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EdenHazard17
post Nov 19 2014, 02:25 AM

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I don't know about other series. But to be fair, for GT72, personally i think this machine is top notch in term of performance & quality. I played quite heavy game (Watchdog, COD AW and others) for few hours in non-aircond condition and my temperature only maxed around 60 to 64 celsius with cooler boost on. My older brother using GE70 with 765m GPU is also quite heavy gamer and already used that machine around 1.5 year without any problem. Not to back MSi up, but just sharing my experience.

As for GS series, I also did quite many survey before buying GT72 as I plan to buy GS series at first. But canceled due to many overheat complaints. Even GT70 also has several complaints about overheating issues. But with GT72 now, I think for GT series, MSi have truly upgraded their machine. Don't know about the new GS series with 900m series GPU. Not yet check any review about it.

Therefore, let us give them chance to upgrade their products. With these many complaints, hope MSi really look into this matter seriously especially in their after sales service as this will affect their products selling.

(Personally, I kind of hope MSi have agent like PrinceJ, where he knows everything about his products and ready to serve & assist, not just tell customer "Please contact our service centre...etc", for every single problem or question)

Edited : Btw to TS, for local set do we get red dragon plushie included in the super pack too? Because I don't get one from buying GT72. Seems nice blink.gif

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post Nov 19 2014, 03:33 PM

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QUOTE(EdenHazard17 @ Nov 19 2014, 02:25 AM)
I don't know about other series. But to be fair, for GT72, personally i think this machine is top notch in term of performance & quality. I played quite heavy game (Watchdog, COD AW and others) for few hours in non-aircond condition and my temperature only maxed around 60 to 64 celsius with cooler boost on. My older brother using GE70 with 765m GPU is also quite heavy gamer and already used that machine around 1.5 year without any problem. Not to back MSi up, but just sharing my experience.

As for GS series, I also did quite many survey before buying GT72 as I plan to buy GS series at first. But canceled due to many overheat complaints. Even GT70 also has several complaints about overheating issues. But with GT72 now, I think for GT series, MSi have truly upgraded their machine. Don't know about the new GS series with 900m series GPU. Not yet check any review about it.

Therefore, let us give them chance to upgrade their products. With these many complaints, hope MSi really look into this matter seriously especially in their after sales service as this will affect their products selling.

(Personally, I kind of hope MSi have agent like PrinceJ, where he knows everything about his products and ready to serve & assist, not just tell customer "Please contact our service centre...etc", for every single problem or question)

Edited : Btw to TS, for local set do we get red dragon plushie included in the super pack too? Because I don't get one from buying GT72. Seems nice  blink.gif
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prince J is a nice agent! thumbup.gif
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post Nov 20 2014, 11:19 AM

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QUOTE(giovanni @ Nov 17 2014, 12:23 PM)
Ya, it's local set. So it means two years of parts and labours as long as I am in Malaysia rite?
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Yes, as long as under warranty.
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post Nov 20 2014, 11:33 AM

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QUOTE(MSI-NB @ Nov 20 2014, 11:19 AM)
Yes, as long as under warranty.
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post Nov 20 2014, 11:44 AM

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QUOTE(EdenHazard17 @ Nov 19 2014, 02:25 AM)
I don't know about other series. But to be fair, for GT72, personally i think this machine is top notch in term of performance & quality. I played quite heavy game (Watchdog, COD AW and others) for few hours in non-aircond condition and my temperature only maxed around 60 to 64 celsius with cooler boost on. My older brother using GE70 with 765m GPU is also quite heavy gamer and already used that machine around 1.5 year without any problem. Not to back MSi up, but just sharing my experience.

As for GS series, I also did quite many survey before buying GT72 as I plan to buy GS series at first. But canceled due to many overheat complaints. Even GT70 also has several complaints about overheating issues. But with GT72 now, I think for GT series, MSi have truly upgraded their machine. Don't know about the new GS series with 900m series GPU. Not yet check any review about it.

Therefore, let us give them chance to upgrade their products. With these many complaints, hope MSi really look into this matter seriously especially in their after sales service as this will affect their products selling.

(Personally, I kind of hope MSi have agent like PrinceJ, where he knows everything about his products and ready to serve & assist, not just tell customer "Please contact our service centre...etc", for every single problem or question)

Edited : Btw to TS, for local set do we get red dragon plushie included in the super pack too? Because I don't get one from buying GT72. Seems nice  blink.gif
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Currently the super pack doesn't include the red dragon plushie, stay tune for our coming activities biggrin.gif
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post Nov 20 2014, 11:47 AM

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QUOTE(ZRong223 @ Nov 17 2014, 09:10 PM)
Ok... I have experimented my laptop for 2 weeks, and I would like to conclude that:
MSI GE60 2PE... Not recommended. The cooling system is very bad, causing constant CPU and GPU throttling.
Even Notebookcheck review also shows GPU throttling.
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Hi ZRong, we would like to understand more about your laptop on the throttling issue. Please check PM. Thank you.
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Audio Boost 2 – theory and practice

Audio Boost and Audio Boost 2 are just one of many MSI-exclusive features on the G-series notebooks, but most importantly, it’s one of few audio related. Audio Boost 2 enhances your sound experience, whether you’re using a headset or the built-in Dynaudio speakers.

GT72 is currently the only MSI notebook to feature Audio Boost 2 – which is a collective name for the use of triple amplifiers, an isolated audio jack PCB, gold-plated audio jacks and the use of Sound Blaster Cinema 2. The point of this article is to explain to you what this all really is.

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Triple amplifiers is a pretty self-explanatory name – it’s got three separate amplifiers. The GT72 with Audio Boost 2 amp is capable of delivering a full 15W to the 1” speakers, another 15W to the built-in 36mm woofer, as well as also utilizing a dedicated headset amplifier.

The isolated audio jack PCB is again what it says. Electrically separated from the rest of the motherboard for signal separation, it comes with gold-plated jacks and is optimized for headsets with 32-48 ohm impedance.

Additionally, the GT72 employs a superior audio codec compared to the competition – with full 7.1 output, the ALC892 beats the likes of ALC668 and ALC282 used by others.


Sound Blaster Cinema 2 is also part of the Audio Boost 2 package, letting you fiddle around with your sound settings for optimum gaming sound. Another software feature is Ear Protection, which lets you set a maximum sound level, to guard your ears against any sudden bursts of loud noises, potentially preventing hearing damage.
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post Nov 20 2014, 12:50 PM

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I own a GE60 Apache Pro. Finished going through Saints Row 4 (Not easy to get games here in Kelantan). Overall okay. Only at the later stages of the game it got a bit laggy. But after i used cooling pad, the lag was gone.

About the power button LED, I read in V2 that Blue=Intel graphics and Amber=Nvidia graphics? Mine was blue all the way.
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post Nov 20 2014, 03:06 PM

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Hello I have a GP60 for 2 weeks now, the laptop~screen hinge had some sound when I shake it, and today when I open my laptop screen the hinge completely fall off, is this under the warranty coverage and how long does the service normally take?
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QUOTE(skyline_biru @ Nov 20 2014, 12:50 PM)
I own a GE60 Apache Pro. Finished going through Saints Row 4 (Not easy to get games here in Kelantan). Overall okay. Only at the later stages of the game it got a bit laggy. But after i used cooling pad, the lag was gone.

About the power button LED, I read in V2 that Blue=Intel graphics and Amber=Nvidia graphics? Mine was blue all the way.
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Hi Skyline, you can change the GPU setting from NVIDIA control panel>manage 3D setting>preferred graphics processor>choose High-performance NVIDIA processor.

You will need to reboot the system to take effect. The power button should be showing amber once done smile.gif
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QUOTE(Killmeplsok @ Nov 20 2014, 03:06 PM)
Hello I have a GP60 for 2 weeks now, the laptop~screen hinge had some sound when I shake it, and today when I open my laptop screen the hinge completely fall off, is this under the warranty coverage and how long does the service normally take?
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Hi there, we suggest you to send in to our service centre to claim warranty, you may refer here for service centre location.

The standard period is 14 working days, feel free to PM us should you need any assistance.



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post Nov 21 2014, 04:17 PM

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GE60 internals – component locations

The GE60 has been with us for a while, and some of you who bought one by launch may feel that the system is getting on a bit. Maybe you feel the need for more RAM, or perhaps another SSD?

A video guide on how to change these things is coming along shortly, but until then, here’s what the GE60 looks like internally, and where the components are. As always, if you decide to open the notebook up and replace things yourself, any damage caused by you will void the system’s warranty. Proceed with caution.

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ZRong223
post Nov 22 2014, 10:34 AM

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QUOTE(DragonRiderStar @ Nov 18 2014, 05:03 PM)
Hey ZRong,

I've got a few friends who are using the GE60 (even one college student who games overnight every weekend, Lols!)
and no issue of CPU or GPU throttling wohh. At what point did the bottleneck happen?

Btw, are you referring to this article by Notebookcheck? They reviewed the GE60 with Nvidia 860M GPU and some of the comments also stated that Furmark isn't a recommended stress tester as Nvidia throttles their cards when they detect that program running. Seems it's to protect the card from the 'extreme electrical currents' generated from the Furmark test. 
http://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GE60-2PEi...w.117056.0.html

Anyways, hope you can share your experience on this as there are sifus here to help.

Good luck and all the best with your gaming!  biggrin.gif  biggrin.gif
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Bro, thank you very much for telling me about Furmark. Still new to the benchmarking world.
BTW I have tested GE60 2PE using Unigene Heaven. Through less throttling, the temperature is not good...
Before I describe more in detail, can you please tell me what's your friend d laptop CPU and GPU temperature while full load (or heavy gaming)?
Maybe MSI-NB can also provide me such information?

Just don't suggest me to send to Service Center just yet... ==
saru04
post Nov 22 2014, 08:18 PM

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Hey guys,

Just got my MSI Notebook. I got the GP60 2PE.

May I know what performance RAM and SSD can I swap that is better than the stock ones?
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post Nov 22 2014, 09:46 PM

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It's been half year I'm using GT70 2PC. Still no problem so far rclxms.gif
Just upgraded the hard drive to Samsung EVO 840, man.. I Swear, I will never go back to Rotating Hard Disk biggrin.gif

Usage:
- Gaming, 4 to 5 hours continuously and over the weekend, the whole day playing tongue.gif
- When Working: Using VMWare Workstations for testing some apps and networking stuff. Installed OS: Windows 7, Windows Server with SQL server installed, ESXi 5, pfSense and etc

I hope I'm not torturing my laptop so much biggrin.gif
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post Nov 23 2014, 01:22 AM

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QUOTE(sos_tiram @ Nov 22 2014, 09:46 PM)
It's been half year I'm using GT70 2PC. Still no problem so far  rclxms.gif
Just upgraded the hard drive to Samsung EVO 840, man.. I Swear, I will never go back to Rotating Hard Disk  biggrin.gif

Usage:
- Gaming, 4 to 5 hours continuously and over the weekend, the whole day playing  tongue.gif
- When Working: Using VMWare Workstations for testing some apps and networking stuff. Installed OS: Windows 7, Windows Server with SQL server installed, ESXi 5, pfSense and etc

I hope I'm not torturing my laptop so much  biggrin.gif
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U upgraded the whole drive to SSD bro? haha. How much does it cost?
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post Nov 23 2014, 02:41 AM

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Any recommendations for my laptop if i want to further improve the RAM and SSD?

Which would you guys recommend?
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post Nov 23 2014, 05:13 AM

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And also want to ask, are the RAMs for GP60 2PE low voltage or normal 1.5v RAMs?
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QUOTE(EdenHazard17 @ Nov 23 2014, 01:22 AM)
U upgraded the whole drive to SSD bro? haha. How much does it cost?
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Around rm5xx 250gb (OS, apps and some games that load quite heavy are installed here), I think it's enough as the original 1tb hard disk installed on another drive bay, all the junk files i dump it there biggrin.gif


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QUOTE(saru04 @ Nov 23 2014, 02:41 AM)
Any recommendations for my laptop if i want to further improve the RAM and SSD?

Which would you guys recommend?
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Just go for samsung ssd bro, but the ram I'm not so sure about that.
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