Customer Ratings & Reviews

I first considered this brand after my last laptop died from heat damaging either the CPU, GPU, or mobo. My lady has an MSI laptop and the turbo fan mode is a must have. Keeps the CPU and GPU around 60-65 degrees Celsius under load which isn't bad. The software to help track temperatures is a godsend. The Steelseries keyboard is gorgeous and is solid. Boots lightning fast to the point where I laughed first boot. Only problem I have with it is that you can get better performance out of a 10 series Video Card from Nvidea. If you see one of these with a 1060 or 1070 that's same price or less, go for that.

This laptop has everything needed for gamers. Great speed and a very cool keyboard which can be changed (color). The screen definition is in my opinion the best for gamers.

The laptop performs flawlessly. Boots up instantaneously and has run every game without any issues. The screen feels kind of weak and the ssd space will run out really fast. Other than that I haven't had any problems whatsoever.

Use of laptop: 90% work/10% gaming. Not a hardcore gamer nor do I play big title games out at time of review (neverwinter, overwatch, etc). Mainly play A.V.A., CSGO, and League of Legends. I purchased this laptop to do work without it throttling easily especially during times such as summer when it gets hot. I cannot vouch for demanding engineer softwares and such from reviews by others. Pros: 1. Cooler boost 3. Lets me turn on laptop to cool off while working long hours so laptop does not throttle. This was issue in my past laptop (it gets hot during summer and where I live). Also, I can run multiple programs w/o needing to turn on cooler boost 3 which is REAL NICE! 2. Great venting compared to laptops within this price range. See video reviews on youtube. Really goes in more details there. 3. Loads up super fast (5 secs approx boot up time) due to help from SSD drive. 4. Has 1 SSD and HDD drive. 5. RGB lighting. Great bonus feature. 6. Has DVD/RW drive for those who still have cds/dvds (games, movies, etc). Cons: 1. Decent amount of bloatware to be uninstalled like most other computer/laptop purchases. 2. Wish drivers were updated prior to purchase. Spent about 5 hours (like other reviews said) to update/install all latest drivers, etc. (as had to familiarize self with all the lingo, etc). 3. Speakers - they sound average or subpar? It wasn't a dealbreaker for me as this laptop compensates heavily in other areas that are practical for the consumer. Better parts/construction > speakers which can be replaced with a USB connected speaker. (I use $20 USB speakers I bought from my laptop and solved issue. Highly recommend buying external connected speakers for gaming and all audio involved activities.) 4. Left region (left of mouse pad) gets hot when gaming so I turn on cooler boost 3 to reduce it. (It isn't instant burn hot but definitely can feel the heat in that section. Despite this con, I felt this laptop has better heat control overall compared to most other gaming laptops in this price range). 5. Battery life. Does not last very long but you can adjust settings to optimize battery to fullest if you need to do work and don't have an outlet. Refer to youtube video reviews and other bestbuy reviews for better accuracy. Battery is not removable unless you tamper with device I think and I did not do this. It also stops charging when battery is full.

I bought this for my daughter for college. It's a bit over powered for a word processor but I didn't want it outdated in 2 years. The speed is good and so are the graphics. Really enjoy having both the solid state and normal hard drives. When its working its great. But there was once where it just froze up for the evening. No matter how many times we rebooted it would freeze during the boot process. We were going to take it to Best Buy in the morning but then it started working again. Then the other night the fan started making a weird noise. Again, all was back to normal the next morning. Other than those 2 times its worked great. I have a feeling that I'm going to be glad I got the 3 year Geek Squad coverage.

I have been searching the internet for months, trying to figure out which laptop would be the best for me. Even though the thin, super sleek laptops look great, I wanted something that could handle games. I finally decided to try Best Buy, just to see some of the machines in person. I had read good things about MSI, and I really liked the looks, specs, and price. So far, I have been extremely happy with this purchase. Like all store bought computers, it is important to get the drivers updated ASAP, especially the graphics driver. The Geforce Experience would not download the latest drivers at first, but the fix for this is to completely uninstall then reinstall the Geforce Experience program. Once I did that, everything worked fine. Pros: - This thing is fast. It plays World of Warcraft perfectly, which is what I wanted. - Beautiful screen. - Multicolored keyboard is cool. It doesn't make it machine faster, but it's neat. - Cooler Booster. This thing can get HOT!, and a one button toggle for maximum cooling is great. With cooler booster on, the temps drop very quickly. Cons: - This thing can get HOT! Not really an issue, IMO, since this is a gaming laptop, and the cooler booster will drop the temps without issue. - Cooler booster is loud. It works great, but it is loud. In conclusion, this is a very good laptop.

Super fast, love the keyboard. With a 6th generation Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive + 128GB Solid State Drive with NVIDAI 970M graphics card for $1400 this machine is an amazing value. Prefer this to a similarly configured Alienware 15. The RGB lighting on the keyboard is fantastic. Only downsides are that the screen is a bit flimsy and you cannot get a larger SSD. Buy this laptop, you'll be glad you did.

This laptop is fast and lightweight. It also has a full keyboard with 10key. Considering its screen size that is awesome. It is also VR ready which is huge benefit. Be sure to update the drivers, especially the sound driver since mine had popping issues at load. All fixed now with the MSI update. If you want a great laptop for gaming or watching movies this is awesome for the price.

Overall, it's been a very stable and solid computer and I am very happy with its power per dollar, and would recommend this model or any of the ones MSI has produced similar to it. I use it to play games daily, render and animate, and do a fair amount of video editing. Pros: • Has a 128 SSD that the operating system is loaded on, so Windows will boot very quickly (out of the box, with all bloat startup it was <9 seconds). I also have Fedora on the same SSD now and it loads in about 3. • Has an attractive looking keyboard and back chassis. • The integrated intel "card" is actually extremely powerful. There are quite a few games with maxed graphics that won't trigger the switch to the Nvidia 970. • Is ready to go after maybe an hour out of the box. Not a lot of tweaking needed for most people. • 2 year warranty through MSI, and extends another 3 months if you register your device with them. Cons: • Upon startup, drivers were almost all out of date, as well as a BIOS update. • The preloaded nVidia launcher did not work at all. I ended up uninstalling it completely and just check the website periodically. • It's secondary fan is so loud that it's comical. I basically only use it as a joke around friends who haven't seen this computer yet. • The sound quality isn't the greatest through the included speakers. • It only has 3 standard USB ports. It does have a thunderbolt port and a USB-C port however and adaptors can be used if you don't want to buy a splitter. • Comes with a lot of bloat, including Norton and a lot of MSI exclusives. A few of them are neat, most seem to exist just to be there.

I bought the MSI to replace an aging Win 7 Dell and have not been disappointed. I compared configurations of competing models (processor-RAM-SSD HD + 1Tb HD) and the MSI had the best combination of all for me. I was originally looking at the HP Omen but could not get the SSD plus 1Tb HD...at this price the competing models offered far less. I am not a gamer (and wish the Gaming Software used for system settings were simpler) but I'm a power user and wanted a fast PC that will be good for a long time...the MSI seems like the best choice for me.

First off let me start by saying this is the most powerful, quick Laptop/PC I've ever owned. The specs were very good at the time of purchase (pre Nvidia 1080 Graphics Cards) and the Steelseries Keyboard is very nice. The laptop has a matte black color and the design is very pleasing to the eye. However, the price for which I paid $1400 was a bit high in hindsight, but nonetheless the laptop is extremely reliable and can get the job done for just about anything. It's ability to output 4K resolution is extremely nice, I use it often for movies and images. Don't expect to run a game at a stable framerate at 4K resolution off this baby though. As a college student, this laptop is extremely reliable, albeit the battery is a tad short if you do not constantly toggle on the office/battery saving options available.

I really like this laptop for gaming. It is fast and has a lot of great features. The only thing that I find that could be better is that it needs a larger ssd but that can be upgraded and the fans are loud when putting it under a load. Don't bother me to much because I play with a head set anyway and can hardly hear it with my headset on. I play games like ark and rust. I think this is a great bang for ur buck pc if you into some gaming. Keyboard could get a little warm but I turn on the fan boost and it cools it down. I would recommend this computer to anyone who needs something portable yet wanting to still do some gaming.

I bought this computer because I wanted to have the flexibility to do numerous things like doing homework, creating training material, and maybe doing some gaming. I have had it for about a month and I haven't had any issues with it. It is very fast and has a great keyboard. I wish it had a bigger solid state drive, but I knew that going into the purchase. My major complaint is the battery life. I get a little over two hours out of it doing basic things like checking e-mails and researching. Would hate to think of what I would do if I wasn't near an outlet to recharge.

The laptop needed a lot of driver updates. But aftwords it ran most new games at an amazing frame rate and smoothly. The sound drivers were out of date and had problems in games but it's better now after an update. Overall the aesthetics are more than amazing. Auxiliary fan is a bit loud but nice for the cooking and doesn't bother me with my headphones in. The memory is amazing. It's light. Compact. Overall I'm very satisfied. Strongly recommend if you don't want to pay upwards of $2,000 or more.

This is absolutely the most fantastic laptop I have ever purchased. The speed, the clarity of the screen, the backlit keyboard. The price of this laptop was the most amazing part of all. I had no idea about this brand of laptop until after visiting the store and the salesperson being so willing to help me understand all the information about this computer. This computer is so high tech, but yet so simple to use. All the questions that you may have, the answers are at your fingertips. The keyboard is so easy to type on. Just the way the keys are sitting, you don't double strike or hit two keys at once. The number keyboard on the side is a def. plus. I love this computer and by all means would recommend it for anyone.

amazing computer have and no problems and runs good as new a year later. Runs fast enough to run just about anything at full graphic settings with 60fps

Pros: Works well with games, good graphics, Not much lag. Movies run smoothly. Led back lit keyboard with custom colors of your choice Cons: battery life is around 2 hours, and set everything on battery saver and you will get 3 and half hours.

I bought this product for an AutoCAD course I'm taking and it is more than what I need today for the course. As technology continues to improve I believe I'll grow into this product. Other than that, it's a really cool computer!! I may even use it for its intended purpose, GAMING!

Pros: Nice Keyboard, Faster laptop. Cons:- Bad Sound Quality, Touch pad is really horrible you need extra mouse all the time, Fan is really noisy, Getting overheated after 2 hrs, Monitor display is not up to my expectation. This is my first MSI laptop i read so many review before buying this laptop. Laptop have so many cons than pros thats all i have to say. I already returned this laptop to best buy.

Purchased this computer as a gift for a 15 year old serious gamer. He LOVES it! Great graphics! Nice design and runs fast. The teenager tells me that laptop doesn't overheat when he's in serious game mode and he likes the fact that he can customize the keyboard! BUG WIN!!