MSI claims up to 8 hours of battery life when in power saving “green mode” and playing back 720p video content. The CPU supports dual channel DDR4-2666 MHz RAM and Intel Optane storage (no vPro on this model). The Coffee Lake H processor is a 45W part featuring 6 cores / 12 threads clocked at 2.2 GHz base and 4.2 GHz turbo and 9 MB cache. Under the hood, MSI is offering up to an Intel Core i7-8750H Coffee Lake-H processor and either a NVIDIA GTX 1070 or GTX 1060 depending on the model. Internally, MSI is using a beefy air cooling setup with three Whirlwind Blade fans (47 0.2mm thick fan blades), four heatpipes, and independent CPU and GPU coolers and airflow. The display is a 15.6” 144 Hz display that is rated at a calibrated 94% NTSC color gamut. In addition to the built-in speakers, MSI also includes Nahimic 3 audio support for 7.1 virtual surround sound when using headphones. Up top DynAudio speakers sit above the keyboard and a large trackpad sits below it. External I/O includes Ethernet (the laptop is barely thick enough to hold the RJ-45 port), two USB 3.1 Gen 2, and two audio ports on the left side, and one USB 3.1 (10 Gbps), one Thunderbolt 3, one Mini DisplayPort, and one full size HDMI video output along the right side. There are plenty of vents along the back and back corners of the left and right sides. The MSI GS65 features a flat black design with gold trim and accents along with rounded corners. The GS65 utilizes the latest Intel processor and NVIDIA graphics along with all the RGB offered with a per-key backlit SteelSeries keyboard.

The new MSI GS65 is a thin and light laptop at 0.69” thick and 4.14 pounds with ultra slim (4.9mm) bezels that allow it to pack a 15.6” display into a 14” laptop form factor. MSI is introducing a new high-end gaming laptop as part of its stealth gaming GS series.

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