The MSI GE60 - Do Gaming Notebooks hold their promises?

Gaming Notebooks are a much-discussed subject these days, considering how many big manufacturers there are selling them; MSI is just one of a growing population of notebook companies.

This particular notebook, the MSI GE60, has an Intel Core I7 - 3630QM, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 660M with 2 Gigabytes of VRAM, 8 Gigabytes of RAM and a 15.6" Monitor, having a Resolution of 1920x1080. It has two USB 2.0 and two USB 3.0 slots.
When looking at it you can see the quality of the case is robust and when starting to work with it you can feel the quality of the components.

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The Keyboard is manufactured by SteelSeries and feels comfortable even after typing for a long time. A negative aspect about it is the Enter-button, though. It's slim and long instead the usual big and high one, but after some time of getting used to it, that is not a problem either.


Above the keyboard, there are 6 buttons with different functions; turning it off, activating Turbo-Mode for gaming, turning the fan to maximum performance, deactivating the wireless functions, turning off the screen and opening the CD-Drive. They are implemented into the design nicely and can come in pretty handy.


Now, the speakers are not the best, lacking the bass and not having the highest maximum-volume, but their sound quality is great and they are definitely enough for gaming and listening to music, but using headphones is still highly recommended.

The machine's monitor has a good color-depth and can get very bright if needed and the high resolution makes sure that games and movies look on it.

Being a year old, the hardware in this machine is not the newest anymore, but it can still run most games at a decent frame rate if the Graphics settings are set up right, depending on the game of course.


Small issues with the keyboard, the speakers not being the best and the CD-Drive being manufactured poorly make up the only problems with this otherwise decent notebook. It is perfectly suited for working and moderately good at playing new games at an acceptable frame rate. For the price of 1089€ or your regional equivalent, this machine has a high performance-peak and there is very few negative aspects about it that might bother the user.

Here's a link to the manufacturer's website.