Hi i plan on buying this laptop from Germany within the next 2 days. In Germany the laptop is only available with 128 gb of DDR5 RAM though.

1. This laptop has a 3rd slot for another NVME SSD, in Germany the PCI EXPRESS 5.0 SLOT is empty when purchasing. Is the Crucial T700 PCIe Gen5 NVME
M. 2 4TB ssd compatible with this laptop (4090 rtx version)? If so, do i need to use a thermal pad for cooling on said SSD, or heat sink or no heat sink at all? I am searching everywhere online and i could not find any info. I really need a lot of storage space and i wanna use the crucial T700 PCIe Gen 5 as my main drive for windows 11 and the 2 gen4 ssds for work and programs.

2. If i open up the laptop, in order to install a 3rd Nvme ssd, will i loose/void my warranty? I read about a new seal sticker online…

3. Which ram brand and model do you recommend to achieve 192 DDR5 ram (I'll be working with Unreal Engine 5.4 & loads of DaVinci Resolve & VFX).

4. A friend of mine owns the TITAN GT77 HX with 4080 RTX and Intel core i9 13th Gen CPU. My friend complains that since bios update 109 (he's on the latest BIOS now), his cpu power consumption went way lower to 110 – 120w and clock speed of cpu went lower like 3.7 ghz! The forums are full with benchmarks of that, bios update reducing cpu performance introducing a power limiter. Optimus mode and dGPU mode both limit the performance clock speed and power consumption of my friend's laptop.

My question, does the MSI Titan 18 HX, with 4090 rtx, 128 gb ddr5 ram and Intel core i9 14900 HX suffer from the same lower performance (clock speed reduction) and power consumption reduction? I need this laptop for heavy rendering, unreal engine 5.4 and occasional path tracing gaming sessions.

5. Which external GPUs are supported? Do they increase rendering performance?

I would really appreciate qualified answers and your advice. Because i prefer MSI despite everything over Razer and Alienware. This will be my work laptop and a desktop replacement.

I use for 3 years titan gt76. Now i have titan gt 77. Is not soo powerful…too loud and very hot if u play for long time. I think 5000£ it too much . In my gt77…i have 128ram rtx 3080ti 16gb motherboard and no im not soo happy. In my opinion is better pc than laptop. More big not too hot.

if this is truly a desktop replacement then i wish this beast laptop will have a removable battery in the future because, to begin with, you cant maximize the gpu and cpu power unless you plug in the charger onto the laptop right? and the battery's lifespan will be shortened if you keep doing the plug and unplug the charger while gaming for hours

I really liked the MSI 76 Titan laptop, which was thick with excellent cooling, a top-end desktop processor, powerful speakers, it was the best purchase of my life. and now the msi company has gone somewhere wrong, made a thin case with a mobile processor instead of a desktop one, removed the front illumination of the case and is selling a degraded version of the laptop at the same price. Msi Gt 76 Titan was ideal both in terms of filling and appearance, it was a miracle of engineering. And now the new titanium does not deserve attention and is not a top-end laptop. Return everything to the way it was before.