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Specifications MSI GL62 Series
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2.6GHz
Display: 15.6 inches 1920×1080 TN LED panel
RAM: 8GB DDR4, up to 32GB RAM
VGA: NVIDIA GTX 950M / 960M
Storage: 1TB HDD + 128GB SSD, included with M.2 slot.
Dimensions: 29x383x260mm
Weight: 2.3kg
Battery: 6 Cells, 3834mAh.
In addition, MSI GL62 also owns a range of gaming assistive technologies, including a 4.0-channel high-volume speaker, a backlit Chiclet keyboard.
Design
Deepening into the design of this product line, the GL62 is quite similar to the MSI GE62 Series, which is very familiar to users. To reduce the weight of the device, most surfaces of the GL62 are made of plastic, which is a big minus point because the strength of this material is not high, fragile and will be shiny surface over time. .
The hinge part of the GL62 has not really been optimized yet, you still have to keep a part machine to open for the lid.
Overview The GL62 has a slightly slim form factor, but not as impressive as what MSI does with their other gaming laptops.
Quality of use
The GL62 uses the Chichlet keyboard, a unique red backlight. The quality of the click of the GL62 is not really too prominent compared to conventional laptops on the market. MSI has equipped the mechanical keyboard for some of their gaming laptops, but in this case, the GL62 is a device aimed at lightweight design, making it difficult for the manufacturer to do so.
Touchpad of GL62 I suppose is a minus point. The size is not really big, there are still two hard keys, which reduces the aesthetics as well as the user’s click experience. It is understandable that the manufacturer wants to make two hardkeys of this kind to support better gaming, but everyone knows that gaming with the touchpad will be catastrophic.
On the screen, using a TN panel, that’s a pretty big minus for this MSI laptop. Unlike IPS, TN’s viewing angles are not really good, which greatly influences the user experience, especially the laptop.
The MSI GL62 has a 4-speaker system, with the experience that with such a loudspeaker, the volume on this laptop is pretty decent. However, sound quality is not really good, unbalanced, so the advice for the user is to use headphones or other speakers.
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Performance
The ability to play games and work with the GL62 based on the power of the CPU and VGA is definitely something we should care about. But to ensure a normal user experience, the speed of the hard drive and the amount of RAM we should consider first.
With 8GB of DDR4 RAM, up to 32GB of expandable memory is enough to ensure multitasking for many applications at the same time. With the game, there is not yet a game titles that require more than that 16GB.
Considering the speed of the hard drive, some of the actual SSD tests inside the GL62, along with the speed of the HDD, can ensure the performance of these drives is quite good, the read and write speed reaches the maximum SATA 3 6Gb / s connection can be met.
Meanwhile, the HDD is somewhat slower, but still not bad. With a good RAM and good storage speed, combined with a powerful CPU, the ability to do graphics work on the GL62 is highly appreciated.
Considering the Intel Skylake i7-6700HQ, this is the most powerful laptop CPU at the moment. Therefore, it is possible to default to very high marks for processing speed on the MSI GL62. The single and multi-core cinebench, i7-6700HQ is pretty good, with 4 cores and 8 stream, which is equivalent to the same CPU high-end desktop Ivy Bridge as i7-3770.
The temperature of the full-time CPU of the GL62 is 76 degrees Celsius, which is quite good compared to the heat dissipation on the laptop.
This level of heat with the plastic cover of the keyboard surface helps to avoid hot flashes when playing games, a problem frequently with metal devices.
Finally, it is the test of graphic power, namely the current heavyweight titles. With the version I have in hand, the GL62 uses the VGA GTX 950M, the tests will revolve around some esport games because this is not a high end VGA.
Experimenting with Dota 2 and Overwatch shows that this VGA still has a slight flicker on the GL62’s FullHD display. The setting at the highest level caused the FPS to be pushed down pretty low, specifically with Dota 2, unstable at about 60 FPS.
Experimenting with DOOM, a relatively new game, the GL62 gaming laptop is not without its difficulties, at high-end, smooth running, even when streaming games, thanks in part to the CPU of the machine. High performance.
The temperature of the GPU on the GL62 is fine, after about 10 minutes of full load, the maximum temperature is only 61 degrees Celsius.
