This is not an extensive guide, just a ballpark for some machines. A lot of models are omitted, like the lower end ones, just about all 14″, most 16″ ones, and ofc the normie laptops. GAMING ONLY, NO n00bs!
Forgot to post this months back….

Hello, I bought a 2019 MSI laptop!
Specifically a WS65 15.6″ Workstation. i7-9750H, RTX 4000 Max-Q, FHD IPS 60Hz, 32GB RAM, 512GB NVMe.
The Dell precision 7730 is bugging the shit out of me:

• CMOS battery is shit, replaced 2 times
• Battery drains somehow, so settings reset
• Sometimes it hang at boot to a black screen
• Fucking doesn’t detect drivers, so it wont accept a mouse…
• Power button not working, due to mobo connector damaged
• God the fucking brightness controls w/ FN + arrow keys…
• Trackpoint scroll sucks ass
• 17.3″ FHD IPS screen is just ugly, bad contrast & colors

I’ve been wanting an upgrade, so I have a specific eBay saved search “laptop (xeon, i9, 4060, 4070, 4080, a5000, a4000, rtx 4000, rtx 5000)”. That eventually got me looking at this MSI with an RTX 4000 and I bidded $400 to win. Now gotten it, damn thing is pretty nice and snazzy. But the brightness is the same location as the 7730, but the only FN key is at a different spot! The speakers are… eh, and spacebar needs to be fixed. But did I get a good deal? I’d say it was fair, but I had to do some research on it, which includes a price guide and a lil into for MSI laptops. So far I’ve been impressed with it not running like a POS and will be looking for a beefier machine. Overall, it is a nice upgrade from my W550s minus it not having a number pad.

MicroStar International, anything special about them? I don’t really know, I just know them as a gaming computer company. Well they are not Asus which I’ve had a few mobos, peripherals and laptops in the past. I’d say MSI is probably top 3 gaming laptop brands along with Asus, Alienware, Razer and Gigabyte. Yeah there’s Clevo, Omen, Eurocom, Sager, but that’s a research day for later.

Model names & info

I only researched from 2014 to about 2021… also swiped info from a few websites.

• MSI’s 2019 blog
• 2023 Blog post
• Laptop mag’s 2019 post
• Creator 16 Studio AI vs Stealth 16 Studio AI

As for screen size, they are similar to ThinkPad and Dell Precision naming.
GT73 = 17″
Titan 17HX = 17″
GT62 = 15.6″….
GS50 = 14″….

In Taiwan & China, they see number four as bad luck, kind of how USA sees the 13th floor in Hotels bad luck as well (plenty of movies have this). So the xx5# machines will be 14″, and most xx6# were 15.6″ laptops.

Stealth 16 AI Studio = 16″
Creator M14 = 14″
GE66 Raider = 15.6″
GE68 Raider = 16.0″ 16:10

On the current generation machines just have the screen number in the name now. Upon look at MSI’s site, they have two Raiders available, and when i selected the 16″ option, it showed me the GE68 Raider. Upon looking at newegg for the GE67, this was a 15.6″ model.

Not all the same models have the same CPU/GPU gens

One thing to note is that MSI will update a particular laptop model with a newer GPU or CPU… heck maybe even screen. Say for instance the GT70 Titan, it came out in 2014 with a Intel 4th Gen CPU. I’ve seen some configured with a 6th gen or 7th gen CPU. Or even it’ll have a 4th gen CPU but have a GPU that came out 2 years later. This can be a good thing if you are looking for parts to swap from, because some gens have similar exteriors. There was a laptop sold that had a mobo swapped from a different model, but the chassis was the same.

Model Number on bottom =/= Laptop model on website

On the bottom of these laptops they’ll have a model number for instance on the 15.6″ WS65 workstation I own, it says “Model: MS16-Q4”. Upon searching that on ebay, I will get GS65 Stealth laptops & parts for them. This brings another layer to search for, as it also has links to other machines, like the GT60 Dominator but I think that may be by error, as I’ve seen ThinkPad laptops had this in the past. Most likely due to the seller just clicking “sell one like this” and it has info pre-filled.

Extreme Class

• GT Titan
• GT Dominator (old)
  • Available in 15″, 17″ & 18″
  • Flashy colors, desktop replacement, max cooling & overclocking
  • Rear chassis protrudes extensively behind the LCD hinges w/ design
  • Desktop GPUs and desktop CPU options
  • Best screen refresh rates
    • CreatorProX – “Creatives” Variant
    • WT – Workstation Variant

Enthusiast Class

• GS Stealth
• GS Phantom (old)
  • Slim series, top CPU & GPU but “Thin”
  • Available in 14″ through 18″, various forms, hard gaming to ultrabook
  • Rear chassis looks “normal”, hardly protrudes, might be slanted
  • Top build materials in a small chassis, understated, some RGBs
  • Some versions don’t have rear fan exhausts
  • Great screen refresh rates, 16:10 models available
    • WS – Workstation variant, at least in 15″ versions
    • Creator 16? – Slim, slightly different chassis

• GE Raider
  • Available in 16″, 17″ & 18″.
  • 15″ model discontinued for now
  • Some less heavy hardware & performance
  • Cheaper price, still badass, but not overkill
  • Great screen refresh rates, similar to Titan but won’t best them
  • Some models have it’s rear chassis protruding
    • CreatorProZ Variant? I stopped caring…
    • WF or WP? – Unsure of workstation variant

• Vector GP (can be in mid tier category)
  • Cheaper version of the GE Raider w/ compromises
  • GP Leopard successor, so lower end
  • Not as flashy as Raider
  • Performance can equal in some cases
  • Supposedly has less cooling, power requirements, smaller battery, throttling, etc.

Some models say “Studio” or “AI” in their names. Don’t really want to see what that all means. AI seems to be just special software integration from MSI, mayyyybe has a different chip inside or is just an Intel CPU w/ that is slightly different than “regular” ones.

I am not 100% sure what the Creator series are… but they seem to basically be Quadro variants of MSI’s laptop range. In some cases they will have more RAM as standard, or certain LCD configs. There’s so many fucking laptop models, its giving me HP hellscape, so I’m not gonna comb the desert for it.

Workstations

WT = GT Titan = CreatorProX
WS = GS Stealth = CreatorZ
WF = GS Stealth? idk
W? = GE Raider = CreatorProZ
WE = Maybe GL Series?
WP = Maybe GP Leopoard?

There seems to be more and more coming around, but I don’t really see them on the market. Eh.

Mid to Low End Tier

• GP Leopard (discontinued)
  • Aimed for budget/performance if GE Raider is too much
  • Required CPU/GPU for gaming but not recommended
  • Some say these are trash but there are cheaper machines…

• Delta Series
  • Top of the line AMD version w/ AMD GPUs
  • Discontinued?

• GL Series (very old)
  • Doesn’t have a name
  • May be low end idk
  • Succeeded by GP leopard
    • Pulse
    • Crosshair
      • Metal chassis versions of GL
      • Snapping hinges
      • Low end gaming
• Katana
• Sword
  • Thin heatsinks
  • Plastic
  • More snapping hinges
  • Even lower end gaming
• Alpha
  • AMD Budget gaming laptop w/ AMD GPUs
  • Not sure where this should go, maybe equal to GL?
    • Bravo
      • Entry level AMD laptop
      • Lower graphics
• GF Thin
  • Entry level Stealth?
  • Super cheap used! A lot sold!
    • GF Cyborg
      • See through plastic version

Price guide by model Generation

15″ Machines

MSI 60 – Systems sold here have Intel 4th gen; and GPUs are GTX 900 Series, 765M, 865M, 860M
GT60 Dominator – they work, also both prices could be grouped as mid or high, but I have to put both in bc like… only 2 were sold.
GS60 Ghost – Low may be junk, even mid price may not be working… high price better be
WS60 – Specs? i7-4710, 16GB, Quadro K2100M
GP60 Leopard – low price is a parts machine

MSI xx62 No workstations, moslty GTX 1050 to 1070’s25x Apache, 7x leopard, 4x dominator. one system sold for 1K bc brand new
GT62 Dominator Pro – All sold have i7-6700 and GTX 1070 in them
GE62 Apache Pro All are i7-6700HQs? Weird
GP62 Leopard low price works. uh idk 6th or 7th gen
GL62 Budget i5-7300? but a few i7-7820HQ, so cool.
GF/L 62 Thin These are the thin ones? Cant find much info.

MSI xx63 Had to modify, -GF & -Thin as those are 12th gen systems and dropped the search from 531 to 103 🙂
Wx63 2x WE63 in mid price, WS63 in high and low. Hi price unit acctually has a Dominator Pro i7-6xxx mobo. 2 units sold as is, one no boot, the other with bad hinges. MSI logo on these.
GT63 Titan
GE63 Raider They are way more in avail prices…
GS63 Stealth A few Stealth Pros here too.
GP/L 63 Leopard Low price may be an as is or parts unit…
GF63 Thin wait these are12th gen and 11th gen?

MSI xx65 Intel 9th gen systems
WS65 Supposedly there is a WP65….
WF65 unit sold by starlit_partner
GT/E 65 Mid sold from a 0% seller feedback account. low via goodwill_industries_of_san_francisco
GS65 Stealth EX+ from UK. No frills or as is in low price.
GF65 Thin Ranges from 8th gen to 10th gen systems… im not gonna bother reasearching the differences. prob same chassis, and upgraded CPU/GPUs

xx66 – A fuckton now
WS66 10th gen? 3x i9-10980HK, systems configed with RTX 4000, 5000 or A3000 so far.
MSI xx66 10/1th Gen Had to do this specific, search might have been improved. idk
GT66 Titan – None Sold 🙁
GE66 Raider 10th thru 12th gen systems, EX+ is new systems
GS66 Stealth Had to modify search (-12th gen)

From here it became apparent that MSI has multiple CPU generations in a system. I didn’t know that on the previous searches, I only assumed current systems could have been configured this way. As far as sold listings, these are by far the most popular. Additionally the original release date via The Verge was set to be in April 2020. This was for the GE66 Raider, GS66 Stealth and the Creator 17. A reason why there is probably so many is because this was when we got the pandemic, so for those in the USA, quite a bit of us got money aid & relief. Likewise businesses got their PPP loans and those could be forgiven, meaning even more free money if you had a biz! Uhm so thats why I think there’s a shit load of them, they got a CPU update in 2021, and wouldn’t doubt they got one in 2023.

xx67 All are GE67HX Radiers w/ i7-12800HX, or RTX 3070 Ti in listing title. Variations of 16/32GB RAM,
GE67 Raider Same as above.
MSI Alpha 15 one seller is new w/ 0 feedback, the other had a duplicate sold listing.
MSI Creator 15 Model named as P65, I am assuming it can be the successor to the WS65, they both look very similar.

17″ Machines

MSI xx70 High end machines are EX+ (fucking GTX 880M w/ 8GB? holy shit thats nuts!) GS, GT, GP, & GE models, I see dominator here.
GT70 Dominator Low should be working, but you can get a parts/broken/as-is machine for cheaper.
GE70 Apache Pro All are working, 4 BIN, high is an auction
GS70 Stealth Pro all booted except for the high price one lol

MSI xx72 – didnt write anything
GE72 Apache idk what to say
GT72 Dominator lol Open box EX+… ohter than that, high price is legit I guess idk., GTX1060, 980M, 970M, cards.
WS72 Only workstation sold, equipped with Xeon 1505M V6, P5000, 64GB RAM, 4K screen

MSI xx73 Out of the 26 units sold, 3x GL, 7x GT, 6x GS, 3x GP, 4x GE. Does that add up? I didn’t bother with the other models then 🙂
GT73 Titan Dominator name has been dropped, Titan lives. 8 sold but 3 as-is/broken, so low is first working/turning on unit.
GE73 Raider EX+ germany, Low from UK…
GS73 Stealth Pro Low was an as-is auction, mid is working,bid and BIN. kek one sold as is between mid/high.

xx75 – Nothing to note
WE75 – Model 9TK sold (autistic note)
GE75 Raider EX+ is insane bc no other raider is even near…. high is the closest one.
GT75 Titan avail laptops are from low to high… but yeah there was an EX+thats sold to 2K!!!! holy shit!
GS75 Stealth cheap i guess?
GF75 Thin ugly red backlight IMO.
GF/L Leopard/Pulse low may get you a fixer upper or an ugly/dented used machine.

xx76
WS76 Low is As-is w/ frame damage and bad USB ports. 3 have A3000 GPU, EX+ is A5000 w/ i9-11900H & 144Hz screen. High Price is a BOXX GoBOXX MXL G2621.03, a WS76 clone…. interesting!
GE76 Raider Expensive as hell
GT76 Titan All sold are BIN and used*, could be deals depending on spec, but damn this chassis? Low is AS is machine, doesn’t boot
GS76 Stealth EX+ could be titan price. But this is Open box
GF76 Katana GL Thin renamed as Katana… at least on eBay.

MSI 77 No workstations or Quadro graphics in listing titles
GT77 Titan Eh… maybe you can get an as is machine for $1000… otherwise mostly BIN and even auctions are sold.
GE77 Raider Mid price open box, high is new.

MSI xx78 lmao idk why these are cheaper…wait all of these are Raiders
GE78 Raider Copied
MSI Raider 17 HX
MSI Alpha 17 EX+ from best buy, jaybrokers sold a machine at the low price.

18″ Desktop Replacements

MSI xx80 All units are titans, and is the one w/ a mechanical keyboard, no palmrest.
MSI xx83 All are Titan, similar mech keyboard
MSI 18HX Titan Sold units have i9-14900HX,120Hz UHD, RTX 4090. New mech keyboard, but I think its slimmer, now its moved to the normal place & comes with palmrest & touchpad
MSI Raider 18 HX – Vaporware?