MSI Ships 17'' GX740 with Radeon 5870, Core i7
MSI is now shipping the 17-inch GX740 packing Intel's Core i7 CPU and Radeon HD 5870 graphics.
E3 is just getting started in Los Angeles and taking advantage of all the extra attention gaming will receive over the next week, MSI has announced that its GX740 gaming notebook and desktop replacement is now shipping to customers in the United States. Aimed at power users, the GX740 boasts a 17-inch (1680x1050) display, Core i7, ATI Radeon HD 5870 (1GB of DDR5), DirectX 11 support, 4GB of DDR3, a 500GB hard drive (7200 rpm), and MSI's MSI’s Turbo Boost technology that boosts and relaxes performance when needed.
Weighing 7lbs and measuring in at 1.5-inches thick, the GX740 packs 7.1 audio out, a built-in subwoofer, HDMI, Bluetooth, a 9 cell battery and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. Pricing starts at $1,399.99 the desktop replacement is shipping now from Amazon and New Egg.

Find me a 2TB 2.5in drive and then I'll give you an answer.
I love my MSI laptop... If i wasn't building computer this summer I would consider this
Find me a 2TB 2.5in drive and then I'll give you an answer.
Then I realized it's GX740.
-facepalm-
Thought this was a new GX740 Nvidia video card article.
Own the Asus G73JH-X1 for several months now and very happy @$1500.
Replaced the samsung hd crap with 2x 128gb SSD in raid0 and love it.
Had issues upgrading from Win7 to XP64 SP2 drivers and all but works fine now.
as for blu-ray, powerdvd software is awful, i regret getting a blu-ray drive for my desktop.
the only comment i agree with here is why not a bit cheaper on the CPU? i too would like to save 50$ or 100$ on an i5. but then again the cpu is such a big selling point it doesn't surprise me to see an i7 here.
i'm def getting one of these for LAN parties. not sure when, probably before diablo 3 comes out.
8 GB DDR3 on newegg
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