What a DEAL! - MSI GE66 Raider Review

[@NathanStorer-RC]

It is funny how times have changed to the point where it's ALMOST cheaper to buy a laptop as opposed to building a desktop pc lol

[@187nellybelly]

Bitcoin miner scoundrels caused the prices to skyrocket, but I think the gaming laptops are catching up to gaming desktops, except for efficient fan cooling abilities!

[@priyasinghal1324]

@@187nellybelly yup laptop performance is getting preeettttyyyy good for just like 2.3 khs it has like a 130 watt gpu that’s excellent they are even getting 150 watts in the 3080

[@MrLoowiz]

I thought I was watching a review, turns out it was an ad.

[@fspechts3]

With a title like "what a deal" i thought it would be like 800€...

[@BurninatorTheTrogdor]

Seriously

[@broklond]

It's a deal cuz he got it really cheap compared to it's median price

[@Dimondminer11]

Same

[@yesterdaystech86]

Its 899 in my country now but still close the asus rog g14 over this.

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

My company got one of the MSI GE series laptops for a machine learning project (which was not the best of decisions, but it had an Nvidia chip in it that could run CUDA code). It's languishing at the moment because the display hinge on the left side failed. The hinges, a point where a fair bit of force/leverage/torsion/etc. is experienced, are glued into the display module. Those who watch Louis Rossmann would know that glue+heat in a structural area is a recipe for failure, and while MSI didn't exhaust heat directly onto the display like Apple does regularly, it's still one of the warmer parts of the machine, and the display module on our MSI is bulky. Now, gluing the LCD to the hinges is probably typical of the vast majority of laptops, but I have a dirt-cheap POS Ideapad that still has working hinges after having the pleasure of being tortured by children, so clearly there are certain design constraints that MSI decided to cut it close. Hopefully the build quality of your laptop is better (it _has_ been 2 years, after all), but finding out that the hinge is behind a thin layer of what appears to be PETG film was not a pleasant revelation.

[@raixbox360]

I had to settle with a laptop as you said😫Went with ASUS ROG Strix G15. Just couldn't find the RTX 30 GPU nor the previous RTX 20 and GTX 1000 series

[@sarlixx516butler4]

Why didn't you wait for the 30xx series coming out next week? :S

[@pipebomber04]

This is what most basement gamers dont understand. No, its not designed to be used on your way to the supermarket or on the train (you can if you want to). But its very useful when you move places every few days or weeks wherever your work or lifestyle takes you.

[@nicocalderon2622]

Exactly, try to make desktop fanboys understand certain situations like people who don’t have space for a full desktop at home or even a mini desktop and prefer the portability that you mentioned.

[@Berserkism]

I wonder if it comes with MSi's patented HINGE BREAK™ technology. The Steelseries keys falling off to expose MOAR™ RBG was also super fun!

[@MMORPG87]

and here i thought this was gonna be one of those 30 series laptops -_-

[@klschofield71]

That is an awesome hoodie. I'm liking my GS66 Stealth that I found as a refurb/new for $1700.

[@zingo7418]

I own this laptop. It's a beast. The only issues is that left side fan took a dookie after less than two months of use. I could send it back and get it fixed under warranty but that seems like quite an expense when shipping costs as much as the fan. Too bad the fans are hard to find right now. Womp womp.

[@vibingwithvinyl]

Over here that very same laptop is priced at over 2,500 euros.

[@ConstantCalamity]

Just bought this for 1499! Same specs, can not wait to get it and try it out!

[@bogbog]

If you've seen that fireplace before, you're a true Linus fan.

[@singular9]

Good times

[@Rath_Burn]

In Canada this laptop costs $2200-$2500, ya I don't really count that as a deal...

[@hishammse8826]

In saudi this laptop costs like 3200$ 😂💔 i paid like 4000$ for the alienware m17 r4 rtx 3080 which is too expensive 😂💔💔💔

[@PCPAyLOAD]

Considering the 2021 GE66 with the 3070 is $2300, and the 2070 SUPER is only behind by about 15% average well,.. Good deal for sure.

[@sonsofmatriarchy5552]

Crikey, this thing costs 4000+ dollarydoos...

[@sonsofmatriarchy5552]

I'll wait for 3060ti laptops 🙄

[@IlyasFakhimovic]

uh its 2700 ehich is still a lot but NOT 4000

[@sonsofmatriarchy5552]

@@IlyasFakhimovic please provide source, thanks.

[@frustratedlemur]

@@sonsofmatriarchy5552 2700 on I buy power.

[@sonsofmatriarchy5552]

@@frustratedlemur link

[@PsYcHoRaTurk]

Did you get it cheaper because you for the 2070 version not the 3070

[@Tom5TomEntertainment]

Anything over $1,000 isn't a deal.

[@mikpiotto]

Goodluck getting anything close to a good laptop for under 1000. You cant even make a pc for that money that would be responsible good for running google chrome

[@jaswingnut]

For a gaming laptop? Yes it is.

[@187nellybelly]

3:16 MSI -> Monster fan Sounds Incorporated ! Can't review an MSI without mentioning the hoover cooling fan sounds!

[@theadventurebiker]

I have one of these in this same configuration. Do you know if the battery can be charged through the USB-C port?

[@devilsadvocate1597]

Did Major Hardware just complain about the fact we can't by high end product for shit right now.... and then advertise an MSI laptop? Did he miss the Gamer Nexus/Jayz2C/(Linus Tech?) articles about how an MSI subsidiary, Star Lite were directly ordering 3080/3090's from MSI and then scalping them on ebay/amazon? Oh so kind of MSI... I guess these laptops are already being scalped before they were officially on sale from MSI LMAO

[@GewelReal]

That's why they cut ties with them and returned the money to buyers that was over the MSRP. Also it was only few units

[@devilsadvocate1597]

@@GewelReal I didn't hear that MSI cut ties with StarLite? Apparently StarLite are very hard to track down! I only heard that MSI got caught using a subsidiary to scalp any/everyone and then came up with the incredibly dubious reason that it was a new ordering/distribution error... but later it was pointed out by 20 series owners that they had been scalped by the same company a year before! I have an MSI laptop, PE70 i7 6th gen, 960M 2GB, 16GB 4k 17" screen. It's around 4/5 years old now. 6 months after owning it, the cooling fan started screaming... it still does, i have to put up with it as they claim under the UK warranty the part hasn't actually failed and I have had to wait until it's out of warranty to get them to replace it, now they are very happy as they can charge me any parts/labour price and I have to pay through the nose! NEVER EVER AN MSI PRODUCT FOR ANYONE IN MY FAMILY AGAIN... and you can bet my bottom dollar all those ppl at work, and my sons and daughters friends, their parents when they turn up! All those ppl that come to me for computer advice... I'll recommend good stuff but point out the shit show of MSI! oXXXo

[@Leonartist]

4k is only worth it if you have a screen at least 27" in size.

[@skyricq]

Also I hope they fixed the green leds in the keyboard... They're the first to go

[@MiniRockerz4ever]

You do need brain to understand, travel is not something popular right now... Nobody should buy a laptop just cuz someone else told them it's a no brainer... Love the fan videos!

[@marcusm5127]

I don't know for how long you keep a computer but I expect my laptop from 2019 to outlive Corona and probably university too.

[@Oblithian]

$2,400 with the unbalanced exchange these days... I just can't justify a laptop that's only twice as good as my $600 (previous year's stock) 10 year old laptop. While a PC that's 8x better is only ~$1200 to build. Gaming brand aside this laptop's performance should only cost about $900 (here with the exchange rate). Instead we have all these laptops that are literally only AS GOOD as a 10 year old laptop selling for around $1200. I blame Bitcoin.

[@GeneralLeeIrritable]

Love your content! By the way, are you saying LABtop? Keep up the good work!

[@NicolasChapadosGirard]

I a fan of fan, but I am a fan of other things too. Good presentation of this product.

[@kagemitsu-0343]

I got the base 2070 model 🥲. I didn’t see the super version in Canada.. and the 2070 is already expensive lol. 2400$ for a 2070 16gb 1tb ssd

[@oktopus1539]

If i heard right from other videos: the mobile version of the 3080 is out?

[@yurr7408]

ahh the classic linus fire

[@WilliamAndrewPhilipBodie]

here in germany its from 2.399,- € MSI GE66 Raider 10UE-262 15,6" up to 3.999,- € MSI GE76 Raider 10UH-288 17,3". and you can't get them yet. but i was able to buy new parts to build my new pc 2021 :_: for less :_:

[@hishammse8826]

I was considering this but i got the alienware m17 r4 3080 rtx 🔥🙏🏽

[@iamzid]

i'll just install a screen on the side of my PC tower and carry a battery pack backpack around. job done, instant laptop.

[@mts982]

on the market or in the market?

[@tommyv4787]

The speakers are actually really loud. You just need to uninstall and get of crap Nahimic.

[@marco9810]

Can dolby atmos fix the speaker once you download it?

[@skycladsquirrel]

Yeah I have the same laptop. And my only complaint, the speakers are garbage. The iPad sounds better.

[@JenkoRun]

I fear youtubers who view $1K+ as reasonable price are very out of touch with the every day person. This is NOT reasonable in any form for regular people, laptop and computer prices are far too inflated these days and those who make good money have forgotten that. Seriously, I'm seeing this on *every* video I go on about budget or relativity cheap gaming laptops, a decently cheap price is under 500.

[@SciFiFactory]

For how long do you keep your laptop? I bought my ultrabook for 1050€ six years ago. That makes 14.60€ per month. If I would sell it now (which should be possible for approx 300€) that makes it 10.40€ per month for the time I used it. How much is your phone bill? I consider buying a new laptop now because the Intel dual core really suffered from all the security patches that Intel had to make. I guess I should have gone with a quad core instead back then, even if it was a bit more expensive, it would have payed off as I wouldn't be searching for a new one right now. So this time I'll probably go a bit more expensive if I can get better performance along with it.

[@JenkoRun]

@@SciFiFactory Usually as long as it lasts until it starts to breakdown.

[@SciFiFactory]

​@@JenkoRun That is good. I would like to do so as well but it is really holding me back now. Writing my thesis with it last year was not a good experience. It just does not work anymore as the tool I need it for.

[@re4796]

Lol poor person

[@zadeoooo]

I got. A raider ge something I forgot lol. But rtx2060 and some other shit for pretty cheap 🙏

[@skyricq]

That color bar makes it look cheap and dumb

[@shaneeslick]

G'day Major, 🤔 Suffering from Agoraphobia means I don't need the portability of a Laptop

[@realgoose]

Thanks for your review. This kinda feels like it should’ve come out back in August when these components were current generation. Especially with the CES announcements.

[@Dimondminer11]

So what you're telling me is that I can get this which costs the same as my gaming laptop AND pc? Yeah no thx (Desktop has 3900xt, 32gb ram, 1tb ssd, 128gb ssd, 250gb hdd, 500gb hdd, 980 ti and my laptop has an i5 7300hq, 16gb ram, 512gb ssd, and a gtx 1050 4gb)

[@MrFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

i feel like its only a matter of time until you solder a cpu, GPu, RAM and peripherals to a motherboard and waterproof coating the whole thing for the fully submerged watercooled pc. you could more easily do that to the laptop but thats cheating XD

[@michaellangford8167]

Unfortunately due to msi's shady creator practices we have to take all this with a grain of salt :/

[@metalwellington]

and the sponsored content begins

[@troybateson]

I was thinking this was gonna be a few hundred dollars and then “1699” Yikes

[@Arutemysu]

MScrapI more like overhere in EU

[@Hardwayistheonlyway]

You need to negotiate better with msi. Don't read their obviously bad script. Just say you will cover the bullet points they provide but not spin a pointless story we all know is fake.

[@noanyobiseniss7462]

MSI needs to be boycotted. If you don't know why do some research.

[@mimireich]

Ahhh this is GE66 Raider (which is 2020 release). 2021 one would be GE76 Raider. I had GE63 Raider for sure so it's on the road :D

[@jaswingnut]

No it wouldn't, the ge 76 is the 17 inch version.

[@mimireich]

@@jaswingnut man, I was wrong about it a year ago so yeah. It does not meet the expectation.

[@simong.1965]

Too early I think

[@haraadessingh7199]

First I guess Also nice video

[@dabnation2534]

i got the 69th like haha WIN

[@HiltonHeslop]

MSI 🚮