Which one to go for?

[Meaker]

Well I am currently waiting on my visa to work in the US and due to delays in processing I am late in moving over which is why my build is so delayed

However in the mean time MSI has got around to releasing the 3k edition machine so I am torn on which to go for:

Sager NP9380 special edition:

Pro:
Supports 2x330W bricks
120hz 17.3" panel
SLI 780M

Cons:
Questionable CPU cooling
Bigger and heavier
Shorter battery life

MSI 3k edition:

Pro:
I already have a 330W brick that will work with it.
2880x1620 panel
780M is fitted with 1.5ghz rated Vram as oppsed to 1.25ghz
Capable of supporting Nvidia surround

Cons:
Screen is smaller at 15.6" and only runs at 60hz
Only a single 780M
It's not designed to work with large capacity bricks so I don't know how much extra juice it will cope with

I have cooling tweaks I can apply to both systems and I think I can do a fun series of mods and overclocks on both of them. The sager will simply bench higher due to dual cards but the MSI will be able to squeeze more out of the single card.

 

[Feronix]

Pretty sure a single 780m is going to struggle at that resolution. Especially with only 1.5GB VRAM. Everything will also look really small on that screen, so you might as well just run 1080p.

This also renders the Nvidia surround option pretty useless for gaming.

The SLI cards may actually be able to use a 120Hz screen to its (full) potential, and if you don't plan on moving it around too much, the last two cons on the list of the Sager don't even matter.

So in short,
Gaming: Sager
Portability/ Editing work: MSI 3K

The extra pixels will come in handy for workspace and programs like PhotoShop are way more CPU than GPU intensive.

 

[Meaker]

The GTX 780M is a full 1536 shader GK104 running at stock at 850/1250 with 4GB of GDDR5 on a 256bit bus.

You can assume I will be running it at least at 1006/1500.

 

[NeverBackDown]

256bit bus is the problem. Plus things will look super tiny and therefore renders it useless.

 

[Meaker]

So it seems like the 17.3" beast is what people think...

 

[Feronix]

So it seems like the 17.3" beast is what people think...

Depends on what you wish to do with it...
For gaming, I'd definitely say the Sager, yes.

 

[Meaker]

I may have gone with something slightly different.....

A p570wm...... with 4930k cpu.... and two gtx780m cards.....

It's on order and all being well should be here next week

 

[Feronix]

How is that even a laptop? '

 

[Meaker]

Not really meant for the lap, more desk to desk lol.