MSI GS65 Stealth Thin - $1849.99 @ Best Buy

Best Buy has the MSI GS65 Stealth Thin, model 037 for $1849.99, which is a $150 discount off its regular price. This has the Core i7 8750H, 16 GB of RAM, 512 GB SSD, 144Hz 1080p screen, and GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q GPU. Sale ends tomorrow, 07/28/2018. Make sure to sign up for BB Rewards if you do buy it because the purchase will put you at Elite status right away (attained by spending $1,500 in a calendar year). In addition to earning a $30 gift certificate from this purchase, you'll get points for every additional dollar you spend. There are other perks available, too, that you can find on the website.

 

That's honestly a steal at that price. Anyone considering one of these devices should pick one up for sure. The only real con that I think is worth mentioning is the fact that the speakers are very quiet.

 

There are reports of people having issues with the keyboard backlighting. Also, while the RAM and M.2 SSDs are upgradable, you need to take out the motherboard. The upshot is that the board looks like it comes out as a single unit and doesn't require removing any part of the cooling apparatus to perform said upgrades.

 

Yeah MSI has been doing that reverse motherboard thing so a long time now. Plus I think they’re the only ones that have that void if opened sticker anymore. So I guess to further discourage anyone from opening it up they figure make it hard to upgrade. But then why even have a second m.2 slot?

 

Those stickers are not legally binding.


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Most people don’t know that though. So it’s just a way to scare people from opening it up. Which is pretty silly that they do it at all.

 

Yeah day 1 I took great pride in destroying that sticker as I did the liquid metal upgrade

 

They aren't legally binding on MSI's where they are located covering one of the screws outside.
But what about in Asus's (and other brands) models that have a similar sticker covering one of the heatsink screws. Are they not "legally binding" as well?

Sorry for the Off-Topic

 

Sold my old Surface Pro 4 which help knock down the price by $380 bucks on top of the $150 discount. Overall I payed maybe $100 more than when I purchased my Surface Pro 4 three years ago. It was a steal I couldn't pass up.

 

The US FTC actually banned those kinds of stickers:
FTC Staff Warns Companies that It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty Coverage on the Use of Specified Parts or Services
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/pre...panies-it-illegal-condition-warranty-coverage

Charles

 

Ssd is not nvme?? Bad

 

PCI Express/NVMe in an SSD makes next to no difference for most usage. At least, it wouldn't affect my buying decision, especially if I had to pay extra for either technology. SATA drives actually boot faster anyway.

Charles

 

was looking at this deal but still having trouble deciding between the gs65 and a zephyrus m.
the gs65 do look very impressive though when I was at bb earlier.

 

Same price again today if you qualify for student discount code.