In my search to list laptops that just barely pre-date the spy chips, MSI specs emerged:

MSI laptops using the Richland processor

MSI Gaming 3BE-273XES AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming Destroyer-280 AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8.1 Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX60 3AE-095TW laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 16 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 7970M Windows 8 Black MSI Gaming GX60 3AE-210NE Hitman Edition AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 7970M Windows 8 Black MSI Gaming GX60 3AE-212FR Hitman Edition laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 4 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 7970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8 Black MSI Gaming GX60 3AE-214XCZ Hitman Edition AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 7970M Black MSI Gaming GX60 3AE-216US laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 7970M Windows 8 Black QWERTY English MSI Gaming GX60 3AE-223NE Hitman Edition AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 7970M Windows 8 Black MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-233RU laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-235FR AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 4 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8 Black AZERTY MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-236XTH laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-238XRU laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 4 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 500 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-240US AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8 Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-246XFR AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-250RU laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-251CZ laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-253XCZ laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M FreeDOS Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-263TH laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-272XCZ laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M FreeDOS Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-279UK AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8 Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-281US AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-283XFR AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-287XPL AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-400XRU AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 4 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 500 GB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-401RU AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8.1 Black MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-402RU AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-404TW AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 7 Home Premium Black MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-415TW AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 7 Home Premium Black MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-418HU AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-433XHU AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX60 3CC-276XVN Destroyer AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 4 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX60 3CC-292CZ Destroyer AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX60 3CC-293XCZ Destroyer AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) FreeDOS Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX60 3CC-294XES Destroyer AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX60 3CC-295UK Destroyer AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX60 3CC-296UK Destroyer AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX60-3CC81FD (Destroyer) AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX60-3CC87FD AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX60-A10897287 AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M FreeDOS Black QWERTZ MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-003FR AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8 Black AZERTY MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-004RU laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8 Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-007US laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-008US laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8.1 Black MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-009NE laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-010NL laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8 Black MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-011BE laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-015CZ laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-016XCZ laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-027CZ laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 12 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-034XRU laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) FreeDOS Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-041UK laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 878 GB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8 Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-042TR laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 16 GB DDR3-SDRAM 878 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-065ES laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-079XRU laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-081TR laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 16 GB DDR3-SDRAM 878 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8 Black MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-087XCZ laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M FreeDOS Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-098AU AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 16 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8 Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-217XFR AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-220TW AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 16 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 7 Home Premium Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-226US AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 12 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8.1 Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-233RU AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-234XRU AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-238NL AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-239BE AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8 Black AZERTY MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-259TW AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 16 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 7 Home Premium Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-261NE AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-262NL AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8.1 Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-266BE AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8.1 Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-267LU AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-268HU AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-275TR AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 16 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-278UA AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-283NL AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-284BE AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-287XES AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-289XHU AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC-201XCZ Destroyer AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) FreeDOS Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX70 3CC-227XES Destroyer AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX70 3CC-228UK Destroyer AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 878 GB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8.1 Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX70 Destroyer AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 12 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX70 Destroyer-099 AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 12 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black QWERTY MSI Gaming GX70 Destroyer-229 AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 12 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8.1 Black MSI Gaming GX70-3CC81FD (Destroyer) AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX70-3CC87FD AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black MSI Gaming GX70-3CC8H11B AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black MSI Gaming GX70-3CC8H11BW (Destroyer) AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black MSI Gaming GX70-A10897287 AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M FreeDOS Black QWERTZ MSI Gaming GX70H-A108972811B AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black QWERTZ

WTF… fuck me. What’s all this about a “destroyer”? What a fucking mess because they needed to market a gaming machine to kids. There is no wikipedia page that decodes the model numbers. It appears that the last two characters are a country code. From there if anyone has a secret decoder ring for MSI model numbers it would be appreciated.

In particular, if an MSI laptop has GX60 or GX70 in the model, can I count on it being an AMD Richland CPU? I think the “60” implies a 15.6″ display and “70” implies 17.3″ display. It’s unclear if some models would have an intel cpu.

It’s basically the same problem with Acer and ASUS laptops. There are a shit-ton of cryptic submodels. And no secret decoder ring.