Customer Ratings & Reviews

Alright, so I'm going to try to write the most comprehensive review I can to help with buy decisions. Since it can be a little unclear on what this laptop has or doesn't have. This is the MSI GE76 Raider 10UG-232: i7-10870H (8 cores, 16 threads) RTX 3070 8gb DDR6 Laptop GPU at 140W with 15W dynamic boost (Putting it in Max-P territory) 32 gb of DDR4 RAM at 3200 MHz 1 tb NVMe SSD 1920x1080 FHD panel (3ms response at 300Hz refresh) Bluetooth 5.2 4 speakers (2 side firing and 2 next the the keyboards) with 2 subwoofers Battery of 99.9W (largest capacity allowed by FAA on flights) Wifi 6E (basically wifi 6 taken up a notch) 280W charger 6.5 lbs (just the laptop) or 10 lbs (laptop with charger) RGB light strip on the front of the laptop (programmable through Steel Engine 3) Individual backlit RGB keys (programmable through Steel Engine 3) Ports 2 USB Type A 3.2 gen 1 (on the right side) 1 USB Type A 3.2 gen 2 (on the left side) 1 USB Type C 3.2 (on the left side) 1 USB Type C 3.2 with displayport 1.4 (on the back) 1 3.5 mmHeadphone + Microphone combo jack (What you'd find in phones) 1 HDMI 2.1 1 mini Displayport 1.4 1 Gigabit ethernet 1 SD card reader 1 Kensington lock Review: Build quality and keyboard: Very solidly built. The top and body are made of metal and gives the laptop a very rigid feel to it and keyboard flex is also very minimal. The keyboard itself feels very nice. Good tactile feelings to each press with enough key travel for you to know that you've pressed each key. The trackpad is rather small for the size of the laptop, but it's very responsive and does what it needs to. Though I'd recommend plugging in a mouse for long term use. The trackpad also doesn't have dedicated right or left click buttons, though you can click down anywhere on the trackpad for a left click. Performance: The 300 Hz 1080p IPS panel is SUPER smooth. If any game you play supports 300Hz refresh, I recommend switching to it. The 140W RTX 3070 also really pulls its weight here. Running pretty much all the games I have on maximum settings without really breaking a sweat. Say except for maybe Cyberpunk 2077. You may be more bottlenecked on the i7-10870H processor on more CPU intensive games, but it's not really enough for you to notice it while playing. Only when compared to other computers will that be noticeable. Thermals: Despite having an 8 core i7 and a 140W 3070, this laptop runs really cool. The preinstalled MSI Dragon Center gives you 3 different pre-set settings for fans. Silent, Balanced, and Max Performance. Silent keeps the fans running slow, so it'll naturally run hotter while gaming or doing other intensive tasks. Balanced is a very nice in the middle, this is where you'd stay if you don't game as often and use this laptop for other tasks. Max Performance lets the fans run as fast as they need to. They're loud but not too loud to interrupt your game even without using headphones. The GE76 also comes with Cooler Boost 5, which is the max fan setting for this laptop. It's usually only active if you choose the Max Performance fan setting, but you can always manually turn it on with the FN+F8 key presses. Max Performance setting also lets you play around with boosts to the 3070, if you want to fine tune the performance or squeeze out every last bit of power. RGB and Flair: The GE76 comes with a light bar strip on the front of the laptop, which is fully programmable through Steelseries's Steel Engine 3 (Preloaded on the laptop). Along with every key on the keyboard being individually backlit with full RGB support, also programmable through Steel Engine 3. Other than that, there are no RGB on the laptop cover or the back. So you can be as low key as you want with all the lights off or fully lit up with flashing RGB colors. Ports and Graphics: This GE76 has one HDMI, one mini Displayport 1.4, and one Type C connection supporting Displayport 1.4. All of which are wired directly to the onboard RTX 3070. Which means that this laptop if fully VR ready for whatever headset you have. In the MSI Dragon Center you can also choose to switch between Nvidia Optimus or using discrete graphics. Switching requires a restart. Though it doesn't have G-Sync, the 300Hz refresh screen means that you won't notice much screen tearing. So use Nvidia Optimus if you want to save battery power and discrete graphics if you want max performance in games. Battery: The 99.9W battery is a HUGE battery, but also keep in mind that this is a gaming laptop. A rough estimate (your milage may vary) is around 5 hours if you turn everything down along with running on Nvidia Optimus and 3 hours if you run with everything turned on with discrete graphics. Though these numbers don't sound great when compared to a Macbook Air or Surface Pro. They are better than average when compared to other gaming laptops. Upgradability: This GE76 comes with 32 gigabytes of RAM, 1 terabyte NVMe SSD and a Wifi 6E card. All of which are replaceable if you so like. You can upgrade to a max of 64 gigabytes of RAM and there are 2 NVMe SSD slots (one being taken up by the preinstalled 1 terabyte SSD). All you need to do is take off the bottom cover (same size phillips head screws) and they're all accessible to you. Final Thoughts: I thoroughly enjoy this laptop. It does pretty much everything that I ask of it and more. I personally think that MSI really knocked it out of the park this year with the GE76. And honestly for the price point, you'd be hard pressed to find a similar or better spec'd laptop. I would highly recommend this laptop, but I also encourage you to make that decision for yourself. I hope my review can help you with that decision.

Hands down the BEST laptop I have owned. I got it for work but lets me play any game I want with AutoCAD running in the background. MSI has done a great job with this one at a price that beats anything else on the market.

This is the best gaming laptop I have ever had. I bought it for work as well as gaming and am satisfied with this beast of a machine. Would recommend it.

This review is of the GE76 11UE-046 variant, which has the i7-1180H CPU, Nvidia RTX 3060, and FHD 144Hz screen. I'm an avid gamer and I was looking for a laptop with a 17" screen that can provide high FPS for competitive shooter games. I have owned the GE76 for almost two months, and it's been absolutely amazing. I've been able to play Warzone at about 110+ FPS on 1080p, and Apex at 150+ FPS. With the Nvidia card, I can use advanced settings that give me even better latency without degrading the graphics. The machine is very stable and has not crashed on me. The build quality on the machine is top notch. Typing on the Steelseries keyboard is accurate and pleasant to the touch. The built-in speakers are surprisingly powerful and clear. The webcam is 1080p and provides great clarity. I haven't had any issues with the battery life - I'm getting at least 5-6 hours on regular use. The fan does get a bit loud when running demanding applications, but I usually use headphones when playing games so it's not an issue. Overall, this laptop has been an absolute pleasure to use and look at. It's a bit bulky, but if you mostly use your laptop in fixed locations and don't move around that often, it will fit your needs. This version of the GE76 is a fantastic value, as it gives you almost all the same hardware as the two higher-end versions of the GE76. If you play competitive games where 1080p is the max graphics you can use to get high framerates, then you really don't need anything faster than a 144Hz screen anyway. I've owned many laptops over the years, but this is the first one that I've really felt proud to have selected and love using everyday.