Aleinware Mx17 Radeon 7970 -VS- MSI GT60 GTX680M

[Adanedel]

Greetings folks.
I'm going to buy a gaming rig for about 2000-2200$. For the most part I'll use my laptop as desktop with a connected monitor, keyboard, mouse. That's why the screen is less important as well as keyboard. I'm 100% sure that I want an international warranty, that's why Sager/Clevo is not an option (unfortunately).
I will use any advice both on concept and details. Wanted to mention that I cosider both GPUs almost equal, just a minor preference for Nvidia. I don't want it to be one more 680m VS 7970 topic. This is about overall quality and personal preferences. And sorry for my ugly English, hope this is not much of bother to read, thanks.

MSI pros:
Matte screen which I love a lot better
GTX680m
more free RAM
smaller size

MSI cons:
Smaller screen, 17" is a lot better
Overpriced because of NVIDIA GPU
Poor design (imho)

Alienware pros:
Bigger screen
little cheaper
overall build quality and desing (imho)
has mini-display port

Alienware cons:
GLOSSY SCREEN - really bad reflections on it.
Radeon gives a bit less performance.



GT60-0NE-220US GTX680M
2125$ at gentechpc.com
15.6" 16:9 1920X1080 Full HD LED backlight (Matte-Type)
nVidia GeForce GTX 680M 4GB GDDR5 DX11 w/Optimus
3rd Gen Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7-3610QM, 2.3-3.3GHz,
16GB DDR3 1600 Dual-Channel (4GB x 4)
750GB 7200rpm 2.5-inch 9.5mm 16MB SATA II 3Gb/s (Standard)
120GB Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series SATA III 6Gb/s
750GB 7200rpm 2.5-inch 9.5mm HDD in Optical Drive Bay
Make my default Optical Drive into a External USB 2.0 Optical Drive
Killer Gaming Ethernet Controller
Bigfoot networks Killer Wireless-N 1202 Bluetooth 4.0
Two USB 3.0 Ports 4.8 Gb/s
Dynaudio Premium Sound Technology
MSI 2 Year North America Limited Warranty / 1 Year Global Warranty

++VS++

Alienware M17x (R4)
$1898.29 at xoticpc.com
- 17.3" (60Hz) WideFHD WLED (1920x1080) Super Clear Glare-Type Screen (SKU - A1R604)
- 3rd Generation Intel® Ivy Bridge Core™ i7-3610QM
- AMD Radeon HD 7970M (2048MB) GDDR5 DX11 (SKU - A3R701)
- 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory
- No mSATA SSD Drive
- 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Buffer (Serial-ATA II 3GB/s)
- 128GB Crucial M4 C400 Solid State Drive (Up to Sequential Read 500MB/s - Write 175MB/s SSD Serial-ATA III)
- Disable Raid and Set up Hard Drives as Independant Drives
- Slot Load - Combo Dual Layer SuperMulti DVDRW/CDRW Drive w/ Software
- Intel® Centrino™ Wireless-N 2230 Wireless Card + Bluetooth™ 4.0 (SKU - A8R105)
- 1 Year GLOBAL Alienware Basic Service Plan Warranty (Includes: In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis)

[poketape]

MSI GT60, its configuration has a lot more in it. My Alienware's build quality was crap.