MSI GF65 Thin 9SEXR-839 - 15.6" 144 Hz - Intel Core i5-9300H - GeForce RTX 2060 - 8 GB DDR4

This comment has been rated as unhelpful by Slickdeals users

Joined Feb 2009

***Slickdeals Legend***

56,690 Posts

171,239 Reputation

Pro Deal Hunter

02-23-2021 at 02:24 AM #2

Newegg has MSI GF65 Thin 9SEXR-839 - 15.6" 144 Hz - Intel Core i5-9300H - GeForce RTX 2060 - 8 GB DDR4 - 512 GB SSD - Windows 10 Home - Gaming Laptop on sale for $799 + Free MSI Urban Raider Backpack.

https://www.newegg.com/black-msi-...34-155-586

0

0

0

0

Reply

This comment has been rated as unhelpful by Slickdeals users

Joined Apr 2018

L4: Apprentice

311 Posts

46 Reputation

02-23-2021 at 05:16 AM #3

Not a bad price considering currently GPU are unobtainable nowadays and especially at a decent prices. The best card microcenter had in stock was a 1660ti for $450 everything else has been sold out or out of reach so laptops kinda make sense right now.

3

0

Reply

This comment has been rated as unhelpful by Slickdeals users

Joined Dec 2007

L5: Journeyman

690 Posts

83 Reputation

02-23-2021 at 06:09 AM #4

Seems pretty decent if you just slap another stick of ram in there. $100 Dell offer was just added it to my American Express card though, I think I will hold out to see if anything comes along from them.

2

0

Reply

This comment has been rated as unhelpful by Slickdeals users

Joined Dec 2011

L999999999: Game Genie

4,830 Posts

2,330 Reputation

Pro

02-23-2021 at 06:20 AM #5

Gateway is same price with newer i5.

2

0

Reply

This comment has been rated as unhelpful by Slickdeals users

Joined Feb 2021

New User

1 Posts

10 Reputation

02-23-2021 at 07:22 AM #6

Quote from Jaggsta

:

Gateway is same price with newer i5.

what do you mean? There is no any deal about Gateway.

0

Reply

This comment has been rated as unhelpful by Slickdeals users

Joined Feb 2010

L6: Expert

1,293 Posts

314 Reputation

02-23-2021 at 07:41 AM #7

Quote from SociablePickle4723

:

what do you mean? There is no any deal about Gateway.

He is referring to this deal
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Gatewa.../425492039

It's a Tongfang chassis with the Gateway brand slapped on it. Supposed to be decent?
This laptop has been around $650-$700 during last BF/Christmas sale fyi.

1

0

Reply

This comment has been rated as unhelpful by Slickdeals users

Joined Feb 2015

L3: Novice

286 Posts

61 Reputation

02-23-2021 at 07:47 AM #8

Quote from SociablePickle4723

:

what do you mean? There is no any deal about Gateway.

probably talking about this one: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Gatewa.../425492039

edit: whoops beat me to it

0

Reply

This comment has been rated as unhelpful by Slickdeals users

Joined Dec 2007

L6: Expert

1,183 Posts

175 Reputation

02-23-2021 at 07:58 AM #9

Quote from nhttri

:

He is referring to this deal
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Gatewa.../425492039

It's a Tongfang chassis with the Gateway brand slapped on it. Supposed to be decent?
This laptop has been around $650-$700 during last BF/Christmas sale fyi.

It's a smaller ssd in the gateway (250GB), so there's a tradeoff to getting a newer CPU. You can always upgrade the SSD yourself though, while a laptop CPU isn't easily upgradeable.

1

0

Reply

This comment has been rated as unhelpful by Slickdeals users

Joined Aug 2008

L7: Teacher

2,303 Posts

571 Reputation

02-23-2021 at 08:26 AM #10

This MSI is an ok solid deal (with a backpack thrown in free, and a 144hz screen) compared to it's past deals...MSI laptops tend to cost more, so they always garner some attention. But others will say they would never buy this since it is newegg, and other issues they may know about, etc. Any RTX 2060 laptop for $800 or less deserves a look.
(probably clearing old stock out for newer models this year... )
----------------------
Not as good as past laptops for a $100 more eg. Lenovo y540, but everything is usually slightly incrementally better than others for the price we pay. Deals are competitive with plenty of choices in the $700- $1100 range.I'd probably go for the Gateway since it had 10th gen i5 vs 9th and easier return to Walmart...or just wait for newer laptops and spend couple hundred more.
----------------------

Here's a similar old slickdeal post for this laptop at $900 in the Fall. (except that one only had 120hz, vs this one has 144hz)
https://slickdeals.net/e/14340980-msi-gf65-thin-9sexr-249-15-6-120-hz-intel-core-i5-9300h-geforce-rtx-2060-8-gb-ddr4-512-gb-ssd-windows-10-home-gaming-laptop-900?v=1

2

0

Reply

Last edited by atoneapone February 23, 2021 at 08:33 AM.

This comment has been rated as unhelpful by Slickdeals users

Joined Nov 2006

L6: Expert

1,373 Posts

355 Reputation

02-23-2021 at 08:35 AM #11

If you are buying from Newegg, this is probably a better deal: https://www.newegg.com/bonfire-bl...klink=true

Much better processor, and I'd put ~$0 value on a 80W 2060 over a 1660Ti.... they'll perform the same.

1

0

Reply

This comment has been rated as unhelpful by Slickdeals users

Joined Dec 2011

L999999999: Game Genie

4,830 Posts

2,330 Reputation

Pro

02-23-2021 at 09:25 AM #12

Quote from rruff

:

If you are buying from Newegg, this is probably a better deal: https://www.newegg.com/bonfire-bl...klink=true

Much better processor, and I'd put ~$0 value on a 80W 2060 over a 1660Ti.... they'll perform the same.

RTX cards can use DLSS which gives you a lot more FPS in games that support it.

3

0

Reply

This comment has been rated as unhelpful by Slickdeals users

Joined Feb 2010

L6: Expert

1,293 Posts

314 Reputation

02-23-2021 at 10:21 AM #13

Quote from rruff

:

If you are buying from Newegg, this is probably a better deal: https://www.newegg.com/bonfire-bl...klink=true

Much better processor, and I'd put ~$0 value on a 80W 2060 over a 1660Ti.... they'll perform the same.

Isn't this laptop has fake vents on the bottom along with bad cooling system that thermal throttles like crazy? I believe Hardware Unboxed did a video and had back and forth arguments with ASUS about this. The guy actually took a Dremel to those fake vents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRDUR-rPGsM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H...eI&t=1346s
Enjoy

1

0

Reply

Last edited by nhttri February 23, 2021 at 10:24 AM.

This comment has been rated as unhelpful by Slickdeals users

Joined Aug 2011

Borderline Gadget Freak

1,250 Posts

800 Reputation

Pro

02-23-2021 at 12:30 PM #14

Quote from nhttri

:

Isn't this laptop has fake vents on the bottom along with bad cooling system that thermal throttles like crazy? I believe Hardware Unboxed did a video and had back and forth arguments with ASUS about this. The guy actually took a Dremel to those fake vents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRDUR-rPGsM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H...eI&t=1346s
Enjoy

He doesn't really know what he's talking about. Wide open grills are good for actively cooled components like CPU and GPU, but they create hot spots everywhere else, like other motherboard components, RAM, SSD, etc. Those components end up with no airflow to dissipate heat. When you create airflow tunnels like ASUS has done, then your CPU and GPU may register a few non-consequential degrees higher, but you're ensuring that there's active airflow over other components too.

MSI generally has the most poorly designed products that experience chassis failure soonest, so I find it amusing that someone's praising their thoughtless mesh-bottom design while trashing Asus.

1

0

2

Reply