The 15.6-inch MSI GS60 Ghost Pro-064 will shift your perspective on gaming laptops. With 1TB or hard disc drive (HDD) plus 128GB of solid state drive (SSD) storage, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M with 6GB of GPU memory, and Intel Core i7 – all in an ultrathin rig weighing approximately 4 pounds total – the MSI GS60 Ghost Pro-064 gives you the power to take the most visually intense games on the road without sacrificing performance. A fifth-generation quad-core Intel Core i7 i7-4710HQ CPU powers the MSI GS60 Ghost Pro-064 laptop. Designed for high-resource software and power-hungry applications, the Core i7 delivers high-speed processing with a base clock rate of 2.5GHz (overclocking at 3.5GHz with Turbo Boost), 6MB of cache memory, and 47 watts maximum power consumption (bypassable via Turbo Boost to prevent laptops from overheating during heavy loads). Intel’s Mobile HM87 Express chipset, part of the mobile Intel 8 Series chipset family, manages data flow on the motherboard. The HM87 Express supports Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, Intel TurboBoost Technology 2.0, Intel HD Graphics with built-in visuals, and Intel Power Optimization, which improves overall board performance and extends battery life. The HM87 Express allows for the addition of hard drives and SSDs for faster data access without burdening the CPU and features Intel Small Business Advantage (Intel SBA). Intel SBA provides software monitoring, a USB port blocker, a PC health-center application, support for a wireless display. Additional chipset features include Intel Anti-Theft, Intel Identity Protection, and Intel high-definition audio technologies. NVIDIA’s DirectX 12-compatible high-performance GeForce GTX 870M supports demanding Full HD gaming at the highest detail settings with no lag time. The GTX 870M supports up to four 3840x2160 high-resolution displays simultaneously via the MSI GS60 Ghost Pro-064’s DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI 1.4a ports, and a fifth-generation PureVideo HD video and audio processor supports 4K playback of common codecs, such as MPEG-4 ASP and VC1/WMV9. The GTZ870m’s Shadowplay technology lets you record both full-screen and windowed in-game 4K videos at 60 frames per second, and NVIDIA’s BatteryBoost feature doubles battery life during intense gaming sessions of 30 FPS. The MSI GS60 Ghost Pro-064 laptop comes with a 1TB HDD a 128GB SSD and 16GB of RAM (SO-DIMM 204-pin form factor) and supports SD Memory Cards, SDHC Memory Cards, and SDXC Memory Cards. Three SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports provide data transfer rates of 5GB per second, and Bluetooth 4.0, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and IEEE 802.11ac protocols keep the Ghost Pro network-ready. The MSI GS60 laptop has a 4K LCD display with 3840x2160 pixels native resolution that incorporates a Samsung In-Plane Switching panel that maintains color consistency and luminescence regardless of viewing angle. A backlit keyboard provides ample lighting for nighttime gaming, and two onboard fans run in tandem to keep CPU and GPU at safe temps.The GS60 Ghost Pro comes loaded with Windows 8.1, but you have the option of upgrading to Windows 10. A SteelSeries keyboard supports the simultaneous multi-key pressing for rapid command issuance during high-speed gaming and five backlight schemes, each designed for a specific application. The GS60 measures 15.4 inches by 10.5 inches by 0.8 inches. The 15.6-inch MSI GS60 Ghost Pro-064 notebook is the ideal laptop for the gamer on the go.