MSI entire lineup from 2013 with Haswell and 700M series

And mSATA for an SSD.

 

Funny, could have sworn I counted 2 mSATA in that picture.....

 

That is what I saw too. A quick question though, do the current MSI models work if you only install one mSATA drive, or do you need both? It is just that I bought a 240 gb Mushkin Direct Atlas Deluxe 240GB on special from Amazon for $170 that I want to use

 

They are just wired like SATA slots so treat each mSATA drive as a normal drive.

 

GE40 model looks sw33t !

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300

 

If it's anything like the older GE60, the slot on the left in those pictures is probably for the wireless card. That's how it was on my old machine.

 

I was wondering if it was a slot for wireless card. To be honest it seemed like only 1 msata to me but I was actually curious if that was the case. I could see how newer gens could opt for dual msata and relocate the wifi card elsewhere. Except I don't know where lol.

 

Look at the casing on the current model, it would allow 2 stacked connectors. Also look, it says sandisk on both.

 

Incoming new model from MSI never before seen

Be sure to keep an eye out for this new model.
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MSI GT70 Dragon Edition 2 have been announced.

Read more about it here: MSI launches new gaming notebooks - Crave - Notebooks - CNET Asia

 

Very nice
MSI is really steeping up there game with all these fantastic new models.
Any pics of the GS70 stealth?

 

Sadly not yet. I`ll post it when I get it. Sounds very interesting

 

Pricelist here in my country(Malaysia) :



USD 1 is roughly RM 3.

GE40 = RM3,999 -> USD 1,333

 

did anyone see the igzo panel that hp is going to put on the envy line and actually felt envious that so much screen is going in that probably pos and not here?

 

Hi guys,

really really interested in the GE40... any info on the exact weight? And is it shipping to Europe? (NL to be exact )

 

MSI call the GE40 "Dragon Eyes".And yes it have option for 2xmSATA SSDs for Raid speeds
@tbert: 2kg according to this picture

 

I'm kinda confused on the whole SATA vs mSATA deal. How noticeable is the difference between a regular SATAIII ssd and 2 mSATA in RAID0? What about the difference between a regular SATAIII ssd and a single mSATA for that matter?

 

How is the build quality of MSI laptops?

 

You get mSATA SSD that is almost as fast as a normal SSD. However if you Raid them you get faster speed. If you Raid 2x256GB mSATA SSDs you only have 256GB available to store your files in, because both mSATA SSDs contain the same files. They just work together to do things faster

Example:

1 Samsung 840 Pro 256GB



2 Samsung 840 Pro 256GB in Raid

 

Perhaps this will help somewhat......

MSI SuperRAID (2x mSATA SSD's paired in RAID0, by use of an mSATA adapter, it only occupies the single primary drive slot) ***HM77 chipset or above required***



MSI Super RAID 2 (3x mSATA SSD's in RAID0, by use of an mSATA adapter, it only occupies the single primary drive slot) ***HM87 chipset or above required***

 

Build quality is good very solid performing machines and great build quality.

 

cool will probably get a ge40 inplace of a thinkpad

 

Thinkpads and MSIs cater to different markets. If you expect your laptop to withstand the weight of a truck, get a Thinkpad (or possibly a Toughbook); if you want bang-for-the-buck, buy an MSI. Unfortunately, no middle ground exists.

On topic: I wonder if MSI added a manual GPU switch to any of its new models.

 

Do you mean Optimus? If so, I understand the answer is yes.

 

I highly doubt there is a manual switch for the GPU, it's all done by Optimus which switches automatically most times.

 

That looks awesome! But do you know if it has the multi-color keyboard like the current gt models? The fact that its blue scares me because the bare bones have an only blue backlit keyboard. Also I don't see a KLM icon on the desktop (

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Are we talking about RAID0 or RAID1?

If you're talking about RAID1, then yes, you'd only get 256GB available because it's mirroring the files to the second disk for redundancy and security. If a file contained blocks ABCDEF
SSD 1: ABCDEF
SSD 2: ABCDEF
As far as I know there's not much of a speed increase in Raid1.

If you're talking about RAID0, then you wouldn't have only 256GB, but 512GB (256GB x 2). Continuing from above, if a file has blocks ABCDEF
SSD 1: ACE
SSD 2: BDF
And it would mean each SSD would have to read part of the file in order to access it, giving a performance boost since it doesn't have to read the entire file on its own. The problem is that if one SSD dies, the entire array dies.

 

Yes double the risk with 2 SSDs vs 1 larger SSD. I wonder what mSATA SSDs will use MSI for the new GT models. The Sandisk U100 are a bit disappointing.

 

Meh, the risk is minimal, and SSD's are generally more reliable and far more shock resistant. You mean RAID0 SSD's vs. a single SSD, right? In the previous US GT70 0NE series, MSI used the MemoRight mSATA MS-701 series, and these were top performers. I expect to see the same, but perhaps we'll see even faster mSATA SSD's in this round.

 

The GS70 stealth sounds interesting, I wonder how much they will be asking for it, my guess is between GE70 and GT70 price, I cant wait till computex and E3 . ^^

 

@Striker

I was refering to data corruption in case of failure on a RAID0 setup vs a single SSD. Ok then I take your word on it
Do you know if trim is supported on a SuperRAID setup? Maybe with RST 11.5 or 11.7 don't remember which version supported TRIM on RAID0.
Yeah the MemoRight mSATA SSDs are really nice. I hope for some Mushkin Atlas or Plextor M5M this time

@Benmaui

Probably priced around 1400~1500 usd
That would be a good deal for a 17 incher

 

I thought the IRST ushering TRIM was 11.2 (don't remember for sure either), but yes, TRIM is supported with MSI's Super RAID.

 

No backlit keyboard on GE-series? AGAIN?

Oh wait! Looks like it gonna be at least on GE70 :thumbsup:

 

Both GE60/70 looks good with the aluminum finish and backlit keyboard - shame the GTX 760M is still soldered and got no pads on the VRAM chips - hence the 128bits opted.

 

Oh sorry, I was mixing up Raid0 with Raid1. You are absoutely correct.
Super Raid2 will be 3 SSDs in Raid0. More risk involved but faster speed.
Super Raid 1 for GE series though, with 2 SSDs in Raid0.

 

Hi, do we know whether the 760m is soldered into the GE40? It would be great if they gave us the hope that you could upgrade in the future...

As for the heat pads, could we add our own?

 

The GE70 pictures posted earlier shows its GPU soldered, I will have to say it's guaranteed the 14" model will be the same.

 

Exclusive pictures from the GS70 Stealth

Hardware: Intel Haswell, VGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M

 

Damn, I'm gonna have to find a way to get my GE60 replaced with that one . Beautiful.

 

Finally something coming with a "professional" look! it's clean, precious and stilish, i need to know more about it!

 

it's gonna be expensive because of the metal covern plus the GTX 765M is not really what i expected it to be.. (768CC + 192Bit Mem)

 

so there are still no projections about prices? for me the main problem is that there's not anymore an official italian reseller for msi product, so i'll have always to refer to Germany or Uk...

 

Same problem here in holland if im not mistaken. or they only sell the weakest configuration really a pain in the ***

 

Well, you can always find some shops that import them, I got my GE60 in Hungary from a small shop that imports laptops that aren't officially available there.
Or in the worst case you can just order them from amazon/ebay.

 

PC CANADA - MSI GE60 2OE-002US I7-4700MQ 8G 750GB DVD+-RW 15.6 WSXGA+ BGN NVIDIA GTX765M 2GB 720P W8 [9S7-16GC11-002] - The Original and Highly Rated All-Canadian WebStore
The GE 60 with GTX 765M is @ 1160$ (CAD) and will be available soon nice machine i think i'm gonna find a way to get it (s.one who will travel to Canada)

 

Wow. Very nice looking.

15.6 inch? Typo rite?

So, it is 2.6kg instead of 2.9kg as rumored?

Not bad. :thumbsup:

 

where can you buy it in malaysia






I am targeting for 14" GE40 for portability and good gaming on 900p

or

I will buy whichever that has 780M to upgrade my GTX 580m

 

The aluminium case have great advantages in weight, i suppose....compared to my "old" gx660r which is at least3,5kg the new line is an interesting step, also the canadian price is less than i have figured up, looking at the pictures...beautiful.

 

Just gon'na say it... looks like the MacBook Pro MSI edition. Yeah, that definitely looks like a 17" notebook. Using the number scheme, 70 = 17", 60 = 15.6", 40 = 14", etc.

 

I believe you are correct but you also need a supported chipset and a version 11 or higher Raid Utility OROM

The question I have is which version of the Intel Raid Utility OROM will be in the Raid bios.

Desktop boards(already at 12.6 OROM) continuously get bios updates with new OROMs but notebooks seem to stay with the one that is in the 1st shipping units.

IMO the OROM version and the iRST version should closely match for the best performance on rais0 setups.

MSI will only put mSATA SSDs and memory in their notebooks that they have validated.

The SanDisk U100 mSATA SSDs are the worst performing SATA III mSATA SSDs on the planet.

SSD performance depends a lot on capacity and make/model.

The new Crucial M500 mSATA SSDs are best in the 480GB size where as the M4 mSATA were good in 256GB.

Some newer Muskin Atlas use asym NAND so be careful.

EDIT:you can test your trim with the trimckeck tool
http://files.thecybershadow.net/trimcheck/

If you get a Trim not working > reboot and run the tool again.

 

Steel series keyboard aside, is the rest of the GT70 made of hard plastic?