Update: This popular deal is still available.
Best Buy has
GIGABYTE AORUS 5 Laptop (AORUS 5 SE4-73US213SH) on sale for
$1249.99.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to Deal Hunter
Turtile for finding this deal.
Specs:
- 15.6" (1920 x 1080) 144Hz Full HD
- 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H 14-Cores, 20-Threads (2.3GHz Base / 4.7GHz Boost) Processor
- 16GB DDR4 RAM
- 512GB Solid State Drive
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Graphics DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling), Ray tracing
- Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (Gig+) Wireless + Bluetooth 5.2
- Three-Zone RGB Keyboard
- Windows 11 Home
- Ports:
- 1x HDMI 2.1
- 1x mini DP 1.4
- 3x USB 3.2 Gen1 (Type-A)
- 1x Audio combo jack
- 1x RJ45
- 1x DC input
- 1x UHS-II SD Card Reader
- 1x Thunderbolt 4 (Type-C, support Power delivery)
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It looks like the differences are:
Costco/MSI | Best Buy/Gigabyte
17.3" screen | 15.6" screen
RTX 3060 | RTX 3070
1TB SSD | 512GB SSD
$1199.99 | $1249.99
This is the Costco laptop in question:
https://www.costco.com/msi-ge76-r...49691.html
And this is the link to the Costco ad that shows it going on sale 8/31 (see page 4 at the top).
https://slickdeals.net/?adobeRef=e527e
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I wonder if this will drop below 1199
It looks like the differences are:
Costco/MSI | Best Buy/Gigabyte
17.3" screen | 15.6" screen
RTX 3060 | RTX 3070
1TB SSD | 512GB SSD
$1199.99 | $1249.99
This is the Costco laptop in question:
https://www.costco.com/msi-ge76-r...49691.html
And this is the link to the Costco ad that shows it going on sale 8/31 (see page 4 at the top).
https://slickdeals.net/?adobeRef=e527e
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It looks like the differences are:
Costco/MSI | Best Buy/Gigabyte
17.3" screen | 15.6" screen
RTX 3060 | RTX 3070
1TB SSD | 512GB SSD
$1199.99 | $1249.99
This is the Costco laptop in question:
https://www.costco.com/msi-ge76-r...49691.html
And this is the link to the Costco ad that shows it going on sale 8/31 (see page 4 at the top).
https://slickdeals.net/?adobeRef=e527e
Pro for Laptops:
ā- Everything is included (including peripherals)
- No need to assembly + plan
- Portability
- Can get pretty good deals (from a sum of parts angle) as the entire unit gets discounted at once
Cons:
- Non-upgradability
- Build quality matter a lot! Great parts selections could easily be undercut by poor cooling/design
- Laptop parts are not equivalent to their desktop counterparts. Take GPUs are example. In the past, mobile GPUs were downclocked/undervolted versions of their desktop counterparts (in order to hit power requirements, understandable for a mobile parts). However, as desktop parts get more power hungry, companies have really taken a hatchet to mobile parts. Not are you getting downclocked versions, but they are cutting core specs themselves. Less CUDA cores (desktop 3070 --> 5888 Cuda cores, laptop 3070 --> 5120 Cuda Cores) or even like different bus speeds (the Rtx 2060s were guilty of that)
- Difference in power requirements. Even among mobile parts, OEM settings (like pre-set power requirements) can drastically alter performance.
This TechSpot article comparing a Desktop 3070 vs Laptop 3070 (both 80 watts and 115 watts) shows that you can leaving up to 50% performance in gaming using a laptop GPU versus a Desktop GPU
Nvidia RTX 3070 Laptop vs Desktop GPU Review | TechSpot
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