Yesterday I Ordered the PowerPro R 11:36-675 (MSI MS-16F3 or GT60). I Have A Couple of Questions

Yesterday night I ordered the PowerPro R 11-36-675 (MSI MS-16F3 or GT60 based) at PowerNotebooks.com with the following specs:

15.6" Full HD (1920x1080) LED Matte Widescreen LCD
30 Day "No Defective Pixel" Guarantee - SALE! $45 OFF
nVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 256bit w/4.0GB GDDR5
Built-in Blue Backlit Keyboard w/ Touch Sensitive Power Panel
Intel Core i7-3630QM (2.4~3.4GHz) w/6M L3 Cache - 4 Cores - 8 Threads
FREE IC Diamond to CPU + GPU w/CPU Upgrade ONLY
8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3/1600 Dual Channel Memory
120GB Samsung 840 Series SATA III Solid State Drive - SALE! $30 OFF
750GB SATA II 3GB/s 7,200 RPM Hard Drive
RAID Disabled
Combo Dual Layer SuperMulti DVDRW/CDRW Drive
Internal 7-in-1 Card Reader: SD/SDHC/SDXC/XD/MSPRO/MS/MM
Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 Wireless Card
Smart Li-ion Battery 9-Cell
Full Range 180W Auto Switching AC Adapter

This will be my first MSI based notebook. I have a couple of questions on it:
1. How reliable are MSI based laptops?
2. If I decide to upgrade to a larger capacity SSD or to more memory, will it void the PowerNotebook's warranty?
3. How good is the standard matte full hd screen?
4. Does this laptop come with the SteelSeries Keyboard?
5. I did not add Windows 7 to the config, because I have a full version of Windows 7. Can I install Windows 7 on this laptop with an USB flash drive? and What is the correct order to install drivers after I install Windows?
6. Will the laptop handle games at high to ultra settings at 1080p with decent frame rates?

 

The time to ask questions is usually before you order.

1-IMO the branded MSI models have better build quality
2-Don't waste your money on a 128GB SSD.After formatting the space remaining fills up fast.An SSD should always have about 20% free space.The 240GB~256GB SSD is the sweet spot for performance.Buy without an SSD and upgrade to an SSD when you can afford to buy a 256GB 840Pro,256GB OCZ Vector or the newly released 240GB Crucial M500.
3-Good for gaming and general use but not for photo editing.
4-?
5-Yes!Chipset>netframework 4.5>wireless>graphics>sound>Lan>USB 3.0>card reader>MSI utilities
6-Every game has different requirements but you should be OK for most on high with power option set on High Performance and speed stepping disabled in the bios.

Have you spoken to the dealer regarding the questions you have?

You do know that gaming notebooks with series 8 chipsets and Haswell CPUs will be released in about 1.5 months from now.

 

1. It's fine, the barebones use the same internal plastics and PCB as the retail.
2. Nope, you can open the bottom panel and add in your own drives at any point, just keep the original components so it can be restored to your original configuration, also be careful, physical damage caused by yourself would not be covered.
3. It's a decent screen, the higher gamut is mainly for those who need a more accurate colour profile.
4. Yes, the only difference between the retail keyboard and the one in the barebone is the barebone only provides blue backlighting.
5. Yes, so long as you have a valid key that is why we make the OS an option, Chipset drivers first, followed by everything else.
6. You will struggle with crysis 3 as even the 680M needs overclocking to do that, but most titles should run really nicely.