MSI Titan GT77 (17.3-inch, 2022)

Mighty grunt from the CPU and GPU.

The Cooler Boost Titan cooling system struggles with this CPU/GPU combo.

The MSI Titan GT77 is impressive but needs some refinement to reach its full potential.

Chart-topping CPU performance Fantastic port selection, including Thunderbolt 4 Excellent speakers High-end gaming performance Loads of bright RGB flare

Lackluster display Loud and hot Expensive Keyboard gets stuck from time-to-time

“The MSI Titan GT77 is powerful, but it's also overly hot, loud, and expensive.”

Chart-topping CPU performance ; Excellent mechanical keyboard ; Exceptionally bright Mini LED screen ; Plenty of ports

Luxury pricing ; Fingerprint-magnet finish ; Chunky form factor won’t be for everyone

If you’re looking for a 17 incher with a high-resolution screen and cool-looking lights but find the Titan a bit out of your price range, a 4K version of Alienware’s x17 is currently going for well over $1,000 less than this Titan unit. Those looking...

Deity-level performance ; Room for four storage drives (including one PCI Express 5.0!) ; Tactile mechanical keyboard ; Plentiful RGB lighting ; Built-in biometric features ; Impressive battery life

Huge and heavy ; Colossal price, especially for RTX 3080 Ti configuration ; Loud under load ; Ho-hum webcam

MSI's gigantic GT77 Titan ushers in a new era of gaming laptop performance, thanks to its Intel Core HX processor and Nvidia RTX 30 Ti series GPU.

Monstrous power ; Gorgeous display ; Tactile Cherry mechanical keyboard ; Impressive port array ; Great for creative pro tasks too

So big and heavy ; Dated design ; Tinny speakers ; Webcam = potato ; Expensive even for a stacked gaming laptop

The MSI Titan GT77 HX is the tip of the RTX 4090 iceberg in terms of pure power and gaming prowess, but its portability takes a hit because of it. The keyboard is amazing and you’ve got all the ports in the world — provided you’re OK with a lot of junk...

Pros: ; – The sheer brute performance ; – The CherryMX Mechanical keyboard ; – Expandability and upgradability in terms of Storage and RAM ; – PCIe Gen 5 M.2 Storage slot ; – Excellent thermal management ; – The subtle but aggressive aesthetics ; – The...

– The price ; – Average webcam considering the other specifications and the price ; – Too bulky, even for a gaming laptop

The MSI Titan GT77 is not a machine for everyone, not even the most avid of gamers. Unless you’re planning to take up e-sports and gaming as a career option, or are planning to get into AI/ML development or to render a lot of CAD designs or videos,...

So who is the Titan GT77 meant for? Well, we believe that it is meant for high-functioning content creators, gamers, ML engineers, data scientists and game developers who are constantly on the move and need a proper desktop replacement to carry around...