Hey guys! How's it going? so in today's video we are taking a look at another
budget gaming laptop its MSI gf 63 and at the time of making this video it was
selling for under $750 so this laptop it competes with Lenovo IdeaPad L 340 and
issue stuff laptop in the $700 budget gaming laptop category so I've already
reviewed both the IdeaPad and the issue stuff laptop on this channel so you can
find links to both these videos in the video description below but for today's
video I want to put MSI here 63 through 10 rounds of grueling test so by the end
of this video we will find out if this laptop if it's worth the price so let's
get started
okay round one so it's all about the specs if you are not familiar with msi
brand it's a company heavily involved in making pc components like motherboards
GPUs and you know other add-on cards for a while msi has been making splashes in
the gaming laptop market so the GF 63 it's designed for gamers who don't want
to spend a fortune on their laptop so what exactly are you getting for $750
you are getting a 15.6 inch 1080p display you are getting a ninth
generation Intel Core i5 processor at GTX 1650 GPU you are getting eight gigs
of system ram and you are getting 512 gig of SSD storage so I think these are
pretty good specs for the price point
moving on to round two and it's all about the build quality so this is one
sleek looking laptop in my opinion it looks more like a premium laptop than a
traditional gaming laptop so the top led it's made of brushed aluminum and the
rest of the body is made of hard polycarbonate thanks to its aluminium
top the laptop body feels very sturdy and solid in hands so the bottom of the
laptop it has these intricately designed angles bumps and slants which not only
look cool but they also help with the thermals so the uneven bottom it raises
the laptop base and this helps with the air flow there are two hinges holding
the screen and since they are located at the corners they are able to provide
good support with minimal flex the top of the lid has this bright red msi
dragon logo against a stealthy black brushed aluminum finish and i think it
looks really cool so the same aesthetics it carries over to the keyboard which
has these black keys with red edges the keyboard is backlit enabled but you know
it only supports red color so unfortunately RGB coloring is not there
and it may disappoint some RGB fans now honestly speaking I really don't care
about the RGB backlighting I think the red backlighting on the keyboard it
nicely complements the overall aesthetics of the laptop unfortunately
the brushed aluminium finish it's a fingerprint magnet so you know you have
to keep a microfiber cloth handy to scrub all these fingerprints that you
know you are going to be putting on your laptop so overall I think the build
quality is pretty good with no unintended gaps or crevices between the
materials
okay now they are in round three and it's all about the display quality so
the screen is full HD coming at 1920 by 1080 resolution it's an IPS panel and
supports 60 Hertz refresh rate the screen is fairly bright
and you know it measures around 250 nits of brightness and it also supports wide
viewing angles I think the color reproduction is also good it's vivid and
consistent and even at extreme angles it looks ok the side bezels are minimal
measuring only four point five millimeter and the top bezel it's just
wide enough to house a 720p webcam it's impressive how MSI has managed to put
15.6 inch screen on a traditional 14 inch laptop chassis the only complaint I
have is that this laptop lacks a high refresh rate screen so issue stuff
laptop which also sells for roughly the same price as MSI it does provide a 120
Hertz display and I think high refresh rate screens they are great for gaming
and I wish if MSI had put one in this laptop but unfortunately that's not the
case
okay moving on to round four and round four is all about the internal hardware
respects so MSI gf 63 it comes with an Intel Core i5 processor from the
coffee-like family specifically this is the ninth generation Core i5 nine three
zero zero edge the edge actually stands for high performance CPU so this is a
four core eight thread processor operating at 45 watt TDP it is able to
automatically overclock from 2.4 gigahertz to 4.1 gigahertz while it
still maintains the same 45 watt thermal envelope as a result this laptop can
deliver snappy performance while remaining relatively cool so in the past
mark CPU benchmark this CPU scores 9852 points and compared to the top 10 common
laptop CPUs this CPU occupies the second spot right behind the more expensive
core i7 processor for a budget gaming laptop I think this is a really good CPU
choice you will have no trouble running any modern games at optimal setting it
will also handle day-to-day tasks like surfing running office suites and other
productivity softwares without any issues
okay moving on to round five and this one is all about graphics so in a gaming
laptop GPU is as important if not more important than the CPU so this laptop it
ships with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 16 50 GPU this GPU is 50 percent faster than the
GTX 1050 which ships with you know a bunch of other gaming laptops it has a
whopping 896 CUDA cores which is amazing for a laptop GPU it has four gig of
dedicated gddr5 video ram and it supports 128 gigabytes per second
bandwidth so that translates to excellent gaming performance you will be
able to run almost all modern games at 1080p resolution without any issues at
full HD resolution I was able to play GTA 5 at 88 frames per second at normal
settings and 61 frames per second at high setting far cry 5 I was able to
play that at a respectable 45 and 41 frames per second under similar setup
rise of Tomb Raider I was able to play that game smoothly at 82 and 58 frames
per second while host recon it ran at a respectable 42 and 38 frames per second
by the way in addition to gaming this laptop is also an excellent content
creation workstation the four core eight thread core i5 paired with this powerful
GPU it provides a perfect machine for running Photoshop and various you know
video editing software's like Adobe or the Vinci resolve so if you are looking
for a powerful budget laptop you know to edit your YouTube videos I think this
should be in your shortlist also the gtx 1650 it supports hardware
acceleration on all popular codecs so like h.264/avc vp9 all these codecs they
will be hardware accelerated and so that means when you are watching netflix or
when you're watching youtube and you want to play 4k video they will play
smoothly without any drop frames
okay moving on to round six let's talk about the battery life so gaming laptops
they tend to have horrible battery life but this one it has a decent battery
life in my opinion so it's part by pre-cell battery which has 51 what ours
capacity so I was able to get around four and a half hours of battery life
during continuous video playback at full screen and with Wi-Fi turned off and the
screen brightness dropping it to 25% I was able to actually get about five and
a half hours of battery life so that's not bad for a gaming laptop so this
laptop comes to the 150 watt power brick which is able to charge the battery from
zero to full in about two hours so I would say you know keep your power brick
handy if you are planning to indulge in long gaming sessions when it comes to
thermal heat dissipation msi has put three heat pipes and a single fan to
cool both the CPU and the GPU so I was little worried about thermal throttling
but I did not see any throttling or stability issues during long gaming
sessions so in my CPU stress test involving finding prime numbers the CPU
ran at 3.5 gigahertz for the first few seconds before dropping to a steady 2.3
gigahertz and that's the base clock frequency of this CPU and all the while
the temperature remained at around 65 degree Celsius so I think MSI has done a
decent job with cooling and there was no you know throttling or overheating
now the fans did get loud at peak load but I expect most gamers you know they
will be using headphones so I think that should not be an issue
okay moving to round seven and it's all about the system run so this laptop
comes with eight gig of system ram now eight gig is adequate but I would
recommend upgrading the RAM and luckily MSI has made it very easy to upgrade the
RAM there are two DIMM slots that are available for memory upgrade the eight
gig ram it's occupying the first m slot and the second slot is empty so all you
have to do is get another 8 gig stick and put it in the second slot and that
will not only double your ram it's also going to enable the dual channel memory
configuration and if you're not familiar with dual channel configuration it is
about 10 to 15 percent faster than the single channel configuration so i highly
recommend that you know if you are planning to get this laptop spend some
money ram is not that expensive and add at least 8 gig ram on top of the
existing 8 gig ram so you will have a 16 gig ram you know laptop and it will be
dual channel memory I will throw a link in the description of a compatible
memory module that is going to work with this laptop so if you are interested in
upgrading the RAM check out the links below to find the compatible memory
solutions now if you want to go crazy you can actually go all the way up to 32
gig RAM and max out both the DEM slots more ram not only helps with gaming but
it also helps with applications like Photoshop or if you are planning to run
video editing software or any productivity software it will get
tremendous boost from extra RAM
okay now we are in round 8 let's talk about the SSD storage so this laptop
comes with 512 Giga PCIe nvme SSD the SSD has fast read/write speed which is
great for snappy performance and reduced Windows 10 boot time if you want to
upgrade the storage msi actually gives you a SATA 3 slot so all the cables and
adapters that are needed to add a second SSD drive
they are already present in the motherboards so kudos to msi for making
sure that you know you don't have to go buy any other extra accessory so this
makes it super easy to add another assistive drive to expand your storage
if you plan to use this laptop for other things besides gaming I would encourage
adding another SSD drive especially if you are doing video editing because then
you will need lot of storage so adding a second SATA 3 Drive will make lot of
sense so I will throw a link in the description of compatible SATA 3 SSD
that will work with this laptop and you can check out their prices on Amazon
okay now we are in round nine and this round is all about the keyboard and the
trackpad so this laptop it comes with an island style keyboard which is backlit
enabled so as I mentioned before there is no RGB lighting you only get
monochromatic red color the keys have one point four millimeter travel
distance and they offer 71 grams of actuation force so this results in
uniform feedback across all the main keys including the backspace key the
Delete key and the space key and I really like that now the keyboard lacks
the numerical keys which you know it doesn't bother me personally but if you
are into like typing lot of data in applications like Excel then be
cognizant of the fact that there are no numerical keys now on the plus side the
arrow keys come in full-size which is great for gaming I found this keyboard
to be pretty good not just for gaming but also for typing long documents okay
now let's talk about the trackpad I think it is just the right size
measuring at 4.1 by 2.6 inches it feels very responsive and supports
multi-touch gestures like pinch to zoom and you know three finger swipes the
embedded left and right click buttons are also pretty snappy they felt neither
too mushy or too stiff and this is a problem which plagues some you know
other laptops so good job msi on making sure that both the keyboard and the
trackpad they are pretty good
okay moving to the 10th and the final round and this is all about the ports so
MS IGF 63 it has plenty of USB ports for you to connect all your peripheral
devices so you get the two USB 3.1 type-a ports you also get a USB type-c
port unfortunately there is no Thunderbolt 3 ports so you can't you
know attach an external GPU now honestly I don't know how many people like to use
that feature but if you are into like attaching an external GPU through
thunderbolt port unfortunately you won't be able to do this there is also an
Ethernet port available and this is great for establishing a stable internet
connection during your LAN parties so I think that's cool now the laptop also
offers a separate mic and headphone jack if you want to connect a professional
microphone right if you are like playing online games or if you are you know
streaming your gameplay I think that will be useful also there is an HDMI
port on the back of the laptop for connecting it to an external monitor if
you want to you know attach a bigger monitor so overall I'm very impressed
with the msi GF 63 gaming laptop I think it's a solid choice for gaming laptops
that offer good performance at a reasonable price however this is not the
only gaming laptop in the market there is Lenovo IdeaPad Dell 340 which has the
same exact CPU GPU Ram and SSD configuration and it sells for about
seven hundred fifteen dollars there is also a issue stuff gaming laptop which
uses AMD risin 5 processor and the same NVIDIA GPU and that one goes for $650 so
I've already reviewed both these laptops here on this channel and you can find
links to these reviews in the video description below so you can check out
those reviews and then you can make your own evaluation which laptop is best for
your needs so I hope you found this video useful if you have any questions
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