msi Stealth 17 Studio 17.3" QHD 240Hz Gaming Laptop: 13th Gen Intel Core i9, RTX 4080, 32GB DDR5, 1TB NVMe SSD, Thunderbolt 4, USB-Type C, Cooler Boost Trinity+, Win11 Home: Core Black A13VH-053US

The laptop looked and felt nice. Unfortunately, it just didn't power on. I called MSI and they had me try a battery reset using the pinhole on the back. That did nothing and the MSI rep suggested I start a return through Amazon rather than an RMA through them. Starting the return process with Amazon took a long time to get sorted out in my particular situation. I did get my refund in a much shorter time than the return policy and the reps on the phone made it seem I would. It took about one week for my return package to get back to them and my refund to be processed. UPDATE: I've been using the replacement for a while now and I love it. Big screen but it's body is slim and relatively light. I mostly use it for coding and it is nice and fast for Unity, Android Studio, Visual Studio, Pycharm, and Rider.

I have been using MSI laptops for 8 years and they never disappoint. I love the display only bested by the mini led version and last years raiders oled display. The temps are the best I have every seen making me believe they couldve put a higher powered gpu. 60 degrees on both cpu and gpu on all games I play some being more gpu intensive and others cpu intensive. This laptop is great for those who like to game but also are on the move a lot and want a lighter smaller laptop. The 17 inch screen is a bit larger and will required a larger bag to carry the laptop if the size is too much i would recomend the 16 or 14in versions. All in all great laptop.

I bought this laptop a few weeks ago and have been enjoying it ever since. The rtx 4080 and i9-13900H deliver performance in games that's comparable to my desktop which is equipped with the same amount of ram, an rtx 3080 ti, and an i7 8700k. The processor is the real upgrade in that comparison though. It runs Star citizen well (as of 3.18 whenever the servers are having a good day), halo infinite runs maxed out at over 70+ fps most of the time. As of right now I think this laptop can run everything pretty well. Downsides: Initially upon receiving the laptop the keys were sticking constantly. Example: "I would be typiiiiiiing a sentence and about every ten words or so a keeeeeeey would stick" This is an issue that I have seen in other reviews. After a bit of troubleshooting I have discovered a solution to this consistent issue. You have to go into the windows updater and enable all of the optional updates. This laptop ships with factory firmware that leads to this "key stickiness" which is unbearable to deal with. All you have to do to fix this issue is update the firmware and ensure that your windows and drivers are up to date. That fixed the problem for me. The screen is not G-sync or freesync compatible. This is a small issue but the fact that this screen can run at 240hz and has no adaptive or G-sync is just annoying. The constantly changing framerates mean that you're going to see all sorts of stuttering when going from 60 to 120 fps for example. Which happens a lot in most modern games when you have the settings turned up high or even at the reccomended settings. This has led me to just set the refresh rate to 60 which has eliminated the stuttering that's caused due to fps fluctuation. Which negates the purpose of even having a 240hz display. Overall the issues I have encountered have all been minor and you can't beat this price for a laptop with this set of hardware. The only thing I wish that they had changed would be the screen. I would've taken a 165, 144 or even a 120hz display if it meant that there could be some gsync or adaptive sync.

Works great. No issues at this time of writing. Games run great at max settings with no issues. Good weight and nice design. Low profile Creeper gaming laptop. Only issue is MAN, it get hot at times. Definitely don't have it sitting on your lap on a hot sunny day, be cooking more then meatballs.

Pros -Relatively good performance -Screen has really good fidelity -A lot of customization through MSI's software Cons(problem list) -The keyboard feels okay at first - but begins feeling very mushy. -The keyboard also will randomly lose backlight on some keys, I believe this is a software issue but still an annoyance. -The most annoying this about the keyboard is that it will randomly just start sitting on the last key you type. I have no idea what causes this but it also shows as the laptop won't show what key you pressed until the next one is pressed. But this is very annoying as it will hang on what the last key you typed and it is a very small delay before your screen is covered in the last key you pressed. -The screen will randomly shut off and will occasionally have some static as the picture like an old television screen. This is not the experience you should have with a 2500 dollar computer. -make sure the laptop is propped up underneath as the laptop gets extremely hot and will burn your fingers on the wasd keys. Now 1 star... Update: Screen has went out after about 7 months. I cannot rate this product any lower. MSI support is terrible and a waste of time. Wait 5 days for a response? No thank you. I had so much brand loyalty to MSI. They were my first gfx card and motherboard. The 6 computers I've built all have msi gfx cards and motherboard. I even bought their terrible case. I will probably never buy another MSI product again following this laptop, the 4080 issues, and my 7900 XT problems. Please don't make my same mistakes.

I can finally play my favorite steam games again on the best settings. Only con is it seems a little slow to start up

awesome system and really impressive in terms of cooling and performance. very happy with the bio features and business solutions. MSI did not disappoint.

Like another person said the display WAS listed as 1000 nits DisplayHDR 1000 certified. They changed it once myself and others called them out on it. It's 300 nits. However, The display is still VERY good. I have more issue with trying to code and not being able to easily read the SHIFT+ symbols like @#$%. The keys are bright enough only in the center of the keys. They are VERY faint in the corner of the keys where the tiny symbols are located. It's hard to read F1-F12 as well. What's the point of all the fancy RGB colors if the keys SUCK? I'm also getting some crackle in the audio and a key seems to stick now and then for some reason ???

Una laptop con un diseño agradable no es muy agresivo, buenas curvas. El teclado se ve espectacular el RGB de este es simplemente fascinante y se siente bastante firme cuenta con muy buen acomodo aunque no este en español tiene una amplia variedad de funciones (FN) como controlar los ventiladores, bloquear la sesión, controlar la intensidad del propio RGB incluso tiene una función para agregar un crossair al centro de la pantalla, más las funciones básicas de cualquier teclado como son controlar sonido reproductores en segundo plano pantallas extra, silenciar micrófono, encender y apagar cámara, controlar brillo de la pantalla principal. etc. en cuanto al mousepad es bastante amplio para mí con 2 semanas de uso (No continuo ya que uso un mouse regular) ya es instintivo. Cuenta con seguridad biométrica como son sus sensores de huella dactilar y su reconocimiento facial, aunque también puedes simplemente utilizar un PIN, sin embargo, simplemente la prendo y en lo que tomo asiento ya reconoció mi rostro, no da oportunidad de ver siquiera la pantalla de bloqueo. llegando al apartado que a mí me interesa bastante como lo es el GAMING, va sobrada con una RTX 4080 y un i9 de 13° generación que es más que suficiente para levantar juegos a su resolución nativa (2k) a poco más de 90fps, aunque la pantalla sea de 240 hz que por cierto se ve muy bien, no es posible por lo menos en los mejores juegos levantarlos a tanto en resolución ultra. (De vacaciones por festividades así que no la he probado para software de trabajo o edición, pero no tendría ninguna duda con estos ya que está pensada más para ellos que para el Gaming ya que viene configurado con drivers versión studio) En conclusión, para mí que llevo casi 10 años jugando y trabajando en Laptops de esta gamma es una excelente compra, si tienes el presupuesto y le echaste el ojo, no dudes que será una muy buena compra.