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ducob890
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February 18, 2018
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Which Laptop should I get?

  • February 18, 2018
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MSI Titan GT80 SLI

  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI 12 GB GDDR5
  • 4th Generation Intel Core i7 4720HQ (2.60GHz)
  • 16GB Memory 1TB HDD 256GB SSD
  • 18.4" 1920 x 1080
  • Palm rest, BackPack Included
  • Blu-Ray Burne

OR.......

MSI GL72M Gamer Notebook

  • Processor: Intel Core i7-7700HQ Quad Core Processor (6MB Cache, 2.8GHz-3.8GHz) 45W
  • RAM: 16GB RAM DDR4 2400MHz | Hard Disk Drive: 128GB Solid State Drive + 1TB 5400rpm Hard Disk Drive
  • Keyboard: Steel Series Backlight Keyboard (Single-Color, Red) with Anti-Ghost key+ Silver lining | Operating System: Windows 10 x64
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB| Display: 17.3" Full HD eDP Non-Reflection 72% NTSC Display (1920 x 1080)
  • 16GB RAM, Killer 1535ac WiFi Upgrades
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    Bill Gehrke
    Bill Gehrke
    Inspiring
    February 18, 2018

    CPU is most important. Turbo speed of 4th generatio (older processor) is less than GL72M, i7-7700HQ.  The i7-770HQ is currently the fastest laptop CPU

    Faster DDR4 memory might another plus factor

    Larger screen is a plus for me but I guess I could put up with the 17-inch

    Lousy 1 TB 5400 rpm drive in GL72 should immediately removed and replace by SATA III SSD. 

    GT80 is a dual GTX 970M in SLI this SLI connection is not supported with Adob and might cause problems

    I would suggest you go with the GL72 M but try to find a model with a GTX 1060 6GB GPU

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    ducob890Author
    Participant
    February 18, 2018

    I am trying to look for a gaming laptop/ work laptop max $1000.00

    Any suggestions?

    Bill Gehrke
    Bill Gehrke
    Inspiring
    February 18, 2018

    Take a look at this Factory Refurbished Dell.  The only question you should ask before buying is "What model is the nVidia graphics card?  I am guessing it is a GTX 1060 as they do say it is nVidia and 6 GB. 

    It has a SSD with OS and Apps but then a lousy 1 TB 5400rpm drive.  To get around this either replace it with a SATA III SSD or you can use a Samsung T3 or T5 which is a very edit friendly portable USB 3 SSD.

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