For the original German review, see here.

When seeing the approximately 2.7 kilogram (~6.0 pound) and only 2.2 centimeter (~0.87 inch) slim MSI GS70-2PEi71611 for the first time, it is hard to believe that it is not a common office or multimedia laptop, but a gaming machine with Intel's Core i7-4700HQ (4x 2.4 - 3.4 GHz, Hyperthreading, TDP: 47 Wh) and ultra-fast Nvidia GeForce GTX 870M. Space-consuming, heavy casings with a height of at least 4 centimeters (~1.57 inches) and a weight rarely under four kilograms (~8.8 pounds) are common in this category. Thus, the "only" 3.135 kilogram heavy Nexoc G728II (6.9 pounds, Clevo W370SS) that we selected as one of the two comparison devices for this test is an exception. However, MSI's slim gaming machine faces a maximum height of 4.4 centimeters (~1.73 inches). That is surpassed by the fourth comparison laptop Asus G750JS-T4064H (4.08 kilograms; 9.0 pounds) with a height of up to 5 centimeters (~1.97 inches). The screens of the three test devices are all based on TN displays with a Full HD resolution.

We made sure that all three comparison devices were roughly within the same hardware range when we chose the laptops. Asus also relies on the new GTX 870M with a dedicated GDDR5 RAM and also uses the same, not exactly economical and cool, CPU as the review sample. In return, Nexoc's G728II sports a virtually identical Intel Core i7-4700MQ (4x 2.4 - 3.4 GHz, Hyperthreading, TDP: 47W), and has to be satisfied with a slightly weaker GTX 860M with 2 GB of dedicated memory.

Besides the build, MSI touts the colorfully backlit, specifically designed for gaming needs and largely configurable, macro-capable keyboard, and the Dynaudio sound system as further unique selling points.