MSI notebook order thread: post your orders here

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EVOC P870KM1
17.3" 3K QHD AUO 120Hz G-SYNC
Nivdia GTX 1080
Intel Core 17-7700k Silicon Lottery Binned
32Gb (2X16) G.Skill DDR4/2800MHz
Intel Wireless-AC 8265-1TB M.2 SATA SSD.

 

Will buy a Laptop in the next 7 months.
Already selected but can only buy it after 7-7.5 months.

Even when using Chrome(android) in portrait mode a person can't see the signatures

 

Very true.

 

Pulled the trigger today with the help of Donald at HIDevolution:

- Custom Built MSI GT73VR 7RF TITAN PRO-866 17.3"
- 17.3" FHD 120Hz 5ms WideView Angle 94% NTSC Anti-Glare Screen (16:9) (1920x1080)
-Display Calibration
- Minimize LCD Backlight Bleed
- Display Warranty - 30 Days Zero Defective Pixel Warranty
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 w/ 8GB GDDR5X
- 7th Generation Intel Core i7-7820HK Quad Core Processor, 2.9 GHz (Turbo 3.9GHz)
- Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra 100% Metal Thermal Interface on CPU, IC Diamond on GPU
- 32GB Dual Channel DDR4/2400MHz (2 x 16GB)
- Samsung 960 EVO 1TB M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe 3D-VNAND SSD Write
- Intel® Wireless-AC 8265 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n 2x2 NGFF - Bluetooth 4.2
- Genuine Windows® 10 Pro, 64bit, English
- Operating System Clean Install Windows 10 including 32GB Clean Install Flash Drive
- Internal 8 cell (75Wh) battery
- Dynaudio Tech Speakers 3W x 2 + woofer 5W x 1
- Steel Series Gaming Backlit Color Changing Programmable 102 keys w/ Silver Lining Print
- 1 Year MSI + HIDevolution Limited Global Warranty w/ 1 Year USA Accidental Damage "No Oops"
- MSI Front Lid Logo Stealth

REALLY looking forward to it. Will be playing Prepar3d (P3D) with this baby...

Kent

 

Awesome specs man! Let me know when you get it if you want me to help you tweak it

 

Thanks-- I absolutely will want to work with you on tweaks once I get it...and I opted for Win 10 Pro specifically due to a post of yours that I read where you mentioned that Pro has much more user control to shut off Win 10 diagnostics and other "Big Brother Microsoft" garbage...Your posts REALLY helped my decision process-- thanks.
Kent

 

Indeed. i would never use Windows 10 if it wasn't for the Pro version. Puts you in the cockpit seat with full control,

 

As much as I like my GT73VR, I kind of regret not buying it or a similar GTX 1080 laptop from HID, mostly because of the service. And I also want to add my voice to the choir of people who want to maintain LGA CPUs and GPUs in performance laptops. As such, here's what I paid for today:

EVOC 16L-G-1080

• 15.6" Full HD (1920x1080) IPS Antiglare Matte Type Display - with nVIDIA® G-SYNC™ Technology - I'm going to be connected to external displays 95% of the time and Donald said I wouldn't make the money back on upgrading the screen at resale time
  
• 30 Days Zero Defective Pixel Warranty (perfect panel guarantee)
  
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 w/ 8GB GDDR5 X w/ G-Sync Technology
• CMOS battery extension modification
  
• HIDevolution Delidded - Unlocked, Under Volted and Overclocked 7th Generation Intel Core i7-7700K Quad Core Processor, 4.2 GHz (HIDevolution Overclocked to 4.7GHz) - GUARANTEED Performance (Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra included)
  
• 32GB (4 x 8GB) Dual Channel DDR4/2400MHz
  
• HIDevolution Approved 1TB M.2 SATA 6Gb/s SSD
  
• Killer™ Wireless-AC N1535 ac/a/g/n 2x2 NGFF w/ Bluetooth 4.1
  
• 3 Year HIDevolution Limited U.S. Warranty + LIFETIME HIDevolution Technical Support

I sure hope @Donald@HIDevolution gets paid on commission. If not, given all the business he's helped HID acquire, he better get a raise or a nice end-of-the-year bonus.

 

Congrats

Now you have to wait. Mine was delayed due to trouble getting 3000 Mhz RAM to run

you actually wanted Killer WiFi ?

 

Yes, primarily for the Bluetooth as the Qualcomm chipset plays nicer with my Xbox One controller than Intel's.

 

Ok makes sense. Still recommend disabling or removing Killer Manager software, it slows things down and is mostly just annoying, sometimes broken. Shouldn't be needed for BT or WiFi

 

Check your email for tracking

 

Im very happy to order from these guys they were very helpfull via email or livechat it took me 10 days to decide between 4 laptops

i already have Clevo p870 with 980 GTX but to be honest this is a giant device very heavy so i decide to get a light laptop for the office since Alienware R2 14 is outdated ( he was in service for about 5 yrs to be honest still solid and looks like new but the inside is outdated.

So the decision is made after many recommendations from Donald and Ted , its the new MSI GE63VR 7RF Raider-075 .





Just Placed my order
9 - August Placed the order
10 - August Money sent via Wire to get %2.5 cash discount


Custom Built MSI GE63VR 7RF Raider-075 15.6" w/ nVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
LCD Panel
15.6" FHD (1920*1080), 120Hz 3ms Wideview 94%NTSC Color Anti-Glare
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 i7-7700HQ 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 - $50.00
Memory
G.SKILL Ripjaws 16GB Dual Channel DDR4/2666MHz (2 x 8GB) - installed by HIDevolution - $155.00
RAID Options
no RAID (1st drive as primary boot drive, 2nd drive as storage drive)
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 - installed by HIDevolution - $240.00
M.2 PCIe x4 or SATA SSD Slot 2
None - OS installed on primary drive
2.5" Drive Bay
Empty HDD bay (with caddy/adapter) - -$30.00
Wireless Cards
Intel® Wireless-AC 8265 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n 2x2 NGFF w/ Bluetooth 4.2 - installed by HIDevolution - $30.00
Operating System
Genuine Windows® 10 Home, 64bit, English
Operating System Clean Install
Yes, Clean Install of Windows 10 including 32GB Clean Install Flash Drive - $40.00
Office Software
None
Power Adapter
230W AC Power Adapter (supports 100-240V)
Power Cord
UK 6 Ft Power Cord C5 - $10.00
Internal Battery
Internal 6 cell battery - 51Whr
Audio
Dynaudio Tech Speakers x 2
Keyboard
SteelSeries Programmable Full Color Backlit w/ Silver Lining Print - U.S. English
Warranty and Service
1 Year MSI + HIDevolution Limited USA 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

 

Congrats mate!

 

I see you selected a UK power cord. If you're in that country, you should change your warranty to HID's global coverage. I'm actually surprised neither @Donald@HIDevolution nor Ted caught that before you submitted your order to at least confirm that choice.

 

it seems both of us caught that , i know they will fix it before sending the device

 

The only thing the HIDevolution.com Global warranties cover is 2 instances per year of 2 way international shipping (by FedEx, DHL, or USPS/EMS - at HIDevolution's discretion) should the system and/or parts need to be sent back to the US for warranty related repair or replacement. The warranty is otherwise the same.

It is there if you want the peace of mind that shipping will be covered by HIDevolution should you have to ship it back for warranty service. If you don't get it, you pay the shipping both ways, but we ship $millions internationally every year, so our rates are highly discounted, and we will provide the shipping label at our cost. To see what that is, just look at the original shipping cost to you.

If you want me to add it to your order, please email me - [email protected]

 

Hi guys, I am new to this forum. Recently I am searching for a laptop for desktop replacement and found out some good reviews about the GT73VR and HIDevolution on this forum...Would love to hear from you guys about what to customize:

MSI GT73VR 7RF TITAN PRO-872
17.3" FHD (1920x1080) Anti-Glare Wide View Angle 120Hz 5ms
GTX 1080
i7-7820HK
32GB DDR4/2400MHz
1TB (2 x 512GB) M.2 SATA SSD
1TB 7200RPM Hard Drive
Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra 100% Metal Thermal Interface on CPU, IC Diamond on GPU
30 Days Zero Defective Pixel Warranty (perfect panel guarantee)
Clean Install of Windows 10 including 32GB Clean Install Flash Drive
Windows 10 Recovery USB Flash Drive

My questions:
- Do we need MSI Super RAID? I thought SSD already very fast... I would prefer to use all the 1TB for installing games and software (no RAID), what do you guys think?
- How is the default MSI M.2 SSD compared with the samsung 960 Pro / EVO? Is it worth the upgrade?
- Default 32GB 2400 Ram vs G.Skill 16GB 2666 ram, what should i choose?
- If I choose clean install of windows, do you remove all the MSI pre-install tools eg. Dragon Center? Are they useful or no use at all?
- What is the use of 32GB flash drive? (Sorry I'm not too familiar with these..)
- What is the use of the Win10 Recovery USB drive? Could I just reinstalling/format the windows using Windows CD if i need to? (Sorry again I'm not too familiar with these..)

About the usage, I will use it to play a lot of games (e.g. CSGO, PUBG), so I need the 120hz monitor and GTX1080 to get the best performance. I may stream games / record gameplays, and sometimes do video and photo editing.

Thanks a lot for your help!

 

See my replies highlighted in red. Remember, if you email [email protected] you can get a small discount since you're an NBR Forum Member

 

This is not fair i didn't get any discount only the regular one which everyone can get (%2.5 cash) XD

 

Super config, I hope it brings you lots of fun!

 

Credit to Donald to be honest

 

They don't give the discount if they don't know you're a member here. And it's not the job of anyone in this forum to make mention of it everywhere.

 

You placed your order on August 9th, but didn't join here until August 22nd. It is better to email me about personal details.

 

Oh hey Donald thanks for replay , to be clear im member here Since Aug 23, 2012 , You still have time to let me more satisfied custom even if the 1st impression already was great

 

Im not Blaming them for not telling me but they still have time

 

OMG...that's what I get for answering at midnight...2012, not 2017...face-palm!

I had no idea you were an Active Member here until I saw your post. Notebookreview discount has been applied.

 

thanks you guys are amazing i appreciate your work and effort

 

My pleasure Sir!
So, where's your MSI Gaming Team Badge??

 

1st i have to receive the laptop

 

Just ordered the GT73VR Titan Pro from HIDevolution! Thanks @Donald@HIDevolution for the help!
Really looking forward to it!

 

Made this order two weeks ago, sitting in pre-production right now. Guessing next week this will be ready to ship.

Thanks to @Donald@HIDevolution for the help! Excited to see this up and running in the (hopefully) near future.

16L-G-1080

15.6" Full HD (1920x1080) 120Hz ~ 5ms TN AUO (B156HTN05.2) Matte Type Display
Minimize LCD Backlight Bleed
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 w/ 8GB GDDR5 X w/ G-Sync Technology
HIDevolution Delidded - Unlocked, Under Volted and Overclocked 7th Generation Intel Core i7-7700K Quad Core Processor, 4.2 GHz (HIDevolution Overclocked to 4.7GHz) - GUARANTEED Performance (Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra includ 16GB (1 x 16GB) G.SKILL Ripjaws Series DDR4/3000MHz
250GB Samsung 850 EVO (3D VNAND TECH) M.2 SATA SSD
1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive
Intel® Wireless-AC 8265 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n 2x2 NGFF w/ Bluetooth 4.2
Genuine Windows® 10 Pro, 64bit, English

 

Just curious: What was your reasoning behind going with a single 16 GB stick of RAM versus two 8 GB ones?

 

16GB sticks are very expensive (whether desktop or laptop, laptop ones are SUPER expensive), and if the last 2 ram slots are behind the keyboard and require disassembly, then he could put in a second 16GB stick later by himself, without having to take apart the entire laptop. If he went 2x8GB, he would have to have the RAM installed behind the keyboard, to have the front slots accessible to be upgraded. And I think that would add to build time, as removing a motherboard on a laptop takes ages. That's just my guess

 

Additionally, I don't remember seeing 2x8GB as an option at 3000MHz.

 

Hello, guys.
Does by chance anyone know how much can be additional cost for order to Czech republic? I do not mean shipping fees, but other expenses for "importing" laptop I want to be sent to my country from your shop.

 

Please email me at [email protected]

 

Hey everyone! So today I took the time to go through @Galm's Reseller Guide and check out every option possible for laptops that would work for what I needed without being ridiculously overpriced or not getting services for the price I was paying. In the end, HIDevolution was the choice I made. Below is the laptop that I decided to get. It was a big toss up between the HIDevolution EVOC 16L-G-1080 and the EUROCOM Tornado F5. They both are 15.6" GTX1080 laptops which is what I was looking for. The prices came out to roughly the same price (within $35), and HIDevolution squeaked it out with their extra over the top services that aren't found at Eurocom. I plan to buy this laptop probably within the next month, and was wondering if anyone had any additional tips for me prior to submitting my order or after my order is submitted. Let me know, thanks!



EVOC High Performance Systems 16L-G-1080 15.6"

Screen
- 15.6" Full HD (1920x1080) IPS Antiglare Matte Type Display - with nVIDIA® G-SYNC™ Technology

Display Warranty
- 30 Days Zero Defective Pixel Warranty (perfect panel guarantee)

Processor
- Delidded - Unlocked, Under Volted and Overclocked to 4.7GHz Intel Core i7-7700K

Wireless Cards
- Intel Wireless-AC 8265

Video Card
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5 X w/ G-Sync Technology

Memory
- 16GB (2 x 8GB) Dual Channel DDR4/2400MHz

M.2 SSD Slot 1
- Samsung 960 EVO 500GB M.2

2.5" HDD/SSD Bay
- 2TB Seagate FireCuda Gaming 7mm SSHD (ST2000LX001)

Operating System
- None

Power Adapter
- 330W AC Power Adapter

Battery Options
- 1 x 8 cell battery - 75.24Wh

Audio
- Dynaudio Tech Speakers Speakers x 2

Back-lit Gaming Keyboard
- Full-color Backlit Programmable Gaming Keyboard (US English)

Branding
- No Logo on LCD Cover and Bezel

Warranty and Service
- 1 Year HIDevolution Limited U.S. Warranty + LIFETIME HIDevolution Technical Support

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Prema Custom BIOS
- Prema Custom BIOS - Latest Updated Version

Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra + IC Diamond for Delidded CPU
- Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra 100% Metal Thermal Interface + IC Diamond on CPU, IC Diamond on GPU

Bottom Service Panel Ventilation Mod
- The Bottom Service Panel Ventilation Mod will lower your CPU temps up to 8 Celsius from standard by allowing more cool air to flow through the chassis.

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Total Price Before Tax and Discounts: $2,814

 

You're going to have to be more specific regarding what sort of advice you're looking for. What is your use case?

Also, the prices of the upgrades are what they are. HID buys its components in bulk, so whatever reduction you're seeing by not choosing specific items is probably much closer to what they actually paid. What you can get is a small discount for being an active member of this forum. When you've settled on your final configuration, put the system in your shopping cart, then email @Donald@HIDevolution with your forum user name. He will create a new quote and apply the discount.

 

Sorry, this is my first enthusiast laptop (aka real high-end), and I wasn't sure if there were any "tricks of the trade" I should know about in regards to making sure I get the best performance or longest life out of this monster. It's primary use will be gaming, it will see occasional travel but 75% of it's use will be hooked up to two monitors on my desk. I do plan to code and things of the sort on it but that's just normal everyday use. Right now I have an i7-4770k with a 1070 GPU and 16GB of RAM in a mITX desktop. But it is still too inconvenient to take that setup with me when going places so I wanted to go smaller. I plan on sacrificing a bit of performance because of this (or at least I assume I will be, could be wrong), but the convenience of just closing the lid and throwing it in a backpack is too great to pass up with these specs. I know Donald advised me to reach out to the veterans of the site for valuable information and he seemed to be a pretty big fan of @Phoenix and after browsing around and reading a lot of reviews and just common talk, I grew quite fond of what @Mr. Fox had to say and his opinions of quality equipment.

 

An i7 7700K and GTX 1080 will offer an order of magnitude better performance than your current hardware. The stock 1080p/60 screen is good for content consumption (and I would assume creation as well) and light gaming, but if you're going to be doing any serious playing on the built-in display, I would upgrade to the 120Hz unit.

Another thing to consider is RAM. I know you've already bought some, but while the system has four slots, two of them are on top of the motherboard, which has to be completely removed in order to access them. When I ordered my 16L13, I made sure to go with a configuration where everything was populated so I wouldn't have to worry about it down the road. Of course, if you're fine with only using the two accessible slots, that's OK.

If you're going to use Bluetooth peripherals, I'd recommend upgrading to the Killer wireless card. I use a BT Xbox controller and it works much better with the Killer than with an Intel I used on a different laptop.

Lastly, you should also consider adding an extended warranty, especially if you plan on keeping the machine for a while. The GPU alone would probably cost a grand to replace if it were to fail out of warranty, so spending far less than that for the extra peace of mind is worth it, IMO.

 

Buying components yourself and installing yourself can definitely save you money. HID is charging a fee (everyone does) to install them so they make a profit. It's to be expected when you're having someone else assemble it that they'll be making a margin. So if you're confident opening it up and doing it yourself it's an easy way to save money. Then you can look out for deals too and find even better pricing or find models they may not have offered for storage/ram.

If you don't want to do that, their prices are a little expensive, but imo still worth it. The cpu stuff they're doing is great and much more difficult to do if you're inexperienced.

It's funny because some other "boutique" places charge way more for storage and don't do anything special to make up for it... Unless you want your laptop like spray painted or something.

 

Well the good news is, HIDevolution offers factory delidded CPUs which would bring the temps down by as much as 10-20C which is a MUST for these desktop CPUs. If you delid yourself, say bye bye to your warranty so having a professional system builder do that is awesome as not many system builders are willing to take the chance/risk to do it. Also, I know shops usually charge a bit more for components that you can buy yourself but at least get the RAM from them to ensure they test everything before shipping it out to you. You can always add more storage yourself later if needed but RAM + CPU = from System Builder / shop

 

So after reading some of your comments, I decided that it would just be the better choice to spend the extra $125 and order all the parts through HID. I've updated the system above accordingly and struck out the irrelevant text.

I will actually have the laptop hooked up to a Dell 34" Ultrawide for my main gaming experiences. I may try to sell it off and pick up a 1440p 120hz monitor in the future though.

I'm pretty good with just the two top slots. I've never had a need for more than 16GB of RAM and I doubt anything I'll be doing in the future will require more than that as well.

See I've read that the Killer card has had issues where once it is under load it tends to disconnect and that going with the Intel card is better for reliability reasons for constant connection. Could just be a hit or miss thing though.

I'm still thinking about the extended warranty. I've never bough an extended warranty before except for my card and I've never had anything break on me either (I'm pretty cautious with things that cost a lot of money). So that's still up for debate, I'm mauling it over and will decide on that before I click proceed to checkout.

 

Whichever way you go on an external monitor, make sure you have a good quality mini-DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable. This is the one I use. I was having problems using an adapter and the stock cable that came with my Dell G-Sync monitor, and changing to the aforementioned one fixed them.

As I said, the Killer card would only be worth considering if you're going to be using Bluetooth frequently. That being said, their drivers have improved dramatically over the last year. Most of the problems come from using their control center software, but thankfully there's a separate package that includes just the drivers, so you won't need to worry about that at all.

 

I ordered a MSI GE63VR Raider earlier this week. Can't wait for it to get here. Thanks to Donald@HIDevolution the purchase process was one of the best I've ever had!

 

FYI this thread is now about all MSI orders from any reseller; thread title changed to reflect.

Charles