MSI Custom Laptops and World MSI Resellers

[sicily428]

MSI Custom laptops and World MSI Resellers

MSI is for  Micro-Star International and it is a taiwanese ODM (Original Design Manufacturer). They design and produce their laptops, mobile workstations, desktop pcs, motherboards and gpus.
The most part of Brands like Dell, Alienware, HP, Lenovo, Acer, Gigabyte, Aorus are only OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) so they don't produce laptops. OEMs use barebones made by ODMs like Quanta, Compal, Clevo or also Pegatron and Foxconn. Old Alienware were Clevo's barebones until 2003 and now they are prodiuced by Compal.

 

What is a custom laptop?

It is a laptop in which you have the ability to choose how much RAM to put, to choose between what SSD / HDD or different panels, cpus and gpus.
It is also useful to be able to take a barebone without disks and license.

 

What's special?

MSI uses MXM gpus for MSI GT62VR/GT72VR/GT73VR/GT75VR/GT83VR and 16L13. 16L13 is the atm the only MSI with a desktop cpu inside

 

_________________________________________Laptops__________________________________________

____14" BGA_____

MSI MS-14A3
(aka MSI GS43VR)
i7-7700hq+gtx1060
1 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 Thunderbolt, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: 1x mic-in, 1x Headphone-out (SPDIF), Card Reader: SD (XC/HC), Brightness Sensor, height x width x depth (in mm): 22.8 x 345 x 245, battery: 61wh, weight:1.9kg
BGA Gpu
Official thread

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/msi-gs43vr-phantom-pros-owners-lounge.793376/

Review
https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GS....172721.0.html
https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GS....237018.0.html



______15" BGA_____

MSI MS-16H8
(aka MSI WS60 6QI, MSI WS60 6QJ)
2 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 Thunderbolt, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: 3.5 mm headphones, 3.5 mm microphone, Card Reader: 3-in-1 (SD/SDHC/SDXC), height x width x depth (in mm): 20 x 390 x 266, battery:47wh, weight: 1.96kg
BGA Gpu
Review
https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-WS....159105.0.html
https://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/la...60-workstation



MSI MS-16J5
(aka MSI GE62 6QC, MSI GE62 6QD, Cyberpower Fangbook 4 SX6 SE)
i7-6700hq+gtx950m / i7-6700hq+gtx960m
1 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: microphone-in, headphone-out (S/PDIF, gold-plated jacks), Card Reader: SD/SDXC/SDHC, height x width x depth (in mm): 29 x 383 x 260, battery: 53wh, weight:2.4kg
BGA Gpu
Review
https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GE....156814.0.html




MSI MS-16J9
(aka MSI GE62 7RE, Cyberpower Fangbook 4 KLX7)
i7-7700hq+gtx1050ti
1 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: 1x Mic-in, 1x Headphone-out (SPDIF), Card Reader: SD reader , Brightness Sensor, height x width x depth (in mm): 29 x 383 x 260, battery:51wh, weight:2.48kg
BGA Gpu
Review
http://hardware.hdblog.it/2017/01/03...ro-recensione/




MSI MS-16M2 / MSI MS-16JB
(aka MSI GE62VR, Cyberpower Fangbook 4 SX6, Cyberpower FANGBOOK 4 KLX6)
i7-7700hq+gtx1060
1 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: 1x Mic-in, 1x Headphone-out (SPDIF), Card Reader: SD reader , Brightness Sensor, height x width x depth (in mm): 29 x 383 x 260, battery:51wh, weight:2.48kg
BGA Gpu
Review
https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GE....173553.0.html



workstation mobile MSI WE62 7RJ
BGA Gpu



MSI MS-16P1
(aka MSI GE63VR)
i7-7700hq gtx1060/1070
BGA Gpu
Review
https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/ry...laptop-review/
https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GE....261596.0.html




MSI MS-16K2
(aka MSI GS63VR, EVOC 16s-1060, ORIGIN PC EVO15-s, Cyberpower FANGBOOK 4 EDGE, Xotic PC G60 Stealth)
i7-7700hq+gtx1060
1 USB 2.0, 3 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 Thunderbolt, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: Headphones (S/PDIF), Microphone, Card Reader: 3-in-1 (SD / SDHC / SDXC), height x width x depth (in mm): 18 x 380 x 249, battery: 65wh, weight:1.9kg
BGA Gpu
Official Thread
http://forum.notebookreview.com/thre...lounge.795498/
Review
https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GS....179761.0.html



workstation mobile MSI WS63 7RK / MSI WS63VR 7RL
BGA Gpu
Review
https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mo...dro-p3000-6gb/
https://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/la...msi-ws63vr-7rl





MSI MS-16L2
(aka MSI GT62VR)
i7-7700hq or i7-7820hk+gtx1060 / i7-7700hq or i7-7820hk+gtx1070
1 USB 2.0, 3 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: headphones, microphone, S/PDIF, line-in/out (7.1 analog), Card Reader: SD, SDHC, SDXC, height x width x depth (in mm): 40 x 390 x 266, battery:75.24 Wh, weight:2.92kg
MXM Gpu
Official Thread
http://forum.notebookreview.com/thre...lounge.793857/
Review
https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GT....171215.0.html





_____15" LGA______


MSI MS-16L13
(aka Tornado F5, Evoc 16-g-1080, Cyberpower FANGBOOK 4 XTREME VR 100, XOTIC G63 VALKYRIE)
4 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 Thunderbolt, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: 3.5 mm headphone, mic, line-in and S/PDIF, Card Reader: UHS-II card reader, height x width x depth (in mm): 39.8 x 390 x 266, battery: 75.24 Wh, weight: 3.10kg
MXM Gpu
Official Thread
http://forum.notebookreview.com/thre...lounge.797128/
Review
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Euroco....189496.0.html

 

_____17" BGA_____

MSI MS-1776
(aka MSI WS72 6QJ)
BGA Gpu



MSI MS-179B
(aka MSI GE72VR)
i7-7700hq+gtx1060
1 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: 2x 3.5 mm jack (headphones, microphone), Card Reader: SD,SDHC,SDXC, Brightness Sensor, height x width x depth (in mm): 32 x 420 x 288, battery: 51wh , weight:2.99kg
BGA Gpu
Official Thread
http://forum.notebookreview.com/thre...lounge.798874/
Review
https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GE....189916.0.html



MSI MS-17C1
(aka MSI GE73VR)
i7-7700hq gtx1060/1070
BGA Gpu

Review
https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GE....258292.0.html


MSI MS-1795
(aka MSI WE72 7RJ)
1 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: 3.5 mm Headphones, 3.5 mm Microphone, Card Reader: SD (XC/HC), height x width x depth (in mm): 28.9 x 418 x 279, battery:51wh, weight:2.92kg
BGA Gpu
Review
https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-WE....220420.0.html



MSI MS-17B1
(aka GS73VR)
i7-7700hq+gtx1060
1 USB 2.0, 3 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 Thunderbolt, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: 1x Mic-in, 1x Headphone-out (HiFi/SPDIF), Card Reader: SD reader, height x width x depth (in mm): 19.6 x 411.8 x 284.9, battery: 65wh, weight:2.43kg
BGA Gpu
Official Thread
http://forum.notebookreview.com/thre...lounge.795277/
Review
https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GS....172138.0.html



MSI MS-1785
(aka GT72VR, Cyberpower Fangbook 4 SK-X17 VR Pro)
i7-7700hq or i7-7820hk+gtx1060, i7-7700hq or i7-7820hk+gtx1070
7 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 0 Thunderbolt, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: headphone, microphone, line-in, line-out (7.1 analog + S/PDIF), Card Reader: SD reader, height x width x depth (in mm): 48 x 428 x 294, battery:83wh, weight:3.87kg
MXM Gpu
Review
https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GT....171103.0.html




MSI MS-1782
(aka MSI WT72 6QK, MSI WT72 6QL, MSI WT72 6QM, Eurocom PX7 Pro)
6 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 Thunderbolt, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: Mikrofon + Kopfhörer, Card Reader: SD (XC/HC)
height x width x depth (in mm): 48 x 428 x 293.3, battery:, weight:3.85kg
MXM Gpu
Review
https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-WT....158331.0.html



MSI MS-17A1
(aka GT73VR)
i7-7700hq or i7-7820hk+gtx1070 SLI / i7-7700hq or i7-7820hk+gtx1080 SLI
5 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 Thunderbolt, 1 HDMI, 2 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: Headphones, Microphone, Line-in, line-out (7.1 analog, S/PDIF), Card Reader: SD,SDHC,SDXC, height x width x depth (in mm): 49 x 428 x 287, battery:75.2wh, weight:4.07kg
MXM Gpu
Official Thread
http://forum.notebookreview.com/thre...lounge.794968/
Review
https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GT....172916.0.html



MSI MS-17A1
(aka MSI WT73VR 7RM)
MXM Gpu
Review
https://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/la...msi-wt73vr-7rm


_____18" BGA______

MSI MS-1885
(aka GT83VR, Cyberpower Fangbook V Extreme VR )
i7-7700hq or i7-7820hk+gtx1070 SLI / i7-7700hq or i7-7820hk+gtx1080 SLI
5 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 Thunderbolt, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: Headphones, microphone, S/PDIF, Hi-Fi output, Card Reader: SD,SDHC,SDXC, height x width x depth (in mm): 69 x 458 x 339, battery:75wh, weight:5.5kg
MXM Gpu
Official Thread
http://forum.notebookreview.com/thre...-1080s.794897/
Review
https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GT....180331.0.html






 

[sicily428]

________________________________________Resellers____________________________________


Europe
https://shop.akinformatica.it/catego...ming_2401.aspx ( basta contattarli al info@akinformatica.it )
https://laptopparts4less.frl
http://www.eurocom-europe.com/
https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/c.../gaming-laptop
https://beta.webhallen.com/se/produc...1070-8GB-G-Syn

America
Canada
http://www.eurocom.com/ec/main()ec
Alezka/Woodzstack: https://store.alezka.com/index.php?i...0v_ac_slimline

USA
https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/category/gaming-laptops
http://www.hidevolution.com/
http://www.xoticpc.com
https://www.originpc.com/gaming/laptops/
https://www.ibuypower.com/
http://www.pro-star.com/
https://www.gentechpc.com

[sicily428]

Prema Bios

http://premamod.com/

 

Benefits of Prema BIOS :

• Restores user ability to overclock or underclock the CPU
• Restores user control over CPU power settings (voltage, watts, amps) for optimal performance and/or thermal efficiency
• Restores ability to control non-turbo CPU core ratio
• Restores ability to control CPU c-states and p-states
• Restores ability to control BCLK (northbridge) and FCLK (System Agent) frequency
• Restores ability to enable Intel Speed Shift Technology functionality
• Restores ability to disable Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) functionality which is intended for software developers who want to use that feature and causes erratic system behavior
• Restores ability to control RSR, Watchdog Timer, ASPM, ACPI sleep and hibernation functionality
• Restores ability to control RAM timings, clock speeds and enables the utilization of XMP profiles
• Restores ability to control selection of Legacy, UEFI and CSM to install whatever operating system is desired
• Restores ability to control CPU-based DEP, AES (encryption) and Virtualization
• Restores ability to control GPU scaling, PCIe speed and power management features
• Restores control over Thunderbolt and USB 3.1 configuration
• Restores control over SATA port configuration and Intel LPM. Having the ability to disable drive ports allows exclusive control over what drive receives the BCD/boot sector, system and recovery partitions during Windows Setup and eliminates the need to physically remove non-OS drives when installing a new OS.

 

 

Thermal Compound

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-performance-benchmark,3616.html
Here some useful values:

-Phanteks TH-NDC  ???W/mk
-Noctua NT-H1  ???W/mk

-IC Diamond 7 4.5W/mk
-Artic mx2 5.6 W/mK
-be quiet DC 1  7.5W/mk
-Artic mx4 8.5W/mK  
-Gelid Solutions GC-Extreme 8.5 W/mK
-Dimastech HTX-EE 8.6 W/mK
-Artic silver 5 9W/mK
-Cooler Master Extreme Fusion X1 9.5W/mK
-Prolimatech PK-2 10.2W/mK

-Cooler Master MasterGel Maker Nano 11W/mK
-Prolimatech PK-3 11.2W/mK
-Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 12.5 W/mK
-Phobya NanoGrease Extreme 16W/mk

 

Liquid Metal 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/liquid-metal-showdown-thermal-grizzly-conductonaut-vs-cool-laboratory-liquid-ultra-pro.791489/

Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra  38.4W/mk)

Phobya Liquid Metal 40W/mk

Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut  73 W/mK

Coollaboratory Liquid Pro  82W/mk

 

 

BGA/LGA  CPU

BGA (soldered)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_grid_array

 

Cpu 2-core
Ultrabooks o many multimedia laptops use 2-cores cpus (intel U series).
These are cpus of this type:
i3-6100u
i5-6200u
i7-6500u
i3-7100u
i5-7200u
i7-7500u

 

Cpu 4-core
These are cpus of this type:
i5-8250u
i7-8550u

 

They have a TDP of 15W

 

Cpu 4-cores
Many gaming laptops use BGA 4-cores cpus like:

i5-6300hq

i7-6700hq

i7-6820hq

i7-6820hk.

i5-7300hq

i7-7700hq

i7-7820hq

i7-7820hk.
Thermic power is indicated with the TDP and Intel BGA 4-cores Cpus have a 45W TDP

Here an alienware 17 r4 (photo from a review by iunlock)

LGA (upgradable)

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Grid_Array
Upgradable
There are laptops with a socketed desktop (LGA) CPU and Intel socket is LGA1151

these cpus are compatible with GA1151

4-core/4-thread
i5-7400T (35W TDP)
i5-7500T (35W TDP)
i5-7600T (35W TDP)
i5-7400 (65W TDP)
i5-7500 (65W TDP)
i5-7600 (65W TDP)
i5-7600k (91W TDP)

 

4-core/8-thread
i7-7700T (35W TDP)
i7-7700 (65W TDP)
i7-7700k (91W TDP)

 

4-core/4-thread
i3-8100k (65W TDP)
i3-8350k (91W TDP)

 

6-core/6-thread
i5-8400 (65W TDP)
i5-8600k (95W TDP)

 

6-core/12-thread
i7-8700 (65W TDP)
i7-8700k (95W TDP)

 91W/95W  TDP cpus are overclockable but they need to be delidded

 some resellers make that

 there is a tool for delidding cpus

 

Soldered /MXM GPU
 

Soldered

Many OEMs (Alienware, Dell, Asus, Acer, Lenovo, Gigabyte, Aorus) use soldered gpus for their gaming laptops
Here an alienware 17 r4 (photo from a review by iunlock)

 

 

MXM

http://www.notebookreview.com/howto/how-to-upgrade-nvidia-mxm-notebook-graphics-cards/
High performances gaming laptop (Clevo/MSI) or old alienware (m17x r3/m17x r4/m18x r2) and mobile workstation use MXM Gpus

 Type A card --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Type B card

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_PCI_Express_Module
 

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Clevo-MSI-and-Compal-Barebones.99905.0.html

Here some photos Clevo MXM Gpus
 
Clevo

here some card in mxm 3.0b size made by MSI, Gecube e Zotac

 

 Zotac Gtx1070 N17E-G2-A1

 

Eurocom

 

Old MSis with MXM Gpu
MSI
-Gt683/16f2
-Gt780/1761
-16L1
-gt60
-gt70
-gt72
-gt72s
-gt80s

 Here a 16L13 upgraded with a msi gtx1080
 

 

 

Successful MXM GPU Upgraded Laptops
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-3429666/successful-mxm-gpu-upgraded-laptops.html

 

MXM gpus and MXM gpu resellers
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/mxm-gpu-resellers-in-the-world.804197/

[Ryujin2003]

Umm. I'm confused.. is this an ad? Or educational?

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[genexis_x]

7 hours ago, Ryujin2003 said:

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Educational. LEGIT

[sicily428]

this bench could be of the future MSI GT8xx with an i9-8950hk

https://videocardz.com/75073/intel-core-i9-8950hk-spotted

[Ryujin2003]

2 hours ago, sicily428 said:

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Do you own any of these laptops?

 

I have the GS73VR 6RF, and have been thinking about trying to do a repaste to help temps a bit. I've already undervolted for good temps without loss of performance, but wanted to see if paste would make a big difference as well. I just don't want to void my warranty by removing that sticker. I'd also like to upgrade the m.2 SSD to NVMe with larger capacity.

 

Lastly, the speakers on this are kind of week. I'm assuming there isn't an upgrade speaker from a different model that is compatible?