MSI GT680R Notebook Review

MSI came to us with a giveaway opportunity we jumped on it. The grand prize? A Sandy Bridge equipped MSI GT680R Notebook. The notebook is powered by a quad-core Core i7-2630QM which runs at 2.0GHz by default but can turbo up to 2.9GHz with only a single core active.

The GT680R includes three USB 3.0 ports and a pair of 500GB 7200RPM drives in RAID-0. The system will ship with 8GB of DDR3 memory making it a pretty beefy desktop alternative. The integrated GeForce GTX 460M is paired with 1.5GB of GDDR5 memory and it drives a high resolution 1920 x 1080 15.6-inch panel.

The MSI GT680R full specs are below:

CPU : Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.0GHz
OS : Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Display : 15.6-inch 1920 x 1080 Glossy Display
GPU :NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M 1.5GB GDDR5
RAM : 8GB (2GB x 4) DDR3
HDD : 1TB (500GB x 2) 7200RPM SATA
Optical Drive : DVD Super Multidrive
Network : 10/100/1000 Ethernet 802.11b/g/n
Supplemental Drive : 7-in-1 card reader (SD/SDHC/SDXC/XD/MSPRO/MS/MM)
Webcam : 720p HD
I/O Ports : 2 x USB 2.0, 3 x USB 3.0, ESATA, VGA, HDMI, Mic in, Headphone Out
Battery : 9 cell
Dimensions : 14.97″ x 10.24″ x 1.77″
Weight : 7.7 lbs
Warranty : 2 year limited warranty (includes 1 year global warranty)