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Costco Members: MSI Alpha 15 Gaming Laptop: Ryzen 7-5800H, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Expired

$1000
$1,299.99
+ Free Warehouse Pickup
+46 Deal Score
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Costco Wholesale has for its Members: MSI Alpha 15 Gaming Laptop (Alpha 15 B5EEK-080) on sale for $999.99. Choose free warehouse pick up where stock permits, otherwise shipping is $9.99.
  • Note: Availability for free warehouse pickup may vary by location.
Thanks to community member kapeed1 for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen 7-5800H 8-Core, 16-Thread (3.2GHz Base / 4.4GHz Boost) Processor
  • 15.6" IPS Thin Bezel FHD (1920 x 1080) 144Hz Display
  • 16GB DDR4 RAM
  • 512GB NVMe Solid State Drive
  • AMD Radeon RX 6600M Graphics
  • Intel Wi-Fi 6E (2x2/160) Gig+ and Bluetooth 5.2
  • Single Zone RGB Keyboard w/ Anti-Ghost Key
  • Microsoft Windows 11 Home (64-bit)
  • Ports:
    • 1x USB 2.0
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C
    • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1
    • 1x HDMI
    • 1x 3.5 mm combo audio jack,
    • 1x RJ-45
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MSI Alpha 15 Gaming Laptop - AMD Ryzen 7-5800H - AMD Radeon RX6600M - 1080p - 144Hz - Windows 11

https://www.costco.com/.product.1...tBuysStart

999.99$ (after 300$ off). $300 manufacturer's savings is valid 1/3/22 through 1/16/22

Features:
AMD Ryzen™ 7-5800H Processor
AMD Radeon™ RX 6600M Graphics, 8GB
15.6" IPS Thin Bezel FHD (1920 x 1080) 144Hz Display
Intel® Wi-Fi 6E (2x2/160) Gig+ and Bluetooth® 5.2
Single Zone RGB Keyboard with Anti-Ghost Key

Some reviews from an Indian site FlipKart which sells the same model but with 1 TB SSD:
https://www.flipkart.com/msi-alph...644c09e208
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Last Edited by Suryasis January 3, 2022 at 11:55 PM
The Display is 72% NTSC or 99% sRGB by the way. Although MSI Site doesn't explicitly mention it, I found the details in some Indian Retailer sites where they are selling this exact model.

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MSI: less bulky and less tacky gamer aesthetics but worse GPU and worse ports availability.

Dell: Better GPU performance but the most tacky and bulky. Plenty of ports.

Summary: If you care about portability and looks, then MSI one is better but there are other laptops that does this much better. Otherwise, Dell one serve better both performance wise and as a workstation due to ports availability.
Assuming you purchased an open box model, you do not get a warranty. (returned my dell g5 with a 6600m for this exact reason)

You would get a 2 year warranty on the laptop from Costco.

The 2070 is probably about 5% faster than the 6600m most of the time but they will trade blows in titles that favor team green or team red.

The CPU however has 2 more cores and 4 more threads, a higher single core benchmark score and would most certainly be an upgrade

Both screens have a response time of around 4-5ms and a similar color accuracy (according to online reviews) so really it would come down these key differences for me:

Warranty
CPU
GPU
Screen size
Weight

and then how important each of those things are to you.

The MSI is probably the better performing machine overall, but the Dell is probably slightly better when it comes to gaming due to having a (slightly) more powerful GPU and the fact that the i7 has a higher boost clock
Userbenchmark is HORRIBLE. Use Notebookcheck. It even lets you compare to desktop GPUs in case you're not set on a particular form factor.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Mob...844.0.html

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01-13-2022 at 06:16 AM.
01-13-2022 at 06:16 AM.
Quote from FancyRoute7874 :
Just bought this for my son's 13th birthday, should be delivered today, let us see how it goes.

Would have pissed myself if I had this when I was 13. Used to play WoW with an athlon, entry level gpu and 64mb of ram when I was around 12. Would have to toggle auto run in iron forge and major cities, come back in 30 mins, rotate my character and auto run another way and hopefully eventually get to my destination without crashing. I'm sure he will love this
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01-14-2022 at 08:42 AM.
01-14-2022 at 08:42 AM.
Quote from Udis :
Just like this one is normally $1300 and on sale for $999 right now you're going to have to wait for a sale but I would look into an Omen or Legion over this... The $850 3060 people were talking about from bestbuy was a lower wattage 80w version, you're going to want to be around 100w+ esp if you're looking at a 3060. I do not suggest any mobile 3000 series gpus below a 3060 you might as well get a 115w 2060 at that point. I tried a few different models last year before ultimately keeping a 5600h/3060 100w omen for around $1050 shipped and just purchased a MSI gp66 leopard 11800h/3070 135w model for $1499 from costco. The 100w 3060 in the omen out performed an 85w 3070 that was in an asus tuf15 dash model I bought and returned to bestbuy last year. I also tried an 80w 3060 in a lower tier msi machine from costco and while decent performing you get much more bang for your buck with the higher wattage variants. Mild OC's the Omen timespy score is 8500 and the leopard is 11,300, the lower end 3060 msi was around 7400 and the tuf 3070 was around 7600 due to also having a gimpy 4c/8t "i7".
Thank you for your details
Im in the market for a $1000 laptop that has good graphics to be used for CAD and video / photo editing. What would you recommend - i may also connect it to a larger wide screen when docked. Thank you
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