Question 1

Does this laptop actually have thunderbolt 3?

Accepted Answer

the unit does not have the thunderbolt 3 (USB type C) as listed on NE's site, that seems to be on the 4K model, instead comes with dual mini-display ports which wasn't a deal breaking tradeoff for me at the time. Panel is TN not IPS, which apparently was a luckofthedraw from other comments and I'd watch for the annoying stuck pixel, that could drive the OCD afflicted totally nuts But overall insanely fast system with the 128GB PCIE drive.

Question 2

Can you replace the HDD with a SSD? If so, with what kind?

Accepted Answer

Yes you can. Any 2.5" ssd will work, but I would recommend Samsung or Mushking 1Tb

Question 3

Hello, I was wondering if the MSI GS72 can reliably run Solidworks? I need it for school, and I don't want to buy the wrong laptop. Thank you!

Accepted Answer

I have an MSI that is pretty much the same as this, but 2 years older (therefore has a little less of everything). It can run Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk 3ds Max perfectly. I don't think you will have any problems at all running Solidworks with this laptop.

Question 4

Does anyone know if it will take a 2nd SSD like the GS70?  Is there a technical manual for this anywhere?  MSI's site had scant information.  I bought one of thes, but I am nervous that IO won't easily be able to upgrade the SSD and RAM to a more powerful level.

Accepted Answer

It will take 32Gb of ram, however the memory is not easy to access.  The motherboard needs to be taken loose to get to the other side.  The mother board has a second space for a second x4 SSD, but the header is not there.   I can not imagine why MSI did not include a 3 cent socket to allow this.   It could be added, but I will not attempt that.   The bios thinks there is an empty slot as well.

Question 5

Hello, how many PCIE SSD slots is this equipped with?>
TIA
Rick

Accepted Answer

It will take 32Gb of ram, however the memory is not easy to access.  The motherboard needs to be taken loose to get to the other side.  The mother board has a second space for a second x4 SSD, but the header socket  is not there.   I can not imagine why MSI did not include a 3 cent socket to allow this.   It could be added, but I will not attempt that.   The bios thinks there is an empty slot as well.

Question 6

Does it have Bluetooth?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 7

What is the Read/Write speed of the SSD?

Accepted Answer

Well, I got the smallest 128 Gb SSD.   The larger ones are faster, but in my own test I saw a read speed of 1,200 Megabytes per second and a write speed of 600-700 megabytes per second.  I get lower speeds typically because of the bench I use.  The brand of SSD in it is the Samsung PCI Express x4 pro.   That is typically rated very high in benchmarks.

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