Design

The gaming laptop from MSI is implemented in a combination of black and red colors. Housing cover made of thin aluminum, due to what is practical and durable – during operation it does not flex at all, even under strong pressure. The only distracting element on the cover is a shield with a dragon that is highlighted – a characteristic feature of the game line gaming laptop from MSI.

The bottom of the gaming laptop from MSI hull and other components are made of plastic, characterized by high strength. Most of the bottom panel hold air vents through which the naked eye can see the cooling system and other internal components. Also located on the bottom of the subwoofer box, four large supporting legs elongated shape and several related, smaller. Mounted on the panel by means of a set of bolts.

The gaming laptop from MSI weighs surprisingly little for the game model – 2.4 kg, overall dimensions of the case are 383h260h27 mm. This device is easy to carry in a backpack or bag, and this, again, is not typical for gaming devices with strong potential.

Display, sound, webcam

The high-mounted gaming laptop from MSI screen with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels and a matte anti-glare coating. Diagonal of 15.6 inches, the touch screen is not. But PLS matrix provided by Samsung, which is slightly cheaper to IPS, but the quality is not enough in what concedes. This means that provided excellent viewing angles.

The maximum brightness of 345 cd / m2 is ideal for a matte display, the contrast of 559: 1 is also good. Called perfect color reproduction is difficult, since the spectra covering sRGB and AdobeRGB 79% and 58%, respectively, but this is enough for the whole game and view the content.

The acoustics in the gaming laptop from MSI GE62 2QD Apache presented four speakers, a subwoofer and two technologies: Audio Boost 2 and Nahimic. A very impressive set, even though the sound quality is not reflected fully, because the bass, which are important in the soundtrack game battles, is clearly not enough. The speakers are located below the front housing a pair of left and right half.

Webcam HD resolution in the work is not bad, it lacks the resources to fully comfortable using Skype.

Keyboard and Touchpad

The island is equipped with a keyboard by Steelseries multicolored lights, rules of which are familiar from previous game versions from MSI. Using the program SteelSeries Engine, you can choose the color of the backlight for the entire keyboard, as well as for the three zones into which it is divided. In addition, this tool provides the ability to assign macros to specific buttons that many gamers will appreciate.

In general, the keyboard gaming laptop from MSI GE62 2QD Apache is extremely convenient, as the keys have a flat surface, a larger distance between each other, the middle course. There is a digital unit, and the Windows button is moved to the area on the right side of the space bar, not on the left, which is typical for all modern laptops.

The touchpad is also to be commended because it is the correct, fast, supports multi-touch gestures. The surface is pleasant to the touch and dedicated mouse buttons are pressed perceptibly, which helps prevent accidental commands.

Performance

Management gaming laptop from MSI GE62 2QD-027RU (MS-16J2) is performed by the operating system Microsoft Windows 8.1 64 Bit. It is based on a powerful quad-core Intel Core i7-4720HQ clocked at 2.6-3.6 GHz generation, Haswell. It is made according to the norms 22-nm process technology and is 47 W, the cache is 6 MB. CPU power is sufficient for any demanding applications and games, hence performance problems should not occur.

Built-in video card Intel HD Graphics 4600, which is used in the laptop to solve easy problems, has 20 units and works with a frequency of 400-1200 MHz. But just for games and implementation of the “heavy” graphics applications provides discrete graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M with 2 GB of memory GDDR5, produced on the architecture of Maxwell. Its maximum frequency reaches 1202 MHz, which is not much compared with the previous version – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M. By the way, in terms of performance, they also are not too different, although the presence of a new video card in a laptop touted as a significant advantage.

RAM DDR3L-1600 MHz 8 GB of the 16 GB possible, for which there are two slots for memory strip. The disk subsystem is filled with more than decent – a couple of SSD in a RAID 0 total volume of 256 GB, and 1 TB HDD to a rotational speed of 7200 rev / min. And in general, the laptop has four slots – three full-length under M.2 SSDs and one for 2.5-inch hard drive, so the laptop upgrade and improve its performance, the capacity of the disk system is quite real.

Games

In general gaming laptop from MSI, if we consider the possibility of gaming GTX 960M, then we have the following: a native resolution of Full HD laptop can not reduce almost all the games, setting a minimum high, and often ultra, assured. For example, Battlefield Hardline 2015 in a Full HD + ultra-tuning goes to 28 fps, Dirt Rally 2015 with the same parameters will display 32 fps, and Evolve 2015 is playable with 30 fps.

Ports and Communications

The gaming laptop from MSI GE62 2QD more than a sufficient number of slots, however, the majority is concentrated on the left side bevels, namely, headphone output, microphone input, 3hUSB 3.0, Mini DisplayPort, HDMI, RJ-45 and lock Kensington.

To the right are the power connector, card reader SD, USB 2.0 and a DVD-ROM drive.

On the front side is empty, except for the grids that cover the four speaker sound system.

Wireless technologies are presented Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0.

Battery

This gaming laptop from MSI has a 6-cell lithium-ion battery capacity of 51 Wh. We think it is quite logical that the gamer is not a priori a device has long battery that MSI GE62 2QD and confirmed – in the games he lasted three hours, in text editor mode and view pictures – a little more than four hours. Charging is carried out 120 W power supply.

Verdict of the gaming laptop from MSI

What says gaming laptop from MSI GE62 2QD Apache we definitely liked despite the price tag of $ 1,200. It has everything you need to match the title of not only good device but also the status of a high-performance laptop with promising resources to address a variety of tasks. It is relatively small, stylish and powerful, has a lot of plugs and an excellent keyboard to work and relax comfortably. True, a little “pumped up” the battery, because a laptop is the optimal parameters to accompany his master everywhere, but the desired autonomy, it does not provide. In any case, gaming laptop from MSI GE62 2QD Apache recommended us to buy as a worthy representative of a segment of gaming laptops.

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The volume of the housing is 10 liters. This technical “stuffing” is impressive. Developers equipped with powerful graphics card model – MSI GeForce GTX 960.

Feature of compact gaming PC case

As the processor chip used Intel Core i7 (4th generation).

This configuration is enough to run the popular hits in the resolution of Full HD. If you believe the developers are guaranteed a comfortable FPS (even on the highest settings).

Graphics accelerator has 2 GB of memory type GDDR5. As for the RAM, the maximum amount is 16 GB (as 2 strips DDR3).

You can also connect a pair of drives format 3.5-inch and one 2.5-inch. The foregoing provides 6 TB of space.

Once on board of compact gaming PC case, there are 4 x USB 3.0, Bluetooth, Ethernet port, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, 2-chamber cooling system, optical drive Super Multi DVD and Windows 10 as the operating system.

Sales start in the coming days. Unfortunately, there is no information about the price.

Source: techpowerup

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At CES 2015 is traditionally known manufacturers presented their new products. I do not stay aside and MSI, which featured a number of devices, including laptop and two GE Series: GE62 and GE72 Apache. These models are made in the new design in their buildings are more powerful components in comparison to its predecessors. Also provided are improved coolers, which, of course, affect the efficiency of the cooling system.

In review, we consider in detail the laptop MSI GE72. Outwardly, it looks like the GT72, but performance takes a balance between top-end and a budget game models. Perhaps it will be the best option for those who are not willing to part with a large sum of money, but is looking for a game machine with good performance. The manufacturer calls this notebook “number one in the game.” Let’s see how well-deserved this title.

Design of the MSI GE72 2QE Apache

Appearance MSI GE72 2QE Apache is largely similar to GT72. In typical style of the game made the cover, where you can see “chopped” strip and gamers familiar shield “Red Dragon.” There is also a logo of the company MSI, which is a little higher.

The entire surface formed with grinding. No rounding is not here, all strictly, stylish, uncluttered. The working surface of not less than terse. It can only be seen with a touchpad keyboard, as well as several buttons closer to the right hinge.

Like other gaming line of MSI GE72 2QE Apache no exception in terms of colors. The main point here is the black scale, is successfully combined with red elements. The glossy surface is practically no. Even the frame around the screen mat.

I must say that the case of the notebook is hard enough. I am particularly pleased that cover virtually impossible pressure, then the display will be safe. The strength of the design is not surprising because there used aluminum. Incidentally, it is also made from the working surface, but the reverse side of the notebook – plastic. It is noteworthy that a large area of the bottom contains the vents. It also provides relatively large feet for stability and grille that hides the subwoofer. Under the battery compartment does not have to get to it, it will be necessary to remove the bottom cover. After such a simple procedure that requires loosening a few screws, you’ll be able to access the RAM, or, for example, the hard drive. Stereo speakers can also be seen from the bottom. True, they are closer to the front end.

With dimensions of 419x280x29 mm and weighing 2.7 kg laptop certainly does not apply to representatives of the light weight category. At the same time, a 17-inch device can be used for travel.

Display, sound, webcam of the MSI GE72 2QE Apache

MSI GE72 2QE Apache equipped with the Full HD-quality display with a diagonal of 17.3 inches. As used herein, IPS-matrix provides wide viewing angles, and the matte surface will reduce the amount of glare. Indicators of brightness and contrast of the display good, but far from ideal. In particular, 300 cd / m2 and 700: 1 is not the limit, which would like to see in the gaming laptop. But color reproduction you’ll be happy.

It is noteworthy that the MSI GE72 2QE Apache has technology support Matrix Display. You can use it to connect multiple external displays, of course, through the HDMI port or Mini DisplayPort. The gaming laptop this feature will take part in the game several players.

The sound in the laptop is really good, and it’s not surprising since it provided four speakers and a subwoofer from Dynaudio. The volume, clarity, expressiveness – all you can hear when listening to music, watching movies, as well as during the game. Incidentally, the maximum volume is not audible distortion.

The notebook is equipped with a webcam 1.3 megapixel for video calls is more than enough.

Keyboard and Touchpad of the MSI GE72 2QE Apache

The use of the owner offered insular keyboard SteelSeries. All of its normal size button, the main unit is supplemented, in general, all free together on a large job site. As for the layout, then it has changed the location of the keys [Windows]. In this case, it is not on the left and the right that gamers will appreciate that may accidentally press it and get out of the game, because Use the buttons [W], [A], [S], [D], located nearby. The keys are easy to press easily and slightly springy. Moreover, the substrate is sufficiently rigid and intensive pressing does not bend.

To be able to play even in the dark, backlit keyboard provided. It’s easy to set up with the help of technology SteelSeries Engine. As a result, you can set the color for the three zones or choose to highlight a tone. Also received program shortcut for quick access to the software. In addition, it is also working with macros.

Above the keyboard zone, you can see three buttons. One is traditional – the inclusion of a laptop. Two other important functions. About SteelSeries Engine, we have already mentioned, but Cooler Boost 3 – is responsible for the speed of the fan, which is directly related to the efficiency of cooling. For modern processors and video cards, this technology is best suited.

The touchpad is slightly recessed and has an optimum positioning surface, do not hinder the movement of the fingers. The sensitivity of the touchpad is good, the team carried out without delay, however, this is unlikely to fully appreciate the players because they often prefer to use the mouse in the game. The touchpad is complemented by two physical buttons that are pressed with little effort; when an external manipulator touch zone is automatically switched off.

Performance of the MSI GE72 2QE Apache

MSI GE72 2QE Apache works on operating system Windows 8.1 (64-bit) and is equipped with a powerful processor, the fourth generation of Intel Core i7-4720HQ (Haswell), built on 22-nanometer technology. The chip has the cache of the third level in the amount of 6 MB, and four cores with a base clock of 2.6 GHz. Using Turbo Boost it can be increased up to 3.6 GHz. CPU performance is high, so thanks to multithreading technology, Core i7-4720HQ simultaneously processes eight data streams.

With the integrated graphics processor is Intel HD Graphics 4600. Its maximum frequency is 1.2 GHz, there is support for DirectX 11.1. Also, the accelerator is able to decode 4K video and copes well with simple tasks. However, it is unlikely to be remembered if the filling is provided a second, quite powerful discrete graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M with 2GB of memory standard GDDR5. The accelerator is built on the 28 nm process, it has 1024 shader cores, DirectX 11 support and successfully displays the image with a resolution of 3840h2160 pixels into four display.

In addition, the laptop provides a function Shift, by which it is possible to select the desired level of performance. For example, if the priority of the high power, the specific mode will increase the speed of the processor and cooling system will become active. Conversely, when there is no need to make maximum use of the potential of the filling, you need to save battery power, select a gentle eco mode.

Stuffing complement 8GB RAM standard DDR3-1600 MHz. For a gaming notebook that can be said norm – no delays when starting applications. By the way, the two slots provided will increase the capacity up to 16 GB of RAM.

On the storage capacity also will not have to complain about, it is 1000 GB. HDD rotation speed of 7200 revolutions per minute. By the way, in addition to other trim terabyte disk has two SSD-drive, running in the RAID 2. In general, laptop performance, but not for any calculations, as he copes with games, not at the highest level.

Play of the MSI GE72 2QE Apache

The video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M is excellent “collaborating” with the modern games. For example, allows to shoot in Evolve or compete in racing The Crew at maximum settings with a frequency of more than 35 fps. Many of the toys will go with even more frames per second. In particular, Civilization: Beyond Earth or Alien: Isolation will play on the ultra with 50-55 fps, it does not have to reduce the native resolution of the display. What to speak of FIFA 15, which will be easy to fly with a frequency higher than 150 frames per second. Although these toys such as Watch Dogs or Assassin’s Creed may slow down. In general, most of the games will play comfortably, all the more so with the help of the application XSplit Gamecaster you can not only get high quality recorded content, but the gameplay and broadcast on the Internet. Thus, you can even share with the world your gaming experience.

Ports and Communications of the MSI GE72 2QE Apache

Provides an interface to the MSI GE72 2QE uneven, but, overall, it is convenient. On the left side are three port USB 3.0. HDMI, RJ-45 connector. One of the USB is for charging mobile devices, and network card Killer E2200 will provide excellent speed and reduced traffic delays to a minimum in the process of online games due to the selected priority. Also, to the left you can see the two audio jacks for microphone and headphone jacks, a Kensington lock slot, Mini DisplayPort.

On the opposite face is placed drive DVD-RW SuperMulti with Double Layer drive, another USB, but already the standard 2.0. In addition, there is the right card reader, readable format SD / SDHC / SDXC.

Behind the interfaces are not available, there are only large air vents leading out warm air.

As for the indicators, they can be seen on the front face: the work of wireless modules and disk drives, the battery charge status. Among the communications provided for Bluetooth 4.0 + HS and Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n. Also worth mentioning about the technology Miracast. This wireless protocol is useful for video games or to an external display.

Battery of the MSI GE72 2QE Apache

This notebook is equipped 6-cell lithium-polymer battery capacity of 60 Wh. With it, you can watch the video for three and a half hours if the display brightness is reduced by 60%. Of course, viewing photos, or work with documents not plant MSI GE72 2QE in the two accounts, as autonomy will be about 5 hours. But the duration of the Games will be minimal – no more than 2 hours. To charge the battery using the power supply capacity of 150 watts.

Verdict of the MSI GE72 2QE Apache

With the MSI GE72 2QE Apache in your hands is a whole arsenal of weapons. With many tasks he successfully comes, because his body is hidden productive filling: quad-core Intel Core i7-4720HQ, a discrete graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M, 8GB of RAM and a terabyte hard drive. Listed complemented by a good set of ports, excellent acoustics with four speakers and a subwoofer, which will please a variety of sound effects and excellent keyboard SteelSeries. The only thing that the stock brightness of the display is too high, that the gaming device is not very good. Even the cost of $ 1,920 for a modern gaming machines is very loyal, so lovers of vivid impressions certainly worth a closer look to this model.

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The market of compact desktops rapidly expanding. Their innovations punctually announce leaders like Gigabyte, Intel, and Zotac.

Other companies also do not sit idle. MSI recently introduced an interesting model called Cubi.
Advance orders of the mini-PC can already draw. Basic version will cost $ 150.

MSI engineers have come up with not one, but three versions. All are equipped with 64-bit Intel chips based on the architecture Broadwell. Processors created on 14 nm technology.

The junior version is based on the Celeron 3205U with a clock speed of 1.5 GHz. “Average” assembly (200 USD) Pentium 3805U uses 1.9 GHz.

Over 280 “American Presidents” can get the prompt decision issuing the order of 2 GHz (due to the Core i3-5005U).

Cubi allows you to install up to 8 GB of RAM and connect the 2.5-inch drive. Support mSATA available. There is Wi-Fi 802.11 at, Bluetooth 4.0, RJ45 LAN, Mini DisplayPort, HDMI, outputs for microphone and headphones. Plus 4-port USB 3.0 (two on the rear panel and two on the front).

As OS features Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows 7 and Linux.

Source: Geeky-Gadgets

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Employees of large corporations, everyone who works with major programs, most will not consider buying a business notebook, and workstation. The advantages of such a device are much more because it is set professional graphics, and functionality of this laptop is much higher.

At the annual exhibition Computex, 2014 MSI among the novelties introduced workstations. With gaming, notebooks have a surprising similarity and a significant difference except in the presence of a professional card. In this review, we consider the MSI WT70 and try to understand how broad capabilities and performance of such devices. Will he be successful an acquisition and whether it cost about $ 3,500?

Design – MSI WT70

Monolithic and massive body workstation MSI WT70 all kind inspires confidence. Not surprisingly, he has the size and weight 428h288h55 mm 3.9 kg because often these devices are on the desk in the office or at home and perform complex professional tasks.

Laptop lid on all sides has wide inserts may not be any such clearance will be to your liking. But like a combination of a conventional zone with a matte surface and areas with polished aluminum. It can be seen in the final logo workstation from MSI, partly resembling icon gaming lineup. However, the design of the laptop and without it is very similar to MSI GT70 series of gaming devices.

If you look at the interior, then it is possible to see the same dark coloring as the outside, however, supplemented by a large number of decorative elements. In particular, the original features and touchpad area web camera lens. Attracts the attention of special panel keys in the keyboard area.

The bottom of the workstation is made of plastic, there is a sufficient number of events. In addition, the bottom panel of the subwoofer is provided, the latch to remove the battery, and a slider to lock it.

Display, sound, webcam

The workstation is equipped with a 17.3-inch screen. Its resolution is 1920×1080 pixels, which is optimal for working with professional and other applications. However, if the font is too small for you, you can always increase. Incidentally, the matte surface of the display, it is not to be glare and reflections.

Screen Features nice feast. The brightness level of 300 cd / m2, contrast is high – 650: 1. Visibility of the screen is not ideal, but overall not bad. Image begins to lose color saturation, brightness only when disclosure laptop over 100 degrees. At the same time, the horizontal viewing angles are more stable.

Laptop speakers represented by two Hi-Fi-speakers Dynaudio capacity of 2 watts and a subwoofer. The first placed above the keyboard while the subwoofer – on the bottom. Collaborate with support Audio Boost gives excellent results: the sound is not only loud and clear, but also perfectly balanced. Is that at the maximum sound occasionally making strange noises.

Webcam in the laptop has a resolution of 1.3 megapixels. That’s enough to communicate with colleagues or friends in Skype.

Keyboard and Touchpad

In a workstation installed keyboard SteelSeries. It provides highlighting in different colors, as well as programming to highlight certain areas. Sam island keyboard unit, consists of large and well-labeled keys. Among them, there is not one that would have been greatly reduced and brings discomfort to the work.

The only thing that does not block pointer submitted separately and is located close to the main buttons and, because of this, at first, can often be erroneous pressing. Otherwise, everything is thought out: a good key travel, spring recoil, so it is unlikely to have any complaints about it.

In addition to the keyboard area, there is a separate panel, where you can see the touch of a button. They are designed to quickly launch a number of programs, which greatly facilitates the work. For example, you can use the mode of “the plane”, increase the speed of the cooler to the cooling system has become more actively and decreased heating temperature of internal components. In addition, you can activate the media player, turn off the display and others. In the center of the touchpad is a physical button on your notebook.

The touchpad is a workstation shifted to the left. He’s a bit recessed and has a rough surface. Sensory area enough to properly control the cursor. Yes, and sensitivity to the mark. With the help of the manipulator can perform scrolling and zoom. As for the touchpad buttons, they cut corners a little. However, it is unlikely it may seem uncomfortable. To disable the touch area, you can use a special button located nearby.

Performance – MSI WT70

MSI WT70 2OK-2287RU works with the operating system Windows 7 Professional. Alternatively, it may be established professional “eight”.

Excellent performance laptop processor shall Intel Core i7-4710MQ. This quad-core chip, built on norms of 22-nanometer process technology, having a frequency of 2.5 GHz and a cache memory of the third level 6 MB. Of course, the power consumption of the CPU is quite large (47 W), but given the great potential of Core i7-4710MQ, otherwise it can not be. By the way, thanks to technology Turbo Boost, the base processor frequency can be increased up to 3.5 GHz, and with Hyper-Threading it can simultaneously deal with the eight data streams.

In this package includes a data warehouse that meets modern requirements. In particular, this hybrid drive – HDD + SSD. Winchester has a capacity of 1 TB and the rotation speed of 7200 rpm. It is enough to store many programs, and created projects, documents, and even multimedia content. As for the SSD-drive, the 128GB enough to accommodate the necessary software and the operating system. Also, SSD is optimized for fast work laptop. It is noteworthy that, depending on the configuration storage offers a lot of options, in particular, the top-end version supports three SSD-drive in a RAID 0.

In the workstation provides 16 GB of RAM standard DDR3L-1600 MHz. Trims volume to 4 GB each is four slots. Interestingly, the manufacturer specifies the maximum capacity of 32GB. This means that the slot is set to 8 GB. Needless to say about the health of the device, which costs as many systems memories. Of course, it will be canceled.

Should also be said about the graphics capabilities of the workstation. It provides two video cards. Built-in Intel HD Graphics 4600 supports DirectX 11 and uses a portion of memory taken from RAM. It is easier to use for simple daily tasks. But for complex calculations is better to use a discrete graphics card. Going at it done thanks to technology NVIDIA Optimus.

Graphics Quadro K3100M supports DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.3, and also has 4 GB of graphics memory standard GDDR5. It encodes and decodes the video, is used to display several connected monitors, to cope with modern programs, including professional, as its drivers are optimized for such tasks. As a result, on the WT70 you can perform design work, for example, or to engage in SolidWorks design using Autodesk. By the way, with the help of NVIDIA Quadro K3100M you can normally play many toys in the native Full HD-resolution and maximum settings: Diablo III, DiRT Showdown, F1. However, they are in 2012, ie are not the most modern.

It’s no secret that under heavy load components fillings can seriously hot. To prevent overheating, the release of their failure, provides efficient cooling, based on the Cooler Boost 2. Earlier MSI Cooler Boost technology used in gaming laptops Series GT, the second version have been some changes. In particular, the additional heat added to the bridge, which enables to achieve instant cooling by 15%. Also, a quarter reduced noise produced by the fan.

Ports and Communications

All interfaces laptop located at the sides and rear. A sufficient number of ports located on the left side of the workstation. Among them are three-port USB 3.0, card reader MMC / SD / SDHC / SDXC, as well as connectors for headphones (there is support for S / PDIF-Out for transferring audio in digital form) and a microphone, line-in and line-out. For example, the last two interface designed to connect the column. Through the line-out – side, through the entrance – the rear. In addition, it is possible to connect via the «line-in» audio device, in particular, one microphone.

But right edge is more relieved. Here are placed only two USB 2.0 ports and built-in optical drive DVD ± RW Super Multi.

Ports on the rear panel are located in the middle and at the edges you can see the large ventilation grills, putting out warm air.

So, in the back provides VGA, HDMI, Mini DisplayPort. Through them will display the image on the three external monitors, and perform a variety of tasks. In particular, deal with 3D-modeling, working with conventional instruments. In addition, the rear has a network RJ-45 connector, a slot for a Kensington lock and a socket for recharging. As you can see, the interface to which will connect the wires handed back. They do not hurt if you intend to connect multiple devices.

Unfortunately, MSI WT70 2OK no connector for a docking station, but the base number of ports and connectors should be enough.

Wireless communication laptop presented Wi-Fi 802.11a / b / g / n / as and Bluetooth 4.0. Also worth noting Qualcomm Killer Doubleshot, which combines Killer Ethernet adapters and Wi-Fi. As a result, the line speed traffic, which reduces delays. In particular, it is good for games that you can play at your leisure.

As for the indicators, they can be seen beneath the sensor area. LEDs indicate when the notebook is turned on, the work drive, battery, and others.

Battery

Lithium-ion battery in the workstation has a capacity of 7800 mAh and nine sections. However, with such a powerful stuffing it can not provide a relatively high autonomy of the laptop.

Conclusion – MSI WT70

Workstation from MSI was very deliberate. This applies to both the filling and the whole functionality. The performance flawless, launch applications, even complex professional work without problems. And it is not difficult because the onboard device costs 16 GB of RAM, quad-core processor generation Haswell, as well as two cards, one of which is professional. In addition, ports and connectors in MSI WT70 more than enough and the keyboard – this is what is rightfully laptop can be proud of. It is not just a convenient due to the construction of the island but also equipped with a programmable backlight. Also, do not need advertising excellent cooling system, through which the laptop will work stable even under high load. Robust housing and superior Full HD-display contribute to the overall impression of the workstation. Of course, this configuration is evaluated is not cheap, at $ 3500, but you’ll know exactly what MSI WT70 cope with the challenges and will not fail at the most important moment.

Source: MSI

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Judging by the title laptop, we have the latest generation of MSI GS70 with its own name – Stealth, also from consoles Pro makes it clear that this laptop is equipped with the top-end graphics card, which is used in the family GS, in this case NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M. By the way the presence of the phrase in the title of Red Edition talks about the bright colors of the shell of the hero of our today’s review. This notebook is very different from the classic game monsters that weigh about 4 pounds and look like a Christmas tree or as an alien ship. MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro looks more like a thin premium multimedia model, but it can provide its owner with uncompromising performance and high level of comfort in the games. Everything else, due to the large 17.3-inch display, you can use the MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro as a replacement for the desktop. Let’s see what kind of “fruit”.

Design – MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro

Looking at the MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro, you’ll be in full confidence that this is a real multimedia model, but not a gaming laptop. Smooth and simple lines of the hull, the lack of intricate twists and stampings on the surfaces, the widespread use of metal – these are just a few of the factors that tips the scales in multimedia design. The only clue that can bring this device to “clean water” is the logo in the form of a dragon on his shield, he is on the display cover, and do not notice it will be hard. People who know the detail of the exterior will tell a lot.

If you open the MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro, here we see the island keyboard, which is located at a considerable distance from the edges of the laptop, the benefit of the dimensions of the internal space of 17.3-inch laptop permit. We should also mention a lot of free space above the keyboard. Internal workspace, as well as the lid is made of aluminum.

MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro with a rich choice of body colors. In addition to our causes red colors are also more discreet options: black and silver. If MSI GS70 Black looks more classic, the silver coloring makes gaming laptop in the media. It is perceived MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro in light silver coloring, not peculiar gaming laptop.

Bottom of the notebook, surprisingly, also made of aluminum. It has slots for ventilation, six rubber feet on the perimeter, and the grille protects the woofer. To get to the internal components necessary to unscrew a fairly large number of screws, but after that you can remove all the bottom of the whole, and not just parts of it. After this operation, you can access the two slots for SSD, hard drive bay, two fans, and the wireless module. Unfortunately, to get to the RAM must be dismantled almost the entire notebook, as the two available slots are located under the keyboard.

The trump card of MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro are its compact dimensions and low weight. This 17.3-inch model has dimensions of 418x287x22 mm and weighs only 2.66 kg. For comparison, even the 15.6-inch version of the GT series is almost twice as thick and weigh under four pounds. What can we say about the most advanced multimedia models with the same diagonal, for example, ASUS N750 or HP Envy 17 weighs about 3 pounds.

Display, sound and webcam

This notebook has a fairly large display with a diagonal of 17.3 inches. In turn, the resolution is 1920×1080 pixels, which in combination with the diagonal gives, though not excellent, but quite acceptable densities pixels. The matrix is made by technology TN, which is somewhat disappointing, since recent game models finally started to equip IPS-panels.

Due to the use of TN-technology viewing angles are not very big, but the image quality is quite good, especially is to provide high contrast, which is achieved by deep black rather than gray. In general, the games this display is perfect, although the reference and it can not be called. By the way matt coated display, not glossy, which is quite rare to see on a gaming device. Because of this you will be deprived inconvenience when working in the sun or a bright-lit room.

Acoustics MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro developed by Dynaudio and consists of four speakers and a subwoofer, which is located on the bottom. But even this number of components can not ensure perfect sound, or at least that which is, for example, the series GT. However, if you do not take into account the reference Soup, the MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro sounds better than most modern laptops. Of the features of acoustics is to provide highly expressed mids.

Webcam installed in MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro, can shoot video in Full HD. But for video conferencing with the head missing, even where a lower resolution.

Keyboard and Touchpad

Despite the fact that the internal working space is quite large in size, it is not all used effectively. The top and sides of the keyboard there is a lot of space, and the keyboard itself no more than the 15.6-inch models, except that here there is a separate numeric keypad. Location of the keys and their shape is familiar to us from other models of MSI, since the keyboard is made in close cooperation with the Danish company SteelSeries. Buttons have a flat top surface and a slightly rounded perimeter, their dimensions are 15×15 mm. Pressed it gently and do not publish klatsat sounds. Of the features worth noting the Windows key moved from left to right, this solution can be seen in some gaming notebooks.

Backlit keypad here is the same as that of the series GT – it is also divided into three separate zones whose emission can be set to their individual colors, for example, to make a combination of the “green”, “yellow”, “red”. Furthermore, it is possible to use some of the visual effects in the form of blood transfusion or attenuation.

Several frustrating lack of certain multimedia keys, but they do not spoil the unique design of the internal working surface, and their function succeeds top row of buttons, which is activated by the [Fn]. The power button located above the keyboard is not on the side and in the middle. In addition to switching on and off the laptop, it also serves as an indicator of what kind of video card is used. So, for example, if the activity of the integrated graphics card, it glows white, if discrete, then orange. This solution can also be found on other gaming models MSI.

The touchpad of the laptop has a medium size, which make up 10.5h7 see. More precisely, it is not the touchpad and klikpad because it does not have separate dedicated mouse buttons. Positioning is fairly accurate, this also applies to multi-touch gestures, but no matter how good characteristics was not touch-sensitive surface, still in the game it is much inferior to the ease of operation of external plug-myshe.

Performance

MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro (2QE-007RU) comes with the operating system Windows 8.1 (64-bit). As with many new game models, it uses quad-core Intel Core i7-4710HQ, which can provide high performance required for today’s games and applications. Four cores of the CPU processes up to eight data streams simultaneously, thanks to technology Hyper-Threading, another technology – Turbo Boost can increase the base frequency from 2.5 GHz to 3.5 GHz. Among the other technical characteristics can be noted cache in the third level of 6 MB and heat at 47 watts.

As already described above, if the power button glows white, then running integrated graphics Intel HD Graphics 4600. It has 20 shaders and able to “digest” the light and some medium-complexity of the problem. But if the power button glows orange, then we are dealing with a powerful discrete graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M, which is much more powerful than his team-mate in the face of an integrated HD Graphics 4600. Diskretka has 1280 shaders that operate at a frequency of 924-1038 MHz. Memory bus width is 192 bits, and the number of standard GDDR5 video memory is 3 GB.

In our complete set of 8 GB of RAM standard DDR3, which operates at a frequency of 1600 MHz. The maximum value of RAM for this model are 16 GB, since the laptop is equipped with only two slots for memory strip.

For storing large amounts of data, such as movies in high quality and modern games, MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro hard disk installed capacity of 1 TB, which has a rotation speed of 7200 rev / min. By itself, of course HDD has a relatively good performance, but for even better performance to him in a couple has been installed 128-GB solid-state drive, which you can install your favorite applications and games.

Game

Due to the discrete graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M this notebook “pulls” all the latest games at high and ultra-high settings, with a native resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. Mash MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro for racing and football simulator – GRID: Autosport and Fifa 15 with a score of 77 fps and 207, respectively, and both games were running at the highest possible settings. Next were tested Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Far Cry 4, these two games on “ultra” issued an average of 50 fps. But with Assassin’s Creed Unity had some difficulties – at maximum settings, this game showed 22 fps, but when they are reduced to high, the frame rate increased to 39. In general, MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro cope with any modern games, and will be able to give its owner the actual performance even the next few years.

Ports and Communications

In MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro present a sufficiently large number of different ports, but due to the nature of housing design and ventilation systems are not as many as in the series GT. No there is also an optical drive, though less and less people see this as a disadvantage of the same opinion and we.

So, a little less than a third of the usable area on the side faces occupy lattice ventilation system, they are closer to the back of the notebook. On the left side of the MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro apart from such an array can also find the network RJ-45 connector, HDMI, just two Mini-DisplayPort and two port USB 3.0. In addition, there is also housed three audio jacks: headphone output, microphone input and line output.

On the right side there are two ports USB 3.0, card reader, power supply connector and a slot for a Kensington lock. Also on this side you can find another grid ventilation and hardly noticeable hole through which produced Reset.

The back of the MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro overlaps the top cover, so there can be no ports. But the front edge of the notebook, though not got any connection, but there can be found a number of indicators which reflect the work of the laptop.

With wireless technologies are all very well, then there is support for Bluetooth 4.0, as well as Wi-Fi-the-art standard 802.11ac.

Battery

With autonomous operating time at MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro is not so good as we would like. Built-in 6-cell lithium-polymer battery capacity of 5400 mAh can not provide high autonomy notebook with a large display and powerful gaming graphics card, so the results are more than modest. When surfing the web MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro discharged after three and a half hours, and at maximum load the figure will be about one hour. Even the most energy-efficient mode of downtime can not boast of a good result – just over five hours.

Conclusion – MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro

MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro is an example of how different from their counterparts can be a gaming laptop. Outwardly, it looks more like a multimedia model, thanks to the use of aluminum in the body trim and discreet design. Also significant advantage of this model is a compact size and light weight, which seems to be just fantastic for 17.3-inch gaming notebook with a full aluminum body. By the way, in spite of such dimensions, inside a MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro is a very productive filling and excellent cooling system.

This laptop also has good acoustics and a large 17.3-inch display with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels and a matte finish. With ergonomics in this model, too, everything is in order, comfortable keyboard, and a set of ports allows you to connect a large number of various devices.

Now the bad – deficiencies in this model a bit, but some pretty significant. Perhaps chief among them is the quality of the display, made by technology TN. In addition, MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro is rather limited in terms of autonomy, but for the game model is not so important. In general, MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro – a decent gaming machine with restrained appearance and powerful filling. Approximate price of this configuration is in the neighborhood of $ 1,400.

Source: MSI

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MSI has more than one year is known for its quality products, among which there are motherboards, servers, tablets, laptops, etc. In addition, in the range of a certain niche occupied by mobile workstations. Previously, they were within the gaming segment, although they had a professional stuffing. But now created for them a general rule «W», which includes workstation WT and WS. Figuratively speaking, WT – it’s heavy artillery, the design of which is borrowed from the GT, whereas WS – thin high-performance devices, with the appearance of the GS.

With one of the workstations WS series we met. MSI WS60 2OJ – is an upscale working tool with many features with which you yourself feel like a fish in the water, even when faced with a real challenge. It was announced in the summer of 2014 and was able to interest the large audience of users. The singularity of this workstation is the design, which as two drops of water similar to gaming. But it is hardly the only thing that will attract attention, probably something left overs.

Design – MSI WS60 2OJ

For many there is a certain way that mobile working dock – often massive laptop, made in classic style. Probably, MSI WS60 shake your confidence, because its design is not the one to which a workstation. Originally intrigue cover that strongly resembles the surface of a gaming notebook. You will see a sloping panel, convex strip.

Also attract the attention of not only the company logo as a special emblem, much like the symbolism of Republic of Gamers, – icon mobile workstations MSI. If you are interested in laptops close of the manufacturer, it could not be seen in the design of a great similarity with the MSI GS60 2PC Ghost, whom we used to devote a separate review.

Housing workstation made of magnesium and lithium. He is strong and reliable, but also thin enough, because the designers managed to hold the stuffing in the design of the device is not thicker than 20 mm. In this case, the outer surface is not as practical as we would like. At the slightest touch lid collects a large number of fingerprints. As for the other sizes, then the length of the workstation 390 mm, while the depth – 266. It is noteworthy that all MSI WS60 weighs 1.9 kg and is given battery.

Bottom of the notebook is a surface on which the speaker grilles, concentrated near the sides, as well as ventilation and several stable legs that do not allow to swing a laptop on a table or other flat surface.

If we talk about build quality, the gap is not noticeable, and body parts are secured tightly. However, the lid flexes a bit. By the way, the display is connected to the base by means of a strong and rather thick hinge, with his help he can open up to 140 degrees, which is enough for the job.

Display, sound, webcam

It is due to differences in the resolution of the display, MSI WS60 2OJ can be in two versions. The first – a Full HD (1920×1080 pixels), the second – an option that we are considering – WS60 2OJ 3K IPS Edition. This Notebook is equipped with a glossy screen with a diagonal of 15.6 inches. His main trump card – a very high resolution 2880h1620 pixels with which you get superb detail and realistic image. In addition, the matrix is IPS technology, which will provide a broad overview and deep saturated colors. If we talk about the level of brightness, it does not exceed 300 cd / m2, the display workstation that should be enough.

Traditional choice acoustics by MSI and this time remained unchanged. Dynaudio provides high-quality sound that is transmitted the most realistic, and four stereo speakers perfectly cope with the withdrawal of the high and low frequencies. Music in the laptop sounds dynamically, there is no distortion and no noise. By the way, enhances the listening experience technology Audio Boost, and Creative Sound Blaster Cinema 2. They will sound more impressive as the speakers and headphones. By the way, audio jack for a headset is gilded, that will ensure the most efficient signal path, reducing the amount of noise. Perhaps workstation all is not so important, but in his spare time is more than urgent, whenever you want to watch a movie or play.

Standing in laptop webcam not particularly appreciate, because its resolution is only 1 megapixel. Although if it is needed only to communicate in Skype, then this will be enough, especially since the camera is supplemented with two built-in microphones.

Keyboard and Touchpad

Availability island SteelSeries keyboard with adjustable backlight in a mobile workstation is controversial. It is clear that if we were talking about the game laptop, it would be understandable why adjust the backlight of certain areas, but this functionality to the device for professional use is not quite fit.

They are very comfortable would Shortcut Manager. With this software, you can assign each key its function. So, at the press of a button, you can run consistently perform certain commands. It is not only individualizes but simplify workflow.

Called the standard keyboard layout completely does not work, due to the fact that it lacks a key [Windows] on the left side. The rest are all simply and thoughtfully. Thus, the optimal size of main buttons, they are clearly visible marking; dial key block and nampada little less, but they are also comfortable to use. With regard to the keystrokes, it is more soft than hard, but returns when printing is quite clear. Minus the keyboard surface can be considered to sag, especially when intensive printing. True, you can not hear the clatter strong.

Above the keyboard there is no additional keys except the buttons on your notebook. During operation, MSI WS60 2OJ highlighted its border, as well as an icon inside. Depending on which card is active at the moment, one can see the white or orange luminescence.

As for the touchpad, it is not a large amount of his more close to the average. Discomfort during the work it does not create, the more that the entire sensor surface is smooth, responsive and with clickable area, under which the hidden key. The touchpad supports standard multitouch gestures, such as scrolling and zooming.

Performance

On the laptop MSI WS60 2OJ-026RU worth 64-bit operating system Windows 7 Professional, which is quite logical for the workstation. Inside the laptop is a quad-core Intel Core i7-4710HQ, built according to the norms 22-nm technology. It has a clock speed of 2.5 GHz, which can grow in Turbo Boost mode up to 3.5 GHz with an active nucleus and up to 3.3 GHz – at work of all four. The chip has a cache memory 6 MB third level and provides excellent performance due to the possibility to simultaneously process up to eight data streams. As regards energy consumption, it reaches 47 watts, naturally with the built-in graphics Intel HD Graphics controller 4600 and memory. In general, such a powerful processor Haswell can easily deal with complex tasks.

No matter how modern and productive nor was integrated video accelerator complex graphics tasks will fall on the shoulders of professional graphics NVIDIA Quadro K2100M, built on 28-nanometer technology on the architecture of Kepler. This controller has 2 GB of internal memory standard GDDR5, supports DirectX 11, and his level of heat can reach up to 55 watts. This video card drivers are optimized for applications such as AutoCAD, CAD, Autodesk, and the like. In addition, Quadro K2100M supports display resolution up to 3840h2160 points, and also allows you to display an image on the four external monitors, of course, with the appropriate ports. By the way, in addition to professional problems, you can do video editing, handle complex three-dimensional images, play some modern games, all this performance video card should suffice.

As for storage, then this provides a hard disk capacity of 1 TB, but for the operating system and various programs, there are two SSD-drive in a RAID 0, a total volume of 256 GB. It is in this mode, the read speed of RAID data closer to 1000 MB / s.

RAM in the laptop fully realized. Its 16 GB, which occupies two slots, more than a good supply for all calculations and complex professional programs. That’s enough for the next few years. RAM is standard DDR3L-1600 MHz.

Ports and Communications

Interfaces MSI WS60 not too diverse, but among them there are those who will make an impression on you. So, on the left side of the workstation has two audio jacks for microphone and headphone jacks, Kensington lock slot. Also there is a socket for recharging, and two USB 3.0.

It is worth noting that in the laptop all have modern standard USB 3.0. In particular, on the right side of the device there is one such port. Next door to them are HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 connector, card reader, readable format SD / SDHC / SDXC, and one of the main interface, attracts the attention of many – Thunderbolt 2 is compatible with Mini DisplayPort 1.2. It provides high-speed data transfer (20 GB). Besides using mDP can be displayed on an external display one video streaming 4 K, whereas the presence of two – can show an image with a resolution QHD. Do not forget that not only Thunderbolt port to connect a variety of devices, but also the possibility of recharging. As you can see, in the MSI WS60 lacks an optical drive.

Located on the sides of the vents. Also there are bars on the rear panel. And the front end of the connector is free.

Indicators in the laptop abound. Their numerous group includes display battery status of the notebook, the activity of wireless networks. There is also a Num Lock and Caps Lock. As for wireless communications, they represented Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 4.0.

Battery

Battery in a laptop lithium-polymer, it has six sections and capacity 4840 mAh. While its charging is done quite powerful 150-watt power supply. As for autonomy, it is about three hours, and at maximum load the laptop, and when working with documents and viewing images. This is due to the powerful short stint filling and high-resolution display 2880h1620 pixels. However, for a workstation, even a relatively compact, it is unlikely to critical, because most of it will be on your desktop near the outlet, and less on the go.

Conclusion – MSI WS60 2OJ

Well, the workstation from MSI was a success. Despite the fact that the chosen design solution for her style gaming notebook a bit unusual, appearance MSI WS60 2OJ looks modern and extraordinary. There are a few elements that you are unlikely to meet in the workstation segment. This adjustable backlight SteelSeries, the presence of 2 Thunderbolt port, as well as the highest resolution display 2880h1620 pixels.

However, in the workstation, there are other equally important aspects. Filling laptop above all praise. Quad-core processor Haswell with professional graphics NVIDIA Quadro K2100M “heat ask” any applications, in particular those associated with the design. And support for 16 GB of RAM and two SSD-drive running in RAID 0, quickly cope with the task. Of course, such a battery pull stuffing and display with a resolution 2880h1620 points is extremely difficult, which is why the autonomy of MSI WS60 not exceed three hours. As for the cost, you should expect no less than $ 2,000.

Do not think that if the mobile station – this is a serious tool for the daily work, its computing power and functionality is not enough for the tasks associated with leisure. This machine high morale!

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Market gaming notebooks at the moment is probably experiencing its best times, as there is no longer that catastrophic productivity gap between laptops and desktops, and with each new generation of mobile accessories difference becomes smaller and smaller. And as the market gaming gadget is very diverse, and that the competition is getting serious. But success here can be achieved in two ways – a decrease in the prices of their products and by means of any interesting technical solutions. In the Taiwanese company MSI decided to go to these two paths simultaneously. They have created a laptop in the price range up to $ 1,500, which has a powerful gaming graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M and a 15.6-inch display with a resolution of 2880×1620 pixels. In theory, everything looks more than fine, but really?

Scope of delivery

Unlike conventional laptop, MSI GT60 2PE Dominator 3K Edition comes in a sort of a suitcase, which has two dimensions joined together boxes from under the laptop. This package is very roomy device, a 180-watt power supply, 9-cell battery and a standard set of documentation. But then there are also the components that you will not find in other supplied example, corporate mouse pad from MSI, the mouse itself from SteelSeries, the headphones also from SteelSeries, a backpack, and what is most surprising – printing, which is made in the form of a company logo MSI.

Design

Externally, no differences MSI GT60 2PE Dominator 3K Edition from the normal version with more modest display no. It’s all the same recognizable corporate identity MSI, in which the broken lines are combined with refined curves. Body does not look boring, you can even say that the abundance of various design elements exceeds the limit. The most notable of these is the MSI logo on top of the MSI GT60 2PE Dominator 3K Edition.

Laptop itself top cover except the sides of small strips, made of aluminum, which gives it rigidity. But the rest of the laptop plastic, however, are quite high-quality plastic and pleasant to the touch. Almost all of the surface of the substrate except for the keyboard and the area around the touch multimedia keys, dull.

Bottom of the notebook carved all kinds of slots, which are visible through the cooling system. In the corners there are four rubber feet lifts the laptop above the surface, so that there could come the air. So do not keep this device on the bed or on your lap. There is also a quick access to internal components through a large removable cover. In the upper right corner on the bottom is the battery compartment with two locking tabs.

Judging by the size, MSI GT60 2PE Dominator 3K Edition – notebook old school, massive and heavy, it does not go to any comparison with the newfangled ASUS GX500 or Razer Blade. However, its size 395x267x55 mm in place allow efficient cooling system, which is necessary as the air is so powerful devices. Laptop Weight 3.6 kg makes it rather a desktop replacement rather than a complete mobile solution. However, everything is relative, and in the market, there are 17-inch monsters under the weight of 5 kg.

Display, sound and webcam

The main feature of this model is, of course, display. Its dimensions are no different from most modern laptops, only 15.6 inches, but the resolution is really unique – 2880×1620 pixels. No, of course, at the moment this is not the only model on the market with such a resolution, but most of them are either premium ultrabook or very expensive multimedia devices. In our case, we are dealing with a fairly affordable by the standards of gaming devices, laptops that with such a high resolution capable of fully operate thanks to a powerful stuffing, but move on to the characteristics of the display itself.

Matrix is powered by technology IPS, that segment of the game is quite rare. Viewing angles thanks to this type of matrix is very good. You can also select and brightness and contrast, however, the last parameter MSI GT60 2PE Dominator 3K Edition is not a leader in its segment. But the color gamut is large enough and close to the ideal performance. By the way glossy coating matrix, which, on the one hand, provides a more pleasant appearance image, and on the other – causes discomfort while working at a laptop in a bright and sunny weather.

MSI GT60 2PE Dominator 3K Edition is not only a high-quality display with high resolution, but also really cool acoustics, which consists of two large speakers located above the keyboard on the corners, and a subwoofer, which is on the bottom. Acoustics, by the way, from Dynaudio, as with most laptops from MSI. It sounds just fine, distinctly hear all frequencies without any distortion, and stock volume enough even in noisy rooms. This sound system is perfect for background music games and for watching movies or listening to music.

Webcam in this laptop is no different from webcams in conventional laptops, except that you can pay attention to her appearance. Its resolution is 1.3 MP, this is enough for video calls, and to take a photo in a hurry, if there is no other more suitable for this device.

Keyboard and Touchpad

Island keyboard MSI GT60 2PE Dominator 3K Edition was developed in close collaboration with companies SteelSeries. It has a familiar layout, which MSI is hardly changes, which, however, can not but rejoice buyers MSI, since it is thoroughly planned. A nice bonus will be a separate numeric keypad, which many may be needed. The buttons are rectangular and are arranged at an average distance from each other. Their progress can not be called a very large, which is typical gaming keyboard SteelSeries. Another worth noting the location of the buttons Windows, for those who are not familiar with the keyboard laptop MSI, will be a surprise to see it not in its accustomed place near the left [Alt], and on the opposite side – near the right. This is done to ensure that during the game you do not accidentally press it.

The great advantage of this model are the individual media keys, which are located above the main keyboard. They touch, and activate the following functions: program Cyber Link power DVD, technology Cooller Boost, keyboard backlight, switching on and off Airplane Mode, turn off the display and call System Control Manager. In the middle of the multimedia panel has an impressive size of the keys on your notebook. It is worth noting that it glows with white light when activated built-in video card, and orange – when discrete.

If we talk about color keyboard effects in more detail, then, of course, it is worth noting the keyboard backlight and the software that manages it. As to the first, here we are dealing with three-zone LED backlight, which can glow in different colors. But combine and create a unique designer lighting, you can use software called MSI Keyboard LED Manager. With this utility is defined as the color of a certain area, and the mode of illumination, among the latter, for example, has an undulating or decaying mode.

The touchpad MSI GT60 2PE Dominator 3K Edition can not be called great, besides the recess in which it is located, additionally consumes valuable space. But it is quite exact positioning and multi-touch gestures (scrolling, zooming, rotation). Itself is made of a metal surface on which the fingers glide very well. Below the touch zone is the key-rocker, which are hidden under the mouse button.

Performance

Laptop in complete MSI GT60 2PE-1019RU comes with the operating system Windows 8.1 (64-bit). Processor Intel Core i7-4710MQ provides very high performance, which is peculiar to the road game model. Four cores can simultaneously handle up to eight data streams through technology Hyper-Threading. The base clock speed of 2.5 GHz can be increased up to 3.5 GHz with Turbo Boost. Cache in the third level is 6 MB and TDP stands at 47 watts.

Built-in video card Intel HD Graphics 4600 has 20 shaders and frequency of 400-1150 MHz. Compared to other integrated solutions it is quite productive and can even cope with modern games at low settings. But for games in this laptop provides a powerful discrete graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M. SMX eight shader units in total have 1536 shaders. You can also highlight the presence of a large amount of video memory standard GDDR5 of 8 GB and a memory bus width of 256 bits.

But the specifications do not provide such a complete picture as gaming tests that gamers “say” a lot more. It is worth noting that all of the following games have been launched with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels and a maximum possible settings for these games. The most recent games that were released at the end of 2014, such as Far Cry 4 and Assassin’s Creed Unity shown results in 40 and 24 fps respectively. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was quite playable with 40 fps, and another popular shooter Battlefield 4 went with 45 fps. As for a “light” games such as Fifa 15 and F1 2014, they showed more than 100 frames per second.

MSI GT60 2PE Dominator 3K Edition has 8 GB of RAM standard DDR3, which is clocked at 1600 MHz. For those who have 8 GB of RAM is not enough, it is possible to increase with additional strips of memory. Just under the memory has four slots. As for the maximum supported RAM, here we are talking about 32 GB.

Also in our equipment installed hard drive with 1TB 7200 rev / min, which is pretty good. However, if we compare the performance of the drive with the SSD, here the difference is quite noticeable. But the hard disk drive allows you to reduce the total cost of the laptop and store large amounts of information, whether it is a collection of games and multimedia library.

Ports and Communications

And as always MSI did not cheated my laptop set of different communications, and strength is not only their number, but also strategically placed. So on the left side found a place commonly used USB 3.0 ports in the amount of three pieces, among which together also a card reader. It is worth noting that these ports are connected to the device will not interfere with your work, if you use an external mouse, with the exception of only the left-hander. Closer to the rear face located impressive size ventilation grille.

The right side is replete with a large number of audio ports, they are here as many as four pieces, among them one headphone output, one microphone input, line-out and line-in. In addition, here you can find the optical drive DVD ± RW (DL) and port USB 2.0.

Less used and overall connectors are located on the back edge of the notebook. Here you will find: a connector for charging network RJ-45 port, two video outputs Mini-DisplayPort, and HDMI. Closer to the side edge of the hole can be seen Kensington.

The front of the laptop ports and connectors can not boast.

Wireless technology provides network adapter Killer Doubleshot, which includes modules Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 4.0.

Battery

Battery life for a gaming notebook is not critically important indicator, since because of its high performance, they can not long “live” without outlet. However, the 9-cell lithium-ion battery capacity of 7800 mAh can still provide owner MSI GT60 2PE Dominator 3K Edition opportunity to view the film for nearly 5 hours. As for the more energy-consuming game mode, then there is the battery life is reduced to almost one and a half hours. Laptop charging quite large in size power supply capacity of 180 watts.

Conclusion

MSI GT60 2PE Dominator 3K Edition, without a doubt, a very interesting and worth a laptop. Because of its size and high performance it can be used not only as a classical gaming laptop but also as a replacement for the home PC. The design of this laptop is quite original, however, call it a modern hard because MSI is conducting a restyling of this series for a long time. The autonomy of the notebook in the game mode is not impressive, but this “disease” most gaming models. While watching the video it can hold up to 5 hours. But what no claims can not be, because it is the quality of the display and speakers, they work out at 100%.

Still, the main question: “Do I really need a high resolution gaming laptop?” – Remains open. From a marketing point of view, of course, MSI GT60 2PE Dominator 3K Edition will attract attention, but in fact, even such as a graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M is not able to provide a comfortable game with a resolution of 2880×1620 pixels at high settings. To you, and we only recall that the price of this equipment is about $ 1,150.

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Laptop MSI CR70 2M is a typical representative of the classical line. Included in her model looks ordinary, without claiming something special. However, if we take into account the modern technical part, it can be assumed that this is a very attractive laptop that will try to keep up with competitors. To do this, it provides a processor Intel Core i3-4100M, 4GB of RAM, and a pretty good integrated graphics Intel HD Graphics 4600.

Design

Laptop case is made of matte plastic usual dark gray. Panels can be seen unsophisticated textured pattern that hides part of the fingerprint. On the cover of MSI CR70 2M located only company logo, it is duplicated on the display frame. In general, there is nothing in the design of the original enough to laptop could immediately attract attention. His performance style more close to the business.

As the working surface of the device and the external made of plastic. To say that it is very hard not work, however, to use the laptop does not creak, and the lid flexes quite a bit. As for the bottom, then it is possible to see a lot of screws, as well as a sufficient number of ventilation grills. In addition, the bottom of the notebook compartment is provided to simplify access to internal components. Accordingly, there will be difficulties with the upgrade if it will be a necessity. Also on the bottom there are two speakers, removable battery and sliders for its fixation and extraction.

Laptop battery weighs 2.7 kg, which is not too much for a 17-inch device. The dimensions of the case are 417h269h39 mm, and therefore does not get to wear MSI CR70 2M with them. Rather, it is a good option for stationary use.

Display, sound, webcam

The notebook uses 17.3-inch display with a resolution of 1600×900 pixels. Matte screen surface, as well as a good detail are perfect for work or watching videos. And the specified permission will not create unnecessary problems, such as improper font size. The only thing that the colors on this screen will not be as juicy as the glossy. By the way, brightness and contrast are sufficient, although their level and not too high.

Stereo speakers take place over an area of the keyboard. The sound is normal, through the highs rarely make their way low. As you increase the volume is not audible wheezing and other distortions. However, no matter how good the speakers connected headphones give better sound quality.

In the frame of the display is built-in webcam. Its resolution is 1.3 MP, which is enough for video conferencing, and for ordinary pictures, do not claim to high quality.

Keyboard and Touchpad

Large working surface of the laptop allowed accommodate full-size keyboard with an extra number pad. Among the key not too short or small, this also applies to the dial unit, so print or control the cursor will be equally convenient. In addition, the symbols on the buttons can be seen very clearly, and some are further highlighted in blue, which speeds up the search. Perhaps not everyone will like the soft key travel, but it is not critical, especially since it is accompanied by a good return.

By the way, in addition to the main keys have a number of additional, grouped above the keyboard. This quick-launch buttons that work with application S-Bar. Among them you will notice the power button on the laptop eject the optical drive tray, turn off the display, as well as the activation button Wi-Fi, saving up mode TurboBattery + and so on.

Find touchpad area is not difficult. Not only did he edged a broad framework, but in contrast to the smooth podladonnoy site has melkotochechnye textured surfaces. Sensitivity of the touchpad is good, multitouch gestures (scrolling, zooming) are performed correctly. Above the touch manipulator is a special button that allows to turn it off if necessary. When this LED lights. Under the touchpad is the only Push-paired “rocker”, it is convenient to use when pushing closer to the corners.

Performance

In MSI CR70 2M-333RU worth the 64-bit Windows 8.1, and in case there is a dual-core processor of the fourth generation. Intel Core i3-4100M consumes up to 37 watts of power, a cache memory of the third level in the amount of 3 MB and 2.5 GHz, which is due to lack of support Turbo Boost does not increase. Generally, a processor with an average level of performance, so with daily tasks he will cope without difficulty.

The notebook is used only integrated graphics Intel HD Graphics 4600. It’s a pretty good option for the majority of visual computing, because the accelerator has twenty unified streams, supports DirectX 11.1, OpenCL 1.2, OpenGL 4.0, and is equipped with an improved decoder 4K-video. This video card on the shoulder many games, but not the kind of demanding and the most modern. For example, it will Dota 2 on medium settings. However, to play with a frequency of about 26 fps, will have to reduce the display resolution to 1366×768 pixels.

In the filling device also includes a memory, the amount of which in this configuration is 4 GB standard DDR3L. For there are two RAM slots and built-in capability to increase up to 16 GB. Under storage allotted hard drive capacity of 500 GB and a speed of 5400 rpm. If you do not save to the hard drive all in a row, this amount should be sufficient.

Ports and Communications

All interfaces MSI CR70 2M are located on the sidewalls. So, on the right side of the notebook is the optical drive DVD-RW Super Multi. On either side of him you can see USB 2.0. Also on the right is a video output VGA and Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 connector.

On the opposite side of the device provides a couple of USB, but already the standard 3.0. Next to them – headphone output and microphone input, a card reader SD / MMC / MS / xD and HDMI. At the end of the left end is a Kensington lock slot and a socket for recharging. In addition to interfaces and found a place to vent that displays the warm air. But back panel and front end MSI CR70 2M remained empty.

Indicators in the laptop abound. Thus, under the touchpad have display drive operation, state of charge of the battery indicator devices stay in standby mode and activate Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Caps Lock and Num Lock.

Wireless communications MSI CR70 2M – is Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 4.0.

Battery

The laptop is equipped with a 6-cell lithium-ion battery capacity of 4400 mAh. It is enough to operate without recharging for about 3 hours and 30 minutes. The device is charging power supply capacity of 65 watts.

Conclusion

Now the notebook market quite a few models, made in classic style and performance with the average. That MSI CR70 2M certainly want to fight for a place under the sun. What can he offer the buyer? Not the most powerful, but modern processor, integrated graphics, a matte display. We can also add a good acoustics, ample array of ports and connectors, as well as full-size keyboard with convenient shortcut bar. At the same time, the laptop will not work for long without recharging, and the design of the device is the easiest, such thousands. In general, if your problems are universal and elementary, ie expected to work and entertainment, this is the best option. Given the cost of about $ 450, buy this laptop more than tempting and justified.

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MSI has worked well in the Ukrainian market of laptops. The model number of the company are available as low cost solutions for the home and office, and productive machine for the discerning gamer. By our hands got it last option. GT72 2PE Dominator Pro – the top-end laptop that can compete with your desktop PC in the fight for the title of the main gaming device in the house. How good he is and what he can offer demanding players, see below.

Appearance, buttons, connectors

GT72 2PE Dominator Pro comes in a large cardboard box in black. Unfortunately, despite its size, only find itself inside the laptop, power adapter and a set of documents. The notebook battery is 3.78 kg, which is a good indicator for gaming device. The closest competitors weigh more than four pounds.

Laptop case is made of matte black plastic, and the top cover is covered with one piece of aluminum. On the bottom there is a massive cover vent holes that resemble icon Decepticons from the movie about Transformers. The front face is exempt from the terminal to flaunt her only two LEDs that indicate the work of the laptop.

On the left and right edges are six ports USB 3.0, audio outputs with gold-plated, card reader and Blu-Ray-drive. On the back of the displayed power connector, two mini-DisplayPort, one HDMI, RJ45 port with support for Gigabit LAN and connector under lock Kensington. The presence of three video outputs allow overlaid monitors from head to toe and observe what is happening at once on four screens. Players in Dota 2, World of Warcraft or ArmA 3 will appreciate this opportunity appreciated.

Open the lid – and we were met by full-size keyboard and large touchpad Steelseries with two mechanical keys. The keypad buttons are made of soft-touch plastic, slightly rough. They are easy to press, no rumble and not stagger, for maximum comfort while playing. In addition, the keyboard supports up to ten simultaneous keystrokes and technology SteelSeries Engine allows you to remap any key or burn it to a macro. With the help of this useful feature can be a good idea to cheat in online fighting game, or MMORPG.

Issues are only arrows, recessed in the numeric keypad. Because of this design are frequent false press, and blindly find them quite problematic.

In a separate unit handed five buttons: power button, switch between integrated and discrete graphics, fan control, power button Xsplit Gamecaster – applications for streaming and recording gaming sessions, and most importantly – a key that changes the color of the keyboard backlight. You can use it to turn gloomy GT72 2PE Dominator Pro in geek Christmas decoration (festival still coming!). And with such a backlight can become his board on any LAN party.

Stylish appearance spoil speaker holes above the keyboard that looks sloppy and visually reduce the price of the laptop, as well as very easily soiled surfaces that collect fingerprints and dust. To maintain the device in the proper form will have to carry around with a cloth for wiping.

Display

In GT72 2PE Dominator Pro mounted display 17.3 “matrix TN + Film, anti-reflective coating and a resolution FullHD. To top gaming devaysa is not quite solid, I would certainly see 4K-matrix, but the manufacturer decided otherwise. However, this is not a critical issue, the display has good viewing angles and color distortions are observed only in the case if you are heavily tilted screen.

Above the display is the camera lens that can shoot video in 1080p. It is suitable for the streams on Twitch games and video conferencing. The frame around the screen is quite wide, but in general it does not prevent a comfortable work or play.

Sound

GT72 2PE Dominator Pro provides a very decent sound and has a good stock volume. All thanks to the two speakers and a subwoofer from Dynaudio. Also, the laptop boasts three separate amplifiers for speakers, headphones and the subwoofer. All this in conjunction with the technology Creative Sound Blaster Cinema 2 and Audio Boost 2 allows you to enjoy high-quality sound in your favorite games and movies. Lack of high and low frequencies are not observed.

Hardware and Performance

In MSI decided not to be greedy and equipped GT72 2PE Dominator Pro iron, which is enough for the eye to run any modern game at maximum graphics settings. On board we have the fourth-generation processor Intel Core i7-4710HQ with a base frequency of 2.5 GHz, which can reach 3.5 GHz mode Turbo Boost, and 32 GB of RAM from Kingston. The video card in our sample – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M with 8 GB of memory (also available models with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M with the ability to upgrade to a more powerful graphics). Disk subsystem consists of four general M.2 SSD 512 GB, united in a RAID 0 array, and the hard drive 1 TB HGST. In the synthetic tests showed CrystalDiskMark laptop reading speed 1464 MB / sec, which is impressive.

But it’s all dry figures, the main thing for a gaming notebook – the real gaming performance. And with that, GT72 2PE Dominator Pro all right. For the test were selected Metro: Last Light Redux, Far Cry 4 and Battlefield 4. We also checked notebook on synthetic benchmarks: 3DMark and Unigine Valley 1.0.

All games run smoothly, without sagging, a slight drop in fps is observed only in very complex scenes like explosions. In synthetic tests GT72 2PE Dominator Pro feels not so sure, at some point there is a strong slowdown pictures. But for this kind of test is the norm, does not change the fact – after all, we do not play in 3DMark.

By the way, the laptop support JavaScript MSI Shift, which allows you to control the clock speed of the processor and graphics card, as well as their temperature and fan speed. Total available three profiles MSI Shift: Green, Comfort and Sport. “Green” profile helps reduce noise and “sport” would achieve maximum performance in high-end games. However, to keep silence in this mode, the laptop is no longer able to. And if this capacity is not enough, that is unlikely to come to the aid Hybrid Power. This technology allows you to combine the power adapter and built-in battery, which gives a small performance gain.

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