WEBVTT 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:15.360 today I have a very unique skew to unbox and I use terms like uh like skew with 00:00:14.040 --> 00:00:19.920 you guys but I know you don't necessarily know what that means so skew 00:00:17.320 --> 00:00:25.000 stands for stock keeping unit and that means that it is a particular 00:00:22.359 --> 00:00:32.160 configuration of notebook that has a unique identifier like a part number um 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:34.879 whereas the shell that is what the 00:00:32.160 --> 00:00:39.000 notebook looks like could have any number of SKS associated with it if you 00:00:37.399 --> 00:00:43.760 had different configurations like different CPUs amounts of memory 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:50.719 graphics cards or whatever else so this skew is unique this is using MSI's uh GT 00:00:48.440 --> 00:00:58.760 685 shell so it is a 15.6 in Notebook it has 00:00:55.280 --> 00:01:00.399 their Dine Audio uh in my testing 00:00:58.760 --> 00:01:07.000 significantly better than average speaker system it has their LED lighting 00:01:03.479 --> 00:01:09.000 strips it is uh it's got a decent 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:13.600 keyboard on it it's not the best it's not the worst it's got their built-in 00:01:11.080 --> 00:01:17.759 overclocking I'm just opening this up as quickly as I can here because the most 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:22.479 interesting about thing about this notebook is actually nothing to do with 00:01:20.040 --> 00:01:27.280 the shell but actually the configuration inside so we're going to grab the 00:01:24.320 --> 00:01:31.240 battery cuz we will need that uh for later so it comes with a battery comes 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:36.280 with a copy of dirt three as well as your utilities quick start guide manual 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:41.399 all that good stuff it comes with an enormous power brick look at that thing 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:44.719 we're going to do the old iPhone comparison oh actually the iPhone 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:48.200 comparison might not necessarily be valid if I have it in a case so that's 00:01:46.880 --> 00:01:52.479 how big it is you can go ahead and get a better angle of that from the side maybe 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:57.840 to show them the thickness while I'm sorting out other things over here so 00:01:54.159 --> 00:02:00.799 yes it's an enormous power brick 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:04.960 um and the reason for that is that while this is a core i5 notebook that's 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:13.239 actually fairly high price this is a $1,700 notebook at retail what's cool 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:17.879 about it is the fact that it has a GTX 00:02:13.239 --> 00:02:24.000 580m inside a 58m so why would you have 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:26.319 a GTX 58m with a core i5 dual core CPU 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:34.120 and the answer to that is because I thought it was a good idea so I asked 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:36.080 MSI based on my request to create this 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:40.879 skew what they've done is compared to other similar models 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:47.599 they have downgraded the CPU from a quad core to a 00:02:44.440 --> 00:02:50.159 dual core that is from an i72 an i5 they 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:55.440 have downgraded the memory because normally uh a system of this caliber 00:02:52.519 --> 00:03:00.440 that is about a $1,700 system would come with about 16 gigs of RAM these days 00:02:58.040 --> 00:03:05.120 they have downgraded the hard drive so instead of going with dual hard drives 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:06.799 in raid zero which they are upt to do 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:12.480 with uh with this particular shell because it can hold two drives which is 00:03:10.200 --> 00:03:16.599 a very very cool feature and uh so now you've got one 00:03:14.760 --> 00:03:20.519 empty Drive which you can throw an SSD in once you uh once you receive the 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:25.760 notebook and then they've used all of that extra budget that we saved on all 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:29.239 those other things and upgraded the GPU 00:03:25.760 --> 00:03:31.159 to a 580m so what does this mean for the 00:03:29.239 --> 00:03:35.640 usage model of this notebook well for one thing don't buy this notebook if 00:03:33.040 --> 00:03:40.280 you're a video encoder if you're or a video editor or if you're planning on 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:44.200 doing any serious uh 3D modeling work or anything like that because the dual core 00:03:42.200 --> 00:03:49.159 is going to really slow you down even though it does have hyperthreading 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:53.200 however if you are a gamer this system 00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:55.959 is going to be delightful 00:03:53.200 --> 00:04:00.640 because most all of the downgrades that have been made to the system are not 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:04.680 going to really affect game too much so yes we've gone to a dual core CPU but 00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:12.760 it's clocked higher and most games are still uh preferring to use fewer cores 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:15.040 at higher frequencies so there's that um 00:04:12.760 --> 00:04:18.880 the 8 gigs of RAM is still uh more than adequate for pretty much any game that's 00:04:17.400 --> 00:04:23.440 out there right now although you can upgrade it if you want and the 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:28.000 additional graphics card Firepower is what's really going to deliver that 00:04:25.479 --> 00:04:31.880 buttery smooth performance so what else do we have here that I'm missing so so 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:35.440 it has a matte screen which is great so many gaming shells come with glossy 00:04:33.840 --> 00:04:39.479 screens these days because they are cheaper in order to achieve the contrast 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:45.160 that the manufacturers are going for it is an LED backlit panel has you know 00:04:42.440 --> 00:04:49.479 Wireless end it's got your Eco button Bluetooth Wi-Fi all those oh I just 00:04:47.840 --> 00:04:54.199 turned on the Wi-Fi fascinating all those interesting features you can actually change I don't know if it's 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:57.759 going to work now when we're not booted up into the OS but you can actually 00:04:56.160 --> 00:05:01.840 change the lighting effects so you can turn on and off the ones that are on the 00:05:00.039 --> 00:05:05.919 sides the ones that are on the front and then the MSI logo I think is lit all the 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:11.919 time here on the back we're going to have a bit of a closer look at the notebook itself though so it's fairly 00:05:09.440 --> 00:05:16.240 thick although this is probably about as small and thin of a shell that you're 00:05:13.880 --> 00:05:20.240 going to find a GTX 580 in uh at any point in time here's a cool thing going 00:05:18.280 --> 00:05:25.000 along with their Dine Audio better audio for notebooks theme you've actually got 00:05:22.039 --> 00:05:30.919 dedicated 5.1 out ports which is very cool we've got USB you got a DVD drive 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:35.080 on the back you find your power your gigabit Ethernet your VGA your eSATA 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:39.120 your HDMI this is the perfect combination I think because you still do 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:43.440 run into needs for VGA from time to time but HDMI is smaller and more compact 00:05:41.080 --> 00:05:50.440 than DVI so very convenient you've got huge exhaust vents here and here and you 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:53.560 will need them the GTX 580 is a beast 00:05:50.440 --> 00:05:56.520 we've also got USB 3 ports two of those 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:59.639 an SD card reader another USB 2.0 port and then on the front we just find some 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:05.240 vents that uh they're not actually actually vents they just have lights behind them so they glow orange when you 00:06:03.039 --> 00:06:08.599 set it to do so upgrading this notebook is a piece of cake I've actually done it 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:13.160 on my channel I think with this particular shell not this skew um but 00:06:11.880 --> 00:06:18.599 yeah you can see one of your drives there so you just take off this whole panel and you can access your memory 00:06:16.599 --> 00:06:22.720 upgrades as well as your hard drive and you can have a look at that expensive 00:06:20.520 --> 00:06:26.960 fancy GPU that you just spent a lot of money on because a GTX 58m is not cheap 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:32.919 so thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at I never even 00:06:29.080 --> 00:06:36.560 told you the skew this is the GT 685 00:06:32.919 --> 00:06:39.120 818 us oh he wants me to hold this up 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:43.479 okay sure and it has an HD webcam which I didn't mention yet and that's pretty 00:06:40.479 --> 00:06:46.120 much it so this is this is as close to a 00:06:43.479 --> 00:06:51.440 custom Linus Edition skew as it gets because this skew was created based on 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:55.800 my request for a more balanced configuration so I downgraded everything 00:06:53.759 --> 00:07:00.560 we didn't need and I wanted to beef up the GPU as much as possible to deliver 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:05.240 the best possible Gam experience on a notebook within a sub $2,000 budget and 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:09.440 it's actually a few hundred less than that so we're actually going to be testing it against another Notebook on 00:07:07.960 --> 00:07:15.080 my ncixcom channel so you're going to want to make sure you're subscribed not only to lonus Tech tips for more 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:20.639 unboxings and videos like this but also ncixcom so you can see the showdown 00:07:18.039 --> 00:07:27.039 between this one and the similarly expensive ASUS model with a GTX are 560 00:07:25.280 --> 00:07:31.039 and a quad core and lots of RAM and all that all the other bells and whistles