Costco Members: MSI GE75 Raider Gaming Laptop - 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10750H - GeForce RTX 2060 - 1080p $1108.99

novasian

Feb 12, 2021 12:42 PM

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novasianFeb 12, 2021 12:42 PM

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Anyone know where I can find the brightness level on these MSI screens? Their spec sheets don't mention the tits level.

rruff

Feb 12, 2021 6:06 PM

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rruffFeb 12, 2021 6:06 PM

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Quote from novasian

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Anyone know where I can find the brightness level on these MSI screens? Their spec sheets don't mention the tits level.

Lucky for us, NotebookCheck did a review on this model: https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI...416.0.html

The display is >300 nits.

I bought this laptop yesterday. Main reasons:

1) It's MSI's big premium gaming model; good quality and features.
2) I really wanted 17.3"
3) Display is bright, high contrast, good color, fast response, high refresh.
4) RTX 2060 is 115W, which means it's ~15% faster than 80W 2060s and 1660 Ti. It's actually damn near as fast as most of the 2070s and 2080s that are available, since they are power and thermal throttled.
5) It has great speakers
6) You can install two m.2 drives as well as a 2.5" drive.
7) Comes with 16GB ram, 512GB + 1TB.
8) Has an 11.4V battery.... so there may be a chance I can run it direct from my ~13V lithium camper batteries.
9) Costco warranty and return policy! I have 90 days to change my mind.
10) I expect the new gen CPUs and GPUs will be in short supply for many months
11) RGB keyboard.
12) MSI has an advanced hack for the bios so you can undervolt. On most newer laptops that isn't possible.

Things I don't like so much:

1) Bottom cover is hard to remove
2) Reports of hinges breaking
3) Backlight bleed on some units
4) A Ryzen processor would be nice

Overall I think it's a very solid deal at this price.

ten80

Feb 13, 2021 4:08 PM

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ten80Feb 13, 2021 4:08 PM

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Quote from iamlamont

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Just an FYI that this laptop is BIG. I looked at it and it's just too much a gamer laptop. Thick heavy red and angular. If that's your preference it's a good laptop at a good price.

Yeah, it is a 17" laptop. It is sleeker than my outgoing Dell 17.

ten80

Feb 13, 2021 4:15 PM

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ten80Feb 13, 2021 4:15 PM

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FYI: When purchasing a computer from Costco. they double the factory warranty to 2 years. If you use your Costoc visa card, it then doubles that to 4 years.

rruff

Feb 13, 2021 7:39 PM

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rruffFeb 13, 2021 7:39 PM

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Looks like MSI is still putting 10th gen Intel GPUs in these for 2021. The 3060 will give a good gaming boost of ~20% with no heat/temp penalty, but otherwise there appears to be no substantial difference. I think it will be a good while before we see the new version near this price. Maybe a good while before we see it at $1499!

https://www.pcmag.com/news/first-...ng-laptops

"The GE76 Raider starts at $1,499, a firmly midrange price point, and models scale all the way up to $2,899 from there. All GE76 models are 17 inches, and at that size, it is a hefty laptop, measuring 1.08 by 15.6 by 10.6 inches (HWD) and 6.4 pounds.

The GE76 base model starts off with a Core i7-10750H processor, an RTX 3060 GPU, 16GB of memory, and a 1TB SSD. From there, the models ramp up through the RTX 30-Series hierarchy to the all-powerful RTX 3080 (the full-power, not Max-Q, version). The base model also features a 144Hz refresh rate display, while the rest upgrade to a 300Hz panel."

Davan

Feb 15, 2021 4:39 PM

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Quote from thedealsman440

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not bad but at this price point would rather get a desktop with a 3080 video card for a few hundred more.

For a few hundred more! hah!! Please show me the desktop with a 3080 for 1300 bucks

iamlamont

Feb 17, 2021 12:41 AM

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iamlamontFeb 17, 2021 12:41 AM

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Quote from ten80

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Yeah, it is a 17" laptop. It is sleeker than my outgoing Dell 17.

Bigger than most 17" laptops I've seen this year myself.

rruff

Feb 17, 2021 2:23 AM

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rruffFeb 17, 2021 2:23 AM

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Quote from iamlamont

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Bigger than most 17" laptops I've seen this year myself.

Yes, it's bigger than most... it's optimized for gaming (cooling) and holds 3 drives.

VJ9

Feb 18, 2021 10:50 PM

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VJ9Feb 18, 2021 10:50 PM

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Quote from Vana

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I bought 3 weeks back does costco adjust the price?

yes it does

rruff

Feb 28, 2021 8:50 PM

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rruffFeb 28, 2021 8:50 PM

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I'm bumping this because it's the last day. (EDIT: I see they extended the sale another week). Still think it's a solid deal if you want a good quality 17.3" gaming laptop. I've had it about a week and have mostly done undervolting and overclocking using MSI Afterburner and Throttlestop. Unlike a lot of computers (since Plundervolt), MSI allows you to unlock CPU UV&OC in the bios. I used Heaven, Superposition, and Timespy benchmarks for the GPU, and Cinebench20 for the CPU, with the following results.

GPU performance: average of 12% performance increase over stock by reducing voltage from 1.063 to .938, and increasing vram freq. from 5500 to 6750. It's still limited by the 115W power ceiling. That performance boost puts it right in line with a stock 2070 MaxP.

CPU performance: a whopping 29% increase in multicore performance (0% in single) by reducing core voltage by -.200 and cache by -.075, and increasing the power limit to 70W from 45W. CPU stays below 95C still.

Quote from rruff

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Lucky for us, NotebookCheck did a review on this model: https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI...416.0.html

The display is >300 nits.

I bought this laptop yesterday. Main reasons:

1) It's MSI's big premium gaming model; good quality and features.
2) I really wanted 17.3"
3) Display is bright, high contrast, good color, fast response, high refresh.
4) RTX 2060 is 115W, which means it's ~15% faster than 80W 2060s and 1660 Ti. It's actually damn near as fast as most of the 2070s and 2080s that are available, since they are power and thermal throttled.
5) It has great speakers
6) You can install two m.2 drives as well as a 2.5" drive.
7) Comes with 16GB ram, 512GB + 1TB.
8) Has an 11.4V battery.... so there may be a chance I can run it direct from my ~13V lithium camper batteries.
9) Costco warranty and return policy! I have 90 days to change my mind.
10) I expect the new gen CPUs and GPUs will be in short supply for many months
11) RGB keyboard.
12) MSI has an advanced hack for the bios so you can undervolt. On most newer laptops that isn't possible.

Things I don't like so much:

1) Bottom cover is hard to remove
2) Reports of hinges breaking
3) Backlight bleed on some units
4) A Ryzen processor would be nice

Overall I think it's a very solid deal at this price.

Last edited by rruff February 28, 2021 at 01:15 PM.

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CosmologicalConstant

Mar 7, 2021 8:43 PM

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CosmologicalConstantMar 7, 2021 8:43 PM

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Derth

Jun 9, 2021 1:28 AM

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DerthJun 9, 2021 1:28 AM

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Finally after using earlier version of this laptop for 1.5 yrs - Don't buy this laptop.
Configuration looks great however keyboard is bit down, hinges which connects display is of very poor quality. Screen back does not have protection.

I was using it was delicate piece of machinery still the right hinge cracked from inside while just trying to close.

I think this is a design issue. I saw same issues with other buyers.

Angel_Eater

Jun 9, 2021 1:38 AM

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Angel_EaterJun 9, 2021 1:38 AM

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Quote from Vana

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I bought it in Costco warehouse and now I cannot price adjust with costco.com so sad $300 loss.

90 day return? Where is your loss?

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