MSI GV63 8SE-014 15.6" Performance Gaming Laptop NVIDIA RTX 2060 6G, 120Hz 3ms, Intel i7-8750H (6 cores), 16GB, 256GB NVMe SSD+1TB, Red Backlit KB, Win 10, Black

Out of the box, gorgeous laptop. Turned on looks just as good. Using wifi the signal seems to drop, not sure if the wifi adapter needs an update but there are issues. Hook up the cat5 and the machine is screaming at high speed and exactly what I was hoping for. Too bad it is not as good wireless but will look into it. Tried to download updates from MSI but says missing install file? Contacted MSI and the response was to use the restore USB, restore to factory defaults, format harddrive? Less then a week old computer? Keyboard problems too. My first day with it. Will come back with more info if I solve the problem. Have not yet called MSI for help but will. So far great machine.

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This thing performed very well whenever it was not Bluescreening or having other malfunctions due to drivers. The temperatures were good, and the overall responsiveness of the system was fine. Game performance was fantastic. I can say you can definitely feel the difference between a dedicated SSD and a hybrid drive, though. First, the factory default driver configuration of this thing is unstable, which makes installing a correct configuration more difficult. The intel RST driver (for the hybrid drive) version is old, and causes rare system lockups. The intel graphics driver (either the version by default or the one from MSI) also stops responding occasionally under fairly normal usage (game on one monitor, browser in another). Further, the MSI dragon center (default software on the installation) caused a blue screen which lead to me having to factory reset. I looked the dragon center BSoD up, and apparently it is a common issue. If all it took was simply downloading and installing the drivers from MSI, there would be no problem. After factory resetting and not wanting any more occasional freezes from the HDD, I took the risk and updated the intel RST driver from MSIs page for the laptop. Immediately the computer started getting occasional blue screens on startup and Windows data corruption. By the time I was returning it, the system was in such poor shape from the MSI-provided RST driver that I could no longer access the MSI factory reset, and Windows own Reset this PC never worked from the start - saying it encountered a problem. I believe if you happen to uninstall/install the drivers in exactly the correct order and/or do a clean Win 10 installation yourself, this laptop should perform well for the price. MSI used to have a driver installer by disk that would install all the proper drivers in the right order, so youd have the perfect configuration. This is how the user manual installed on the laptop says to install the drivers. However, the laptop has no dvd drive, and no such driver dvd was provided. Now, you just have to guess the installation order and risk bricking the laptop for many hours and then going through the factory reset again (if its still accessible). Windows 10 also makes clean driver installs difficult, because if it detects no driver for some things while youre in the middle of doing an uninstall old -> install new procedure, it will immediately try to install a driver of its own choice. I am not new to computers, and have done several setups from scratch without encountering any driver problems of this magnitude. Its possible I got bad hardware by chance, but all of the issues being directly traceable to drivers suggests the issues were all driver-related. Many other negative reviews are specifically about bluescreens and stability, and its probable some of them they are driver-related as well. Other products in the same price bracket rarely have that many reviews specifically of that type. If MSI can automate or clarify the safe driver installation order and provide external factory restore media by default (such as a recovery disk or USB) which is in a known stable (even if old) configuration, I would be able to recommend this. As is, you have not only the usual gamble of whether the hardware is good, but also whether you happen to uninstall & install the drivers perfectly in an already misconfigured environment.

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I bought this laptop on black Friday for $700 and Im debating returning it because Ive had quite a few issues. Ill start with the negative because I feel thats more important. The sound is really terrible and tinny. I didnt expect much from laptop speakers, but my old android phone has much better audio. Im actually wondering if there is an issue with the speakers, its so bad. Plan on using an external speaker whenever you play games or watch videos. The battery life is terrible. Running mid brightness on eco, I get about 2 hours of battery life. Again, I wonder if my unit is defective because most reviews talk about this laptop having a 6+ hour battery life. I dont even know how long it would run on max settings. Keep getting random dings from windows and cant seem to stop it. Internet says its faulty audio drivers but after a reinstall, it still makes random sounds every 10 minutes. Not sure it is related, but when I open Facebook, aaaallllll the messages open simultaneously. Which is bizzare. Stopped going on Facebook because of it Positives Okay, its not all bad I promise. The unit is whisper quiet and hasnt gotten hot no matter how hard I push it. Its fast. Ive never had a computer as fast as this. Whether Im playing games or video editing, or web design, it doesnt hesitate. Im not a huge gamer, but it can run crysis with full mods on ultra settings and doesnt make so much as a light hum. Honestly, Im debating returning this laptop. Your mileage may vary but its been a headache for me since I bought it.

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