MSI GF63 THIN 11SC 15.6" FHD INTEL CORE I5-11400H 2.7GHZ / NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1650 LAPTOP / 32GB RAM / 2TB SSD

Tony

09.04.2022

Decent machine, but not without caveats. I bought it in Feb 2020 (clearance model from 2019), aside from a few times it froze up on me, it's still just as fast as when new. But in terms of performance, it's fine for basic, older, or occasional gaming, but if you're a heavy gamer who wants max settings and new titles, I'd save up for something better. Compared to my previous laptop from 2012, it is actually lighter by weight despite the 17" size making it nicely mobile. The screen size is great and gets no glare. Keys are nice, thin bezels are worthwhile. Gaming performance is generally adequate, but just barely so in higher graphical demands where the GPU seems to struggle a bit. I recently ran Jedi: Fallen Order on max settings with acceptable FPS (averaging low-mid 50s), though it does drop occasionally. I can run Witcher 3 on max settings with similar frame rates. I have modded Skyrim/Enderal which runs easily 100-200+ FPS with retexture but struggles with ENB. With heavy ENB, game looks amazing and FPS is playable, but not ideal - 30-50 FPS which could be better. Another downside is no thunderbolt 3 port, so if you wanted to use an external GPU, this isn't possible. While it might manage acceptably with most games, a more annoying problem I encountered with this PC is overheating. This doesn't happen with less demanding games, but with anything demanding, even when the CPU is not pushing past 30 or 40%, it still seems to spike past 90 degrees celsius, even when undervolted. The GPU will run up to mid-high 80s on high demands. I use the cooler boost to counteract this but it's annoying to keep switching it, not to mention that the hotkeys in Dragon Centre glitches and have to reset it every time or it doesn't work in-game. If it runs too hot, like the article says, the body near the screen heats up, feels like you could fry an egg on it. I figure this might be due to the thin design, but I feel like the automatic cooling could be better programmed so I don't have to manually turn on cooler boost all the time. Something else slightly disappointing, cosmetically, was the keys being clear plastic but painted black/red. I got this computer in 2020 when COVID 19 started, and I often used hand sanitizer. If the sanitizer isn't *100%* dry on your fingers, it will eat the paint right off the keys. 3 of my keys are ruined from this, unfortunately. Overall, decent machine, an would buy this brand again. Though, it has been rapidly outpaced by technology. For the same price as this laptop, you can now get one with an RTX 3060 and better processor.

Alejandro Adanaqué

23.09.2021

Picking up the MSI GF63 Thin 9RCX means gaining access to dozens of titles people enjoy today, a large portion of them being popular titles like League of Legends, Apex Legends, and Fortnite. But you still get that portability that's useful for schooling. It's a well-rounded choice that has the best of both worlds.  ;D ;D

Laptopguy

29.06.2021

Thanks for a great review! The only thing that you miss is the HDMI compatibility. I just talked with MSI support, cause my external monitor at 120hz only goes to 60hz max... and MSI confirmed that the HDMI only supports 60hz monitor. I am really disappointed cause I just upgraded to this from my 5-6 years old HP omen laptop, which actually supportet 120hz hdmi monitor! :( I hope someone like me who also use this as a portable desktop pc, sees this and thinks twice before they buy.

Madhavan Muruganandam

26.04.2021

I think this product offers great hardware, but there are some issues and improvements to be made. 1. My main issue was that wi-fi never worked. The laptop only worked through ethernet, and only worked through wi-fi for everything other than games. Wi-fi worked for every other device, and endless troubleshooting and sending in the laptop for repair didn't fix it. The laptop seems to be working now, after a year, but be warned. 2. The laptop chassis is made of a metal-plastic, which I feel could be metal. 3. The bottom airflow is made to look "gamery" which makes it less productive. 4. I feel the keyboard legend could be made a little more like normal keyboards, instead of being a "gamer" keyboard. The red backlight I'm fine with. 5. WHY ISN"T THERE DUAL CHANNEL MEMORY???

Jivat

13.11.2020

Amazing product . Awesome performance at a affordable price . Screen is gorgeous. Cooler boost is Fab. Sound is nice . Crisp and responsive keyboard . Overall Nice purchase

Krishna Agarwal

12.11.2020

Amazing article, thanks for the in-depth review. The best review I ever saw

Jesse

17.10.2020

Its CPU performance is also impressive, although we would have wished for a Ryzen 5 4600H instead of the Core i7-10750H, which would have been not only potentially faster but also more efficient, cooler, and therefore also quieter thanks to its 7 nm (compared to 14 nm) manufacturing process. At least a little truth is starting to get past your intel filters these days. Also, MSI, for shame, you have a 17 inch chassis and you STILL need to screw with the numpad?  Uggh.   A numpad REQUIRES a double wide zero key, or you might as well just leave the useless thing off the spec sheet.

Mohamed Reda

16.10.2020

This is almost the cheapest and also the lightest 17.3-inch laptop in Egypt. It retails for $1130 and it's exactly what I needed for college, programming, and news editing side hustle. A brilliant package for non-gamers like me as well as gamers I assume.

I bought it

23.08.2020

I bought GF75 2020 model: You pay for portability (not so heavy, thin) laptop, good perofrmance, nice build quality, nice keyboard. With what you pay is Loud AF cooling, basicaly in games under heavy loads fans rev so high, you MUST wear headphones, very little battery, and the most s*** is the screen color gammut, omg im not a photoshop editor or somthing but even i can tell if the color instead of being red is reddish orange, you can literaly feel the lack of colours on this screen (i red about this poor colour gammut and thought ah it will be fine how bad can it be and I bought it, and it is just unacceptable) You have been warned.