Hey, how's it going? Dave2D here
and this is the MSI GE63 Raider
So the whole idea behind the Raider lineup is that they're taking
higher-end components or higher-end features like
120 Hz screen and individually lit RGB keyboard, and they're sticking that stuff into a more affordable lineup
and so that's how you come up with this, so the 62,
the GE62 from last year was probably their best-selling gaming laptop
because it was an inexpensive laptop with a GTX 1060
This is much improved
across the board. So the stuff that's trickled in, that 120 Hertz panel looks
amazing. If you've never seen one in real life
you gotta see one because
You can't showcase how cool these things are or how good they are for gaming
just by watching these videos, you gotta see it in real life. The new
individually lit RGB keyboard is pretty crazy and the last thing they're going for is just improved
performance across the board so because of the improved thermal solution,
you can now stick a GTX 1070
into this chassis. So at this price point you can expect a certain level of build quality
right? And it's there for the most part
The top panel is metal. It's got that brushed finish, and it looks pretty good
I don't love the red dragon, but whatever, and the keyboard deck is metal as well
There's no play or soft spots or anything
It's a very well-built laptop. The bottom panel is plastic, not that
it's bad or anything. It actually feels well-made
but it would have been nice if it was metal. Ports election is as expected
There's three USB-A's and a USB-C, but it doesn't support Thunderbolt 3. Okay first
I'm going to talk about the things that I do like. The screen is really good
It's 120 Hertz screen, looks good, the color accuracy is there, the brightness is there
It's a great screen for gaming
It has a 3 ms response time, which is actually the fastest laptop screen on the market right now
I'm obviously not a pro gamer, but games feel incredibly fluid on this display
It is a TN panel, but that's how you're getting the super fast response rate
And it's great image for a TN panel.
The one thing I would have to complain about though
is that because it's a TN panel, the viewing angles aren't as good. The moment you tilt it on any axis
There is noticeable color shift
The keyboard is also something that I really like.
Just base keyboard itself is very comfortable to type on, great layout,
Good keystroke, the RGB lighting on this thing is seriously the most comprehensive lighting system
I've seen on a laptop keyboard. You can light up every single key
That's not that new
But there's like a whole bunch of features
plus there's a hardware button here to switch between the different
configurations on the fly. The trackpad is surprisingly good. It uses Synaptics drivers
Which was kind of disappointing, but it feels really good.
The gestures are a little off like, they're not super accurate
But the tracking is good, otherwise, and the dedicated hardware buttons are nice. Now
I think the best thing about this laptop is actually its performance, so this thing's running at GTX 1060
You can get a 1070 but the 1060 runs really well and performance in
light and even moderately demanding games is just amazing with this
120 Hz screen. You can obviously play more demanding games
But you won't be able to show off the screen as nicely.
So that's one of the things that I think this whole laptop
industry has been shifted towards
You want to be able to showcase
your amazing graphics cards by getting really high refresh screens
if you're not, if you're capped at a 60 Hz screen
there's no point in having a GTX 1080 on a laptop, like you're not able to see those extra frames that
your card can push out so this is a really nice combination
The fan noise is also very acceptable on idle. It's pretty quiet. On load,
it's not too bad, but if you want to, you can hit the Cooler Boost button
And it'll just crank the fans to max, and this will give you the best possible frame rates
It's super loud, but if you're rendering a video or playing something
That's just really intense, you'll want to hit that button and the fact that they have it is really nice
I wish more laptops had something like this. The thermals on this laptop are good
It has seven heat pipes in there which is pretty nuts
I can't speak for the GTX 1070 configuration, but on this one, the one with the GTX 1060
There's no throttling and the external temperatures are very comfortable as well
There are a few things that I dislike about this laptop, and they're not super important
But I feel like I should mention them in case it affects your purchase decision.
First are the speakers so
MSI markets these things as having three times the size of their old speakers
And they are really large if you look inside, they almost look like batteries,
but they still don't sound great
They sound kind of average. I mean they sound like a $1,200 gaming laptop
would. I was expecting something more substantial because of
how large those speakers are but they still sound very normal to me
I wasn't particularly impressed. The other thing I don't love is the battery life
It's a 51 watt hour battery
And I'm getting just over three hours of use with the screen at 250 nits
and that's kind of below average
Considering all the components in here and it doesn't have G-Sync,
so this panel is just a simple 120 Hertz panel
It doesn't have G-Sync so it does have Optimus, but even with that technology...
(sigh)
Battery life is a little short
It doesn't affect me because I'm not using this for like, extended periods of time when I'm out there
But for people that wanna use this for school or whatever,
you're gonna have to bring your charger with you, because three hours is not
going to cut it. The last thing
I dislike about this laptop is the accessibility or the lack of it. Now MSI laptops are not the easiest ones to open
They usually make it a little bit more difficult, and they often have a sticker
That says you know, don't open this thing, but this particular laptop is extra hard,
and it sucks because inside there
There's two NVMe slots,
There's one SATA drive and two RAM slots, so there's a lot of room for upgradeability and stuff
But it's very difficult to get in there without
Chipping or breaking the frame, and because this is a review unit
I don't want to go ham, just crack the thing
But that's basically it a few things that I dislike about it, but the overall laptop
I really like it. I think MSI is gonna sell a lot of these. If you're interested
There's a link down below with the most accurate pricing. I think these start at $1500.
They go up as you kind of add more stuff to it.
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