MSI notebook order thread: post your orders here

Just woke up bro, I am free now for 2 hours, then I'll go to the GYM for 3 hours, then I'll be free all night long. Tag me when you're ready so I can PM you

 

I'm going to have to wait until I get back. I'm traveling for a week and I'm not sure I'll have the time. Thanks for always being so willing to help.

 

hey phoenix is there anyway i can get some advice from you for a computer? thanks!

 

You can create a thread asking for advice, or head on over to http://forum.notebookreview.com/forums/what-notebook-should-i-buy.16/ and tag @Phoenix and see if he replies.

But you also can or rather, should tag @Donald@HIDevolution or @Ted@HIDevolution

Don't be scared to ask them, yes they work for a shop, but their advice is sound and won't try and con you into items you want. You'll note that they actually told Phoenix not to opt for some options that saved him money. If that doesn't show integrity, I don't know what will.

 

I am not the best person to ask about different laptop models as I only look at the most high end machines. To give you better answers, I would suggest you contact [email protected] or @Galm

 

thank you guys for the advice! sorry im a real novice. trying my best to keep up. looking forward to joining the MSI GT73VR sub forum soon!

 

See my review here, this is the best laptop that works great out of the box:
MSI GT73VR 7RF Titan Pro-425 Review By Phoenix

also see my friend's unboxing and review here:

MSI GT73VR 7RF Titan Pro-425 Full Review By RalfTech

If you email [email protected] , you can get a tiny discount since you are an NBR forum member

 

@vampyx

If you don't mind me chiming in regarding advice.

For any purchasing decision I make, regardless if it's a car, laptop or TV ect... It comes down to these few personal decisions.

• What do I want to do with the laptop
• What key features do I care most about
• How long do you expect the item to last till it's replaced
• What's your budget, be realistic

Anything you want, but don't understand how it works, do some research or ask some advice and ask yourself if you need it. If you don't understand it, even after researching, you probably don't need it.

Hope that helps a little with the decision making. The rest, is purely aesthetic.

 

@Phoenix hey phoenix thanks for the advice, i have emailed donald. the machine you have is a real beast.

@Fire_Child22
of course thanks for the advice! i really appreciate it!
i'm currently using a MBP from school and it's too weak to handle the things i need it to do.
i'm pretty surprised it hasnt broken yet. it always screams when im using it for certain things. LOL

i use CAD(Modo,Keyshot,Octane/Photoshop) to generate illustrations. Occulus Rift

i do abit of gaming but not a priority.
basically its like carrying a desktop around with me because i use a
filco mechanical keyboard along with the laptop usually. :O

Key features is a decent screen when i dont have a 27inch to plug it into.

i expect hardware to usually last around 2 to 3 years

And my budget is perhaps up to 4k usd or more. just dont need an overkill.

leaning toward MSI because of the heating. just need a machine with no headaches easy to use
and get setup.

 

Honestly speaking, your budget allows for quite an impressive range of options. So lets break it down a bit further.

What size monitor are you thinking. These days you can get upto a 21" freaking monitor.

As a content creator, you probably may prefer a 4K and or IPS. But on a laptop this is perhaps a waste and would recommend the 120hz option. It can be colour calibrated to suit your content fine and should not have many reproduction limitations should you print your work while allowing you to enjoy your games and with some 3rd party applications, movies at impressive 120hz.

Hardware to last 2-3 years, anything skylake or kaby lake and really any pascal gpu that's a 1060 or above should last for 2-3 years no problem, even longer should you opt for the 1080 solution.

MSI does indeed have very good cooling right now compared to say Alienware due to it's thicker size and thus larger fans and non shared heat pipes between gpu and cpu in the titan range.

However if your focus is more CAD design, perhaps think outside the box for workstation type laptops that have other cpu and gpu options. While the current pascal and kaby lake will handle the loads fine, a Quadro paired with a Xeon chipset may have more support with the programs you intend to use.

I used to do 3D animation and modeling, and back when I was using MAYA or 3DSMAX, they had specific drivers for FirePro and Quadro gpu's that may edge the performance over a GTX card or Radeon options.

The hardest thing for the types of programs you intend to use where HDD speed and cpu grunt when rendering. However GPU's assisted rendering is more supported these days, so your focus should be on fast, high capacity HDD's. The best performing NVMe drives currently are Samsung's range. With the PRO the best you can get, but the EVO and m.2 options are cheaper and still considerably quick. I'd not use CAD/3D or Photoshop programs without these unless you intend to use a scratch disk.

Should you go down the MSI range, the steelseries keyboard is amazing to use, one of the best keyboards I've used on a laptop, and should be enough for you to consider leaving that keyboard behind. But with that work you do, I'd still carry either a tablet/pen and or external mouse. While the touchpad is quite good for a laptop, it's useless for your application.

Now, I've not kept up with CAD/3D programs, nor have I until recently researched into laptops again, so there may be other options I've not considered in my above description. But I'm sure others will be able to chime in on more up to date options.

@Ted@HIDevolution, @Donald@HIDevolution and @whoever is in the CAD industry that can offer this fellow some advice.

 

Hi everyone,

This is my first post, and I am excited about it. After a long search through many websites and forums ( including NBR ) I made a decision about HIDevolution. Thank you NBR members !!
I spoke with Donald S today on the phone. We had two conversations going one personal and one business. On both accounts 5 stars !
On the business side I found him to know his product well, and his interest in his customer stellar. While going through my configuration I found his advice sound and always to my benefit. In fact he made a change to the price on the website that saved me $70.00. He also suggested 2 other discounts that I benefited from. This man represented his company well ! I now wait and hope the rest of my journey with HIDevolution will go as well!

Ordered Configuration

Custom Built MSI GT72VR 7RE DOMINATOR PRO-450 17.3" G-SYNC w/ nVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

LCD Panel
17.3" 1920 x 1080 Full HD (16:9) 120Hz 5ms 94% NTSC TN Antiglare Matte Type Display w/ NVIDIA G-Sync Technology
Display Warranty
30 Days Zero Defective Pixel Warranty (perfect panel guarantee)
Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 w/ 8GB GDDR5 - NVIDIA G-Sync Enabled
Processor
7th Generation Intel Core i7-7700HQ Quad Core Processor, 2.8 GHz (Max Turbo Frequency 3.8GHz), 6MB Smart Cache
Thermal Paste
Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra 100% Metal Thermal Interface on CPU, IC Diamond on GPU - BEST PERFORMANCE
Memory
G.SKILL Ripjaws 32GB Dual Channel DDR4/2666MHz (2 x 16GB) - installed by HIDevolution
M.2 PCIe x4 or SATA SSD Slot 1
Samsung 960 EVO 500GB M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe 3D-VNAND SSD - Up to 3,200 MB/s Read-1,900 MB/s Write
1st 2.5" Drive Bay
Samsung 850 EVO Series (3D VNAND Tech) SATA3 6Gb/s 2TB SSD - installed by HIDevolution
Internal Optical/2nd 2.5" Drive Bay
Dual Layer Blu-ray Burner (BR-R, DVD+-RW, CD-RW) - installed by HIDevolution
Wireless Cards
Intel® Wireless-AC 8265 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n 2x2 NGFF Bluetooth 4.2 - installed by HIDevolution
Operating System
Genuine Windows® 10 Pro, 64bit, English
Operating System Clean Install
Yes, Clean Install of Windows
Power Adapter
230W AC Power Adapter (supports 100-240V)
Internal Battery
Internal 9 cell battery - 83Whr
Audio
Dynaudio Tech Speakers x 2 + Subwoofer x 1
Keyboard
Steel Series Gaming Backlit Color Changing Programmable 102 keys w/ Silver Lining Print - U.S. English
Warranty and Service
1 Year MSI + HIDevolution Limited Warranty w/ 1 Year Accidental Damage "No Oops" Protection (1 Year Global Warranty), LIFETIME HIDevolution Technical Support
MSI Front Lid Logo Color
White (Standard)

 

Awesome man! Donald is a great person indeed! Tag me when you get your machine if you want me to tweak it for you!

This is what I'll tweak for you:

1- Uninstallation of all the Windows Store Garbage Apps
2- Removing all Windows 10 Privacy Invasion stuff like Telemetry, sending your keystrokes to Microsoft, automatically installing suggested apps in the background, allowing Microsoft to conduct expirements on your laptop, disabling automatic driver updates through Windows updates, disabling Windows 10 ads, disabling cortana, etc.
3- Removal of nVIDIA and Intel Telemetry
4- Adjusting a lot of options in PC Settings like disabling Windows Tablet Mode (you have a laptop not a tablet), disabling suggestions appearing in the start menu, disabling automatically connecting to Paid WiFi Hotspots, disabling Game DVR which reduced performance in games, and a lot more.
5- Replacing Cortana with a much better search tool that finds results instantly
6- Restoring the classic Windows 7 Calculator and Windows Photo Viewer
7- Restoring the Classic Windows 7 Start Menu

 

Phoenix Thank you for your offer to tweak my machine ! I am kind of concerned about the dragon center, I am getting a clean install and I am not sure I what it reinstalled. If I don' t install it how can I use the utilities that it works with like fan profiles, bios setting, color profiles and the 5 specialty buttons on left top of laptop? Are there any other apps you think I should omit ?

 

I recommend you use the Dragon Center personally, it has a centralized place for overclocking, monitoring voltages, fans, changing keyboard lights. I haven't had a single problem with it.

I don't know why you don't want it otherwise you need to use a diff. app for everything, HWiNFO for monitoring fans / temps, XTU for overclocking, Steel SeriesEngine for the keyboard lights, and I don't even know how to use HWiNFO for controlling the fans, only Mr. Fox does

 

Have heard there has been some problems with it.

 

Donald speaks very highly of you as you do of him. so your advice will go along way with me. Thanks again.

 

Thank you. I am glad you are joining the HIDevolution/MSI Gaming Team. Be prepared for some serious fun my well scrubbed friend



@Papusan Please sell all your house hold stuff, furniture, microwave. etc and join the EVOC team

<<< Papusan joining the EVOC Team next

 

Not all want running ODM's Bloatware

Not all brands laptops can use Hwinfo like we could with older proper Alienware socket machines. Even the new flimsy AW ECHOBOOKS have started having problems with Hwinfo fan control. You need re-start this Jokebook if you're finished with use the fan control, because the Hwinfo fan control take fully control over EC firmware. And yeah, Dell don't want fan control in their main Software Bloatware. Dell is Yesterday!!!

would be nice. But where should I run benches? And if I had one, the Evoc machine MUST have pure socket hardware bruh

 

They have many options with sockets

 

I know. And yoo know very well what I would put in Socket hardware FTW

 

Well ladies and gentlemen I have move to Pre-Production, yeah !!!

 

and the excitement begins!

 

Phoenix do you still use O&O DiskImage over Macrium Reflect 7. When I do a search all the post are yrs old. I will have OS drive Samsung 960 EVO 500GB M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe and stroage drive Samsung 850 EVO Series (3D VNAND Tech) SATA3 6Gb/s 2TB SSD. I want to be ready to made a reinstall image before I install all my programs. I read where you were having problems with Macrium Refect but that was with v.6 not v.7 right?

 

I use v7, it has an improved backup/restoration engine which is much faster. It's paid though.

Even the latest v6 works fine now albeit a bit slower. choose your poison

 

I like macrium a lot, both 6 and 7 have worked fine for me.

 

Macrium Reflect Installation/Usage Guide

 

@Phoenix, I'm ready to set this beast up whenever you have time!

 

let's do this tomorrow as it's 5:55 AM here and I'm about to crash. Please PM me tomorrow to remind me, I will PM you now to open the door

 

It's 8 pm here. What time do you want me to message you tomorrow?

 

like anywhere between 10am to 4PM your time

 

@Phoenix, Thanks again!

 

Be prepared for a nice surprise my friend

 

I just spent a few hours with @Phoenix setting up my beast - he deserves all the credit he gets here and more. He truly is an amazing individual and very selfless. It's incredible that a person I've never known or actually met is willing to go through such efforts ensuring that I will be able to enjoy something that much more that has absolutely nothing to do with him or his own benefit.

@Donald@HIDevolution, you guys came through. My machine arrived with a nice OC and so far the temps have been great. Your service has been excellent and I can fully understand why so many here choose and speak highly of HID.

Thanks to @Phoenix and HID for everything. I'm excited to get into this machine and see what it can really do.

 

Okay, maybe this is out of place. But can anyone help me on how to get an MSI GP62MVR Bezel? Please? I think it's the same one as GE62. I'm not sure.

Thank you.

 

Placed my order yesterday for a MSI 16L13 from HID/Donald. So excited to finally get this laptop as I have been contemplating it for quite a long time. Donald was very helpful and quick to respond to my emails if I ever had any questions about what I wanted to do. Everything went smoothly and I am "patiently" waiting for my new laptop, can't wait!

 

awesome specs I see in your sig! congrats!

East, west, Donald is the best

 

YEEES. Socket hardware bruh Smart @Lunatics +rep

 

What are j00 trying to imply here?

Here, have a socket:

=

 

Don't be difficult bruh!!
This is Soldered hardware. I don't need to tell yooo what I mean about this ugly piece of unwanted...... + this fits

Spoiler: BGA

This is a Nice locking piece of socket hardware I call it what I want!!! Most people understand what I mean

 

You guys are too funny!!

 

Cracked me up there!

Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

 

Yeah, I'm there with yah placed my order with Donald on 5-8-17 and patiently waiting.

 

By patient I mean refreshing my order status every day as if it's going to change from "pre production" to anything else over the weekend on non business days.

 

Just ordered a
MSI GT73VR 7RE TITAN 4K-480 17.3" nVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
From @Donald@HIDevolution


LCD Panel
17.3" 4K UHD (3840x2160) eDP IPS-level Matte LCD w/ G-S ...
LCD Panel
17.3" 4K UHD (3840x2160) eDP IPS-level Matte LCD w/ G-Sync Technology
Display Calibration
Yes, display professionally calibrated w/ profile saved ...
Display Calibration
Yes, display professionally calibrated w/ profile saved to USB drive - $50.00
Minimize LCD Backlight Bleed
Yes, quality check and give me a panel with minimal bac ...
Minimize LCD Backlight Bleed
Yes, quality check and give me a panel with minimal backlight bleed. - $100.00
Display Warranty
30 Days Zero Defective Pixel Warranty (perfect panel gu ...
Display Warranty
30 Days Zero Defective Pixel Warranty (perfect panel guarantee) - $35.00
Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 w/ 8GB GDDR5
Processor
7th Generation Intel Core i7-7820HK Quad Core Processor ...
Processor
7th Generation Intel Core i7-7820HK Quad Core Processor, 2.9 GHz (Max Turbo Frequency 3.9GHz), 8MB Smart Cache
Thermal Paste
Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra 100% Metal Thermal Interfac ...
Thermal Paste
Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra 100% Metal Thermal Interface on CPU, IC Diamond on GPU - BEST PERFORMANCE - installed by HIDevolution - $50.00
Memory
G.SKILL Ripjaws 32GB Dual Channel DDR4/2666MHz (2 x 16G ...
Memory
G.SKILL Ripjaws 32GB Dual Channel DDR4/2666MHz (2 x 16GB) - installed by HIDevolution - $300.00
M.2 PCIe RAID Options
no RAID (1st drive as primary boot drive, 2nd drive as ...
M.2 PCIe RAID Options
no RAID (1st drive as primary boot drive, 2nd drive as storage drive)
M.2 PCIe / SATA Slot 1
HIDevolution Approved 512GB M.2 SATA 6Gb/s SSD - Instal ...
M.2 PCIe / SATA Slot 1
HIDevolution Approved 512GB M.2 SATA 6Gb/s SSD - Installed by HIDevolution - $94.00
M.2 PCIe / SATA Slot 2
None
M.2 SATA SSD Slot 3
None
2.5" HDD/SSD Bay
2TB 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - installed by HIDev ...
2.5" HDD/SSD Bay
2TB 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - installed by HIDevolution - $90.00
Wireless Cards
Intel® Wireless-AC 8265 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n 2x2 NGFF - Bl ...
Wireless Cards
Intel® Wireless-AC 8265 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n 2x2 NGFF - Bluetooth 4.2 - installed by HIDevolution - $20.00
Operating System
Genuine Windows® 10 Pro, 64bit, English
Operating System Clean Install
Yes, Clean Install of Windows - $15.00
Office Software
None
Power Adapter
230W AC Power Adapter (supports 100-240V)
Power Cord
UK 6 Ft Power Cord C13 - $10.00
Internal Battery
Internal 8 cell (75Wh) battery
Audio
Dynaudio Tech Speakers x 2 + Subwoofer x 1
Steelseries Keyboard
Steel Series Gaming Backlit Color Changing Programmable ...
Steelseries Keyboard
Steel Series Gaming Backlit Color Changing Programmable 102 keys w/ Silver Lining Print - U.S. English
Warranty and Service
1 Year MSI + HIDevolution Limited Global Warranty w/ 1 ...
Warranty and Service
1 Year MSI + HIDevolution Limited Global Warranty w/ 1 Year USA Accidental Damage "No Oops" Protection (Registration within 30 days of Ship Date Required) + LIFETIME HIDevolution Technical Support
MSI Front Lid Logo Color
Stealth - Unlit - $35.00

Thanks guys for the help and advice!

@Phoenix sorry to bother you but can i get some help with setting it up?

Cheers guys!

 

Congratulations my friend. sure, tag me when you get it and I will PM you then.

 

Updated just now !!!!!!

In Production - A dedicated build technician has begun working on your system. The finish line is near! Once the build is complete, the technician will benchmark, burn-in, test your system for faults, and make necessary adjustments. The build supervisor will sign off on the work order when your system passes all tests.

Maybe I will have it by the weekend !

 

Updated just now !!!!!!!

ANAHEIM, CA 6:31 pm Picked up

Yahoo !!!!!! The Baby's on it's way !!!!!

Phoenix Looks like we will be getting together soon. Is there any instructions, on anything I should do be for we tweak my laptop ?

 

Just have TeamViewer installed and a fast internet connection!

 

When I start laptop for first time should I follow NBR Windows 10 Clean Installation Guide or stop windows from updating before we meet on TeamViewer or just login and let it update then meet on TeamViewer? I watch HD movie's on two TV's at once hope that is fast enough, think it may be 20gig download and 5 something upload.

 

Yes follow the welcome wizard in the clean installation guide, that is, do not connect to the internet otherwise you will be forced to login with a Microsoft Account

You can run the updates that's fine. In fact, do all the updates to save me some time