MSI Prestige PE70

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 5 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

3
Average:

1
Bad:

0

Pros:

Lightweight and small for a 17.3inch multimedia notebook, relatively low core temperatures under stress, comfortable touchpad and keyboard, high sRGB coverage (>90 percent), USB TypeC Gen. 2 port, good speaker quality, easy serviceability
Quality 17-inch screen. Excellent connectivity. Good-sounding speakers.
Noble design, good Full HD display, decent keyboard with numeric keypad, full performance without throttling, good software additions, good speakers, dedicated headphones amplifier, free M.2 slot

Cons:

Unable to maintain maximum CPU Turbo Boost, loud system noise; fans tend to pulsate, lightmoderate backlight bleeding, relatively short battery life, few expandability options, dim display backlight, no NVMe upgrade, weak display lid
Bulky. Lots of preloaded apps. Short battery life in testing

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Last revision on March 6, 2017

Reviewers Liked

Lightweight and small for a 17.3inch multimedia notebook, relatively low core temperatures under stress, comfortable touchpad and keyboard, high sRGB coverage (>90 percent), USB TypeC Gen. 2 port, good speaker quality, easy serviceability
Quality 17-inch screen. Excellent connectivity. Good-sounding speakers
Noble design, good Full HD display, decent keyboard with numeric keypad, full performance without throttling, good software additions, good speakers, dedicated headphones amplifier, free M.2 slot

Reviewers Didn't Like

Unable to maintain maximum CPU Turbo Boost, loud system noise; fans tend to pulsate, lightmoderate backlight bleeding, relatively short battery life, few expandability options, dim display backlight, no NVMe upgrade, weak display lid
Bulky. Lots of preloaded apps. Short battery life in testing
Stability of the base unit, loud touchpad buttons, price/performance ratio, poor battery runtimes, no SSD, bad webcam

Expert reviews and ratings

Like its smaller PE60 and PX60 siblings, the PE70 Prestige will need to offer more than just a quick paint job to separate itself from the already established GE62 and GE72 series. At its current state, the Prestige series feels unnecessary unless if...

By NotebookCheck on May 16, 2016

The PE70 2QD-062US is part of MSI's Prestige series of laptops, which emphasize multimedia performance while maintaining gaming chops. It's a hefty machine ready to take you to victory or to edit the next YouTube...

By PC Mag on July 23, 2015

MSI uses very aggressive marketing for its new Prestige lineup and includes a lot of features, but not all of them could convince us during the review. The chassis leaves a noble first impression with its aluminum surfaces, but the stability of the base...

By NotebookCheck on July 08, 2015

MSI PE70 "Prestige" After completing the measurements, the PE70's screen proved to be a very good Wide View display that will satisfy most needs. The “True Color” software is a nice and useful idea, but the tool cannot replace a "real" calibration. An...

By NotebookCheck on May 05, 2015

100

No nos vamos a andar por las nubes, estamos muy contentos de haber probado el MSI Prestige PE70. Es uno de los mejores portátiles que han pasado por nuestra página web. No es el portátil con más potencia que hemos visto, ni siquiera el más útil, pero sí...

By pcreviews.es on November 21, 2015

MSI è ormai un produttore consolidato da tempo nel campo dei notebook gaming e per l'home-entertainment, successivamente si è avvicinata al mondo dei notebook pro con la serie MSI Workstation mobile dotate di un hardware specifico per la produttività...

By techstation.it on July 16, 2015

El cambio de color de una cubierta y algunas otras novedades no hacen, en mi opinión, una nueva gama. Se ve en otros detalles como el teclado, mal configurado en su distribución y en la mala elección de los colores intentando diferenciar las gamas lo...

By Hispazone on April 28, 2015