Laptops has gotten so damn good these last few years without the need of buying a damn 20lbs brick for $4000. Laptops in the range of $1200-$1400 are amazing.
I just up the prices of these over here(UK) and I must admit the performance to value balance seems to be OK these days in complete contrast to desktops lately.
Can u recommend a good one with this price range for me? I'm really lost, I heared that 3050ti is not enough so I want a decent laptop with 3060 (ofc I can dream of having 3070 but it's impossible at this price range)
I'm about to buy this one today in micro center they are on sale for 899$. I wonder if I can connect my 24inch 144hz asus monitor and play on it while at home ?
At 3:26 the solid block there is supposed to be removed before installing the 2.5" drive and once the bottom cover goes back on, that grating on the bottom cover will hold the 2.5" drive in place together with the plastic grating on the laptop itself in order to maintain the alignment of the 2.5" inch drive and hold it in place. So that's why there's no mounting hardware included, it's not needed. The block is hard rubber btw not foam and it's meant to keep the bottom cover from warping when theres no drive in there. I've seen a similar implementation on 2.5" sata to usb drive enclosures which are used to convert internal 2.5" drives to external drives. It's actually a pretty clever way to mount 2.5" drives without screws.
Just purchased this laptop w/ the 3050ti / i7 11800H / 512 GB SSD for $899.99. I feel like this is an absolute amazing laptop for under $1000. Great bang-for-the-buck.
I'm about to buy it for the same price. Do you think I would have problems connecting it to my 24inch asus 144hz monitor while playing at home ? Would it give me any issues ?
Man the self-pity "humor" in youtube comments has really gotten overboard lately. Get a damn job, save some money for a year and buy yourself something instead of bitching. It's starting to get annoying seeing these as top comments on EVERY video.
Just started working honestly already getting stuff I dreamed about especially since my supervisor just sold me a evga 3070 XC3 ultra for 700 so it’s a plus
I've had this exact laptop for a few months now and it's awesome, the 144hz with even only 1080p is very smooth with surprising quality. I'm coming from console though, so I've never had a true taste of pc gaming. It's nice being in control of your graphics and being able to keep it all cooled off with the gpu, though it is kinda loud. Nothing a good headset can't solve though. I sat around 60fps running most games on ultra quality but you will want to have it connected to power so 1) it doesn't die and 2) it doesn't default to 30fps because of refresh rate. Well rounded, but again I'm coming from console.
I've come to enjoy your channel it's not all about just technology and gaming and portable small PCS but it's a pleasure to see various things of items that you review on your channel various retro gaming and tutorials on how to build things for your own self thank a self-taught autodidact I had to subscribe thank you so much
Just bought a msi gf66 katana, i7-11800h, rtx 3060.. definitly cant wait for it to show up.. bought a laptop cooling base to sit it on because they do get a lil warm
So roughly desktop 1660 ti performance except only 4GB of vram. That low vram really kills the future proofing of this laptop considering 6GB vram is barely enough for some current games.
Performance of this laptop really surprised me. I have 3050 Ti 60W, 16GB RAM and i5 11400H. I bought it for 22500 CZK (1040$) and i am happy with that.
@@tusharsaxena8239 I didn’t notice any heating issues, i have 65 degrees on CPU and max 70 degrees on GPU If you have more money to spend, buy 3060. But i can recommend it
I got this with a 3070 for £850 in the UK. Great laptop, with an excellent screen. I’m playing GTA 5, with high settings (no advanced graphical settings though, or MSAA) at a locked 144 fps, to match the screen @1080p.
Just got this today. Super nice. For what you get in this machine, you would expect to pay a few hundred more. The construction feels very sturdy as well. This has been a nice upgrade from my old i7-7700hq.
I got the MSI GS75 stealth 10SE and it’s basically this and I’ve had some trouble with its hardware but I’ve since been loving it and I want to upgrade some parts but it’s way harder to take apart then this model. Great review 🍍
The thing I hate is that in a lot if reviews people say that its overheating too much and that the screen is flexing , the battery is dying so fast etc which could be a deal breaker for most people unless they dont move around much
@@pureslyce3186 but that's kinda the common main issue of these gaming laptops because of their specs the system struggles on maintaining minimal temp and because of its designs thermal coolings are not that efficient.
@@pureslyce3186 you can adjust the power consumption settings in the msi center software to get more battery life, thats just a no brainer but apparently most reviewers don't even check that out at all.
Lmao dog for 799 or 699 on sale. Ur not gonna beat this deal lmao. U will get a better gpu and cpu. But the company’s will sneak in a 43ms response time on ur monitor lmao. U have no hope of playing anything comfortably at that latency. So if ur looking for a laptop. I’d stay away from msi unless it is a katana or sword or better. Gf66 katanas have a response time of like 10MS. Wich isn’t bad. About on par with Lenovo legion 5 Wich is a great laptop. But the msi g65 g63 and all those “thin” variants have like 40+ms response times. So a lil bit of wobble or something is much more livable then the bad latency. If u buy a laptop the overall latency should be the very first thing u ask lol. I can’t tell u how many times I’ve found a perfect laptop for 699. But the response time is 30MS. That’s not worth over 400-500$ to me personally.
At the top end of the TDP range the 3050 ti is formidable enough, but it's really gimped by the 4gb of VRAM. 4gb is small enough to even hold back the older 1650 ti in a good amount of games and that is a way slower card.
this is very true. nvidia & amd are guilty...i firmly believe because the 3050 with higher vram is capable..i believe this is to sell more mid/upper range machines. you have to go up to a 3060 laptop to get more than 4GB of vram now. sucks.
Bought this one with a rtx3060 and the i7 11800h 16gb for $1100 at Costco, seeing the performance of this one makes me excited to get my new laptop next week... Only downside is it has 512gb ssd, but I have a 1tb m.2 and a extra 512gb 2.5" I can throw in it! Coming from a 7 year old msi ghost with a 6gb 970m and a i7-4720, so it'll be a great upgrade.
Same! The only diff is I’m upgrading from a 5yrs old asus rog. The reseller was kind enough to chip in another 16gb ram and 1tb ssd. However, the price in my country is around $1400usd
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Try undervolt or disable intel turbo boost or limit cpu on power option. Turn down game settings for normal use/long play session so it won't stress the system.
This is a great laptop. I personally have the asus tuf f17 laptop and it is so good. Its better than you think. Would recommend it. This one looks great too. I kinda like msi laptops.
> We have a single fan cooling the CPU and a single fan cooling the GPU We clearly see GPU heatpipes going to both upper side heatsinks and is in fact cooled by both fans.
Hi! I have found exactly this Laptop version at the price of 1300 euros. With the only difference of a bigger 17.3 inch screen Do you believe its a Good Deal? Should i proceed? Thanks!
Hey. I got the same laptop, but with a 17" screen. I was wondering if you could help me. How am I able to upgrade it? Would a 3.5" SSD Drive fit? And are most of the upgradablities similar?
Here because been shopping for my first gaming computer. I found out about the Katana through Nvidias website and got it 200$ cheaper from ControlCenter. Bug shoutout, got it on Affirm, really excited
Everyone shitting on RTX 3050/ti but u can get laptops with this GPU for less than $1000 and it performs better than 1650/ti. Also RTX cards have DLSS support, so u wanna take advantage of that to get more FPS. So if ur looking for a budget laptop with a good gpu for 1K and less don't hesitate to grab the 3050/ti unless u need more VRAM, shit ton of workload and super high performance. Should be very much fine for a casual gamer and students.
those temps are just crazy, I have a Legion 5 R7 5800H Rtx 3050ti and the Cpu never goes beyond 85°C reendering up to 3 hours videos, also did a stress test and the same history Ryzen are just much cooler
I mean, that's a bit of an exaggeration. Both AMD and Intel HP Omen 15 run at similar temperatures. Intel does create slightly more heat but that's part of it also being able to handle higher wattage than the AMD chips. I wouldn't say it's a radical thing, maybe like 5C difference at best.
@@dandiaz19934 I just had an i7 8750h and now a r7 5800h and the temps differences are insane, the i7 would reach 100° in a matter of second, while the r7 never goes that high while it actually reaches the 4.4ghz as advertised, it has been a much better experience going Ryzen
Ordered one but with bigger screen (GF76) and 3070 rtx. But from what i saw ftom other reviews most laptops with same graphic cards are better. This one just had good price in my region
YOU SHOULD DO THE ACER SWIFT X I really wanna see the Temps on the laptop because acer be making their thin laptops have bad cooling but you should check it out.
I wouldn't recommend it mostly because the 3050Ti is behind even the 1660Ti and that 4GB of VRAM is anything but future proof btw the MSI GL66 is an awesome choice
They're really relying on the fact that the 3050ti is capable of DLSS and the 1660s are not. For the time being more raster performance is just better specially with AMD's FSR now out and about if it hopefully expands to a lot more games (Which can even be done by the end users through mods so not really something you *have* to rely on the devs and publishers for) then the 3050ti is just not a good deal overall.
I yeah but I only really play older games to begin with. There are only a few newer games that I am even interested in and yeah, the eye candy is nice, but a game should be good enough to play without it turned on.
@@_shadow_1 well yes tbh I only play games like GTA but what I'm trying to say is that the price to performance ratio isn't that impressive and if you are willing to pay that much for a 3050Ti you might as well go for the 3060 which is marginally better
@@thidasvinnath8017 Yeah that is true, If it was in a like 600-800 dollar range for a laptop with one it would be a much better deal for what the 3050ti offers.
For anyone who's tried it, is dlss performance sharp enough on a screen as small as a laptop's? I know a fhd 15.6 display has 50% more pixels per inch than an average 24 inch desktop one but I wanted the opinion of someone who's tried it. If not, balanced and quality always exist so it's not a big issue.
Exactly on a small screen we don't really feel like loosing any pixels + DLSS don't really scale down the game too much so we don't really feel the difference in compare to FSR nice of you to notice and mention that.
just a question, does the ram have dual function? is it 2 sticks of 8gm ram or 1 stick of 16gb ram? I heard 2 sticks aka dual function is very good for laptops and plays well with the rtx 30 series.
How do you think this laptop would handle running OBS? It wouldn't necessarily to run games at the same time for me as I am currently solely gaming from a PS5 but it would be a bonus.
I'll just copy and paste my older comment about this At 3:26 I think the foam block is supposed to be placed on the 2.5" drive after installing it and once the bottom cover goes back on, that foam should compress and hold the 2.5" drive in place and the plastic grating is meant to maintain the alignment of the 2.5" inch drive and prevent the foam from pushing it further back. So I think that's why there's no mounting hardware included. I've seen a similar implementation on 2.5" sata to usb drive enclosures which are used to convert internal 2.5" drives to external drives. It's actually a pretty clever way to mount 2.5" drives without screws. So I really hope you didn't throw the foam block away.
@@pr3cious193 "I'll just copy and paste my older comment about this" I'll just assume you didn't read the timestamp to my comment? But thanks for your thoughts. I have not removed the foam. I upgraded the nvme drive since no one seemed to have an answer.
@@VincentYohanes-lb7dw no no it is not. I don’t know what happened either the batteries dead and I have to replace it or the charger is gone and did I have to replace that or it could’ve been the whole motherboard that’s gone I come to find out that MSI doesn’t really make the laptops anymore.
@@VincentYohanes-lb7dw also, I didn’t play that much intensive games. The last three things I was playing with the new persona game forza 5 mgr and hollow knight
I'm not very impressed by the 3050ti, though to be honest. It's worse than the 1660ti! I don't know why they even bothered to call it a 3000series graphics card. I don't think it'll hold much in the future. Even if I was on a budget I'd just save up for a few more months to get the one with the 3060 instead.
well, 1660Ti is a 6GB card and is the entry gen equivalent of 3060 (on a laptop I mean), while 3050 Ti was perhaps supposed to replace the 4GB 1650 Ti. IMO as a 3D artist, even though the 4GB is a bit low, the new OptiX drivers are well worth it for their help in much faster rendering in sumn like Blender Cycles or Octane, plus it's not like we'd get to work on big productions on a laptop anyway. Do think it should have been 6gb at least
This has to be a joke 1k for a laptop like that with a 3050ti??? You can't even mine on that thing. I bought my laptop brand new with a 1660t for 649 and I also picked up a laptop with 1650 from Acer for 600(you can find them for under 500 refurbished). This year isn'¨t for us reasonable people but rather for those who throw money away, stay far far away from laptops like these. You could still find laptops around 750 or lower at launch with 1660 ti's back in the day and note this is meant to replace the 1650 ti not the 1660 ti.
@@allenwalker9928 that config makes sense for many people, may not for you, but let´s say a video editor who wants a powerfull cpu and a enough gpu, it makes sense
I mean, it's not ideal. A lot of really good laptops like the Omen 15 and the Legion 5 have much better thermal performance, with the high end being like 80-85C as the max I've experienced. With a laptop stand, you can easily lower the high to 67-75C. While I don't think 85-90 is particularly good, it's the top end of how hot a gaming laptop should get. I think they usually start throttling around 100C.
@@dandiaz19934 Yeah, that's kind of what I was thinking. I've throttled my laptop back a bit to help keep my temps lower. I had thought about liquid metal, but I'm not ready to take that risk lol.
I've been thinking about getting this laptop for sometime and have been wondering how well it performs with photo editing software(lightroom&photoshop) wanna have both the gaming and hobbie together
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Laptops has gotten so damn good these last few years without the need of buying a damn 20lbs brick for $4000. Laptops in the range of $1200-$1400 are amazing.
I just up the prices of these over here(UK) and I must admit the performance to value balance seems to be OK these days in complete contrast to desktops lately.
@@darthwiizius Yeah Currys pc world has been really good these past years for laptops
And sold out. Can’t find anything other than the MSI Katana with an i7-11800h this side of the atlantic
Can u recommend a good one with this price range for me? I'm really lost, I heared that 3050ti is not enough so I want a decent laptop with 3060 (ofc I can dream of having 3070 but it's impossible at this price range)
I'm about to buy this one today in micro center they are on sale for 899$. I wonder if I can connect my 24inch 144hz asus monitor and play on it while at home ?
At 3:26 the solid block there is supposed to be removed before installing the 2.5" drive and once the bottom cover goes back on, that grating on the bottom cover will hold the 2.5" drive in place together with the plastic grating on the laptop itself in order to maintain the alignment of the 2.5" inch drive and hold it in place. So that's why there's no mounting hardware included, it's not needed.
The block is hard rubber btw not foam and it's meant to keep the bottom cover from warping when theres no drive in there.
I've seen a similar implementation on 2.5" sata to usb drive enclosures which are used to convert internal 2.5" drives to external drives. It's actually a pretty clever way to mount 2.5" drives without screws.
Just purchased this laptop w/ the 3050ti / i7 11800H / 512 GB SSD for $899.99. I feel like this is an absolute amazing laptop for under $1000. Great bang-for-the-buck.
I'm about to buy it for the same price. Do you think I would have problems connecting it to my 24inch asus 144hz monitor while playing at home ? Would it give me any issues ?
Hey buddy, i found this and im thinking to buy it too, whats the average fps u get in games?
Is the laptop still holding up , thinking of getting it
I love this laptop been playing apex legends at 144 fps!!! Cyberpunk runs extremely well. No issues what so ever
@@zangetsu_8633 can you run gta on the katana gf66
Nice laptop, now I have another thing that I can dream about having but can never have
😭
Get a job
Man the self-pity "humor" in youtube comments has really gotten overboard lately. Get a damn job, save some money for a year and buy yourself something instead of bitching. It's starting to get annoying seeing these as top comments on EVERY video.
Just started working honestly already getting stuff I dreamed about especially since my supervisor just sold me a evga 3070 XC3 ultra for 700 so it’s a plus
@@Chakeis I'm joking man, I'm a student so I can't get stuff like these yet, don't get mad over a yt comment.
I've had this exact laptop for a few months now and it's awesome, the 144hz with even only 1080p is very smooth with surprising quality. I'm coming from console though, so I've never had a true taste of pc gaming. It's nice being in control of your graphics and being able to keep it all cooled off with the gpu, though it is kinda loud. Nothing a good headset can't solve though. I sat around 60fps running most games on ultra quality but you will want to have it connected to power so 1) it doesn't die and 2) it doesn't default to 30fps because of refresh rate. Well rounded, but again I'm coming from console.
doesn't it has screen wobbling problem
Want to buy this laptop, but does your hinge face some issues, because i read some blog reviews that msi hinge are troublesome
@@aryangarg0608 Not that I have ever noticed.
@@SneakHead97 I can't say it has given me any issues, so I'm gonna say no.
@@SneakHead97 if u didn't buy it yet, get DELL ++++ 10x better than MSI shit laptops, cheap plastic annoying noises and the screen hinges so bad
I've come to enjoy your channel it's not all about just technology and gaming and portable small PCS but it's a pleasure to see various things of items that you review on your channel various retro gaming and tutorials on how to build things for your own self thank a self-taught autodidact I had to subscribe thank you so much
Just bought a msi gf66 katana, i7-11800h, rtx 3060.. definitly cant wait for it to show up.. bought a laptop cooling base to sit it on because they do get a lil warm
Yow up u might not see this but does it over heat often?
@@tyrellhall2923 mine does have heat issues noe that its 2 years old but it still performs like the day it was bought
So roughly desktop 1660 ti performance except only 4GB of vram. That low vram really kills the future proofing of this laptop considering 6GB vram is barely enough for some current games.
6GB was fine with the 1660ti because the bottleneck was just the GPU, but yeah AC Valhalla runs like garbage at high setting on 4gb of RAM
@@jesusbarrera6916 that game is unoptimized anyway
@@thn4296 just like anything ubisoft makes
Performance of this laptop really surprised me. I have 3050 Ti 60W, 16GB RAM and i5 11400H. I bought it for 22500 CZK (1040$) and i am happy with that.
Does you laptop have any heating issues and do you recommend buying it?
@@tusharsaxena8239 I didn’t notice any heating issues, i have 65 degrees on CPU and max 70 degrees on GPU
If you have more money to spend, buy 3060. But i can recommend it
In lithuania its the same price nice
@@Jay-qy7jc i am going to buy it for $1000 should i go for it or consider something other
hopefully i'll get my first gaming laptop this week the gf66 with i7 and 3060, cant wait
I got the GP66 like 3 days ago its pretty impressive
If you're lucky you can find a legion 5 with 3060 and Ryzen 5 for €1050/1100 which I would say is better
Exactly what i did
@@stevenshaun6149 I would have done it already if my parents weren't annoying
Exactly what I got. Really good bang for the buck. Love that it's a 130w 3060 as well. Also the 165hz ips is awesome as well.
Or a Legion 5 Pro. The Ryzen 5 configuration can also be had for around 1150 EUR, at least in my country.
@@Max_Mustermann are there any other difference's then the specs
Can't wait to see emulation performance 💪
If it plays modern AAA games like this... You already have your answer.
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Same!
I got this with a 3070 for £850 in the UK. Great laptop, with an excellent screen. I’m playing GTA 5, with high settings (no advanced graphical settings though, or MSAA) at a locked 144 fps, to match the screen @1080p.
I'm in the UK too. Where was that from? Great price!
@@BarryWardUK - ebuyer.
Just got this today. Super nice. For what you get in this machine, you would expect to pay a few hundred more. The construction feels very sturdy as well. This has been a nice upgrade from my old i7-7700hq.
@@chiranmayi9691 for sure lol
Hey mind telling me are u still enjoying this or no?
Hey, any thoughts about i5 version of this laptop?
Does anyone facing any issues with this model.
@@sivaram3810 yes, mine recently dropped to 27 fps average when playing gta v using default settings, im guessing its an issue with the thermal paste.
I got the MSI GS75 stealth 10SE and it’s basically this and I’ve had some trouble with its hardware but I’ve since been loving it and I want to upgrade some parts but it’s way harder to take apart then this model. Great review 🍍
Im in quarantine in a hotel and oh how i wish i had one of these to game with while away from home. Oh and a solid hotspot too
Even at a good price, the looks of this laptop is a dealbreaker for alot of people I know.
The thing I hate is that in a lot if reviews people say that its overheating too much and that the screen is flexing , the battery is dying so fast etc which could be a deal breaker for most people unless they dont move around much
@@pureslyce3186 but that's kinda the common main issue of these gaming laptops because of their specs the system struggles on maintaining minimal temp and because of its designs thermal coolings are not that efficient.
@@pureslyce3186 you can adjust the power consumption settings in the msi center software to get more battery life, thats just a no brainer but apparently most reviewers don't even check that out at all.
so it has battery consumption and screen wobbling problem?
Lmao dog for 799 or 699 on sale. Ur not gonna beat this deal lmao. U will get a better gpu and cpu. But the company’s will sneak in a 43ms response time on ur monitor lmao. U have no hope of playing anything comfortably at that latency. So if ur looking for a laptop. I’d stay away from msi unless it is a katana or sword or better. Gf66 katanas have a response time of like 10MS. Wich isn’t bad. About on par with Lenovo legion 5 Wich is a great laptop. But the msi g65 g63 and all those “thin” variants have like 40+ms response times. So a lil bit of wobble or something is much more livable then the bad latency. If u buy a laptop the overall latency should be the very first thing u ask lol. I can’t tell u how many times I’ve found a perfect laptop for 699. But the response time is 30MS. That’s not worth over 400-500$ to me personally.
At the top end of the TDP range the 3050 ti is formidable enough, but it's really gimped by the 4gb of VRAM. 4gb is small enough to even hold back the older 1650 ti in a good amount of games and that is a way slower card.
this is very true. nvidia & amd are guilty...i firmly believe because the 3050 with higher vram is capable..i believe this is to sell more mid/upper range machines. you have to go up to a 3060 laptop to get more than 4GB of vram now. sucks.
Thanks for the upload!
Please, consider SteamVR Performance Test for your next laptop review.
it depends if he has a vr headset or not
@@captainchris2 The tool can be run without a VR headset but nvm I've found my answer, All 3000 series are VR supported
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Bought this one with a rtx3060 and the i7 11800h 16gb for $1100 at Costco, seeing the performance of this one makes me excited to get my new laptop next week... Only downside is it has 512gb ssd, but I have a 1tb m.2 and a extra 512gb 2.5" I can throw in it! Coming from a 7 year old msi ghost with a 6gb 970m and a i7-4720, so it'll be a great upgrade.
Same! The only diff is I’m upgrading from a 5yrs old asus rog. The reseller was kind enough to chip in another 16gb ram and 1tb ssd. However, the price in my country is around $1400usd
U got any issues with it so far?
I added an additional 2tb ssd because of this, working good now.
Looking forward for a emulation video😍
Hey ETA! big thank you for that headphone coupon! I just redeamed!!
I watch so many videos about nice computers and dream about what it would be like to have one. Then I remember my budget and sigh.
ETA prime is such a good TH-cam I have been watching ETA prime for a long time and I like ETA PRIME support him
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Very nice indeed. Would like to have seen the retirement of USB 2.0 ports on new machines and more use of type C.
MSI gaming laptops: Im on my 3rd motherboard after the first 2 died. Buyer beware
Well that 105°C CPU may have something to do with the bad motherboard
Yeah, that would need something harder to cool it down
Try undervolt or disable intel turbo boost or limit cpu on power option. Turn down game settings for normal use/long play session so it won't stress the system.
My GE72 Raider is 6 years old and still works like new. I just picked up a GE66 Raider for the new games and its running strong.
I've had an MSI TITAN nearly 3 years and it's still kicking bottom.
This is a great laptop. I personally have the asus tuf f17 laptop and it is so good. Its better than you think. Would recommend it. This one looks great too. I kinda like msi laptops.
Great video as usual. Could u plz put frametime graph while doing pc gaming tests.
> We have a single fan cooling the CPU and a single fan cooling the GPU
We clearly see GPU heatpipes going to both upper side heatsinks and is in fact cooled by both fans.
Really a big tank you to you I got so much info out of this video really dood video
Witcher 3 a 2015 game, still makes into gaming tests which speaks volumes about it's quality
well, it got a next-gen update so it's pretty much a 2022 game now.
What do u recommend for gaming ???
This laptop or asus dash f15?
More Laptop reviews please! 🙂
Mine is still doing awesome!
just got this laptop with a 3060! probably gonna do some upgrades with ram just so I can run some vr games easier
My new school laptop for ‘design’
Just ordered mine
Me too:)
Hi! I have found exactly this Laptop version at the price of 1300 euros.
With the only difference of a bigger 17.3 inch screen
Do you believe its a Good Deal? Should i proceed? Thanks!
Hey. I got the same laptop, but with a 17" screen. I was wondering if you could help me. How am I able to upgrade it? Would a 3.5" SSD Drive fit? And are most of the upgradablities similar?
Guys should I buy this laptop?
YESS I'LL BUY IT THIS WEEK FOR 600$
Edit: turns out mine is the gf65 but still pretty amazing laptop
Here because been shopping for my first gaming computer. I found out about the Katana through Nvidias website and got it 200$ cheaper from ControlCenter. Bug shoutout, got it on Affirm, really excited
The GF66 with the RTX 3060 does have a second MVME slot so you can add a second mvme.
Love your content
I am also waiting for the emulation performance but pretty sure it will crush anything you throw at it.
Absolutely destroy emulation up to maybe the ps3 😍
nice video ,Just orderd it 👌
Everyone shitting on RTX 3050/ti but u can get laptops with this GPU for less than $1000 and it performs better than 1650/ti. Also RTX cards have DLSS support, so u wanna take advantage of that to get more FPS. So if ur looking for a budget laptop with a good gpu for 1K and less don't hesitate to grab the 3050/ti unless u need more VRAM, shit ton of workload and super high performance. Should be very much fine for a casual gamer and students.
those temps are just crazy, I have a Legion 5 R7 5800H Rtx 3050ti and the Cpu never goes beyond 85°C reendering up to 3 hours videos, also did a stress test and the same history Ryzen are just much cooler
Intel cpu = heater
I mean, that's a bit of an exaggeration. Both AMD and Intel HP Omen 15 run at similar temperatures. Intel does create slightly more heat but that's part of it also being able to handle higher wattage than the AMD chips. I wouldn't say it's a radical thing, maybe like 5C difference at best.
@@dandiaz19934 I just had an i7 8750h and now a r7 5800h and the temps differences are insane, the i7 would reach 100° in a matter of second, while the r7 never goes that high while it actually reaches the 4.4ghz as advertised, it has been a much better experience going Ryzen
Wished they had Micro Centers here in the UK
there are different versions of the GF66 laptop. Version 11UE, with the RTX3060 has 2x M.2 slots, plus the 2.5HDD option.
Ordered one but with bigger screen (GF76) and 3070 rtx. But from what i saw ftom other reviews most laptops with same graphic cards are better. This one just had good price in my region
3070 but lower tgp
Hi! Thanks for the review! I've noticed that during game play on most games the cpu gets to 90c, isn't it too hot for cpus?
Of course it's going to be awesome. It's a 3050 Ti with a decent cpu and ram...
YOU SHOULD DO THE ACER SWIFT X I really wanna see the Temps on the laptop because acer be making their thin laptops have bad cooling but you should check it out.
I wouldn't recommend it mostly because the 3050Ti is behind even the 1660Ti and that 4GB of VRAM is anything but future proof btw the MSI GL66 is an awesome choice
They're really relying on the fact that the 3050ti is capable of DLSS and the 1660s are not. For the time being more raster performance is just better specially with AMD's FSR now out and about if it hopefully expands to a lot more games (Which can even be done by the end users through mods so not really something you *have* to rely on the devs and publishers for) then the 3050ti is just not a good deal overall.
I yeah but I only really play older games to begin with. There are only a few newer games that I am even interested in and yeah, the eye candy is nice, but a game should be good enough to play without it turned on.
@@_shadow_1 well yes tbh I only play games like GTA but what I'm trying to say is that the price to performance ratio isn't that impressive and if you are willing to pay that much for a 3050Ti you might as well go for the 3060 which is marginally better
@@thidasvinnath8017 Yeah that is true, If it was in a like 600-800 dollar range for a laptop with one it would be a much better deal for what the 3050ti offers.
For anyone who's tried it, is dlss performance sharp enough on a screen as small as a laptop's? I know a fhd 15.6 display has 50% more pixels per inch than an average 24 inch desktop one but I wanted the opinion of someone who's tried it. If not, balanced and quality always exist so it's not a big issue.
Exactly on a small screen we don't really feel like loosing any pixels + DLSS don't really scale down the game too much so we don't really feel the difference in compare to FSR nice of you to notice and mention that.
Plus it has a 144hz panel so I mean if you're coming from 60hz you'll cream your pants either way.
Should've been in the 800 range, 4gb video card really?
just a question, does the ram have dual function? is it 2 sticks of 8gm ram or 1 stick of 16gb ram? I heard 2 sticks aka dual function is very good for laptops and plays well with the rtx 30 series.
It's 2 sticks of 8gb if it's the 16gb model and 1 stick of 8gb for the 8gb model.
@@nosnitsttam could you dual boot with one of the sticks of ram?
@@DeathSmoke187 I'm not sure I understand. you can always dual boot if you have the hard disk space. RAM doesn't really come into play.
@@nosnitsttam Oh i thought you halved the ram when dual booting.
How do you think this laptop would handle running OBS? It wouldn't necessarily to run games at the same time for me as I am currently solely gaming from a PS5 but it would be a bonus.
Grabbed one on sale from microcenter. Do I need a bracket to install a 2.5" ssd and I'm guessing that big chunk of foam comes out?
I'll just copy and paste my older comment about this
At 3:26 I think the foam block is supposed to be placed on the 2.5" drive after installing it and once the bottom cover goes back on, that foam should compress and hold the 2.5" drive in place and the plastic grating is meant to maintain the alignment of the 2.5" inch drive and prevent the foam from pushing it further back. So I think that's why there's no mounting hardware included.
I've seen a similar implementation on 2.5" sata to usb drive enclosures which are used to convert internal 2.5" drives to external drives. It's actually a pretty clever way to mount 2.5" drives without screws.
So I really hope you didn't throw the foam block away.
@@pr3cious193 "I'll just copy and paste my older comment about this"
I'll just assume you didn't read the timestamp to my comment? But thanks for your thoughts. I have not removed the foam. I upgraded the nvme drive since no one seemed to have an answer.
Would you say the i5 11th gen variant of this one is worth the buy for the budget it's in?
Jarrodstech doesn’t have much love for the 3050 ti. Surprised how well it’s doing.
Which is better for gaming ?
razer blade 15 advanced i7 9750h 2070 vs msi katana gf66 3060
Awesome video! What gen is the HDMI?
How long is the charge supposed to last without being plugged in? Mine only lasted just over 3 hours and it was down to 10% already!
Damn brother this is awesome but can you add arma 3 to your game test list?
battery size and is it good enough for gaming?
I wonder. What would the performance of the GTX 3050 Ti and GTX 3050 be compared to other GPUs? Like between similar Nvidia and AMD GPUs?
Between 1650ti and 1660ti (mobile GPUs)
@@priyanshugoyal7072 Thank you
hey from the future i still use this laptop daily
is it still holding up to the latest game? how much is the price at the moment?
@@VincentYohanes-lb7dw no no it is not. I don’t know what happened either the batteries dead and I have to replace it or the charger is gone and did I have to replace that or it could’ve been the whole motherboard that’s gone I come to find out that MSI doesn’t really make the laptops anymore.
@@VincentYohanes-lb7dw also, I didn’t play that much intensive games. The last three things I was playing with the new persona game forza 5 mgr and hollow knight
I was mostly interested in noise levels under load.
thermal paste alone will boost you up enough to get that 144+
Is this overkill for making beats?
Are you going to be doing a review on the Clockwork Devterm when it releases ETA Prime?
Trying to buy one laptop.which laptop should I buy for gaming and programming oriented under INR 1,00,000
ty this helped a lot lol
any specific reason why my GF66 UE has garbage wifi connection? Im getting 20/20mbs wireless on a 500mbs fiberline.
What would be the difference between a laptop with these specs than with a desk PC with the same stuff.
The price.
U should try a Minecraft TNT test
i know what my next purchase is
So did ETA not do an emulation video on this? I can't find it on his channel
I'm not very impressed by the 3050ti, though to be honest. It's worse than the 1660ti! I don't know why they even bothered to call it a 3000series graphics card. I don't think it'll hold much in the future. Even if I was on a budget I'd just save up for a few more months to get the one with the 3060 instead.
well, 1660Ti is a 6GB card and is the entry gen equivalent of 3060 (on a laptop I mean), while 3050 Ti was perhaps supposed to replace the 4GB 1650 Ti. IMO as a 3D artist, even though the 4GB is a bit low, the new OptiX drivers are well worth it for their help in much faster rendering in sumn like Blender Cycles or Octane, plus it's not like we'd get to work on big productions on a laptop anyway. Do think it should have been 6gb at least
This has to be a joke 1k for a laptop like that with a 3050ti??? You can't even mine on that thing. I bought my laptop brand new with a 1660t for 649 and I also picked up a laptop with 1650 from Acer for 600(you can find them for under 500 refurbished). This year isn'¨t for us reasonable people but rather for those who throw money away, stay far far away from laptops like these. You could still find laptops around 750 or lower at launch with 1660 ti's back in the day and note this is meant to replace the 1650 ti not the 1660 ti.
What is the point of pairing that much powerful CPU with so weak GPU, should have paired it with 3060 or 3070
The lower price, that's the point
@@andrescarrasco1248 they should have used i5 11400h then
@@allenwalker9928 that config makes sense for many people, may not for you, but let´s say a video editor who wants a powerfull cpu and a enough gpu, it makes sense
Price
It's nice Looking and a Great Laptop I want one....
Is this laptop has antiglare display?
Is this laptop has Lock Port?
I want a laptop for rendering and running CAD and CAE and CAM is this laptop a good choice?
Can the audio jack be used as a microphone input?
QUESTION: you mentioned that you always uninstall Norton whenever you get a new laptop but what do you use instead ETA Prime?
Windows Defender is actually really good in and of itself.
Nothing.
Looks like a solid choice! Some of those temps were concerning me though....is it normal to regularly hit 85-90C in games on a laptop?
I mean, it's not ideal. A lot of really good laptops like the Omen 15 and the Legion 5 have much better thermal performance, with the high end being like 80-85C as the max I've experienced. With a laptop stand, you can easily lower the high to 67-75C.
While I don't think 85-90 is particularly good, it's the top end of how hot a gaming laptop should get. I think they usually start throttling around 100C.
@@dandiaz19934 Yeah, that's kind of what I was thinking. I've throttled my laptop back a bit to help keep my temps lower. I had thought about liquid metal, but I'm not ready to take that risk lol.
@@Matteo77777 Same here! Very nervous about handling liquid metal as well!
No, this msi laptop has blocked vents
90C for silicone is nothing.
Bro where is the second video :(
Thanx eta
I've been thinking about getting this laptop for sometime and have been wondering how well it performs with photo editing software(lightroom&photoshop) wanna have both the gaming and hobbie together
Awesome gaming laptop 👍
Display is good???
Is this laptop good for rendering works ......for 3ds max and Vray
i love your vids, reminds me i cant affort anything of those toys lmao
What is the difference between a gaming laptop and a non gaming laptop while the cpu and the gpus are the same in most laptops?
You've answered your question.