MSI Titan 18 HX with nVidia RTX 4090, Intel 14th Gen i9-14900HX unboxing and review

[@kylleven]

I just added this to my list of awesome stuff I will never get to own.

[@iikatinggangsengii2471]

it was like that before on c1 era too, not everyone can afford core 2 duo and 8800gtx back then, but 4 years later entry cpus can play it well

[@Blacksensei12]

Same😢

[@axiomkrieg]

Same!

[@njabulozimu7702]

Me and you bro.😂

[@mustafatoppi]

Same here😢

[@maminparvaresh]

Thank you very much. In the middle of it, I was thinking to myself, now we need someone brave enough to disassemble it, and I can't believe you did that too! Thanks again.

[@lincoln537]

Finally I can hear fan noise and how it sounds. Thank you

[@raffitchakmakjian]

finally, the only review I've found showcasing the fan noise ON CAMERA! Thank you! Considering a System76 with this processor and wanted to get an idea of how loud it can get. Seems reasonable.

[@mikeferrara1104]

Laptop: Niiice Price: Oh Hell Naw!

[@thisisreallychris]

Beeeeeeen waiting for a review on this! Thanks so much for uploading! 🖤🖤🖤

[@RadhaRanjanMadhav]

Very detailed review without any unnecessary music etc. To the point.

[@ob8719]

I'm now realizing much razer needs to get their fan noise under control, msi does a better job of not making their fans sound like jet engines

[@dimosbarboss]

Thank you for the review. I am happy to see how easy is to upgrade the RAM no need to remove the keyboard.

[@edgargabriel6640]

Thanks for the extensive review. The specs point more to heavy workload instead of gaming i suppose. Greetings and best wishes from Germany

[@konstantinavalentina3850]

Kinda wish you did a measurement of the Gen 5 SSD space tolerance since gen 5 ssds are notorious for being super hot, and it would be nice to know what the maximum size 3rd party heatsink could fit inside. Some gen 4 SSDs also have options that come with heatsink installed, and having that measurement would be good to know. A 3rd party heatsink alone probably wouldn't be enough for a gen 5 ssd, so a list of recommended laptop cooler pads for this size would also be nice as a high recommendation add for anyone wanting to run a gen 5 SSD and maintain good machine health without risk of destroying it from the naive mistake of installing something without precaution just because it fits, and then having the laptop melt from heat overload. Maybe you do this in a later video? thx :) I'm personally worried the only solution to run a gen 5 SSD without breaking this expensive machine would mean cutting a heatsink-shaped hole on the bottom of the laptop case to allow for a full sized heatsink with the laptop leaning on an elevated degree. ... but, yeah, questions regarding Gen 5, heatsink sizes allowed, laptop cooler pad recommendations ... these would be excellent and informative things to know before buying, and same questions will be a good things to know when the Raider 18 HX is released and probably more so since that does not have the new vapor chamber system the Titan does.

[@zechssiguro7476]

Good to know there are 3rd party heat sinks &&&, SSD's that come with 1...I'd like to know those dims too, as the Titan would have the most space out of the 3 new 18" ops MSI has this year with Intel 14th gen processor.

[@johnarigi6274]

Good to see you Back.

[@khosrowjalali7898]

At 0:51 you introduced the Intel i9 as Nvidia i9. Small correction. I'm saving up for this beast.

[@HDRPC]

Check update and power setting. CPU Scores are very very very very low low.

[@JamesDude100]

So which laptop would be best to gey for gaming? Price doesn't matter of course

[@HDRPC]

@@JamesDude100 ASUS Rog Strix scar 18 2024 with 14900HX and RTX 4090 Razer Blade 16 2024 ASUS Rog Zephyrus G16 2024 with Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and RTX 4090 (115 watt). This is not FASTEST but most relible with nice battery and good overall package. If you want best overall package so pick this or if you want only best gaming so pick razer or Strix scar.

[@RobertitoRobertito]

​@@HDRPC Do you mean that the GHz of the Msi's cpu are very slow? Can't you overclock?

[@RobertitoRobertito]

​@@HDRPC I just looked on Amazon, and those models also come with very low scores,the asus rog strix scar 18 comes with 1.6GHz, same as this Msi laptop, and the Razer comes with 2.4 GHz (very slow too) with top speeds up to 5.8 GHz

[@RobertitoRobertito]

​@@HDRPCI just looked on Amazon, and those models also come with very low scores, the asus rog strix scar 18 comes with 1.6 GHz, and the Razer comes with 2.4 GHz with top speeds up to 5.8 GHz.

[@tomgjonaj9965]

Awesome DTR. Enjoy my Titan 18 every day! Don’t listen to Jarrod’s review, he has to complain about it to please his audience.

[@evgeniy495]

I wish it could be the same cooling system in the next ge and gp models

[@Parky-pm2sg]

Again, as nice as the laptop is it has a lot of excellent features about it and you’re getting a lot of them for the price you’re paying but one thing they lack is not dealing with a better screen design it has a lower refresh rate in the screen from last year 144hz dropping to 120hz, no g-sync, no variable refresh rate and as great as the 4k 120hz Mini LED panel is it won’t be as colour accurate for productive work as a laptop like the Asus Strix Scar 18’ with the multi zone and one zone switch for Mini LED in their Armoury crate software which makes a huge difference in productive work when you switch it to one zone and has 2048 dimming zones on the scar so less blooming when it is in multi zone hdr mode unlike the Titan which has 1024 dimming zones the 18’ scar 2024 model also has g-sync, advanced Optimus and a 240hz refresh rate in the best colour accurate mini LED screen you can get right now as no other brands implement a multi zone and one zone switch like Asus in their software also they removed the display port from last years model and the cherry mx switches now are only on the keyboard area (not on the number pad or arrow keys) so if you can deal with all these drawbacks than get it if you want but I personally wouldn’t for the price you’re paying you’d expect a good screen with no issues.

[@tahirhameed-mth1530]

Watching this video on same laptop.🙂

[@smufinstuff]

Sounds like it’s about to take off. 10:49

[@X1GenKaneShiroX]

I seen a 24TB version of that on Amazon going for $10,281 USD. That’s as expensive as laptops can get these days. Definitely a beautiful laptop with a state of the art displays.

[@josemontesjimenez2485]

Getting Up the laptop makes It Cold better, for my experience!

[@GenTechPC]

One of our customer use soda cap and he is very satisfied with the result.

[@BrianTalmage-s3w]

Just a quick correction it's Intel Core i9-14900HX not Nvidia Core i9-14900HX. You are still doing fantastic though!

[@delikanli1825]

Great Job! Thanks

[@tahirhameed-mth1530]

Just purchased this amazing machine

[@En1337Rich]

how do you like it?

[@tahirhameed-mth1530]

@@En1337Rich No question at all.

[@tahirhameed-mth1530]

@kaizenmanipulation No

[@ΖΑΧΑΡΙΑΣΠΛΑΤΩΝΗΣ]

The lighting of the touchpad can be turned off separately from the keyboard lighting?

[@GenTechPC]

Yes you can turn it off.

[@zechssiguro7476]

​@@GenTechPCglad to know! Can prolly add a touchpad border if the seamless design gives someone OCD...I wonder if 8TB is the limit or can it take more?, on the SSD Gen 5?

[@key23804]

All good, 5 days testing it. My disappointment is the battery in games, it only gives me 1:15 minutes with the DHR at medium quality😒. And with videos on KZbin it only gives me 3:50 with the lowest configuration

[@Sheena1234ization]

Looks like an absolute beast

[@Yuriy.Winnig]

Something wrong with your testing Cinebench R23 single core score on the same CPU should be 2000-2200 instead of 1102 that you got.

[@GenTechPC]

I am sure we can tweak the drivers and other settings, but it's at Extreme Performance settings on MSI center app out of the box. When we testing it we do unboxing out of the box tests.

[@starcraft2f2p77]

@@GenTechPC it is an e-core score i think.

[@MingHsiung]

Nice review! I'm still curious how an 11th gen i7-1165G7 (max 4.7Ghz) beats the i9-14900HX (max 5.8Ghz) in cinebench's single core tests ... that also implies working in C4D viewports (not rendering) will be much better / faster w the i7-1165G7 since the viewport performance is also based off single core operations.

[@GenTechPC]

Typical first released of new product from MSI. Their hardware is perfect however, the BIOS forgot to to know the power adapter is connected to unleash the full power and keep thinking it's on battery mode. New BIOS updated released few weeks later fixed it.

[@MingHsiung]

@@GenTechPCthanks, appreciate the update!

[@matthewedwards4064]

something looks wrong on the single core performance

[@Presydent]

Thermal interface is very poor. Use thermal greezly cryonaut and CPU temperature will be lower - 10-15 C.

[@GenTechPC]

Factory thermal paste isn't always good, we do offer Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut and Kryonaut repaste for free.

[@miguelangellehmann9690]

Niceee vídeo!! Thanks !!

[@MelodyGuan-p8u]

Great content, would you be able to review a laptop cooler?

[@GenTechPC]

No not interested.

[@almostdead9567]

isnt the battery supposed to 99Whr , why is it 95 ?? And the cpu perf is pretty bad compared to last gen , if u want to confirm just reference the titan of last yr , it got above 29k on multi and above 2k on single core . if anyone plan on buying the titan , wait a while , maybe buy it after the rtx 5000 release by then msi will iron out the kinks in the new design , as notebook check gave this a lower score compared to previous titan

[@GenTechPC]

Typical capacity is 99.99Whr.

[@dimosbarboss]

Thank you for your video! Itried to install 192GB RAM (4x48Gb DDR5-5600 Crucial) to my MSI Titan 18 today. The all planks are visidble in BIOS but when the laptop is about to start Windows it stucs. Could anyone advice if there is any approach how to make it works? I tried to start with one or two planks but no luck. The BIOS is the latest. Thanks.

[@GenTechPC]

Maybe your RAM is faulty. RAM installation should be plug and play and no special settings required.

[@dimosbarboss]

Agree. In the perfect world it should be exactly like that. I think there might be some troubles with 48gb planks since they are pretty new on market.

[@ShinroonPl]

good video apply liquid metal on the cpu and gpu for see boost performance. my msi ge67hx 12800hx after apply liquid metal run at start at 180w and stay 140w and 135w befor the best i can get on stock is 115w throttle get 100w

[@jomiro]

Nice indepth video.

[@Pentax67]

Such a great laptop from MSI ! Been waiting for that. But I'm unhappy with so few IOs connectivity giving it's massive size of 18"!!!! Why not inlude at least 6 USB ports? It's better to wait until RTX 5000 comes soon before buying Titan HX

[@GenTechPC]

It's because of chipset bandwidth limitations, it already comes with 2 Thunderbolt 4 and 3 USB3.2 Gen2 and also need to have 3 PCIe SSD slots and 4 RAM slots. Not much bandwidth left.

[@Null-Ghost]

Cinebench R23 scores look low from you I got 38476 through BIOS undervolted Titan 18 HX also 10mins get 36147

[@GenTechPC]

But did you get 38476 out of the box without doing anything?

[@Null-Ghost]

​@@GenTechPC No, I had do undervolt If it's out of the box without doing anything, 34329~339xx with Extreme Performance mode

[@waferlayout]

Good company ❤ Dragon Mark 😅

[@nidoooalmsi7526]

I'm thinking of buying this laptop 🤔...how good is the screen compared to scar 18 2024?

[@GenTechPC]

They are not quite the same, Titan 18 is 4K 120Hz and Scar 18 is QHD+ 240Hz. Both are great so depends on what you like.

[@SolarErazer]

Beautiful

[@umarsaidahmad5470]

Single core benchmark did not work correctly, this CPU never shows less than i7 1195G7

[@GenTechPC]

Typical first batch shipment from all MSI, new BIOS update few weeks later fixed it.

[@ShaighJosephson]

Ahhh... This explains why they have changed the CPU to the 13900 HX... 😮

[@GenTechPC]

I didn't know MSI change Titan 18 to 13900HX.

[@hopegaming867]

​@@GenTechPCthey didn't

[@NiceDZNintro]

they did not

[@fabiolucasdev]

Very good.

[@RadhaRanjanMadhav]

Could you please post a review for Macbook Pro M3 max, 128GB RAM?

[@Crazyaoao]

I only need an 18-inch 4K screen. As for the keyboard and touchpad, I don’t have much demand, so I chose raider18hx. It reduces the heat dissipation of the vapor chamber and the power consumption of 20w. Of course, the price is much cheaper. It is higher than GE78HX and lower than TAITAN18HX. It is a better choice.

[@GenTechPC]

Raider 18 is actually a Titan 18 and the chassis are exactly the same but with much lower price. The only real difference is the keyboard and touchpad.

[@matthewedwards4064]

the keyboard seems too high on the deck as the base of my wrists want to be at the bottom edge of a laptop (which is where my alienware x17r2 puts me - do you notice an awkward feel reaching so far toward the screen when typing. Also, I prefer centered without numberpad, however, maybe you get used to the offset keyboard/numberpad layout.

[@Dat3699]

quality video

[@LazerB.]

Do this laptop use PWM?

[@romanmyroniuk1278]

Нещодавно я придбав цей ноутбук він супер, але після тижня користування випадково виявив битий піксель тепер змушений звернутися до продавця.

[@ed.0145]

I like it....🥰😍🤩

[@key23804]

todo bien 5 días probandola. mi decepción es la batería en juegos solo me da 1:15 minutos con el dhr a calidad media😒. y con videos en KZbin solo me da 3:50 con la configuración más baja

[@GenTechPC]

you mean 1.15 hours?

[@fruitydudexD]

so what youre saying is that i should get one

[@happyreaper5562]

Can it run Solitaire, minesweeper and notepad at the same time?

[@GenTechPC]

You will refuse to run and popup a message say: Please use your Windows 3.1 PC to play.

[@IcanFixHer]

Is there a budget one of this more like 32gb with 1tb for start than user upgrade it ? if is so what's price diff

[@GenTechPC]

You can customize it on our websie and you can remove RAM and SSD to reduce price.

[@nicuje8771]

oo really i din,t know the gt77 have a termal paste. so my gt77 titan need to put a new termal paste...i have the laptop from 2022.

[@Xenshen1]

That cpu score is super low. U should be getting around 18000 but u have to unlock ultimate performance for that

[@GenTechPC]

It's normal for very first shipment and future BIOS update is necessary. If you watch our 2023 GE78 unboxing, the 3DMark performance was pretty bad, we talked to MSI and found out it was BIOS glitch that it stays at battery mode and did not change to AC connected Extreme performance. They later updated the BIOS and fixed the issue.

[@victorforzani3433]

you had your chance to say what the resolution of the webcam was, And you pass I wonder why. for the price is better be more than 2k

[@Stardomplay]

You can optimize this laptop to be way more performant than the scores you got in this video.

[@GenTechPC]

Read my previous comment, it was because of first batch BIOS issue. MSI released new BIOS fixed the issue.

[@Stardomplay]

@@GenTechPC alright boss.

[@charlesa3505]

i wish the 5k laptop came with a screen protecxtor and a case for the overall laptop. you wouldnt buy a iphone and use it raw would you xD

[@ShuhDonk]

Strange, my 14900HX gets 2000 in single core and 24000 in multicore in R23. Lenovo Legion Pro 5 with 4070 gpu.

[@GenTechPC]

It's because of initial shipment of the Titan 18 HX, very common with MSI that BIOS are not optimized and it's thinking it's running on battery mode, we will test it again with latest BIOS again and posted on KZbin.

[@RipeStories]

How does the laptop perform in silent mode? the 2023 titan was amazing performance wise in games in silent mode. Only like 5-10% slower than perf and extreme mode and below 40db noise

[@theonlyansa]

Can you really get 192gb of ram on this laptop or is the limit 128gb of ram?

[@GenTechPC]

Yes it can go up to 192GB with 4 48GB sticks, the GT77HX can also go up to 192GB.

[@ShebanFPV]

Why would you need 192? I have 64, games, blender, etc., max was used up to 36 gigs.

[@Ginlah]

They never tell us how it feels

[@furstenfeldbruck]

damn, no DVD drive

[@eliaschami5614]

How come they didn't applied Liquid Metal on it????

[@GenTechPC]

MSI never use LM, they used to use phase changing metal pad but it was so bad that they stopped using it.

[@eliaschami5614]

@@GenTechPC so I just bought the same laptop for some reason the "H" on the keyboard sounds different than the rest of the keys, it sounds "clicky" vs the rest, did you happen to notice the same?

[@asrafulemon2004]

RGB touchpad WoW

[@GenTechPC]

RGB are required for all gaming laptops these days.

[@michaj.526]

Good video . I also planned to buy the MSI Titan 18 HX. But after testing it, I won't buy it anymore. It must be possible to finally make gaming laptops quieter. I only buy a gaming laptop when the noise is tolerable.

[@EVDriver1990]

You have obviously never owned a true high end current generation machine, they are all loud.. regardless of vapour chambers etc... get real

[@michaj.526]

I had a Razer Blade 18 with RTX 4090 which was also too loud for me. It's a shame, I thought the development had continued, but unfortunately not in terms of volume. Then I won't buy a gaming laptop.@@EVDriver1990

[@Elif_T623]

If i ever get rich i wont mention it to anyone but there will be signs

[@mannegar7650]

Weldone

[@clifflee5404]

Nice system, why no g sync?

[@GenTechPC]

MSI laptops don't use G-Sync for some reason.

[@Smarguy3005]

U said the cpu was made by invidea 0:54

[@scorpion_king11]

What is the maximum amount of Internal memory that i can put in each SSD Slot? I'm thinking of buying 8TB each for them.

[@GenTechPC]

Which ever the largest SSD you can buy today.

[@xXWillyxWonkaXx]

Can you disable the touchpad and just use a wireless mouse?

[@GenTechPC]

Yes just press FN+F4.

[@The_Red_G]

This laptop can run video editing 4k smoothly?

[@GenTechPC]

Yes.

[@Village_Defender]

This or legion 9i or scar 18 ?

[@moecharms]

This. 9i only 16 inch and small touch pad

[@janeadams1627]

Can you turn off the RGB

[@GenTechPC]

Yes the RGB can be turn off.

[@janeadams1627]

@@GenTechPC what if I get the configuration to remove all the bloatware. Will I still be able to control the RGB

[@JASCancerDoc]

Greetings. I just got this laptop. I wanted to add a Gen 5SSD. I see that slot is empty and accessable. One quick question, when you removed the bottom did you have to deal with clips or di the bottome come off after juist removing the screws? Thanks

[@GenTechPC]

Yes just becareful not to break the clips.

[@JASCancerDoc]

Thanks

[@عبدالرحمنعبدالمنعم-ر8ذ]

CAN u give me that for study

[@kennedylee2248]

Which SSD Gen 5 position ? anyone can answer me ? Thanks in advance.

[@GenTechPC]

You mean which slot for gen 5?

[@kennedylee2248]

@@GenTechPC Yes.

[@GenTechPC]

@@kennedylee2248 upper slot on the left.

[@kennedylee2248]

@@GenTechPC Thanks

[@michaj.526]

Thanks for the tip but then I no longer have a guarantee. I currently have a Macbook Pro M1 that is quiet and powerful. This is what I want in a gaming laptop.

[@ruthkendi666]

How much is it

[@fight4arrows515]

5399 USD😂

[@IvanFoxDrift]

I wish I had a better gaming laptop with a higher resolution. I only care about the resolution instead of the processor. Having a faster screen refresh rate and resolution makes your games faster

[@GhostRecon2015]

Rip box😢

[@mouyune]

Why would someone pay this over a m3 MacBook Pro O’R a Lenovo yoga wich is only 2,000 😂😂😂 some people are just zombies

[@GenTechPC]

Macbook Pro can't play most of the PC games.

[@SmokinBuddha]

So expensive

[@dadasut50]

Moneyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@bentsaSM]

Хм 🧐 странно у каждого обзора разные результаты тестов)) , сколько смотрю постоянно по разному, у кого то он набирает 31-тыс балов а здесь почему то 28-тыс балов . Хм в чем секрет

[@vitalymichailov387]

Зависит от "силы" троттлинга... А, вообще, этот канал продвигает активно ASUS... Давно заметил. АСУС на "полшишки" у них всегда впереди...😁

[@GenTechPC]

We are resellers for Asus, MSI, Gigabyte and Sager and not sponsor by anyone. All of our testing are straight out of the box with no driver or softwares optimization, just out of the box. If the score you see on our video is the score users gonna get. Manufacturers will fine tune the performance usually after the first shipment as usual but that's sometimes in the future.

[@vitalymichailov387]

@@GenTechPC 1102 on the single core at cinebench r23...)))

[@purplefurture6960]

32gb is more than enough

[@GenTechPC]

Of RAM? not for engineers software's and VM Ware.

[@purplefurture6960]

@@GenTechPC ah correct

[@n0t_rogue]

lmao the single core

[@md.muradhussainkhan592]

Would you send me a lenovo legion core i9 laptop, bcz i cant afford this one. If you want to send i will give my address. God bless.

[@moecharms]

Nah the gt77 cpu never got anywhere near 90s. Msi failed with the cooling. PASS

[@futureitpro3511]

4090 LAPTOP is FALSE & MISLEADING . Its performance is no where near close to a Desktop 4090

[@92OnTV]

Laptop 4090 is basically desktop 4080 with lower TDP Laptop 4080 is in between desktop 4070 and 4070Ti closer to Ti

[@futureitpro3511]

@@92OnTV I've had the 40 series 4090 gpu since release Fall of 2022. 50 series is set to release this fall. But with DLSS Frame Generation Future Proofing the GPU and having Asus 540hz TN Panel . I'll be sticking my current build for this upcoming next generation . Interested to see the new TECHNOLOGY that will be implemented with the 50 series

[@Pi114r]

MSI is the worst. I had to send my laptop in for a corrupted gpu. When I got it back they forgot to put the battery back in and left me without a battery. Never again.

[@bradenmoore7432]

AHAHAHAHA

[@dragnlrd6838]

bruuuh… really?

[@عبدالرحمنعبدالمنعم-ر8ذ]

..

[@mouyune]

Who buys that expensive trash 😂😂😂

[@GenTechPC]

If this beast is a trash then non of the laptops are worth buying.

[@kennysponto6568]

:\

[@kennysponto6568]

Obnoxious