Price: $758.17
(as of Nov 28, 2024 10:11:09 UTC - Details)

MSI Thin 15 15.6” 144Hz FHD Gaming Laptop: Intel Core i5-12450H, NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2050, 16GB DDR5, 512GB NVMe SSD, Cooler Boost 5, Win 11: Black B13UCX-2041US
Powered Up: The 12th Gen. Intel Core i5 processor to deliver maximum efficiency in gameplay, Multi-task work and productivity.
Simplistic Design: Enjoy the latest generation of Windows 11 Home for your everyday needs. *MSI recommends Windows 11 Pro for business use.
Beyond Fast: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 powered by the Ada architecture unleashes the full glory of ray tracing, which simulates how light behaves in the real world.
FHD Display: The 15.6” 144Hz display delivers fast refresh rate for better immersive experience.
MSI Intelligent Technology: MSI Laptops now accelerate work and play even faster and more efficiently than ever before, taking automatic tuning to a whole new level.
Reviewer: Carmen Brown
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent gaming laptop!!
Review: This is by far the best gaming laptop!! 💻 We bought this for my oldest son, he earned this laptop due to being a straight "A" student! It came well packaged, it's very fast download speed, easy setup, the performance is great! It's bigger than we expected, but that even better! Great display quality!! Highly recommend!!

Reviewer: Allen
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A Solid Laptop for a Solid Price
Review: As someone who wanted a laptop that wasn't too high-end (so I wouldn't mourn over its loss) and something that wasn't too weak, I am thoroughly satisfied with this purchase.Graduating from an ROG "ultra gamer laptop", the outer casing is such a breath of fresh air. The thing is fully enclosed with a sleek black. The only thing that offsets the darkness is the piercing red of the shield and the keyboard. This is definitely where the "less-is-better" approach shines through - I'm not ashamed to bust this laptop out in a public area. Really grateful for the design choice here.In terms of performance, I have no qualms with it. As someone who plays Rocket League, Heroes of the Storm, and Fortnite, I can run these games on medium at 100-120fps. While it does get hot, it does arguably better than my older laptop, sitting under 80C during load. If you can get to knowing how to use the gamer profiles on Dragon Center, it'll help you a TON. While the presets have their own fan curves, you can also set your own. While I'm not gaming on battery, I am still doing some creative work like Photoshop/Krita. Even then I could use it for a while before I have to plug it in - though I usually have it plugged in so I don't have much experience on this end.I can't say too much for the keyboard. This classic laptop chiclet design is a far cry from my main mechanical keyboard, but it's nothing foreign from laptops of old which I'm fine with. Bonus points to having the enter key and backslash kind of combine to look like a reverse L enter key! How charming.A word of advice? Get a USB hub. This is constantly the issue I have with laptops - they'd probably have to increase the form factor to fit in more. All in all, this is a solid machine. I'll update this in case anything breaks.

Reviewer: Christian Cruz
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Really well for average gamer
Review: I recommend this computer to anyone who is your avid gamer. I was able to run games that were not easy to run on your typical pc. However, I will say that some of these games only work smoothly if you have the battery connected most of the time. For example, when I run the sims, it works smoothly when it's fully charged, but after it gets to 50% or less, the whole game runs so much slower. Almost like the laptop isn't a gaming laptop with good core and hz. I did research and came up with this laptop multiple times. I only really play the sims so I didn't think to get a whole pc setup, with a well working component. Either way, besides the battery drainage, it works just as intended. I was a bit disappointed about the fact that I can't really decorate the laptop since it's red and black themed already. It looks awesome, but I would've liked to decorate to whatever mood I'm in at the time I use it. Not to mention that I use this laptop for school, so it's kind of awkward having a whole gaming laptop with loud noises in the middle of class. It does get hot on the sides, so if you can afford it, definitely get a laptop cooling pad. Amazon has plenty.

Reviewer: Poptart
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Personally I love this computer
Review: The screen is quite clean it's nice looking basically it's very smooth to be honest. The screen is pretty decent it's better than most I've had which isn't many but this computer is worth it to be honest if you're looking to game and do some work. The process speed of it is quite quick also. It's very quite when using it if it's not going pass it's limit. The speaker on it is quite clear as well. But I do suggest if you get this try to get a 32 GB ram for it make sure it's the right one like this one is a ddr 5 I believe.

Reviewer: Enrique R.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: My best purchase of 2021.
Review: I'm a huge fan of MSI. This notebook is probably the best purchase I made late last year. The performance isn't bad whatsoever. Playing games like Rogue Company, Destiny 2 Rainbow Six Siege at over 100 to 200 fps makes it a better option than that of most home console. But at 1080p at high or medium settings of course. Some cons that I have to address though. 1. The battery dies fast even while playing small, less demanding games and can clock in at less than 2 hours before needing a charge again. 2. Unplugging the notebook from the power cable can cut performance in half or more. 3. Not much USB connectors so you're limited to what you can use unless you shell out for a usb hub. It's worth IMO. 4. Storage is murder if you want to install some if the best AAA games since it in only has 512gb out of the box plus the 16gb Ram is enough for gaming but editing needs more though. The best solution is upgrading to more storage and adding more ram once you feel you really need it. Check YouTube for any good tutorial videos once ready for upgrade. Finally 5. Temperature and noise levels. This notebook can get exceedingly hot and loud during sessions, I use a Tecknet cooler to help but it just manages to keep it a better temperature than reliying on the notebooks loud fans. Using headphones is only way bypass this annoyance, cause the "jet engine" like sound will put you off in just about an hour. Even with all these cons, I can't recommend this laptop enough. The performance is just too good and it's probably the best way to enter pc gaming at a decent price due to the ongoing GPU drought thanks to the chip shortage.

Reviewer: Alejandro Barajas
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Excelente para trabajar y jugar

Reviewer: Téllez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Compre esta laptop porque necesitaba mas poder y portabilidad de en mi trabajo (soy diseñador y escritor)La laptop cumple con lo que promete y fue un gran salto de una Macbook Pro 2015.Rendimiento: PROS- Al tener una grafica dedicada, puedes jugar practicamente cualquier juego desde fall guys hasta juegos pesados como GOW en graficos bajos medios.- En programas como PS, el rendimiento es exepcional y muy fluido.- El SSD M.2 es de poca capacidad pero veloz, lo cambiaré para tener mayor espacio. (Ojo solo tiene un slot para M.2)RENDIMIENTO: CONTRAS- Nunca había comprado una laptop gamer, y mi sorpresa fue que cuando tienes poca batería el rendimiento (más en juegos) se ve muy afectado, limitando la potencia al grado de no poder jugar fluidamente.- Los 8 GB de RAM son suficientes unica y exclusivamente si no la usaras mas que para tareas de ofimatica, para cualquier uso diferente si o si necesitaras 16 GB.CALIDAD - PROS- Los materiales son en su mayoria plastico, por lo que el peso es muy bajo.CALIDAD - CONTRAS- Tiende a ensuciarse DEMASIADO, si eres una persona que le sudan mucho las manos se notara aún más.Tips adicionales:En mi PC de escritorio cuento con un Ryzen 5 5600X y una RTX 3070Ti, el rendimiento de la de escritorio claramente es muy superior, pero aún y cuando comparto archivos para continuar el trabajo fuera de casa, la laptop se comporta bastante bien y a la altura.Desde el día 1 opte por colocar 32 GB RAM, no hace falta decir que el rendimiento mejoro MUCHISIMO. (Tiene 2 modulos y soporta hasta 64 GB)El panel es IPS, por lo que si ya tienes una PC de escritorio con un panel VA o TN, notarás que los colores son mas fríos pero a su vez más reales.

Reviewer: Juan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: La laptop es un monstruo delgado, tiene muy buen rendimiento, hasta ahora la he probado en 3 juegos, Doom Eternal (lo corre de maravilla en gráficos altos) Just Cause (unos 40 a 60 fps en altos, pero eso ya es cosa de la optimización) y Control (30 fps a gráficos medios), quizás los corra mucho mejor haciendo Overclock. El teclado no es iluminado, pero en lo personal la prefiero así, le da un toque más discreto a la hora de trabajar con ella, aún así durante la noche si se logran distinguir bien cada tecla (adjunté foto), ya que el brillo de la pantalla refleja en la letra blanca que tiene cada tecla. No es tan ruidosa comparándolas con otras, en el video parece que es ruidosa, pero en persona muy apenas la escuchas, vengo de una asus, esa parecía avión a punto de despegar... Sin duda alguna Vale la pena cada centavo.Obs: no tiene la tecla ñ, pero funciona, poniendo tu mapeado del teclado en español, así podrás escribir sin ningún problema (siempre y cuando te sepas el teclado de memoria)Edito: después de actualizar los drivers de nvidia y Windows, el juego control lo corre a. 60fps en mediosGears of war lo corre a 60fps en ultra y starwars JFO lo corre a. 60fps en altos

Reviewer: Fernando Antonio
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Tenia mis dudas por que no ubico la marca, pero al verdad es que no tengo queja, ya llevo como 18 meses con ella y funciona muy bien , se actualiza y no presenta calentamiento.

Reviewer: Rodrigo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Muy buena maquina, con buen rendimiento, el único pero que le pondría es la duración de la batería.