I was extremely happy to find this refurb on Newegg and ended up buying it less than a week ago:
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E168341...&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-
(MSI GS Series GS65 STEALTH THIN-037 15.6" 144 Hz IPS Intel Core i7 8th Gen 8750H (2.20 GHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 16 GB Memory 512 GB SSD Windows 10 Home 64-bit Gaming Laptop)
Then while entering Costco yesterday I saw this for the exact same price:
https://www.costco.com/Lenovo-LEGIO...---144Hz-1080p-Display.product.100492301.html
(Lenovo LEGION Y545 Gaming Laptop - 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H Processor at 2.6GHz, 16GB DDR4 (2-DIMM) 2666MHz RAM GeForce GTX 1660Ti - 144Hz 1080p Display, 1TB 7200RPM Hard Drive + 512GB NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive)
Like I said, exact same price (post rebate) and it looks better in terms of processor, storage warranty,etc . I'm looking for any reason that sticking with the MSI is the way to go since returning it is likely to be a hassle. I like everything about the MSI so far except for the display seems more wobbly than I'd like and the weird partitions in the SSD I can't figure out how to remove. Are there any intangible Lenovo vs MSI factors I'm missing? Is the GTX 1070 better than the GTX 1060 ti? Or, should I return this and head to Costco? Thanks in advance for any opinions!
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E168341...&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-
(MSI GS Series GS65 STEALTH THIN-037 15.6" 144 Hz IPS Intel Core i7 8th Gen 8750H (2.20 GHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 16 GB Memory 512 GB SSD Windows 10 Home 64-bit Gaming Laptop)
Then while entering Costco yesterday I saw this for the exact same price:
https://www.costco.com/Lenovo-LEGIO...---144Hz-1080p-Display.product.100492301.html
(Lenovo LEGION Y545 Gaming Laptop - 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H Processor at 2.6GHz, 16GB DDR4 (2-DIMM) 2666MHz RAM GeForce GTX 1660Ti - 144Hz 1080p Display, 1TB 7200RPM Hard Drive + 512GB NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive)
Like I said, exact same price (post rebate) and it looks better in terms of processor, storage warranty,etc . I'm looking for any reason that sticking with the MSI is the way to go since returning it is likely to be a hassle. I like everything about the MSI so far except for the display seems more wobbly than I'd like and the weird partitions in the SSD I can't figure out how to remove. Are there any intangible Lenovo vs MSI factors I'm missing? Is the GTX 1070 better than the GTX 1060 ti? Or, should I return this and head to Costco? Thanks in advance for any opinions!