MSI GT70 Dominator

MSI's GT70 Dominator is everything a 17-inch gaming laptop is supposed to be, but it's nothing more than that. It's a powerhouse in every sense of the word: a monster in both performance and size. Sure, it shrugged off everything I threw at it, but so...

Good CPU and storage performance ; RAID 0 SSD array plus 750GB hard drive ; Good keyboard and touchpad

Design is a little too tacky ; Graphics adapter not high-end ; Screen could be a little better

The look of the MSI GT70 Dragon Edition may ultimately decide whether you go for this gaming notebook or not (as well as the price, of course). Under the hood, it has a fast configuration that's very fast for the most part, but we think it could use a...

-Runs games pretty well (Skyrim, WoW) modded on ultra with a few tweaks -SSD was fairly easy to install -Looks nice

Here we go: -Stock HDD was not 7200 as advertised. It's a 5400. -Adding an SSD, though easy and necessary, voids the warranty, as they put the voided sticker over the cover you need to remove to access the drive port. -Bloatware. Major bloatware. So...

Quality hardware

I really can't say enough about MSI's poor customer service. Trying to get support from an actual person on their site is impossible. MSI is the only vendor I've ever bought from that when I had to send in a part (gtx 960 graphic card) for replacement...

Loads operating system in under 10 sec, Also doesn't partition the drives like Asus does. Another advantage is MSI puts Operating System on SSD compared to Asus which does not. Very minimal bloatware which cane be easily deleted.

Had issues with it wanting to shutdown, changed the fan still shutdowns intermittently.

I bought this laptop for my daughter, and it's performed excellently. I'm actually jealous that this laptop is better than my desktop. She uses it for everything from school projects, robotics to gaming. Extremely happy with this purchase, and will be...

none.

Extremely powerful for the price ; Keyboard feels very tactile and back lights are high quality ; Disc drive for installing software and operating systems ; Tons of ports for USB, video, audio, etc ; Can easily plug in a larger monitor if you want ;...

60hz screen is not ideal, but understandable for price ; Gets dirty extremely easily, shows finger prints and dust ; The one I got didn't come with an SSD. Installed that later

FAST Strong, and reliable. Booting fast. Flawless. Nice design. This is BMW i8 ; This computer is the fastest computer I ever had

Heavy as S

FAST Strong, and reliable. Booting fast. Flawless. Nice design. This is BMW i8 ; This computer is the fastest computer I ever had

Heavy as S

It was a great laptop with a lot of room for growth in RAM.

The HD controller died at 6 months, and now it can't detect any drives.