MSI's Titan 18 Pro Ryzen Edition ships with monster specs — Ryzen 9 7945HX3D returns alongside RTX 4090

MSI Titan 18 Pro Ryzen, from MSI JD store
(Image credit: MSI)

MSI has launched a new flagship gaming laptop: the Titan 18 Pro Ryzen Edition. The new laptop brings the familiar high-end performance and stylings of the Titan 18 line, powered by an AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D. This marks the second-ever appearance of the 7945HX3D in a laptop after its first release in the Asus ROG Scar 17 X3D one year ago. 

Spotted by VideoCardz on Chinese shopping website JD.com, the laptop's specs match the original Titan 18 Pro, with the same RTX 4090 graphics card and the Intel Core i9-14900HX processor replaced with the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D. The storage and RAM see upgrades over both the Pro and HX variants of the Titan 18, with the Ryzen Edition launching at a max spec of 96GB RAM and a 4TB PCIe Gen5 SSD. The original Pro and more expensive HX variants of the laptop have a maximum of 64GB RAM and PCIe Gen4 SSDs, though the Intel variants run two 2TB SSDs paired in RAID-0. Another sacrifice for leaving behind Intel processors is the loss of Thunderbolt 4.

The display remains the same: an endgame-worthy 18-inch 240Hz IPS panel with a 16:10 aspect ratio (2560x1600 resolution) and DisplayHDR 1000 certification. The SteelSeries RGB mechanical keyboard is a slight downgrade from the top-of-the-line Titan 18 HX's Cherry MX Brown Ultra-Thin switches. The laptop is currently only available for purchase through JD.com for sale in China and starts at 21,999 RMB ($3,030); this starting price will get you only 32GB RAM and 1TB storage. 

For an idea of the performance of the MSI Titan 18 Pro Ryzen Edition's older brother, you can read our review of the MSI Titan 18 HX here. We outfitted it with all the fixings for an eye-watering $5,400 and certainly weren't disappointed with its performance.

Sunny Grimm
Contributing Writer

Sunny Grimm is a contributing writer for Tom's Hardware. He has been building and breaking computers since 2017, serving as the resident youngster at Tom's. From APUs to RGB, Sunny has a handle on all the latest tech news.