MSI GS73 8RF Stealth (i7-8750H, GTX 1070 Max-Q, FHD) Laptop Review

[Redaktion]

Washboard belly. With a height of merely 19.6 mm (~0.77 in), the GS73 Stealth belongs to the slimmest gaming laptops on the market. Despite the compact dimensions, MSI has managed to squeeze powerful hardware under the hood. You can find out in our test, whether this concept is working or the cooling system is overtaxed.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GS73-8RF-Stealth-i7-8750H-GTX-1070-Max-Q-FHD-Laptop-Review.324650.0.html

[One Hot CPU!]

Well, this is one hot running CPU in this laptop - 98 degC during the Witcher 3 stress test!  That's a normal gaming load, so to see temperatures almost reaching temperature throttling point in the high 90's is to me unacceptable.  Unfortunately, it's a symptom of the thin & light brigade design trend of laptops nowadays - the cooling solutions are not able to be implemented effectively to cool the components.  I think high end laptops (in terms of containing high performance components) need to be thicker in design to allow for better cooling, lower noise levels, better performance & increased longevity - afterall, a somewhat thicker & somewhat heavier laptop doesn't really take up that much extra space because it's the same footprint, so really the inadequate engineering can be blamed on a fairly meaningless aesthetic trend towards thin & light laptops, it's all backwards thinking!