Tigerdirect.com this week has dropped the price of the 15.6-inch MSI A5000-040US Notebook PC (model no. 9S7-168344-040) by $160, making it’s once $579.99 list price only $419.99 and turning it into the best price we have seen for this Notebook. Free shipping is included for ground delivery and sales tax applies for residents of Florida, Illinois, Texas and North Carolina.

The MSI laptop currently sports a five star rating amongst users, offering high performance capabilities for a low price. An almost equally impressive model is the HP G71-34US 17.3-inch Laptop which is currently available at Buydig.com for the discounted price of $674.79 after its $50 mail-in rebate and has FREE shipping included. For gaming fans we would recommend upgrading to the Asus 15.6-inch Notebook PC, complete with 4GB of RAM, a 640GB hard drive, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M graphics card. Users can purchase it for $1,499.99 at Compusa.com with FREE shipping included. Help keep your laptop cool with the USB powered Antec 75019 Notebook Cooler 200 cooling system at JR.com, priced at only $68.88 with shipping rates starting at $11.10.

The MSI 15.6-inch laptop contains a 1.9GHz Intel Celeron Dual-Core processor, 3GB of RAM that can be expanded to 4GB, and a 250GB hard drive. Features include a 4-in1 media card reader, three USB ports, a NVIDIA GeForce 8200M graphics card that support a 1366 x 768 resolution, and the new Windows 7 Home Premium operating system that comes pre-installed. For internet connections it supports both 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and Ethernet, with speeds up to 300Mbps. The MSI comes backed by a three-year warranty for parts and labor. Dimensions: (W) 14.73`x (H) 1.18`x (D) 9.73`; weight 5.46lbs.