MSI GS70 Stealth Edition

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 17 expert reviews

Excellent:

6
Good:

9
Average:

1
Bad:

1

Pros:

Slim design.
Relatively light weight.
Great display.

Cons:

Disappointing battery life.
Runs hot.

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Last revision on September 17, 2015

Reviewers Liked

Slim design
Relatively light weight
Great display
Full HD with high contrast ratio
Colored keyboard illumination
Good gaming performance
Quite light for a gaming notebook
Insanely fast SSD RAID system

Reviewers Didn't Like

Disappointing battery life
Runs hot
Mediocre Webcam
Power cord placement interferes with mousing
High idle noise

Expert reviews and ratings

The MSI GS70 Stealth was my first gaming laptop ever and probably my first ever gaming PC. I was looking for something that was suitably powerful but without the huge bulk of the common portable gaming systems. Out of the box, everything looked good…...

By digitalmediaandit.com on March 20, 2015

The MSI GS70 Stealth is a slim, yet powerful, gaming laptop. It has a HDD/SSD combo and a high-performing i7 CPU that won't slow down. It does lack a touch screen, however, despite the high cost.The new MSI GS70 Stealth is designed to be a slim and...

By TechReviewSource on August 14, 2014

The 17-inch 1920 x 1080 LCD isn't IPS, but colour reproduction is reasonable and the image is clear and bright. It's got a 5ms response time to eliminate ghosting as well as a matte coating to reduce glare. Built as an affordable but large screened...

By APC Magazine on July 31, 2014

Making small performance trade-offs to fit into a slim, attractive 17-inch body, the MSI GS70 Stealth is a gaming laptop for those who hate the look of gaming...

By cnet on July 29, 2014

The MSI GS70 Stealth (GS70 2OD-002US) is a solid ultraportable gaming laptop, but even with good performance and battery life, it's a close race with the...

By PC Mag on March 14, 2014

There's no doubt that the MSI GS70 Stealth (MSI GS70 2OD-246UK) is one of the coolest notebooks that we have ever seen, the combination of excellent aesthetics, incredibly slim chassis and of course its light weight, meaning that the GS70 Stealth is one...

By pcGameware UK on January 29, 2014

Can you have your cake and eat it, too? Only half as thick and two-thirds the weight of most 17-inch gaming laptops, the sleek MSI GS70 Stealth is an appealing choice—as long as you don't expect it to set speed records....

By Computer Shopper on January 29, 2014

The GS70 is certainly a great piece of gaming hardware, presented in a very sleek way. There's more than enough here to keep an average gamer happy, and despite a few flaws, the MSI GS70 is certainly a great (if slightly large) solution for anyone who...

By tbreak.ae on January 05, 2014

The MSI GS70 is a consistently impressive laptop: it's got more power than most machines twice its size, and it's crammed inside a stylish, strong chassis that's got more in common with Ultrabooks than traditional desktop replacements. The screen is...

By TechRadar AU on October 03, 2013

Desktop replacement laptops are traditionally heavy and bulky units, but MSI aims to banish convention with its MSI GS70 Stealth. It might have a 17in full-HD screen, a quad-core Intel processor and a discrete nVidia graphics processor, but it's all...

By PC Advisor on October 02, 2013

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