MSI GS65 Stealth THIN-259 15.6" Ultra Thin Bezel Gaming Laptop 144Hz 7ms Display GTX 1070 8G i7-8750H 32GB 1TB SSD Matte Black w/ Gold Diamond Cut

I received my MSI GS75 yesterday. For years I have been what most people would consider a nerd, or a techie. I've built computers and spent exorbitant amounts of money on unnecessary purchases in the tech field. This is no exception. When I turned this thing on it was nearly instant. I had a 2 year old lenovo yoga before this and it was great, but nowhere near the speed this thing is going to offer. I have already downloaded BFV and Civ 6. In Battlefield I am getting over 60 fps with ultra settings and RTX on. The new DLSS update seems to have worked like they said it would. In Civ the turns are insanely fast. I have spent years playing that game and spent even more years waiting in-between turns. Those days are gone ladies and gentlemen. I can't wait to see what else this thing has to offer in terms of performance, but as for the other qualities they're great too. The keys feel like the chiclet apple-style keys, they're great. The RGB on presets alone on the keyboard are impressive, although I set mine to a steady color immediately. I/O on this laptop is untouchable. There just aren't many thin and lights offering this amount of ports, I have more than enough. Lastly, the weight and form-factor. They cannot be any better. The laptop is slightly below five pounds and slightly above 6 pounds with the charger. It is thinner than my lenovo and barely heavier. The size of the screen is misleading, in the best possible. When you open GS75 (with your weakest finger) you are really able to appreciate the beauty and craftsmanship of this device. The bezels are pushed out to the furthest limits, allowing for maximum screen and very little bulk as far as carrying goes. I hope you guys all enjoy this thing as much as I do!

I play video games. I use virtual machines. I bought the 32GB DDR4 RAM, 512 GB NVME, 2080 Max Q design of this laptop. The keyboard is stunning and takes a little bit of getting used to. I love the fact they removed the Windows key from the WASD side of the keyboard. The onboard software packed with this is very nice and limited. Gives great functionality of the machine. There are 2 empty slots for additional NVME drives to add. I picked up some 970 EVO NVME's from Samsung. (NOTE) I have added a picture of what not to do. Please refer to this, otherwise you may think your drive bay is defective. No regrets from purchasing this rig. Also, as a bonus, the footprint is nearly identical to my 3 year old 15" laptop. Even though this is a 17". Also, this laptop is lighter and thinner on top of that. The only thing I may want is to get some sort of second skin to protect the fingerprint magnets that are this matte black. Which is very pretty btw.

Where to start. Amazing,Powerful,Sleek and Gorgeous Is a good start. But you're here to read why you should or shouldn't buy this machine, and make no mistake this Is a BEAST of a MACHINE. Lets start off with power, Do you play FPS? MMO's? Maybe you're Interested In Virtual Reality. Well this BEAST comes with a Nvidia GeForce 1070 8G GDDR5 Max-Q GPU. That makes you VR ready, and gives you the power to play your games at 144hz! It might not be a 1080 TI or next Gen GPU, But It's all you will need to play games at Max or near Max for the future. I am a frames per second freak, I play my Battle Royal games at low/med settings no matter how beefy my rig Is, I'm here to tell you, you won't even need to do that with this laptop. Onto the Processor: Core i7-8750H 2.2 - 4.1GHz In a LAPTOP...... Do I have to say anything more? Throw a video game or task at this Core i7 and It will Process It for the next decade+. The look and feel of this Ultra Thin 4.9mm Bezel | 144Hz 7ms Display Is something to behold in person, pictures/videos don't do It justice, Now the 7ms Is kinda high, BUT It's not a deal breaker for high end FPS games. Some google searches on the matter and you will understand that 7ms Is fine. Battery Life Is pretty amazing when you factor In the tech running + are you really away from power that long? It's gonna be fine! ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Some things I don't like. Doesn't come with Windows 10 64bit cd key. Windows Is "mounted" on the motherboard. You can only System Restore, and as someone who only builds personal computers I was not a fan. Now understand me, Besides Norton anti virus there really Isn't "bloatware" on the machine, you can remove what you don't want and go on with enjoying this amazing machine. OR purchase your own copy of Windows 10 64 bit pro, plug in a dvd player/USB and make things work how you want them to work. First day with laptop every game worked but Rocket League, After researching the matter It turned out to be a Direct X Issues, I tried a system Restore and the same problem persisted, That's when I called MSI support and found out I couldn't format only restore. (MSI Support was very helpful) After putting my own copy of Windows 10 on the laptop I'm thrilled at how It's running. This might be a fluke. Maybe I did It for no reason, But I'm glad I did that and It's why this laptop is getting 4/5 stars. To save a few bucks to not give people a windows cd key/cd's/usb drive ect Is a let down. I remember buying a laptop 14 years ago and It came with a windows 7 sticker with my own code ect on the bottom. The sides "where the exhaust's are" get very hot on the top. "In-game temp Is 72C" "normal temps, normal for laptops to get hot in spots" Your hands should never touch the area with how the layout Is "maybe If you're playing a MMO and have key combos" Just something to keep In mind. I'm not a fan of the speakers, they crackle and have not been sounding good to me In games or If there Is a lag spike, But I have Nahimic and a Headset coming, I was never expecting to use the laptops speakers. Keep In mind as far as youtube audio or websites, the audio sounds great, The crackling I'm speaking happens In games only. So If you read all that..Wow, you really want to buy this bad boy, and I say do It, It's a long term Investment. This G565 Stealth Thin 8RF Is worth your time, money and love.

I bought this machine to replace my old Dominator, which weighs about 100 pounds and is the size of a steamer trunk. (Well, not really, but it felt like that lugging it around.) I create mods, which means a lot of 3D modeling and texture work as well as playing them so I wanted the best I could get in a laptop form factor. And as I designer, I wanted something that looked good. That Dominator is butt-ugly. The GS75 is just about perfect. First, it's gorgeous -- black and gold, slim, nice detailing. It may be expensive as hell but at least MSI gave you the full luxury unpacking experience from classy box to doily to keep finger grease off your screen. The machine typeface on the keyboard I could take or leave but the keyboard itself has a nice feel. The individual key lights are fun, maybe somewhat practical. When you hit the function key, the function keys light up which is a cool touch. In fact there are a bunch of small touches like that that speak to a level of quality and attention to detail. The screen is very nice--bright, good color. Playing games, the graphics processor pretty much screams. I really have hardly any criticisms. The large touchpad is really nice. I don't love that it's centered on the machine--it would be better centered under the alpha keyboard. I have a bad feeling that was an aesthetic decision. But it hasn't interfered with typing. The power cord has the stupid knuckle an inch from the end, positioned to catch the edge of the table when you set the laptop down. But it's on the side where you see it, so it's not so much of an issue. In sum: expensive, ya, but you do get what you pay for.

Ive been looking at getting a laptop since November '18. I picked up a Gigabyte Aero 15X, but was a lemon and had to return it. Hesitant to by another Gigabyte again, I thought I would wait until the CES show in January to see what the new models would be; Im glad I did! There were no thin/powerful 17" laptops around until then, and thats what I wanted. This laptop checked all the boxs; its amazingly fast, has a high refresh rate, room for 3 SSDs, 17" screen, a separate num pad, a top end GPU, and pretty decent battery life for whats inside. I did undervolt the CPU by -150mV and did a repaste (their paste job was kinda so-so). Runs like a champ! ***6/4/19 Update*** My laptop drains about 3%-4% of battery per day while off. After trying everything under the sun that I read online to no avail, I reached out to MSI. I received an RMA number, but was told it itll be 3-5 business days before they unbox it, and another 10-30 business days for in-house turn around time. I could be without my laptop that I use for everything for well over a month, which was a no-go for me. I asked if I could buy a battery (it would be a better alternative than paying to ship my laptop back to them and losing it for so long) from them, and was given model number for the battery (BTY-M6L ) and told to check online. Im not willing to risk a $3000 laptop on a battery from a sketchy website. Not happy with the way this was handled at all. Dropped the review rating from 5 to 3 stars as I expect more from this $$$ of a laptop. If MSI reaches out to me with a better solution, Ill revise my review.

Aesthetics and Gaming performance Beautiful Laptop, there's no denial there. The customization and colors of the keyboard are a wonderful bonus. It takes some time getting used to it, but once you're used it rocks. Strangely I don't get as many compliments on the "RTX" series sticker as opposed to my "Disco" preset keyboard lighting. Go figure. The graphics card speaks for itself in many ways and lives up to the expectation, in my opinion. There's still some faults, but optimization of the 2080 max q will come with time. The big thing here is that you can run any game on max settings and usually get between 60 - 100fps. The even bigger thing here is the amount of all that hardware in such a slim laptop. It definitely overpowers desktops in terms of performance on gaming. I don't think we need to get to much into gaming, as you can look at the hardware and just imagine the FPS on Ultra setting. Upgrades - I bought a Samsung 970 Evo 1TB SSD and Migrated then changed the boot BIOS to that, and have kept original 512 SSD as storage. Overkill? Why yes, yes it is. But in addition to gaming, I need all the space for apps like Unity 3D, Android Studio , Oracle, Eclipse, etc etc. So I needed more than the stock 512 IMO. Start up time? What's that? Screen quality is beautiful. I mean are there better resolutions? Yes. Will you notice? Not really. Portability - I bought an Anti-Theft backpack advertised as 17" along side this and it fits, rather too tight , into it. I still haven't gotten passed the treat it like it's made of super thin glass phase. But the portability is easier than my 15 inch Toshiba, and with the thin size can slip easily into 17 inch bags/sleeves. Is it worth 3,000? Why yes, yes it is. Do not regret my purchase, and will go as far as saying this has opened my eyes to MSI, to which I approached with caution before. Will definitely update within a couple months to see how everything's going. Another quick note - When I'm playing a resource heavy game, and have the fans on full blast(If you didn't know you can change the speed of the fans from within the dragon center) it does a wonderful job of keeping everything cool. SIDE NOTE - if you are upgrading the storage, the M2 slots already have the screws, but only a single pair SO DON'T LOSE THEM. Maybe worth mentioning? - Start up to login takes about 15-20 seconds. And half the time takes less than that. Honestly this laptop can take whatever you hurl at it. Stop reading and buy.

Although I paid for a an over night shipping, this unit came in much later than then what when it's supposed to be delivered. But, no points are taken off for that. As I am a proud owner of a GS65 also from Best Buy RTX2060. What I like: Per key RGB is beautiful and stunning. Pressing the Fn key lights up the available Fn key is cool. The touch pad feels smooth (but too wide... no joke please). The brand is good. NVMe PCIe SSD is decent, far from the best, but I can live with that. It's really thin, and without the compromise of no LAN or no camera. Overall, a good looking notebook. What I dislike: No mDP, which is strange, because my GS65 has a mDP, and many of my friends have mDP to DP cable for external G-sync monitor. I am forced to carry my own cable if I'm at friends house. None of my friends has Type C display, nor Type C to DP cable. The windows button. Although for gaming, I sometimes disable my windows button. The windows button is on the right side of the space bar. I mean I can get used it if I really try, but come on... GS65 and GS75 both RTX, and different KB layout? And don't get me started with the " | " and " \ " keys..... Yes. KEYS. Why is it so important to have a duplicate of this key cap. No biggy. I guess. This is nip picking. No points taken off. It's just annoying. Minor light leak when system is totally black. No points taken off. I think it's typical. It's just hard to fix when the bezel seems to be glued to the screen. Leakage is not noticeable in normal usage on my system. My biggest complaint is not on MSI, but just this particular unit that I have. System at or around idle, I saw 86 degree frequently, and fans constantly pulse between quiet and the next level. Some of the lightest load, 6-7% CPU load, a second later, the fans start going bunkers. Running a simple 3DMARK11P, temp went up to 97-99 degree many times. Granted, I shouldn't be running monitoring device while running benchmark. It was because of the thermal throttling that I was experiencing that trigger my curiosity to monitor the temp. Add salt to the wound. I would've been ok to take apart the system, and attempt to re-paste the system, as needed, had it not been the "FACTORY SEAL" covering one of the screw holes. I don't want to void any factory warranty, should it come to that down the road. Looking at my other MSI notebook. I would guess mine is just an one off for temperature issue.

I got this machine a week ago today , and man it is amazing . I'm coming from an Asus ROG G752 2015 laptop with a 980m and the difference in performance is mind blowing! Also that machine was huge and really heavy, this MSI GS75 is not even 5 pounds and it is smaller in thickness and footprint than most 15 inches laptops , I'm just blown away by this design and how much power this thing packs !. Screen is great as well as the keyboard and under full load it is actually quieter than my old laptop which was 3 times thicker and way bigger . If I have to criticize anything it will be the track pad , it is big but the placement of it can get in the way of you typing sometimes if you touch it with your palms by mistake , nothing to annoying but worth mentioning , also the speakers sound good but they are not too loud . All in all for me well worth the money ! The perfect balance between mobility and desktop replacement .