I purchased this laptop after having my Razer Blade Stealth for about 6 years. The only real issue I had with my Razer was that it had serious cooling issues which started causing frequent reliability issues and then I broke my charger which really prompted me to get this laptop.
I was picking between the newer version of the Razer Blade which supposedly has better cooling and this laptop, but the specs on the MSI really blew me away. Better storage, better cooling, better graphics, better ram, the only thing I miss is the touch screen.
It is my first 15 inch, my last laptop was 13 and I really liked that size better for mobile work, I have a PC for all of my real content creation. I actually have a bit of an issue with how big it is cause it doesn't fit into my hiking/photography backpack in the laptop slot anymore. Additionally it is quite a bit heavier than my Razer Blade. It didn't seem like that much of a difference in the specs, but with the charging block, it adds a decent amount of weight. Both of those notes are things to consider when it comes to traveling with this laptop.
I've had this laptop a full week now and have had no issues with it. The keyboard is very nice, much more responsive than my last one. The touch pad is pretty good, though the right click section is much larger than what I'm used to which causes efficiency issues for me until I get used to it, but that's not an issue with the design itself. I did have a bit of an issue setting up the finger print scanner the first time I tried, but it works well once you get your finger scanned. I like the controls on the keyboard for the camera, touch pad, etc and i love that there are "home" and "end" keys.
I am very excited to use the content sharing feature, folding the laptop screen all of the way back and swapping it to share content across the table. Really looking forward to using that in actual meetings.
For every day basic use it really is "silent" in silent mode, it does get fairly loud once you open something like photoshop or illustrator, but I haven't had any performance issues, so I'm okay with a little more noise. It's not nearly as loud as my boyfriend's ASUS ROG G703 though.
I haven't really given the audio system much thought. I played music off the speakers and it sounds okay, honestly not as good as I expected after reading about all of the "hi-res" and "pro audio" features it has, but I do graphic, photography, and web development, so audio really isn't my thing lol.
As expected, one of my main complaints so far is the lack of USB ports. I think it's pretty unacceptable for a laptop to have only one, it was one of the main factors pushing me toward the Razer. Sure it has thunderbolt and type c ports, but nothing I already own uses that. If I want to use my headset and my mouse at the same time, that's impossible without a USB hub, which I purchased immediately with the laptop because I expected this to be an issue.
Overall I do recommend this laptop to anyone looking to do some content creation on the go or specifically client facing work sharing that content. I haven't tried to game on it yet, but from all of the benchmark testing I saw in a video comparing laptops, I expect it to work just fine for more things, though I'll probably just stick to gaming on my PC.
| Standing screen display size | 15.6 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 3840 x 2160 pixels |
| Processor | 5.1 GHz core_i7 |
| RAM | 32 GB DDR4 |
| Memory Speed | 2666 MHz |
| Hard Drive | 1 TB SSD |
| Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA RTX 2070 Super |
| Chipset Brand | NVIDIA |
| Card Description | Dedicated |
| Wireless Type | Infrared |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 2 |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 2 |
