MSI GE62 Apache

The MSI GE72 Apache ($ 1,399 as tested) is a reasonably priced entry-level gaming laptop with bright, 15.6-inch full HD screen. It is equipped with an Intel Core i7 processor, 8GB of memory, and a 1TB hard drive. This is the first laptop we've seen in the new Nvidia GeForce GTX 965M graphics, which launched in 2015. Ces Drawbacks, such as short battery life and the amount of bloatware, is outweighed by the excellent connectivity, a great screen , and a good score in our benchmark tests. It is a solid laptop for users who want to start playing at a serious level.

Design and Features
The GE72 $ 1,199.00 on Amazon is a sleek, black laptop, measuring about 1.14 by 11 by 16.5 inches (HWD) and weighs 5.16 pounds. It has a red accent stripe on the front, and a red G Series badge on the cover with dragon on it. As if this was not enough Bling, Steelseries chiclet-style keyboard with backlighting multizone system is decided colorful. It is set in a rainbow effect immediately, but you can change it to a color or turn it off completely with pre-installed utility. There is a full numeric keypad, but the key to it is a little bit narrower than usual because they have to fit into a 15-inch laptop. The touchpad below the keyboard has a physical mouse buttons, which are easy to find in the heat of play than in a one-piece touchpad.

Technology DisplayPort (eDP), which gives the system a more direct connection to the graphics card's 15.6-inch LCD screen uses embedded. It is bright and full HD (1920-by-1080) resolution. The screen has a matte finish, but no touch screen, which has helped navigate the Windows 8 operating system that is included with the laptop. Y70 Lenovo Lenovo Touch $ 1,149.00 and the smaller Y50 Touch $ 1,149.00 on Amazon counterpart is the only gaming laptop in this price range that we reviewed today with touch screen.

Built-in speakers, including a subwoofer, offers excellent output, capable of filling a medium size room. Sub will not shake the walls with bass, but it was enough for games and watching movies. Rear-facing system fans can be heard when the taxation system of playing the game, but it's not overbearing.

With excellent connectivity, including an Ethernet port, a headset jack, an HDMI port, microphone jack, mini DisplayPort, an SD card reader, a USB 2.0 port, and three USB 3.0 ports. A DVD burner is present for older game titles and when you want to watch a movie. W-Fi 802.11ac Bluteooth 4.0 and manage wireless connections. Using HDMI and mini DisplayPort, the system can support two external display simultaneously.

The 8GB of system memory can be upgraded to 16GB with one free DIMM slot. Storage consists of a 1TB hard drive, which is true enough. However, other systems, such as Choice entry level laptop playing our editors', the Acer Aspire V 15 Nitro (VN7-591G-75S2) $ 999.99 at Beach Trading Co. (BeachCamera.com, BuyDig.com) and the pricier Digital Storm Triton has both a speedier SSD for bootup and HDD storage drive.

Oddly, 1TB hard drive GE62 is divided into two partitions: a 569GB C: drive and a 345GB D: drive. The rest is occupied by the partition recovery. That C: drive is chock-full of bloatware. We have icons and tiles for programs such Cookbook by Slow Sense, Evernote, Fresh Paint, Line, Music Maker Jam, Puzzle Touch, Metro TV, Wild tangent Games, and at least five titles Xbox Games. That much, and you'll need to budget some time to eliminate all of them. On the bright side, the system has a two-year warranty, which is double that of many entry-level gaming rivals.