative HD USB Sound Card iM716 IEM 
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Logitech Desktop Microphone O2 DAC/AMP 
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256 GB ADATA AX900 750 GB HDD Seagate Media Drive Super multi drive DVD Stock 
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Windows 8 64-bit 17.3" Full HD Anti-Reflective 1920 x 1080 (16:9) BenQ GW2750HM 27IN Widescreen A-MVA LED (Calrib... GT78ODXR Gaming Keyboard 
PowerCaseMouseMouse Pad
180 W AC adapter GT78ODXR Stock Chassis CM Storm Spawn Wooden Desk 
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You had better get your credit card ready and buy that thing.

What's the warranty/return period?
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