My New GS72 Unboxing

superkevin0725

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I bought a GE72 last year and I am very happy with its performance but it?s a little bit too heavy for me because I need to carry it everywhere so I decide to look for a laptop that is portable and powerful (because I am a gamer myself). Since I have a very good impression on MSI so why not give it a try again.

Originally I wanted to buy a GS60 but I love play games and bigger screen equals bigger fun so I bought a GS72 6QE instead. Let?s see this amazing beauty together, shall we?


This beauty comes in a carton.
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I have to say MSI is a very detail oriented company. They put a sponge underneath the upper part box to protect the computer.

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This is what it looks like in the box and my GS72 is wrapped in a bag.
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This is the whole set of the GS72, including laptop itself, an adaptor, a recovery disc and user menu. (Looks how gorgeous it is, especially the two muscle lines and the hair brushed aluminum case)
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Look how slim this beauty is, the height is only 19.9mm and it only weighs 2.6kg. You just cannot find a gaming laptop that can compete with MSI GS series. It has both performance and portability. Amazing product:agrees:
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It has a dust cover between the display and the keyboard.
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I/O ports on the left hand side. We have a big vent on the top and an Internet port, a HDMI, 2 mDP, 2 USB 3.1 type-A and gold-plated audio jacks. Moreover, this beauty has built-in an ESS SABRE HIFI chip so you can see ?HIFI? next to the headphone port. *Got to say I really enjoy this sound system and it definitely is the BEST sound system I have experienced by far.

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On the right hand side, we have a vent, a secure lock slot, a SD card reader and 2 USB 3.0.
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* MSI really did a great job on the thermal system. It has 2 fans and 5 heat pipes and when you playing games, the temperature on your palm rest area is around 20~25? so it?s not too hot at all.

On the bottom side, we have vents on the top and on the bottom left we have a woofer produced by Dynaudio.

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We have 9 little rubbers on the bottom to create air flow and prevent the laptop slip away as well.
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This is the most part I love the most, the Steelseries keyboard. Really love its firm and quick response. In this generation, MSI apply a method so called ?silver lining printing? to the keyboard. This just makes the keyboard shining.
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Let?s run some test software and see its performance.
Spec: i7-6700HQ, GTX970m, 16G RAM, 128GSSD+1TBHDD


3DMark11Performance scores P9422
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3DMarkFirestrike scores 6593

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Overall this beauty?s performance is better than I expected. It?s better than most gaming laptop and close to gaming PC level so it should be no problem to run my favorite games such as GTA5, NBA2K16 and The Witcher 3.

Let?s take a look at this beauty from different angle one more time and I can?t wait to play GTA5.
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hsinyulai

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Congrats!!  Seems you are quite satisfied with your GS72  :)


GS is very classic among MSI gaming laptop series, combined with all features and I also enjoy its portable/fashion design, can bring it everywhere, works, emails, games, movies...you won't miss anything! 
 

hanschou0212

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thanks for sharing!
i have GE72 now and i have been waiting to get the upcoming GS73 ;)
 

nikompakabunto

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I bought the same model GS72-6QE-427XTH (GTX970M 6GB) last week. I made a clean Windows7 installation (via USB 3.0 right side) and then all drivers download from msi.com website. I notice that after install LAN Killer Suite 1.1.56.1122 , I cannot reboot into F8 Safe mode. It will auto restart before  I can enter the Windows logon password. If I uninstall the Killer Suite, I can get into F8 safe mode.  Again I choose to download the current version of Killer Suite 1.1.59.1701 and install to GS72-6QE. The problem of autorestart in F8 safe mode happen again. Finally I must uninstall the Killer Suite. 
What OS do you choose to install ? If it is a Windows7, would you please try to startup in safe mode to check that the auto restart happen with you. 
Appreciate your kinds,
 

jentebecaus

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Thanks for sharing & Your time to review this masterpiece of a laptop!

Maybe i will get one too :D
Thanks!
 

asamu

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simple and stylish design...I like it.
expecting  GS73 :)
 

star0928_

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GS72 is designed for ppl traveling frequently or preferring slim and light laptop just like me.
i have heard many good feedback from friends and am considering to buy GS series next time!! 
GOOD JOB MSI!
 

knightsblade

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I'm a returning student at the age of 46. I am a gamer from the early days. My question is: do you find the portability to be as good as you thought? I'm considering purchasing the new GS63VR. It's lighter and thinner than yours, but if yours is not a back breaker to carry around school, I'll get the new GT72VR instead.
 
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