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Save $500 on this RTX 2060-powered MSI gaming laptopPlus 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD.
Plus 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD.
If you’re looking for a gaming laptop with a high refresh rate display and buckets of storage, then have Newegg got the deal for you. Today only, you can get $500 off this MSI GF65 Thin, which comes with a full-fat RTX 2060 graphics chip (not one of Nvidia’s energy efficient Max-Q versions) to make the most of its 120Hz 1920x1080 display, a 1TB SSD, plus a Core i7 CPU and a whopping 32GB of RAM. Normally $1900, this well-specced machine can now be had for $1400.
Admittedly, there are a couple of drawbacks. The CPU is only one of Intel’s Core i7-9750H chips, for example, rather than one of their newer 10th Gen processors, and the SSD is a SATA drive (albeit in M.2 form) rather than a proper NVMe SSD. However, Intel’s 9th Gen Core i7 still provides more than enough processing power for playing games and doing some light photo and video editing on the move, a SATA SSD is still miles better than settling for a traditional hard disk.
It’s quite a bit larger than the MSI, as it has a 17.3in, 1920x1080 display rather than a 15.6in one, but you do get a higher refresh rate of 144Hz compared to the MSI’s 120Hz. Still, it’s definitely more of a desktop replacement laptop rather than something you’d contemplate taking on the go (if and when that becomes a thing we’re able to do again, of course), so you’ll have to decide whether you prefer a more sensible, up to date spec or something a little bit older that you can feasibly move about the house with.
Alternatively, Newegg have also slashed $400 off another version of the MSI GF65 Thin that arguably captures the best of both worlds. You’ll still have to settle for a Core i7-9750H processor, but you get a 15.6in, 120Hz, 1920x1080 display, a 512GB NVMe SSD and the same RTX 2060 graphics chip all for a much more attractive $1100.
