MSI launches 'thin stealth' GS40 Phantom Series gaming laptop

[HEXUS]

Slim 14-incher features Skylake Intel Core i7 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M graphics.

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[Platinum]

Thin??

[TooNice]

Amongst gaming laptops (i.e. excluding Ultrabooks) I can only think of the Razer Blade being thinner. The Aorus is considered thin, and this laptop is the tiniest bit thinner. I wonder about the noise though. I don't mind less thin if it means noticeably less noise.

[Mentawl]

I count three vents (one on the right side, two on the back) which bodes well for cooling. Hate when companies try to pipe everything through a single vent. Fingers crossed.

[abaxas]

I7 + 970m = nut roaster.

[qasdfdsaq]

HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 2.0? Iiiinteresting...

I7 + 970m = nut roaster.

Eh, won't be that bad. I've had a 37w i7 and discrete GPU in a 13" laptop with a single puny heatsink, and it never roasted any nuts. A 35-45w i7 with at least double the cooling won't be worse, if anything it'll run a lot cooler when the GPU's not loaded.

[MSINotebookUK]

I7 + 970m = nut roaster.

Trust me, I have played around with the pre-production sample and the temperatures and noise are very decent!
Wait for the reviews

[outwar6010]

I7 + 970m = nut roaster.

Trust me, I have played around with the pre-production sample and the temperatures and noise are very decent!
Wait for the reviews

Any word on pricing and any chance I could get a review unit?

[Sumanji]

I'd pay good money for something in the Razer Blade form factor that can manage "all-day" battery life for productivity, and also handle gentle gaming once in a while... does such a thing exist?!

[MSINotebookUK]

Any word on pricing and any chance I could get a review unit?

haha - Pricing will be slightly lower than the GS60 6QE range (Skylake/970M)

[qasdfdsaq]

I'd pay good money for something in the Razer Blade form factor that can manage "all-day" battery life for productivity, and also handle gentle gaming once in a while... does such a thing exist?!

Yes. It's called a Razer Blade.

[Sumanji]

Yes. It's called a Razer Blade.

No, that's a machine that barely manages 5 hours of battery life...

[TooNice]

Compact, long battery life lasting, powerful. At the moment you only get to choose two. If you want 12+ hour of battery life you pretty much have to enter the domains of ultrabooks (and even then, it depend on what kind of productivity). So it depends on your definition of "gentle gaming".

[qasdfdsaq]

No, that's a machine that barely manages 5 hours of battery life...

Eh, some sites have reported >6 hours. I guess I just don't do more than 5 hours of work during a work-day? :-P