MSI and Dell slash the prices of their GTX 1050 laptops, now start from just above $700

LaptopMedia.com News MSI and Dell slash the prices of their GTX 1050 laptops, now start from just above $700

From: Simeon Nikolov 25 September 2017 / 07:14 0

If you need an entry to mid-range gaming notebook at a good price, the GTX 1050 from NVIDIA is a great solution. It delivers 60+ FPS in GTA V and ~50 FPS in Rise of the Tomb Raider at Medium settings, while keeping the product price as low as around $800. Now MSI and Dell made their GTX 1050 offerings even more beckoning, slashing the prices of GL62M 7RD and Inspiron i5577 to $749 and $725, respectively.

MSI GL62M 7RD is a 15.6-inch (Full HD, TN) laptop with an Intel Core i5-7300HQ CPU which is more than powerful enough not to bottleneck the GTX 1050 even in the most demanding games. Here you can check out a comparison between Core i5-7300HQ and Core i7-7700HQ.

The MSI GL62M 7RD configuration doesn’t have an HDD but just an M.2 SSD with 256GB storage so it won’t be a bad idea to buy a hard drive for the free 2.5” slot. Additionally, the laptop is also equipped with 8GB RAM and Steel Series keyboard for comfortable typing and gaming.

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MSI GL62M (7TH GEN)

Processor: Intel Core i5-7300HQ
VideoCard: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (2GB GDDR5)
RAM: 8GB RAM
STORAGE: 256GB SSD

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The Inspiron i5577 by Dell isn’t very different in terms of performance. It also has a Core i5-7300HQ and GTX 1050 + 8GB RAM but it sports a 1TB HDD instead of a 256 GB SSD. Again, the screen is 15.6-inch Full HD TN. There’s a little difference in the GPUs – the Inspiron 5577’s GTX 1050 has 4GB GDDR5 of dedicated memory while the MSI GL62M has just 2GB GDDR5 VRAM. However, this shouldn’t cause any performance impact in most games.

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