A look Inside

To access any user-swappable components, users will need to do some disassembly since no access hatches are available on the GS73 Stealth Pro. Gaining access is quite easy as you just have to remove the screws, and viola, you're in; no plastic tabs, no optical drive to remove, etc. It was a nice surprise. Sadly, it was also too good to be true. Taking a quick look, it's easy to see that the M.2 drive and DDR4 SO-DIMMs are on the other side, which means taking those components out requires a near complete disassembly. Considering my track record with tiny ribbon cables, I left it be. From a general user's perspective, if you plan to upgrade any part of the laptop, I would suggest going with the GE72VR I reviewed previously. The GS73 Stealth Pro is much less upgrade friendly due in part because of its thin design.


The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti is cooled via two heatpipes that transfer the heat to a small fin array cooled by two fans. Meanwhile, the CPU is cooled by a tiny fan. Moving on to the battery, we find a Li-polymer offering rated at 5400 mAh and 64.98 Wh.


The battery is removable. Meanwhile, there are two RAM slots if you feel brave enough to get to them. Both slots are populated by a 8 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 SO-DIMM from Kingston. The HDD is a 1 TB Seagate ST1000LM035 that spins at 5400 RPM, while the SSD is a 256 GB M.2-based Samsung PM871.