The laptop is MSI GE70 2PE Apache Pro: features, review and reviews of the owners

Gaming laptops — a special segment of the relevant market of electronics. Manufacturers of devices of this type, on the one hand, to solve problems associated with providing high performance devices, on the other — those that reflect the need for efficient placement of hardware components of the laptop in a small package. Taiwanese company MSI — among those brands who are able to supply the market with the most competitive model of the segment in question. An example notebook from this firm, which is characterized by performance and compact — MSI GE70 Apache Pro. This device has an attractive design and easy controls. What resources the laptop is MSI GE70 provides the required performance? What users say, who had the experience to harness the power of this device?

Basic information about the device

To begin with it is useful to consider what looks like the laptop is MSI GE70. On the upper side of the lid of the device is the logo of MSI and Gaming Series with white backlight, which is activated after switching on the device. The material of the lid — aluminium. Among the most notable hardware components notebook MSI GE70 — keyboard. She developed the firm SteelSeries and is intended for use in specific devices from MSI.

The Laptop has a display size of 17 inches, so the keyboard — full-size. Her key — cylindrical, are pressed easily. The keyboard is backlit — on the one hand, sufficiently bright to recognize the keys in the dark, on the other — its glow does not distract from the work.

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The Device is equipped with a display type TN. It supports the resolution corresponding to the standard FullHD. Coating display — Matt. The screen is sufficiently bright.

The Laptop is MSI GE70 is equipped with 4 speakers providing high quality sound. The device supports Audio Boost technology.

The Laptop is equipped with Intel Core i5 with 4 cores and 2.5 GHz. In some versions of the device may be installed Intel Core i7 4710HQ. In some aspects it can determine the difference in performance models. However, in all versions of the laptop's processor supports Hyper-Threading. Mode with sed it is possible to disperse up to 3.5 GHz — on some chips.

The Laptop has Intel HD 4600 and NVIDIA GTX860M graphics card based on Maxwell architecture. RAM graphics card — 2 GB.

Attached To the laptop is quite massive power supply capacity of 120 watts.

The Device is equipped with RAM capacity of 8 GB, type modules-DDR3, they work on frequency of 1.6 GHz.

The Computer has a hard disk of 1 TB, type-SATA, speed — 7200 rpm

The Main communication standards supported by the device — Bluetooth, Wi-Fi.

Is the drive that supports Blu-Ray.

The laptop comes preinstalled with DOS so games the operating system may need to be installed separately.

The Laptop is MSI GE70 positioned as a gaming. Among its main advantages-high performance, excellent sound quality and ease of operation.

Modifications to the laptop

Above we noted that in device, depending on their specific modifications, can be installed Intel Core i5 or i7. We can note that the MSI GE70 — is actually a series of laptops. The difference between them — is quite small. Mainly it boils down to processor type.

Thus, the market has a laptop MSI GE70 2PE Apache Pro, which in the Russian version is equipped with Intel Core i7. There are other modifications of the device that are sold in the Russian Federation. Among those — the laptop is MSI GE70 2PL Apache, which is installed just after the Intel Core i5 4210H version. There are devices equipped with the latest processor-Core i7-4700MQ, which in Turbo mode can operate at a frequency up to 3.4 GHz. However, other characteristics of the MSI notebook GE70 2PE Apache Pro, and 2PL Apache are the same.

Although, of course, different versions of processors can determine significant differences in price between different modifications of the device. So, MSI GE70 2PL Apache is equipped with a chip Intel Core i5, is in Russian stores about 53 900 RUB. In principle, it can be considered one of the lowest for all versions of the laptop in question. Device MSI GE70 2PE Apache is already approximately 77 000 rubles In the Russian market can find the device under review series, which occupies an intermediate position between the marked modifications laptop from MSI. So, the device MSI GE70 2PC costs about 55 000 roubles.

So when purchasing a laptop consider series from MSI, it is necessary to pay attention to a particular index. The most productive and expensive modification of the device will, most likely, the MSI GE70 2PE. Much cheaper — GE70 2PC. The most affordable — most likely, the MSI GE70 2PL. The question is, of course, if gamers pay more for a more powerful model. It should, above all, to see the recommended system requirements of those games that he enjoys — perhaps to run them can be quite the budget CPU that are installed on the laptops from MSI, as an option, Intel Core i5.

Design Features

Now let's Review the features of MSI in more detail. Let's start withdesign.

The appearance of laptop “gamer”. The quality of materials used not only plastic, but metal. At the bottom of the laptop mounted slots for additional RAM modules. Overall the design has a rather strict concept of a large number of decorative elements on the housing there. It may be noted, is that the rim is red, which is placed along the contour of the device.

The Main interfaces are located on the sides of the device. So, on the left side mounted USB 3.0 ports, and audio jacks 3.5 mm is for connecting to your laptop headphone and microphone. Next to them — HDMI connector and card reader compatible with the media format SD. In the right part of the body — USB 2.0 ports, slots, D-SUB, Ethernet. Next to them — the Blu-Ray drive. On the front of the laptop only the lights are mounted. Workspace laptop MSI GE70, which includes the keyboard and touchpad are made of aluminum. It is located above, respectively, the display. Directly under him — the company logo MSI. On the display a plastic frame, repeating its outlines.

Many users have noted the relatively small number of glossy components on the body — unlike previous models of laptops from MSI. From the point of view of aesthetics, these materials look great, however, they are more than matte, susceptible to damage. So enthusiasts of the brand is quite positively perceived the fact that the firm decided to do a minimal set of glossy elements. Among those — lid of the device, screen frame and a small area around the keyboard.

Internal structure of the notebook

The body of the laptop is MSI GE Apache Pro is equipped with a removable panel made of plastic. Under it are the processor, graphics adapter, which are closed cooling systems, RAM modules, solid state media type mSATA and hard disk. Experts do not recommend take out from the laptop solid state media. If there is a need to do this, you have to copy the RAID array to a separate image. If an SSD to remove from the laptop, RAID array where the OS is installed, can stop working.

The cooling System of the device is represented by a single turbine. In General, its power is sufficient to ensure safe operation of hardware components of the device at full load, but some users and experts believe that the firm MSI would be nice to think about placing second.

Keyboard

Feature keyboard consider notebook — in the presence of 2 additional keys. In the area of the corresponding hardware component mounted power button and switches the cooling system and panel illumination — this element consists of 3 blocks, illuminating a specific area of the keyboard. It can be noted that the Win button is located to the right of the space bar. Left — the Fn key.

The key travel is sufficiently comfortable. Some function buttons the manufacturer removed from the workspace. Instead, over the keyboard mounted three switch — the inclusion of the maximum rpm of the cooling system, the keyboard backlight and power. The workspace of the device is made mainly with metal. Glossy elements in comparison with previous models MSI, a little. The corresponding cover is made with the effect of grinding metal.

Touchpad

The Touchpad is mounted on the laptop from MSI — including those that don't have dedicated button that simulates pressing right and left mouse button. The corresponding components are implemented directly in the structure of the touch panel. The opinions of users and experts regarding the usability of the touchpad in such modifications is ambiguous.

Some owners of the device and experts believe that a marked structure of the touch panel need must adapt. Others believe that as getting used to this touchpad achieved the highest level of operating convenience of a laptop.

Display

The Matrix is made by technology TN, is considered to be relatively outdated solution. This determines the appearance of a rather critical feedback about the use of the laptop. The owners of the device, as well as IT-experts believe that the screen has a modest color, there are some nuances of display colors at high brightness levels. However, the laptop is MSI GE70 Apache, as we know, “gamer”. Possible deficiencies when drawing items on the screen people in the game, most likely, will not notice. In addition, the level of detail of the laptop screen, MSI experts estimate as high. The display device has a very decent resolution   1920 x 1080 pixels.

Sound

Audio components — the key that determined the choice of many users of the laptop is MSI GE 70 Apache. The characteristics of the relevant equipment are certainly very important for gamers. The main components of the laptop in terms of sound processing — 4 speakers, 2 of which are located under the display, the other 2 — in the lower part of the body. The sound quality is evaluated by the gamers and IT specialists as very decent, but not too sensational. Gamers will be pleased with the reproduction of various effects, music lovers and movie— playing tunes, soundtracks, and ‘voice’.

“Iron”

The Laptop has a processor type Intel Core. The bulk of the load in the processing of the video stream rests on the graphic adapter GeForce GTX 860M. The relevant hardware components combine to make the laptop one of the most powerful on the market. Among the other noteworthy components of “iron” — advanced Wi-Fi module. It implements technologies to reduce the ping-response time between sent to the server a signal received from it. Less than the corresponding figure, the greater the comfort will be felt by the user when controlling the characters in multiplayer games.

Another important aspect of the laptop is MSI GE70 — the Autonomous work device. Examine it more closely.

Standalone operation

As noted by some IT specialists, gaming notebook manufacturers are inclined to place in the manufactured devices are large in size and not very efficient batteries. The appropriate type of device, experts say, designed mostly for stationary use. A result of which the producers consider acceptable to install in them the battery, which is enough, perhaps, to move the device between the outlets. However, the characteristics of the battery device from MSI in any modification, be it a laptop MSI GE70 2PL, 2PE, or 2PC, very decent. The battery capacity of the device — 4.4 thousand mAh.

To improve the performance of battery life of the laptop promote energy saving technologies that are implemented in processors that are available based on the architecture Haswell. These chips are installed on the laptops of the considered series. Experts measure the autonomy of the device from MSI, and many users characterize the relevant parameter as it is highly competitive in a variety of modes of the laptop — in simple video playback at high or conversely, low brightness of the display. For example, if you view on the device from MSI film, the resources of the device battery can last more than 3 hours, as shown by tests.

Reviews

Learn more about what they say the owners of the laptop MSI GE70 about your experience of using the device. As we noted above, the subject device is produced in various modifications. The main criterion of distinction between them — the processor type, and hence performance. Thus, in examination of opinions, reflecting the assessment of the performance of the device, it is necessary to differentiate the comments from the owners of laptops with less powerful processors, and those in which is installed the most modern chips.

However, judging by the reviews on the thematic online casinos, the users of the devices from MSI, which installed even modest chips do not tend to complain of poor performance. This may indicate that the laptops in question series — balanced device in which the important role from the point of view of ensuring speed plays not only the CPU but also, for example, and video card. All versions of the laptop are represented in the form of powerful and high-performance solutions. Thus, the speed of the laptop owners of the device regardless of its specific versions assess positive.

As for other characteristics of the device MSI GE70 Apache Pro — design, facilities management, quality of the display, indicators of battery life users are also quite happy with my choice. The owners of the device describe the laptop as sufficiently efficient tool, suitable not only for running games, but also for solving other everyday tasks that require the high performance of the device.

The fact that the laptop is MSI GE70 default only has DOS as the operating system, determines the possibility of installation on almost any OS of the user's choice. This can be Windows in any modification, Linux or otherwise. Required drivers are always available on the website of the manufacturer of the laptop. Judging by the reviews, the device is subject to correct installation is necessary FOR works fine running any operating system.