The new 6th generation Intel processors require lower power consumption but deliver better performance than before. CPU performance of Core i7-6700HQ is 20% faster than i7-4720HQ under average usage.

*This specification may vary by model.

PCI-E GEN3x 4 SSD – LOAD GAMES IN SECONDS

Get in the game before everyone else with the latest PCI-E Gen 3.0×4 bandwidth utilizing NVMe technology on single M.2 SSD. Harness the full performance potential of the Gen 3.0 SSD through the optimization of the hardware and software outputting extreme read speeds up to 2200MB/s, 5x faster than SATA3 SSD's.

“SHIFT” – BOOST PERFORMANCE UNDER CONTROLLED NOISE & TEMPERATURE

The exclusive MSI “SHIFT” technology pushes system to the extreme while minimizing noise and temperature. Switch between three profiles “Sport,” “Comfort,” and “Green” to reach balance between system performance and comfortable user experience.

SHIFT is activated by the FN + F7 hotkey combo, or via the Dragon Gaming Center.

Runs CPU and GPU at the highest frequency for maximum performance.

Limits GPU frequency to level 1. Maintain GPU temperature at a maximum of 89°C.

Disables Intel Turbo boost and limits GPU frequency to level 2. Control CPU and GPU temperatures at a maximum of 85°C.

LATEST ARCHITECTURE DDR4-2133 MEMORY SUPPORT

Get the best possible performance out of your notebook with support of the advanced DDR4-2133 memory, achieving over 29GB/s in reading speed and 32GB/s in writing. With over 30% faster performance than previous generations DDR3-1600, DDR4-2133 is the new laptop standard to take your extreme gaming experience to the next level.

COOLER BOOST 3: KEEP CALM UNDER PRESSURE

Heat is the most original element on earth. It’s pure physics that more energy will generate more heat. Cooling is therefore a knotty task to tackle with. MSI exclusive Cooler Boost 3 technology creates dual thermal modules internally by allocating dedicated heat pipes for GPU and CPU. A total of 4 heat pipes and dual fans actively and effectively push heat out of the system.

NSANELY POWERFUL. NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970M SLI
DISCRETE GRAPHICS CARD WITH GDDR5 6GB VRAM

The NVIDIA Geforce GTX 970M SLI Series brings extreme, next-generation graphics performance to serious gaming notebooks. As the outstanding graphics solution to reach a score over 14,000 in 3DMark 11, the GeForce GTX 970M SLI delivers extremely fast and fluid gameplay at the highest settings and resolutions in a lightweight and portable design.

TRUE COLOR TECHNOLOGY

MSI True Color Technology guarantees that each panel in a MSI notebook comes with the finest precision in color. After examination and an extensive factory calibration process by the MSI True Color Technology, the panel quality will be more accurate, close to 100% sRGB. Hence, each color is delivered with the highest standard precision in detail, guaranteeing excellent color fidelity for many use applications.

MSI has partnered with Portrait Displays, Inc. in developing a level of accuracy for display technology that sets a new standard. Trusting that the displays colors naturally represent the content is MSI’s objective.

TRUE COLOR PROFILE

Vision and sound are the most important two factors in this field. You now get to see clearer than your enemies to always get one step ahead of the rest. Besides Gaming Mode, True Color Technology also offers prefect color accuracy for 5 more scenarios. Work or play, you can easily switch to the mode that best suits your eyes. The profile sharing feature permits you to share your True Color settings to other users anywhere.

MATRIX DISPLAY

Expand the vision for extreme gaming experience. MSI innovative Matrix display supports up to 2 external displays simultaneously through one HDMI 1.4 and one MINI DisplayPort 1.2. Multi-task is made possible even during competitive gameplays. Connect the laptop to HDTV display, Matrix Display supports 4K output with a resolution up to 3840 x 2160.

MSI Matrix Display technology creates an ideal environment for extreme gaming experience and pleasant multimedia entertainment.

WORLD FIRST GAMING NOTEBOOK WITH WIDE-VIEWING ANGLE DISPLAY

Experience better image quality, the Wide-view angle panel enhanced 20% more contrast level and 20% more brightness level than TN panel, with vivid colors and consistent brightness levels whether you’re looking at the screen from above, below, the front or the side.

NAHIMIC VIRTUAL SURROUND SOUND – MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, THE NEXT GAMING STANDARD

Originally developed for military fighter jets, Nahimic specializes in 3D sound software processing and audio improvements offering virtual 7.1 sound in immersive high definition. Designed to work with standard audio and stereo equipment, Nahimic transports gamers into the action, allowing them to sense every footstep, hear every bullet whizzing past, and feel every explosion. It also features a high definition audio recorder to easily capture and stream studio quality sound and is only available on MSI gaming laptops.

Virtual Surround

Highly immersive 7.1 virtualization Brings an ultra realistic 360°Sound stage.

Bass boost

Powerful AND deep bass Emphasizes the sub frequencies of expiosion shockwaves and brings vibrancyto the gaming soundtracks

FREQUENCY LEVELER

Because each sound can be decisive Raises up the highest frequencies in order to highlight all the important tiny details (footsteps, gunshot whistles…).

Noise gate &
Noise reduction

Removes 90% of the noise Removes the noise from your communications. The result is a crystal clear in-game voice com in any situation.

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*Available on select models

SOUND BY DYNAUDIO

To satisfy consumers desire to experience high quality sound effects, MSI partnered with top audio brand Dynaudio, which has a devoted aspiration for “Authentic Fidelity” to meet this demanding standard. It equips the MSI GAMING-Series gaming notebook with top-notch audio features, creating a realistic sound and immersive effects. Dynaudio delivers an authentic sound experience by boosting power amplitude 50% more than the previous generation, meaning a volume increase over 10dBA. Any high quality stereo source is transformed into true-to-life, multi-channel sound. No need to purchase extra speakers, wires or speaker stands to appreciate room-filling sound.

AUDIO BOOST 2 WITH 3 INDEPENDENT AMP

By utilizing dedicated headset amplifiers, an isolated audio board and gold-plated audio jacks, Audio Boost 2 delivers the most advanced listening experience of any gaming notebook. Audio performance is improved by an average of 30%, calculation based on measurable parameters in traditional audio solutions.

Audio Boost 2 provides gamers a more detailed aural picture of their surroundings, helping in-game, while also minimizing distortion and providing a powerful amplifier which has no trouble powering even the most demanding gaming headsets. Gold-plated jacks will give you less noise interference and ensure the long-term durability of the jack.

THE REAL DEAL:
A KEYBOARD ALL GAMERS DESIRE FOR

Every hardware detail of this keyboard is calculated and especially designed for professional gamers’ needs. Better responsive and tactile feedback, optimum WASD zone and support of multi-key inputs are all for gamers to gain full command over gaming missions.

STEELSERIES ENGINE 3 (SSE3) – TARGET, POSITION, AIM AND FIRE

During gameplay, SteelSeries Engines 3 serves as your firearm. With SSE3, you get to suit up your weapon with cool look by lightening it up with multiple backlit colors, transform your keyboard into a high technology firearm by setting up several keys into one key command and cloud syncing all SteelSeries gears together.

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  FREEDOM TO PLAY

  SteelSeries Engine will automatically recognize what game you are playing and open your saved profile(s) for that game. You can create your own profiles for other applications and then have SteelSeries Engine open the corresponding profile when you start up your application.

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  FRIENDLY UI DESIGN

  The SteelSeries Engine is easy to understand by using pictorial representations of devices along with basic drag-and-drop techniques to assign key presses, complex macros, device profiles and buttons. Also features intuitive macro creation with customizable colors, fonts, and names for everything.

  99% PROGRAMMABLE MACRO/HOTKEY

  Every gamer can easily customize every individual key as hot key to personalize his own play style, greatly increase the convenience on key usage.

  * Except FN key

  QUICKLY LAUNCH APPS WITH JUST ONE CLICK

  Gamers can assign application launches to specific keys, avoiding the need to browse through endless menus.

  CLOUDSYNC

  Users may backup, share and sync your configuration profiles through SSE3 app across all platforms. Simply log in with your SteelSeries ID to access to configurations whenever you are.

  INTERFACE COMMUNICATION

  Synchronize all your SteelSeries gears through SSE3 more fluent and better gaming experience.

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  4 KEYBOARD LAYERS OPTIONS!!

  There are 4 layers for gamers to set 4 usage scenario or game. Not only that, while playing the game, gamers can easily and quickly switch layer*, such as a chat screen with friends. Communication with friends is not interrupted!!

  *The layers switch key is “Fn+1~4”

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  INTELLIGENT KEYPRESS MACRO CAPABILITIES

  There are virtually unlimited keypress macro creation capabilities. Anything you can do on a mouse or a keyboard can be programmed along with specific event timing. You can even program mouse events into keyboard macros. Your macros will be running at a high priority in your computers Operating System, yet it does NOT interfere with your real time actions during gameplay.

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  CREATE YOUR OWN TEXT MACRO

  Besides keypress macro, SteelSeries Engine also can create the text macro for gamers’ talk. By this way, gamers can have simultaneously multi-party conversation and do not waste time in doing repetitive typing.

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  KLM (KEYBOARD LIGHT MANAGEMENT)

  Depending on your mood and desires, you can choose from more than 1,000 color combinations and five different scenario modes for the keyboard, enabling you to be the coolest gamer at any LAN party!

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  UNLIMITED PROFILE POSSIBILITIES

  Profiles are sets of macros, button assignments, and device configurations that are frequently used together. An unlimited number of profiles, with customizable names, can be stored in the SteelSeries Engine. It provides predefined profiles for common games which can be used directly or as templates for your custom macros.

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  STATISTICS TO ANALYZE AND IMPROVE

  Whether you're playing an FPS or editing in Photoshop, being better and more efficient is something we want to help you achieve. Use the Statistics module to record your keyboard or mouse actions. Then review the peripheral heat map, which shows with both color and numbers the frequency of your key or button presses. You can then use this information to fine tune your macros as well as your key and mouse button assignments to optimize your tools to play (and work).

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  FREEDOM TO PLAY

  SteelSeries Engine will automatically recognize what game you are playing and open your saved profile(s) for that game. You can create your own profiles for other applications and then have SteelSeries Engine open the corresponding profile when you start up your application.

• 

  FRIENDLY UI DESIGN

  The SteelSeries Engine is easy to understand by using pictorial representations of devices along with basic drag-and-drop techniques to assign key presses, complex macros, device profiles and buttons. Also features intuitive macro creation with customizable colors, fonts, and names for everything.

  99% PROGRAMMABLE MACRO/HOTKEY

  Every gamer can easily customize every individual key as hot key to personalize his own play style, greatly increase the convenience on key usage.

  * Except FN key

  QUICKLY LAUNCH APPS WITH JUST ONE CLICK

  Gamers can assign application launches to specific keys, avoiding the need to browse through endless menus.

  CLOUDSYNC

  Users may backup, share and sync your configuration profiles through SSE3 app across all platforms. Simply log in with your SteelSeries ID to access to configurations whenever you are.

  INTERFACE COMMUNICATION

  Synchronize all your SteelSeries gears through SSE3 more fluent and better gaming experience.

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SILVER LINING PRINT

See more and do more in the night with high-grade silver lining printed keys. See the full color spectrum on the SteelSeries multicolor keyboard and enjoy longer lasting keys worry free of long-term wear and tear.

*Optional for only few language keyboard layouts

KILLER™ GAMING LAN – PROTECTING YOUR PING

In the gaming battlefield, speed defines the winner. Stop losing games to lag with Killer Gaming Lan. The advanced stream detect 2.0 of the upgraded Killer E2400 chipset protects networking traffic and prevents lag spikes through controlling and managing up to 6 priority levels. You can game without fear and play at your best while tracking your speeds with the easy-to-use Killer Networking Manager.

KILLER SHIELD – SMOOTHER GAMEPLAY

One more protection for smoother uploads and download processes. Less pin rate floating reassures more fluent gameplays.

XSPLIT GAMECASTER VERSION 2 – SHOW OFF YOUR SKILLS TO THE WORLD

Get super professional live streams going by blending into the background with the Chroma Key function introduced in Xsplit Gamecaster Version 2. Record your gameplays and broadcast it live to Twitch, YouTube, UStream and etc.. You may also edit gameplay videos directly on this app. It’s simple, easy to use and ideal for sharing your gameplay with friends, family or the world – or for capturing those perfect gaming moments, just for the heck of it. What’s more exciting is that MSI extends premium license from 6 to 12 months. Now you get to explore and enjoy becoming a true professional streamer for a whole year for FREE.

STREAMING

Use XSplit Gamecaster to stream all of your gaming activities

WEBCAM & CHROMA KEY

Add a webcam and show your game face

SHARE YOUR BROADCAST

Share your broadcast and conquer the world

REALTIME NOTES

Draw attention whilst casting with in-game annotations

RECORD & UPLOAD

Organize and upload your greatest gaming moments

TRIDEF SMARTCAM INTEGRATION

Revolutionary background removal without the need of a green screen.

ADAPTIVE BITRATE TECHNOLOGY

Automatically adjusts your bitrate to minimize connection drops so you can enjoy uninterrupted streaming.