MSI WT72 6QI Review: Gaming Laptop

The review will focus on the segment of one of the representatives of workstations MSI WT72 6QI review. Just note that this notebook is not a flagship device, however, in terms of performance, he will compete with many.

The family of workstations MSI, which includes models WS, WT, really inspires confidence, not one year. Those who follow the production of the company, the updated model, certainly not difficult to notice that the workstation has the characteristics games device. And this concerns not only the appearance but also the hardware capabilities. Is that the main difference from the gaming laptop is the presence of a professional card.

Design: MSI WT72 6QI review

Housing MSI WT72 6QI review in the style of a gaming notebook. Here there is chopped panel on the lid, you can see the logo of the company MSI, as well as the emblem of the workstation. The design uses black coloring. To say that the design of the original, can someone who is not familiar with gaming line of MSI, because in fact workstations WT is made in the same style. The remaining perceives it looks like the usual and expected. By the way, solidly assembled unit: no squeaks, no flex, parts fit tightly enough.

Working area laptop MSI WT72 6QI review made quite practical. Everything is thought out so that nothing distracted the owner. In addition to the keyboard and touchpad are a number of additional buttons and bars, behind which lurk in stereo speakers. Display laptop edged standard frame. It, as well as all other details of the case, Matt. It is convenient because the frequent opening / closing the lid on it will not be too many fingerprints. As for the bottom, it can accommodate most of the large air vents. Apart from them, there is space for a subwoofer, legs and holes Reset.

Laptop MSI WT72 6QI review enough overall, its dimensions are 428x249x48 mm. However, if we start from the fact that it is not a simple office notebook and a full workstation, then there is nothing critical. The device weighs as much – 3.85 kg, but it has an excuse because MSI WT72 6QI is unlikely to be too frequent traveling companion.

Display, sound, webcam: MSI WT72 6QI review

Screen workstation is ideal for a variety of tasks: professional activities, games, movies. It is the best for this diagonal of 17.3 inches and a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. Among the advantages of the matte surface of the display, through which you cannot be distracted by reflections. The brightness level is not too high; it does not exceed 300 cd / m2. The contrast ratio is much higher and excellent color reproduction at all, thanks to the support True Color. In general, the owner of the screen will be satisfied, especially as the use of IPS-matrix provides excellent visibility. As a result, project or any calculations will not be hard to see, or worse, distorted.

Acoustic capabilities of a notebook MSI WT72 6QI review can be assessed by two stereo speakers, subwoofer and support Nahimic Sound. Overlooking the sound is not just a pure and loud, but rather the volume. It perfectly combines the high frequencies with the bass. This speaker is suitable for all kinds of fun and enjoys even the most experienced user.

The MSI WT72 6QI review uses Full HD-webcam, which is perfect for socializing into Skype. In addition, it will be able to take pictures of pretty good quality.

Keyboard and Touchpad: MSI WT72 6QI review

The owner of this laptop MSI WT72 6QI review will have to deal with the island keyboard SteelSeries. The buttons have a comfortable flat surface, easy to press, with a small spring loaded. There are no keys are too small and the marking is made very clear. By the way, it provides additional comfort gamepad and LED lights.

By the way, there are a number of easy-launch buttons. They are located to the left of the main unit. Among them, provided the key switch on the notebook, run Cooler Boost, switching graphics cards, as well as activate the backlight. In addition, there is a button that allows the owner to activate the assigned application.

The touchpad in the workstation is made in the classical style, complemented by two physical buttons. Touchpad is responsive, responds well to commands, so they are very comfortable to use. The touchpad area is not large, but it is enough to normal position. The only key in a little noisy, this will have to get used to at first.

Performance: MSI WT72 6QI review

For a workstation, which is MSI WT72 6QI review, naturally a 64-bit operating system, Windows 10 Professional. Also installed a modern notebook MSI WT72 6QI review processor Intel Core i7-6700HQ, submitted recently. The chip belongs to the family Skylake, his work with four cores clocked at 2.6 GHz when not using the technology Turbo Boost. With her figure could grow to 3.5 GHz, which improves the performance of the device. The processor has a cache memory of the third level, which amounts 6MB. But maximum power Core i7-6700HQ is 45 watts.

If you carry on a laptop MSI WT72 6QI review simple graphics tasks, such as the office or just media, then fit a graphics card Intel HD Graphics 530. It has 24 unified flows and supports DirectX 12. But with professional applications confidently handle graphics accelerator NVIDIA Quadro M1000M. The card has 2 GB of its own video memory standard GDDR5, and its drivers are optimized for the task of engineers, designers, and other professionals. GPU supports DirectX 11 as well as the technology NVIDIA Optimus, which allows you to switch from integrated graphics to discrete. By the way, I do not think that such an accelerator is useful only in professional tasks. At leisure, you can play and, although at medium settings and not in the best new toys.

As for RAM, 16 GB, which is envisaged to be the best one, if you work in AutoCAD or similar applications, which use 3D modeling, etc? RAM is standard DDR4-2133 MHz. Interestingly; the manufacturer is the possibility of increasing the amount of system memory up to 64 GB.

Also used in the filling hybrid drive. In particular, there is a hard drive capacity of 1000 GB and 128 GB SSD-drive M.2 SATA. Winchester running at 7200 revs / min, it can save a large amount of information (draft programs). SSD, in turn, allows the system to load and run faster.

Ports and Communications: MSI WT72 6QI review

Interfaces in the laptop are on the side faces, as well as the rear. Thus, the right to a workstation has two ports USB 3.0, as well as the optical drive DVD ± RW Super Multi.

The rear panel provides HDMI 1.4, network RJ-45 port (chip Killer E2400), USB Type-C, Mini DisplayPort 1.2, Kensington lock slot and a jack for charging. The rest of this face is occupied by large air vents through which hot air comes out.

As for the left-hand end, then it is located four ports USB 3.0. Also, there are four audio jacks (headphone output, microphone input, line output, which can be used to connect speakers and a line input) and card reader SD / SDXC / SDHC.

On the front side of the device interface is not present, only the LED indicators: job storage, activation of wireless modules, battery status.

The notebook MSI WT72 6QI review has wireless communication Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.1. Wi-Fi can be operated in two ranges: 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz.

Battery: MSI WT72 6QI review

No wonder that in such a powerful laptop installed 9-cell lithium-ion battery 83 Wh. Operating period of the battery is not more than 2-3 hours, and then not at maximum load. Of course, count on a high autonomy with adequate performance hardware components is clearly not worth it. The battery is charging power supply capacity of 230 watts.

Conclusion: MSI WT72 6QI review

Of course, the price tag of $ 2,400 might scare off a few. However, after weighing all the benefits that you get as a result of the purchase. Thus, the workstation is equipped with enough productive filling. There is a sixth generation quad-core Intel Core i7-6700HQ, professional graphics card NVIDIA Quadro M1000M, as well as 16 GB of RAM. The storage used terabyte hard drive, there is an additional 128 GB SSD. Thus, the device is provided with high efficiency.

In addition, the notebook MSI WT72 6QI review runs on the new operating system Windows 10, a 17.3-inch IPS-display with Full HD resolution, excellent acoustics, flawlessSteelSeries-keyboard and a group of other “hot” keys to simplify and speed up the work. As for interfaces, available to the user will not only be a sufficient number of USB 3.0, and Mini DisplayPort, HDMI.

It is unlikely that the workstation MSI WT72 6QI review you find any obvious defects, so that the presence of the appropriate amount, it is safe to go shopping!

Source: device-boom