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hey how's it going guys this is Dave 2d and this is a video on the msi GS so this is our thin and light gaming laptop that's equipped with the gtx 1060 but before i begin after mention the fact that this video was made possible by nvidia they partnered with me and send me the laptop for review so first a quick unboxing here when you open it up you get the laptop itself the AC adapter and some paperwork aesthetically it's not too different from the GS 6c from last year it's thinner and lighter but the top surface is still aluminum the bottom panel is also aluminum but it has this micro suede type material the idea is that allows you to use the device on your lap without a metal panel getting super hot you can access the internals by removing some screws but the only thing you can easily swap out is the two and a half inch hard drive the RAM slots and the MT Drive Bay are upgradable but they're on the other side of the motherboard you'll need to disassemble it a bit more to get access the chassis is a magnesium lithium alloy the exterior paneling though is aluminum there's a bit of flex on these panels and the same thing goes with the keyboard area but for a laptop this thin at 17 point seven millimeters it's pretty solid the hinge also feels pretty well made with proper tension the GS 63 is packed with ports on the Left we have Ethernet and SD slot 3 USB 3s and separate audio jacks on the right we have a USB 2 Thunderbolt 3 and some display outputs the power button is up near the front and I was actually worried I would accidentally turn it on or off all the time but it's never happened not even once so I don't think it's an issue the keyboard has SteelSeries lighting they aren't individually lit keys you adjust the lighting in zones it's very configurable there's tons of colors to choose from the keyboard itself feels really nice it has a 10 key number pad so it has that leftward shift but it has good key travel and it's very nice to type on despite being such a thin chassis the touchpad is less awesome it's a textured plastic surface I don't find the tracking to be as smooth as I'd like it to be and the button clicks feel pretty shallow it is a gaming laptop though so he'll probably a mouse connected there's a 4k panel option but the display on this unit is a Tandy P IPS panel it's a matte finish with good viewing angles contrast and brightness color accuracy out of the box is good and it can be tuned with the included software there's also no noticeable light bleed on the panel they did a really good job this year the 1080p webcam up top looks like this the speakers are not located above the keyboard despite the grill being there they're actually underneath the laptop they sound pretty standard for a laptop this thin they get loud but they have pretty weak base the drive speeds are also pretty standard it has a SATA stick in the empty slot and a SATA hard drive but you can upgrade both of them the m2 slot can take a much faster a PCIe stick okay let's talk about gaming performance it uses a sky like 6700 HQ chip and the new Pascal based GeForce GTX 1060 chip in moderately demanding games like overwatch I'm comfortably hitting 95 frames per second on epic settings at 1080p something a little heavier like doom we're looking at 75 frames per second on Ultra settings at 1080p I never saw it dip below 60 frames per second once something even more demanding like fallout 4 on Ultra settings I'm hovering around 60 frames per second something like GTA 5 on Ultra settings we're looking at mid to high 40s you'll need to lower the graphics to medium high to hit the 50 60 frames per second the bottom line is this if you want to play games at 1080p the GTX 1060 is going to give you amazing performance it's going to run at high frame rates with beautiful visuals a virtual reality also runs nicely on this laptop Pascal runs VR at three times the speed of the previous generation so the GTX 1060 handles VR comfortably I played around with VR Fon house and subnautica both of them had a very smooth experience it's crazy that I'm getting this kind of performance on a laptop this thin and this Lite video edits are all so fast this entire 4k video was edited and rendered on this laptop and it's actually the fastest laptop I've used to edit a video it's faster than 960 m 970 m faster than 980 m this thing pushes a crazy performance the GS 63 has three fans and five heat pipes fan noise on idle is quiet and even under load it's not crazy loud but thermally it's surprisingly well cooled and comfort to use because the micro suede material and the location of the three fans keep the contact areas cool if you want you can use the MSI software to crank the fans to max and the temperatures will be lower it uses a hundred eighty watt adapter to charge a 65 watt our battery takes around two hours to charge up from empty and with regular use I'm getting around three and a half four hours of battery life playing games it's closer to an hour ok recap of the msi gs70 dollars us it's an aluminum build with pretty good build quality it has a bright 1080p screen with good color accuracy it has a great keyboard but a not-so-great trackpad inside the skylake i7 and the gtx 1060 deliver amazing performance with comfortable temperatures and fan noise the 16 gigs of ram and the two drives are upgradable but only the two and a half inch drive is easy to access and then there's a 65 watt hour battery that gets you around three and a half hours of regular use so the msi gs70 powerful laptop for its size mostly because of the gtx 1060 Pascal delivers such a big jump in performance from the previous generation it's kind of crazy you're getting desktop gaming performance in a laptop never been done before but it's finally here if you want more information about Pascal or about the GTX lineup check the link in the description below hope you guys like this video thumbs have you liked it subs if you loved it it's been nice see you guys 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