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Good purchase. I’d give it 4.99 stars (why in the description)

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2020

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=>Pros:
-Powerful and fast (booting, game loadings, etc)
-Audio
-Screen

=>Cons:
-Edge of the laptop might bother your wrist skin while typing for too long
-Might get too hot for lap use (assuming it’s right on top of your pants)

A strong and powerful machine. So far I’ve played AC Odyssey/Origins/Syndicate, SW: Jedi Fallen Order, Destiny 2, Apex Legends, Fortnite, The Witcher 3, No Man’s Sky, Ryse Son of Rome and many other in the top graphic settings. Never had any issue. There’re many preset for fan and cpu/gpu power. The auto settings for the fan will make it really quiet (the outside metal might feel a bit hot, but totally standable... it means the heat is going out of the inside). Turbo mode will make it really cool, but with the price of the noise (you won’t notice with headphones. Audio is good. Booting time is awesome (even with my SSD full it won’t take even 10s to reach Windows 10 login screen). Screen is cristal clear (came with a 120% screen ratio configuration, changable in MSI config panel). Keyboard light brightness can be changed (4 levels, 0 to full), but color is always red. Touchpad is weird for me, but it isn’t bad. It’s really thing and light for it’s configurations. The power button is a bit hard to press, and in the first time I thought it was out of battery, but actually I didn’t press hard enough. Webcam will be automatically shutdown all time, unless you turn it on using Fn+keyboard button (which I don’t remember which one it is at the moment), I checked the Device Manager and it’s really like it’s not connected at all. The power input is at the left side, by the middle of the keyboard. Bluetooth works nicely with Xbox One Controller.
The reason I’d give 4.99: while typing, the edge next to you might slightly bother you skin (since I’m using it mostly for gaming with a controller and I use a wireless keyboard when I need to type, doesn’t affect me, and it gets a bit too hot for lap use sometimes while gaming.
Really good product, I’d totally recommend it.

Friendly reminder: it’s got around 500GB, so you might get around 8-10 of newest games installed, since they take around 40-60GB these days.

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Decent gaming, faulty hardware

Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2020

Overall a good gaming machine, but there has been quite a few issues I've experienced with my particular unit. Immediately out of the box drivers were messed up and my logitech g933 wireless headset failed to work. This issue proceeded for a week's whilst I troubleshooted. Finally got it to work but with a fraction of the range I had on my previous laptop. Next issue is random throttling upon start up. As I said the laptop throttles to turbo fans upon startup or the smallest of tasks. No this is not a software setting I unintentionally have set. The unit also consistently alters my external SSD's (as you cannot fit anything other than an NVME for internal memory) formatting, making it extremely difficult to set up shortcuts for my editing. And finally, the biggest of issues that renders this unit useless as a laptop, the trackpad does not work. I've spent a ton of time trying to diagnose this issue and throughout all of my efforts it is apparent that this is a hardware issue and not a software. I reset the pc to factory settings, installed drivers, everything I could think to do software end. I have yet to open the unit and look to see if the trackpad itself is unplugged, but afterall, I shouldn't have to right? As a side note, battery life is utterly dismal.

Overall the laptop runs games well, it's performance has dropped off dramatically in my few months of owning which is extremely disappointing, aswell as all the issues with it. But if you're doing your research as I did, you'll know that any laptop device in this price range with these components is going to have some issues, I just feel it should be less than what I have.

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Good purchase. I’d give it 4.99 stars (why in the description)

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2020

Style: 15.6"|GTX 1660 Ti|i7-9750HVerified Purchase

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Joe.

It's worth it.

Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2020

Style: 15.6"|GTX 1050 Ti|i7-9750HVerified Purchase

It depends on what you need a new laptop for. If you're looking for maximal mobility and a long battery life, this isn't going to do it for you. If you're looking for a decent gaming/work studio appliance, look no further. "Decent" might be underselling it. For well under $1,000 you're getting an adequate gaming computer that will run any new title you throw at it to some extent, usually a high and satisfying extent. The GPU and CPU will offer all the power you need whether it's for video editing or watching high definition movies. There should be scarce to no hiccups with your product, as there barely is any with the laptop I received. I have to admit MSI is a good brand with a reputation for quality they actually bother to maintain. I'll give you my pros an cons for the MSI GF63 I received.

PROS: The GPU and CPU are powerful. No individual editing, gaming, or audio mixing software program will suffer too many hiccups. After one week, I haven't dealt with any crashes at all what so ever, and I have been stressing it with some pretty intense gaming and video editing. Minor lagging here and there but not an obstacle. The audio is decent by the way. The build is sturdy -- there shouldn't be any cosmetic issues with regular use. Obviously you'll want to avoid dropping it. The screen casing is metallic and thin, the rest is a hard, somewhat jagged (though not uncomfortable) sturdy plastic. The keyboard has a red back-light with three levels of brightness. You get an anti-glare display with clean 1080p definition, though it is yellow-shifted by default. You can easily fix that and get a more balanced color scheme out of it. Other notes about this model in case there is any confusion: it should come with 3 USB 3.0 slots, an HDMI in the back, a mic jack, a headphone jack, an ethernet port, and a micro USB type C port.

CONS: The mousepad sucks. Buy a mouse, even the cheapest ones are an improvement. This mousepad is a single wobbly plastic platform of pure crap. The keyboard, though comfortable to type on, does not come with a number pad. If you absolutely need one then you should just buy this laptop anyway, you're getting a good deal. You'll have saved plenty to purchase any extensions you need. The battery life isn't amazing. If you're gaming you'll want to charge it every couple of hours or so. For mundane web surfing, light gaming, and photo editing, the battery will last 4hrs or so, a decent bump of entertainment if you're taking a flight. The SSD is quick, but meek. At 250GB, you should already expect to need an external HDD for serious storage. You'll have to have the fan's highest settings enabled to run intense graphics, which will be somewhat loud. Personally I don't care, if the audio means so much to you then you should have a decent set of headphones anyway. Most importantly, this isn't a highly mobile rig. Expect to have an external HDD or other extensions dangling off of it a lot of the time. If you're taking it camping, expect to have an ample battery bank.

CONCLUSION: If you station this laptop upon your desk it shall be a fantastic and leisurely delight to use. Don't expect great mobility. If you want a failry smooth and responsive computer for a good deal, then stop looking around because you've really found it. If my experience continues to be as positive as it is, then you will not hear from me again, otherwise I will keep you updated.

Update: After two weeks this laptop is still performing flawlessly and I am pleased. Been gaming nonstop. Out of the 6 laptops I've been through this one is best.

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TylerS

Gamer? Get it.

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2021

Style: 15.6"|GTX 1660 Ti|i7-9750HVerified Purchase

Definitely the most powerful and slickest machine I've ever had. Comes with a lot of features thanks to it being an MSI, plus with Nvidia software. In my first few months of having it, I've had little to no complaints at all regarding the software, however a few things should be noted about its build;

As is on par with monster gaming pc's like these, it can get VERY HOT, so much so that wasd keys can become painful to the touch, if you're somebody that games for long periods, definitely invest in a cooling pad, it will do you a lot of favors. But the heat is at no fault to the computer, that's just what happens when you want so much in such a small build. Another think worth mentioning, which is a common theme among other reviews of this build, depending on where your arms are when typing, the edges of the laptop may be a bit sharp for your taste, however adjusting the way you use it can fix that... just keep that in mind.

I don't have much to compare to, but I would say it is worth the price if you love gaming on the go. Pair this puppy with a case, mouse, and a cooling pad, and this baby can take you places. Great build, great performance, great computer. I'm now a big fan of MSI because of this.

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Somber Derivative

Loud but unbeatable value

Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2020

Style: 15.6"|GTX 1660 Ti|i7-9750HVerified Purchase

Out of the box its beautiful. Much more slim and sleek than previous versions and overall just a lot more streamlined. The display is just absolutely spectacular. The value for what you get it great. For 1k its kind of unbeatable. But that doesn't come without problems, (cons below)
Pros:
Gtx 1660ti and 9750h play any modern game maxed out and will always be above 60FPS in my tests.
The ssd bootup speed is phenomenal
The built in utilities help optimize performance
The new Intel wifi chip allows for 50MBPS steam downloads. Repeat, STEAM DOWNLOADS

Cons
Keyboard takes a bit to get used to as every key seems slightly out of place like they were trying to pack the caps in as tightly as possible
THIS THING OVERHEATS IF YOU DONT USE COOLER BOOSTER, I was hitting 97C while playing battlefront 2 on only medium and after contacting msi support they only said to turn on cooler booster. Which yes it absolutely solved the problem but I shouldn't have to blast my fans at PS4 decibels just to play a game. But a good pair of headphones blocks all that out.
Just be ready for it being semi loud if you plan on doing intensive tasks or gaming. But for the value I can completely overlook it.
My only other complaint is the fact that the SSD is so minimal in space. There's no way you can go without getting an external drive.

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Beasty Fusion 360 Solution

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2021

Style: 15.6"|RTX 2060|i7-9750HVerified Purchase

I bought this model specifically for Fusion 360 design use. I asked my brother (an architect) and my son-in-law (a serious gamer) what I should get. Brother: at least a late generation I7 and 16GB RAM. Son-in-law: at least an NVIDIA RTX GPU. This box fits the spec and at an excellent price point. As an experienced Windows user, I added 32GB RAM because I know what PIGs the OS and some of the apps are. The RAM was easy to upgrade despite the fumbling-around Youtube demonstrations that suggest otherwise. END RESULT: this thing is an elegant beast that chomps through everything like buddah. Although intended just for design use, I've simultaneously run multiple stream videos on it, three displays, the Fusion 360, many Chrome browser windows open, and some other apps. This dude doesn't even blink and seems to say, "Bring it on b_tch. Hold my beer." I'm very happy with the performance and quality of the machine.

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Davey

pretty much a red creator model

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2020

Style: 15.6"|RTX 2060|i7-9750HVerified Purchase

Pretty much a red creator model but a few hundred off the cost and work the same feels well made and works great only difference between the creator 15 and this is red keyboard and black body but same ports and specs just with dragon center instead of creator center but works the same and has more features aimed at gaming but turn the lights off and you basically have a creator 15 only back and it does run warm but most thin laptops do just set a profile up in dragon center and when you launch a game just use the shortcut and can have fans running higher like i did on creator center only reason i got this was because 300 less than creator 15 model and same specs just different color but the other had i5 and felt bottlenecked in games because i had a acer predator helios 300 with a i7 and 1660ti and didnt feel like the same performance even though was same specs. only small negative is battery life but can actually do some small gaming with msi app player which allows to play games on most android smartphones

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Chris Dulavitz

Great performance, great value, and above average portability

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2020

Style: 15.6"|GTX 1660 Ti|i7-9750HVerified Purchase

Not much else to say from what other reviewers have already said. The MSI GF65 Thin 9SD-004 (the i7-9750, 1660Ti, 16GB RAM, 512GB NVMe, 120Hz IPS variant) checks all of my boxes when it comes to minimum specs for a sub-$1000 laptop. Although it stays docked about 90% of the time, I love that it's only about 4 lbs with a slim profile, which makes the 10% of the time I need portability worth it.

There are some nuances though. The laptop only has 1 monitor output (HDMI). The location for the power input is also awkwardly placed in the middle of the left side. The touch pad is not great. This is also one of the loudest laptops I've ever used. That said, the positives greatly outweigh the negatives, and I'm happy with the product!

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Decent gaming, faulty hardware

Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2020

Style: 15.6"|RTX 2060|i7-9750HVerified Purchase

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Nikolai E. Sanchez

Nice "thin" gaming laptop as long as you stay away from the 1050GTX graphics card version

Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2021

Style: 15.6"|RTX 2060|i7-9750HVerified Purchase

I bought this when it was on sale, for some reason it doesn't show the price I paid for the system ($875), but the current $1079 price tag. I wanted to get a multipurpose laptop for school and travel gaming as I usually only play 4-7 games on loop. They are as follows
-Dead By Daylight (Ultra and Max Settings)
-State of Decay 2 (Ultra and Max Settings)
-Rainbow Six Siege (Ultra and Max Settings)
-Dead Cells (Ultra and Max Settings)
-Fallout 4 (Ultra and Max Settings w/ Heavy 4k world mods)
-Hunt Showdown (Ultra and Max Settings)
-League of Legends/TFT (Ultra and Max Settings)
-AC Black Flag and AC Odyssey (Ultra and Max Settings)
-Valorant and/or Overwatch (Ultra and Max Settings)

The Good
-It's "lighter" than your standard gaming laptop. can carry comfortably in one hand without it feeling like it'll be sore after a while. It weighs in the neighborhood of just under 5 lbs.
- the 2060 card gets good use and with the integrated Dragon Center you can tweak performance for whatever battery usage you're doing. I have three profiles set up for mine.
- Red backlighting isn't overly bright, and i believe you can dim it more. I just never had the need to.
-500gb storage is mainly for windows items and updates. the mini C connector i use for an external storage that has no delay or lag at all for my steam games. otherwise it's more than enough for the school and classes i'm taking
-audio is crisp and adjustable. no real scratchy isms unless I'm just being an idiot and watching troll ASMR videos to spite my co inhabitants lol

The Cons
- unless your running the cooler boost setting in the dragon center your top left of the laptop will get hot real quick. That graphics card pushes itself to perform up to par with gaming you throw at it and if you put your hands up that way you'll feel it real quick. I'd imagine that along with the cooler boost setting and a laptop fan dock it'd be a bit less toasty but you'll notice the temp (and the NOISE) once it's rising.
- 500gb storage for people who want more than 10 games. you gotta consider that with onboard storage windows itself will eventually take up 50gb+ of space and it's always advisable to have 50gb of free storage you'll never really use 'cept for real emergencies. this means you have roughly 400gb or less of actual storage space to use. You can get a small form external storage for pretty cheap at 1TB otherwise
- The charge isn't much. I think on low battery usage, very light gaming and dimming down the backscreen I managed about 5 maybe 6 hours. That's a deal breaker for those who tend to be more mobile than the standard gamer
- any time, and i mean ANY time you run an update your fan will speed up. windows update? fans rev up. graphics card update? fans definitely rev up. if you're in a quiet place I'd consider holding off on updates lol
- no side number pad. for the screen size this is to be expected but if you've never gone less than standard screen size like this you're in for a real adjustment period.
-EDGES ON YOUR WRISTS.

Aside from those Pros and Cons the system starts up right away. boot to windows in roughly 5-7 seconds and programs on the internal SSD start up on access quick. It has been a great purchase for what i game with and how i game, as well as holding all my school stuff without error. It seems like a majority of the erroneous reviews are because they went with the 1050 graphics card (at this point in time anything less than a 1080 6gb minimum will give you issues to be honest). the price difference was only like $100 when i compared both.

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Ian

Great value but it does run super hot

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2020

Style: 15.6"|RTX 2060|i7-9750HVerified Purchase

As people have said before, this does run sooooo hot. Like really hot. Maybe it's because of the i7, but I've got 97 degrees on one of the cores which was horrible. I got a laptop rest with fans built in to constantly blow cooler air into the back of it. I also installed ThrottleStop (something I saw someone else recommend in the reviews - a BIG thank you to whoever I read that from) to undervolt the even underclock that one core I saw spiking. So far the results are promising, playing Control and COD Modern Warfare saw around 75 degreese. Still a little on the warm side, but much more manageable. GPU hasn't passed 65 degreese so far and hasn't been a problem. Also, side note, I did end up additional another 8gb stick of ram since it only came with one.

Update: after some additional tweaking, I can get the CPU to run around 70 degreese. My highest stable Cinebench score with the undervolt to the core and cashe was 3130! Before undervolting, this was around 2789 and running in the 90 degree range. This makes such a difference in games, they run buttery smooth. Definitely get ThrottleStop and just research/look up a few YouTube videos on where to download it and how to run it and you'll be all set.

I'm planning on getting MSI Afterburner and seeing if I can push the GPU a little more too. The GPU is still running around in the mid 60 degree range at full load without any adjustments so I feel like that's pretty respectable as is.. just thinking I might be able to squeeze a little more juice out of the GPU.

Before and after:

CPU - 97° before adjustments; 70° after
GPU - TBD

Side note: a wonderful side effect of undervolting (which I didn't know because I actually didn't know anything about it prior to buying this laptop) is that you increase the core frequency when you undervolt because the CPU isn't being throttled by the higher temperatures and that means it can run faster at higher speeds. So not only is it much cooler but also much more powerful. I was mostly using Cinebench just to make sure the undervolt was stable, but I kept getting increasing scores which now makes sense to the increase operating speed of the chip. This is different from an overclock (something I have done in the past) because this isn't fixed at like 5.3ghz for a 10700k, the turbo on the 9750h still remains 4.5ghz, but under load, I was originally getting around 3.4ghz when it throttled, but now I'm closer to 4ghz consistently. It can still hit 4.5ghz when it turbos.

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