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Review on ๐ŸŽฎ MSI GL66 Gaming Laptop: High-Performance 15.6" 144Hz FHD Display, Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Win10, Black by Corey Randolph

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Has an 85W RTX 3070 instead of 130W as listed on datasheet

3070W 130W. I spoke to MSI support and the current theory is that there is a typo in the spec. I will be returning this and replacing it with a laptop with a more powerful 3070. Edit: MSI corrected the spec and now lists a maximum power of 85W for the 3070. Aside from the confusion surrounding maximum GPU performance, the build quality of the laptop is decent. if not good. The keyboard is comfortable enough for typing and the backlit keys look nice. The screen is nothing special, but sufficient. There is no multiplexer switch. Cooling is decent, although the fans are certainly noisy - during the combined stress test with extreme fire cycle, in extreme performance mode in MSI Center with the fans on Auto, the CPU frequency rarely dropped below 4500 MHz and only the GPU frequency dropped slightly at about 81-81. 82C. Fans showed 50 dB on the Android sound measurement app. The battery is small, so I only saw around 3.5 hours of charge time in battery saver mode and with the brightness reduced/keyboard backlight off. I am changing my rating from 1 star to 3 stars because the laptop is not bad. I just appreciate that you were misled about such an important specification.

Pros
  • . GOLS certified
Cons
  • Doubtful