Almost fully customisable gaming laptop, how cool is that?


News of it has been around and many have already seen it, but nonetheless the new MSI GT80 Titan officially launches to an excited media and public audience at the Malaysia IT Fair. The MSI GT80 Titan is a massive 18.4-inch gaming laptop that comes with an Intel Core i7-4980HQ processor, 16GB of DDR3 RAM and 8GB GTX980 SLI. That’s right this powerhouse has not just one but two GTX980, making sure you get to play all your favourite games on Ultra settings, or even down-sampled 4K resolution.

As part of its cooperation with Steelseries, the GT80 is also the first gaming notebook to feature a backlit mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Brown switches, making them ideal for gaming and work. This partnership promises

At the launch, Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing at MSI Notebook, Eric Kuo said that “As the first of its kind, the MSI GT80 Titan takes a step into the future by integrating a proper mechanical keyboard with Cherry switches into the 18-inch mobile gaming beast. Apart from this, the GT80 Titan also features NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M graphics, Intel’s best and latest mobile CPU as well as our usual selection of carefully developed MSI gaming technologies.”

The GT80 Titan’s biggest asset is its customisability. Popping open the top above the keyboard area allows owners to swap out the RAM modules, Hard Disk Drive and the M.2 SSD. And if owners feel that it is time to upgrade the GPU, the dual GTX980M can also be swapped out by removing the bottom plate. This means that the GT80 Titan is plenty futureproof and can be kept in use as long as future upgrades can be applied to the architecture.

MSI also gave a sneak peek of the MSI GE62 Apache, which comes in either GTX 965M or 970M configurations, plus a dual exhaust system and SteelSeries gaming keyboard. The GE62 Apache makes use of a new power design for a 46% improvement to battery life. It’s also thinner and lighter than the GE60.