MSI GT660 gaming notebook available in the US

MSI has recently began shipping the GT660 16-inch gaming laptop in the US where it can be found, in one configuration at least, priced at $1,700. For this kind of money you're getting a machine that includes a 1.73 GHz Core i7-740QM CPU, 6GB of RAM, and a GeForce GTX 285M 1GB graphics card.

The GT660R also includes two 500GB hard drives, a Blu-ray combo drive, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, an Express Card slot, a 4-in-1 card reader, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, and a 9-cell battery enabling up to 3 hours of operation.

MSI's gaming notebook runs Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit and is available here .