MSI 15.6" GP62 7RD i7 7700HQ GTX 1050 Gaming Laptop - £799.99 @ Scan

Aww, this is exactly what I was after apart from the 1050 being the 2gb version instead of 4gb. Still a reasonable price though, particularly as it has an 8-thread i7.

Very poor construction! Flimsy DVD tray and very poor speaker quality. Not listed on the Scan website is the mention of back-lit keyboard. According to MSI it has a white back-lit keyboard, but if you call Scan they don't know if it has or not. Only good thing about the laptop is the 2 year warranty.

richt17 m ago

Very poor construction! Flimsy DVD tray and very poor speaker quality. Not …Very poor construction! Flimsy DVD tray and very poor speaker quality. Not listed on the Scan website is the mention of back-lit keyboard. According to MSI it has a white back-lit keyboard, but if you call Scan they don't know if it has or not. Only good thing about the laptop is the 2 year warranty.Read lessRead more

Speaking from experience owning one or a review you read?

I would call and ask if it has an iPS screen I'm surprised it doesn't most MSI's have this?

For the specs it's a good deal but the ips screen would make it a deal sealer.

2Gb 1050 is a little under powered so will struggle with most AAA titles. For casual gaming on the go it's not bad for the price. CPU is pretty good. I'm sure there was a similar laptop posted recently with the 4gb 1050ti for around the same price.

dudwood_fudwood38 m ago

2Gb 1050 is a little under powered so will struggle with most AAA titles. …2Gb 1050 is a little under powered so will struggle with most AAA titles. For casual gaming on the go it's not bad for the price. CPU is pretty good. I'm sure there was a similar laptop posted recently with the 4gb 1050ti for around the same price.Read lessRead more

Not sure I've seen any i7HQ + 1050 Ti models at that price, but I posted this one recently hotukdeals.com/dea…601
Unfortunately it's gone up by £150 now. Wish I'd bought it instead of spending too long thinking about it, grrr

paul_merton11 m ago

Not sure I've seen any i7HQ + 1050 Ti models at that price, but I posted …Not sure I've seen any i7HQ + 1050 Ti models at that price, but I posted this one recently https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/asus-i7-7700hq-8gb-1tb-disk-128gb-ssd-gtx-1050-4gb-156-gaming-laptop-79997-saveonlaptops-2777601Unfortunately it's gone up by £150 now. Wish I'd bought it instead of spending too long thinking about it, grrr Read lessRead more

Maybe that's the one I saw. It is tough making a decision as something better will always come along. Could wait a lifetime though. Good luck in your search.

paul_merton2 h, 37 m ago

Not sure I've seen any i7HQ + 1050 Ti models at that price, but I posted …Not sure I've seen any i7HQ + 1050 Ti models at that price, but I posted this one recently https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/asus-i7-7700hq-8gb-1tb-disk-128gb-ssd-gtx-1050-4gb-156-gaming-laptop-79997-saveonlaptops-2777601Unfortunately it's gone up by £150 now. Wish I'd bought it instead of spending too long thinking about it, grrr Read lessRead more

I hesitated to pull the trigger on the Asus mostly due to comments about a constant noisy fan...maybe with a gaming laptop that'll be unavoidable? Got fed up of waiting for the better deal/Black Friday so got the MSI as that kept going up and down in price and this is the lowest it goes at the moment. (Note: you can save £50 getting a Grade A used one from saveonlaptops but wouldn't recommend as it reduces the warranty)

BTW if anyone is wondering, I ordered one and I'm really pleased with it. I've been playing GTA V with no problems and also use a Mac OS emulator and emulating for app development is a breeze on this machine.
I like the display even though it's not QHD or anything too fancy. Brightness levels are also good. Fan noise is low for regular use - only starts the louder boost fan when gaming/intensive tasks or if you press the fan button.
Only area for improvement is the 128gb SSD gets filled too fast - couldn't fit 70GB of GTA V on it... so very useful having the 1TB HDD.
There is a bit of bloatware but it's easy to remove. The Dragon Centre app is very useful for controlling performance.
It's not that heavy and battery life looks like 4 hours if using battery saving mode. Otherwise probably half of that if gaming.
I'm tempted to add RAM for what I use the machine for. But I'll leave it for now as it voids the good 2 years and extra free 3 months warranty that you get.

Also Scan experience was very good, product came on Monday when ordered on a Saturday. DPD tracking so you know exactly when its coming. Box was very big and excessively padded.