With its Titan series, MSI has consistently provided a laptop with full beast mode. These massive notebooks are all about pure PC power; MSI likens them to a “nuclear reactor,” which is perhaps not the best way to put it, but it does the picture justice. The business is currently preparing an updated version for 2024 that will have the newest hardware, including the 14th generation HX mobile CPUs from Intel, which have not yet been revealed. The laptop has made its debut in China and is anticipated to make its CES premiere next week.
The upcoming MSI Titan 18 HX, which packs Intel’s newest desktop-class CPUs into a portable chassis, is expected to be among the most powerful laptops unveiled at CES. The business was keeping the airways clear of distractions in order to introduce its Meteor Lake Core Ultra CPUs for thin-and-light laptops, so it has only unveiled 14th Gen CPUs for desktops thus far—not mobile. Leaving that behind, it will unleash its most potent attack on the class to date, spearheaded by the Core i9-14900HX. This CPU features 24 cores (8P+16E) and 32 threads, and it is expected to have a maximum turbo frequency of 5.8GHz, just like the desktop chip.
It should come with an RTX 4090 or 4080 mobile GPU, much like the model from last year. But the laptop will supposedly be able to consume 270W at full blast thanks to the industry’s most powerful CPU and GPU—a 40W boost over the previous generation. That translates to 175W for the CPU and 95W for the GPU, according to Videocardz. It will come with a 400W power brick, instead of the 330W device that came with the previous model, to accommodate this much power usage. We can only speculate about the size of this brick because it will be large.
It will include an 18-inch 4K mini-LED display with a resolution of 3,840 by 2,200, which is a little higher than normal for a top-tier laptop. With a peak brightness of 1,000 nits and a refresh rate of 120 Hz, it should be more than capable of handling HDR material. A real mechanical keyboard with Cherry switches and RGB illumination are two more noteworthy improvements. A six-speaker sound system, storage, and a multitude of I/O possibilities are also included.
Since the Titan models are often the priciest consumer laptops available that aren’t manufactured by Apple, the price of this monstrosity is guaranteed to be exorbitant. Next week at CES, where it’s anticipated to be formally presented, we’ll undoubtedly learn more.