MSI Raider 18 HX review: As powerful as it is heavy

The MSI Raider 18 HX boasts a humongous screen as well as all the ports you could imagine, but the windy roar of the fans combined with the high price tag may deter some folks. Sometimes you just want to game on a truly "all-in-one" powerful laptop. And it doesn't matter how heavy it is, how loud it is, or even how long that laptop's battery lasts. So long as you can throw anything at it and get a beautiful glorious gaming experience, that's all that matters. And for those instances, the MSI Raider 18 HX is here to help you decimate… especially your wallet! The MSI Raider is first and foremost a gaming laptop and that means by standard laptops it has many flaws. Typing on it isn't great, the fans are loud, battery life is short, and it's so heavy that calling it a laptop is almost a joke. But because it's a gaming laptop, a lot of those flaws are "given" and what really matters is what it can do under the heavy load of AAA games and that's where it shines. Let's rip one band-aid off right now.