MSI GS70 claims to be thinnest 17-inch gaming laptop

MSI introduces the GS70 Stealth, a new 17" gaming laptop that promises to be the thinnest in its class. The device measures 418mm x 287mm, it's 21.6mm thick and has a 2.6kg weight.

The GS70 features a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, Intel Core i7-4700HQ CPU, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M 2GB GDDR5 graphics, 16GB DDR3L 1600MHz memory, Killer E2200 Ethernet, Killer N1202 2x2 (802.11a/b/g/n WiFi), an SD memory card reader, four USB 3.0 ports, HDMI 1.4, a 720p HD webcam, a SteelSeries full-color backlit keyboard with anti-ghosting and a 6-cell battery. There's a $1,799.99 model that features a 128GB mSATA SSD plus a 750GB 7200RPM HDD, as well as a $1,999.99 version with two 128GB mSATA SSDs in RAID 0 plus a 1TB HDD.

Some of the details of this new gaming laptop not listed in the tech specs above but also of high importance are;

MSI's use of dual-fan thermal cooling to "keep you cool in the heat of battle"

MSI used a light but strong aluminium chassis to construct the GS70

This laptop also features 'Matrix Multi Display' which enables users to connect up to three independent external monitors "to work, watch and play at the same time"

High definition surround sound powered by Sound Blaster Cinema is installed as is a sub-woofer to give the built-in speaker system some oomph.

The SteelSeries backlit keyboard can be customised with "thousands of colour combinations" including five pre-sets

The Killer DoubleShot networking hardware is said to offer "up to 5x better latency than the competition" which can be important for online gamers.

Source: Hexus