MSI GL62M 7REX-1896US 15.6" Full HD Gaming Laptop Computer Quad Core i7-7700HQ, GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4G Graphics, 8GB DRAM, 128GB SSD + 1TB Hard Drive, Steelseries Red Backlit Keyboard

It's been about two months since I've had this laptop and I feel like I've had enough time learning and reviewing it so heres my review:Pros:- i7-7700 HQ Quadcore CPU up to 3.8ghz- Nvidia 1050ti with 4GB DDR5- Both an SSD and HDD (Although you can always add these yourselves, it was nice to have come with both)- Cooling system is one of the best Ive seen so far (Includes an Ultra-Boost button to give you extra cooling, but never needed to use it.)- Fan disperses air away from the back screen of the laptop, rather than the side of the keyboard. (I prefer this design better)- Red Backlit keyboard (Color cant be changed, but I wasnt specifically looking for a flashy laptop so this is just a plus)- Overall Matte Black texture around the laptop with pleasing MSI dragon logo on the back screen.- AntiGlare Screen- Num. Pad keyboard- Comes with 1 year manufacturer warranty(US) (You'll have to activate it online yourself.)Cons:- Although aesthetically pleasing, the Matte Black Plastic Finish is a FINGERPRINT/OIL magnet and takes more than just a dry cloth to remove- 8GB RAM (I intend to add on another 8GB stick in the nearby future)- Battery life is ridiculous when playing games- Fans are REALLY loud when playing games (Not much of a problem if you wear headphones, and is expected as it does a splendid job keeping the laptop cool)- Speakers are subpar (Again, not much of a problem if you wear headphones)Overall, I was in the market specifically for a laptop that had a good CPU/GPU, and both an SSD and HDD. I stumbled upon many competitor laptops along the same price range however, some were missing an SSD or HDD, or had the regular 1050 GPU which comes with only half (2GB) of dedicated memory of what the Ti model has (4GB). If I had purchased those laptops instead, and added on a separate SSD OR HDD, the total cost spent would be above $1000. The laptop is surprisingly light for a gaming laptop, and comes in a sleek yet aggressive theme, which wasn't what I was in the market for but is a plus to me. Most people who game on laptops would know that you get better frames while plugged in to the charger (This is due to bottlenecking of either the CPU or GPU demanding more power, yet the battery cannot provide that power alone), so the low gaming battery life is not much of a problem considering you should be plugged in to get the best performance, and the battery life outside of gaming is average (4-6 hours) depending on what work you'll be doing. Ultimately, the laptop met more than my needs and was in my price range ($899, $960~ after taxes), and I expect to be using it throughout and well after the years of college.

Great laptop. I played overwatch a lot on console and wanted to switch to pc. I was worried about frame rate drops and ugly graphics. But im running overwatch on Ultra settings and frames never dropping below 70 runs smooth as silk. Very happy!

Fast, keyboard feels wonderful, as a basic gaming machine it does what I need at a price I can tack. I use it mainly to run multiple photo editting software, photoshop, ACDsee, some canon software and i like to run all at the same time. The processing power and graphic card is making that a breeze. I specialize in making pano's and merged photos for proper exposure and wanted a laptop that could do it without getting bogged down. This has it. Really fast, i can put together 15 raw photos (30mb size each) and while it's processing the photos still be processing batches of basic edits on my other software while I'm surfing the web and do it all with no glitches and it's fast. The flat, non glossy screen is doing a great job and showing me the correct colors also. Used the laptop to edit one set and then transferred my drive to my main calibrated monitor and was very pleased how accurate the match was. Excellent for a laptop monitor. I'll be satisfied to use the screen for such in a pinch to do quick edits and not worry I've made something nuclear or drab.

So far, this thing is awesome. But, this is my first real high quality, "gaming" laptop, up until this I always only had access to regular style laptops and crappy, cheap desktop PC's so there's an insight on my standards here. Had it since 7/15/18 and have been using it for just about everything it can be and everything's great. I played some Deep Rock Galactic on it last night with everything set at top notch and it was reeaal smooth, almost liked it better than on my xbox one x. I logged into my old Runescape account too just to check things out and ran that on ultra flawlessly. Has more than enough memory space to handle the windows 10 updates n everything, plus the 1TB you can put everything else you want on, can't go wrong there. This is without any manual upgrades although I do plan on doing that later on if I must. Battery life on it is to be expected, gaming on it is recommended to be plugged in anyway. Came in pretty cool box everything packed in real cozy and safe-like. I'll be back some times to share info since I think that's whatsup.Alright it's a been a month and still goin strong. Everything just as good as new, and oh man can this thing stay cool. I'll be playin somethin big like Black Desert Online and the automatic fan speed cuts it but I turn on turbo and it cools off in a jiffy.

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Much lower than an optimal gaming laptop in my opinion. I had nothing but issues with this from the moment I got it. Returned after two weeks.

Battery life is only area with room for improvement

I needed a new laptop for school, but I also wanted something powerful enough for some casual gaming here and there and maybe some video editing down the line.

This Laptop is incredible. If you're a gamer who has a budget, I'd definitely recommend this laptop.

Very beautiful machine! I love this thing so much! I can run everything on high resolution and it stays cool! Love thos machine!

everything works correctly according to what was expected

Great price and performance

The only thing I mildly dislike is the battery life. It could probably last longer. I should also say that I use it in the high performance mode which drains the battery...

Super fast. Great graphics. Fans a little loud. Case is a fingerprint magnet. Overall an awesome laptop!