The MSI Titan 18 HX is a hulking, powerful, and all-around excessive gaming laptop, starting at $5,279

MSI’s Titan 18 HX is a hulking, powerful, and all-around excessive gaming laptop, starting at $ 5,279 for its lowest configuration.

With the latest top-end Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX CPU and RTX 5090 GPU , the laptop can meet just under the benchmarks of a full tower with the latest components.

At the top end you can spec it with 6 TB of storage, enough for a majority chunk of your Steam library.

Mechanical keyboard feels incredible, and it looks good with a quality mini-LED, 4 K display.

The Titan 18 HX sports a full mechanical keyboard with Cherry switches.

MSI claims its device can draw 270W of power to both the CPU and the GPU for gaming tasks.

In benchmarks, it manages to beat the performance of the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K desktop-level CPU .

The laptop version of the RTX 5090 is a top-of-the-line card.

MSI’s Titan 18 HX is close enough to a supercharged pre-built desktop I could even consider it an alternative for a full gaming rig.

The only Razer Blade 16 configuration currently for sale costs $ 4,900 with an RTX 5090 in a thinner chassis.