Overall Review: I'm really just writing this review to inform people that they need to have an 11th Gen intel processor for the first M.2 slot to work. Someone else commented that they were having issues and I thought I had the same thing until I looked at the manual. It's for PCIE 4.0 only and therefore you need the new upcoming ix-11xxx series intel processors to use it.

Pros: One thing of note is that the RAM speed on the 128GB model is 3600MHz, not 5600 as seen in the specifications. I think the 64GB version runs at 4800MHz. I'm not sure if the RAM itself is capable of running at 5600MHz on a normal 2-slot computer. I've head that these speed restrictions have something to do with running 4 slots in a laptop. This does NOT seem to effect gameplay much if at all as you can see from the screenshots. Based on all the reviews I've seen of laptops with the same or similar hardware that do have faster RAM, this is still faster overall. Probably due to the incredible power and cooling design. The screen is brilliant and the Cherry keyboard is fantastic. The laptop came with a mouse, a keychain and very nice metal 128GB thumb drive. MSI center is still clunky and is just plain unintuitive to use. Long story short go to the "User Scenario" feature, select Extreme Performance, click on the settings gear in that little window, run the core and mem clocks up, enable Cooler Boost for the fans or just use "FN+ up arrow" and select Discrete Graphics Mode. That should get you going for gaming. Haven't tried much productivity stuff on it yet but considering what I've seen so far, I can't imagine it's anything but amazing. The 4TB version is set up in RAID 0 and loads very fast. I've never seen the GPU temps get above the low 70s and they mostly stay in the 60s. I had a desktop with a 3090 Ti and a 12900K running DDR5 at 4800MHz and this laptop is certainly faster, especially with games that incorporate frame generation. The 4K 144hz monitor is not overkill as some say, you can certainly run games in 4K and it looks brilliant!

Cons: Price, size, weight, 720P webcam, a bit of bloatware like Norton. The RAM speeds run slower than the specs state due to 4 slot configuration but this doesn't seem to degrade gameplay. MSI Center works but the UI is not intuitive.

Overall Review: I'd highly recommend this to anyone who is looking for a desktop replacement. I'm very happy with my purchase and the incredible engineering work MSI has put into their flagship!

Pros: Price

Cons: Features

Overall Review: Bang for buck solid mobo

Pros: low latency and high hertz

Cons: expensive and thick, be sure to buy a slim fan if you have an intel motherboard and a big CPU cooler (see photo)

Overall Review: Solid Ram, can't go wrong, especially if you want a little more color

Pros: Simple and effective

Cons: none