For those considering the MSI MS-1761 Barebones Whitebook (GT780DXR)

[tr7111]

Why do so many people skimp on warranty when they spend a lot of cash on a new notebook?

Whitebooks have only a stock 1 year warranty from the reseller.After the 1 year expires it's all out of pocket if issues arise.

yeah you can replace parts pretty cheaply.

[tr7111]

I just found out this pos dell xps 15z I destroyed has the CPU soldered to the main board.

So I ordered an i7-2670qm for it.

120 gig ssd Intel hard drive. it'll mostly be used at home and networked with my desktop.

Should be pretty nice. Using it just for doing research on couch or hooking up to my onkyo stereo receiver and HDTV as. windows media center htpc. I have LAN lines to my router for this. And an HDMI cable to plug in with.

Do I need more than 8 gigs of ram?

[salada2k]

I just found out this pos dell xps 15z I destroyed has the CPU soldered to the main board.

So I ordered an i7-2670qm for it.

120 gig ssd Intel hard drive. it'll mostly be used at home and networked with my desktop.

Should be pretty nice. Using it just for doing research on couch or hooking up to my onkyo stereo receiver and HDTV as. windows media center htpc. I have LAN lines to my router for this. And an HDMI cable to plug in with.

Do I need more than 8 gigs of ram?

No way. Even 4GB would do just fine for that.

[tr7111]

No way. Even 4GB would do just fine for that.

You think this G. Skill DDR3 1333 will work? Their qualified vendor list shows only 2 modules that Ive never even heard of as being compatible.

[WhatsThePoint]

If a GTX580M goes bellyup after the one year stock warranty expires take a guess what it will cost to replace it.A GTX570M won't be as much as a GTX580M but still far more than the cost of and extra year or 2 of parts warranty.

How about the motherboard?

Extended warranties are cheap price for peace of mind even if you never need to use it.

I've owned a fair number of notebooks and desktops that I built over many years and have used warranty repair on all but 1;and it wasn't rare to use my extended warranty for mainboard,lcd and graphics card replacement.

I owned a Toshiba Tecra S1 for 7 years than never needed to go in for service.I only needed to rebuild the battery a few times.

I have 3 years on my present GT780DX but who knows if I'll keep it that long.If I do,I'm covered.

[XPForever]

If a GTX580M goes bellyup

its probably your fault for not cleaning out the fans...

I've owned a fair number of notebooks and desktops that I built over many years and have used warranty repair on all but 1;and it wasn't rare to use my extended warranty for mainboard,lcd and graphics card replacement.

I owned a Toshiba Tecra S1 for 7 years than never needed to go in for service.I only needed to rebuild the battery a few times.

You contradicted yourself...

Generally I believe if you take care of things (anything, car, laptop, any equipment in general) in an adequate manner they will last you untill you can afford to replace them with something better/newer/faster/stronger.

Warranties are for companies to swindle an extra bit offa you at the last moment.

[mtrein]

its probably your fault for not cleaning out the fans...



You contradicted yourself...

Generally I believe if you take care of things (anything, car, laptop, any equipment in general) in an adequate manner they will last you untill you can afford to replace them with something better/newer/faster/stronger.

Warranties are for companies to swindle an extra bit offa you at the last moment.

Hm, I don't see any contradictions on Whatsthepoint's post. He said that out of all his notebooks, only one did not need the warranty.

I didn't get extra warranty with my 16F2, but then again I live in Brazil... So warranty is pretty difficult for me.

If I lived in the US, though, I would get the extra warranty 10 times out of 10. As Whatsthepoint stated, peace of mind.

[WhatsThePoint]

its probably your fault for not cleaning out the fans...



You contradicted yourself...

Generally I believe if you take care of things (anything, car, laptop, any equipment in general) in an adequate manner they will last you untill you can afford to replace them with something better/newer/faster/stronger.

Warranties are for companies to swindle an extra bit offa you at the last moment.

I've learned a lot from your post.

[Gant]

I will live in the US only for 4 to 5 more months, and I would have no need for a warranty, and if anything ends up being faulty in 6 months, well you could say im just F***ed.

I cant decide whether to buy (now) the gt783-625 OR a barebone with better insides and cheaper. However, I am a complete computer retard, and I have not a single clue on how to's except some basic tinkering around lol. the reason i prefer the gt783-625 is because it gives me the shortcuts on everything, like the overclocking with a button and initial configuration which i don't have to deal with. Is it easy to overclock a notebook like MSI?

And honestly the new ivy bridge and all that I have no clue what it is, and waiting for the gt70 seems out of question because I want a laptop by the time diablo 3 is released. and honestly is a gt783 or a barebone equivalent different at all from the gt70?

[WhatsThePoint]

I will live in the US only for 4 to 5 more months, and I would have no need for a warranty, and if anything ends up being faulty in 6 months, well you could say im just F***ed.

I cant decide whether to buy (now) the gt783-625 OR a barebone with better insides and cheaper. However, I am a complete computer retard, and I have not a single clue on how to's except some basic tinkering around lol. the reason i prefer the gt783-625 is because it gives me the shortcuts on everything, like the overclocking with a button and initial configuration which i don't have to deal with. Is it easy to overclock a notebook like MSI?

And honestly the new ivy bridge and all that I have no clue what it is, and waiting for the gt70 seems out of question because I want a laptop by the time diablo 3 is released. and honestly is a gt783 or a barebone equivalent different at all from the gt70?

The MSI GT notebooks have a 1 year global warranty so if the country where you will be has an authorized MSI service center you can have warranty repairs done there or anywhere's in the world.

Secondly,talk to the resellers,especially GenTech and the others that are always present on these MSI forums on how you can get warranty work done without sending the whole notebook.

Often only the part with issues can be sent but you may need to pay the shipping costs.

The GT783-658 can be purchased with 1 hard drive and a DVD instead of a BD burner to lower the cost.

The barebones 1761 is a fine unit and when configured with a GTX580M you have similar to the GT783.

The GT70 looks good going forward with an Ivy Bridge CPU and HM77 chipset but a NVIDIA Kepler GTX680M may not be released by the time you exit the USA.