My favorite part of the GE76's design is easily the RGB keyboard and the Mystic light bar. I like that MSI split up the ports across three different edges, with the more permanent type of ports on the rear - making it easy to wire a docking station-like setup on your desk. Finally, the left flank of the housing has a USB-C (USB 3.2 Gen 2) port, a headphone jack, and a standard USB Type-A 3.2 Gen 2 port.

On the rear is a miniDisplayPort 1.4 port, a Thunderbolt 4 port, an RJ45 Ethernet port, an HDMI port capable of 8K/60Hz output, and the charging port. On the right side are two USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports, with an SD card reader between them. There are plenty of ports split between either side and the rear of the laptop's housing. The light bar pulses and stays lit up while the GE76 sits idle, giving your room a little bit of that RBG ambiance that most of us crave. There's a number pad to the right of the keyboard, with an almost comically small trackpad just below. The full-size keyboard has individually lit RGB keys that you can fine-tune using the SteelSeries app, along with the Mystic light bar on the front edge of the housing. Above the display is a 1080p webcam that looks ok, but not great, for video calls. On the inside is a 17.3-inch full HD (1080p) display with a refresh rate of 360Hz. The titanium blue housing mixes a mostly matte finish with glossy accents on the lid. The 300W power supply isn't small either, so if you plan on carrying both around, you'll want to have an adequate backpack.

It's a big boy, weighing 6.39 pounds and measuring 15.63 x 11.18 x 1.02 inches. The Raider GE76 is firmly in the latter group. There's the ultrathin crowd that blurs the line of performance and portability, and those that are unapologetically big and bulky. Gaming laptop design seems to fit into two different categories.

Connectivity: WiFi 6E 802.11ax, Bluetooth 5.2.

Ports: 1 x Thunderbolt 4 w/DisplayPort, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1 x Ethernet port, 1 x audio jack, 1 x HDMI 8K, 1 x SD Express.

Graphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU with 16GB GDDR6.Processor: 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900HK (24M cache, 5.0GHz Max Turbo).Here are the specifications of the MSI Raider GE76 I've been testing:

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