MSI - GF65 15.6" 144hz Gaming Laptop - Intel Core i5 - NVIDIA GeForce RTX3060 - 512GB SSD - 8GB Memory - Black

My Pros: - RTX3060 (It has the lowest powered version (70w) but it still performs well enough with the CPU it's paired with.) I can play all my games at 1440P high settings and some older ones at 4k on an external monitor. - Good weight not too heavy - Hi-Fi audio DAC through the 3.5mm jack (If you have high-quality headphones plugged in they will sound good) - The display is very smooth with the 144hz refresh rate - The Backlit keyboard is bright and the red color helps at night time especially in a dark room. My Cons: - The Intel chip runs really hot if left alone with no adjustments ( I Saw it get into the 90c range too often) I recommend you use something like throttlestop to limit how high the clock speed goes in turbo mode this brought my temps down a bit. (70-80c range) - Seems to attract lots of fingerprints. - No Thunderbolt - No USB-C charging - Only 8GB of ram on a gaming laptop (For the best experience you will need to add an additional 8GB of ram. ) - The display is not very vibrant I think if this had at least an upper mid-range Ryzen CPU it would be an easy 5 stars from me even if the price had to go up $100. Also I'm not sure if the laptop headphone jack is bad on mine but my Sony headphones have a static hiss sound when plugged into this laptop. They've never had that in any of my other computers or devices.

Been using the laptop for a month now Pros: RTX 3060 (70w version) Brushed metal chassis Not a ton of bloatware SSD Solid 144hz monitor Backlit keyboard Cons: i5 is a bottleneck in games such as Cyberpunk Lid is a fingerprint magnet Default CPU temp runs hot Overall: Good solid laptop. 8gb is fine for me, but will one day upgrade to 16gb. 512gb SSD is a sweet spot. Default CPU and GPU (mostly CPU) temps run hot with default settings. First thing you should do is go into the Dragon center and set your fans to start up sooner. I set my fans to keep my temps around 70C CPU / 65C GPU when playing Cyberpunk, which maxes out CPU and ~70%GPU. Note this is the weakest 3060, with a 70W limit. However, for the price, you won't do any better. Would've loved a slightly better CPU for $100 more.

This ended up being a nice find. My kids are both getting to the age where we play video games together and they really enjoy the minecraft with raytracing and playing some of their other games on high quality machines. When they're not playing, these go in a rack with a couple 12v case fans keeping air circulating while they run T-rex ether mining software. 600 boost to the memory clock and turn on MSI's cooler boost turns and they stay around 65 degrees which is completely fine for me. The fans are full Dyson-mode loud in this mode but the rack is in an isolated spot with some sound proofing around them and a sort of chimney to take the warm air away. I could see purchasing a couple for dedicated mining, if you're an ether believer. 38.7 MH/s

I have't used this laptop for much yet. Seems to be solid, never crashes and battery life is ok. I will eventually use this as my main portable pc but for now it spends it's time paying for itself. I bought this model because it was the only laptop under $1000 that had a 3060 RTX graphics processor. It is paying for itself by mining crypto currency. It is always on performing this task until it earns the me back the purchase price plus tax. Though because it is laptop with inherent cooling challenges the hashrate is not that of a 3060 video card you would have in a desktop tower. It runs near 35 megahash which only makes about 4 dollars a day. So if it still works after 270 days I'll be a very happy camper. The "cooler boost" tech that runs the fans at a constant 6000rpm keeps the card relatively cool and can be selected through the Dragon Center program. I just hope the fans will last running at that speed 24/7. So far so good!

Got the laptop yesterday, The drivers and updates are a bit old but nothing you can take care of in less than 30 minutes. The keyboard feels great to work/game on. Extremely light for a gaming laptop and I love how its a bit discrete that it is a gaming laptop. I would however upgrade the RAM to 16 and add some more space, but for the price point it is understandable. Overall an amazing laptop. Would recommend to anyone looking for budget gaming.

I got this computer on 3/1/2021 . I had the raider but I did not like it . I love this computer it does not keep you from going to sleep . Plays gears 5 . I'm playing gears 5 and the 3060 video card has not even had to go to work yet . It has dragon center and a stick of ssd . It's black and cool looking and lights up in red .

One of the most affordable rtx 3060 laptop's on the market. Works great for my kids for their remote learning and homework. Also able to handle all the games my son plays. He is quite happy with this laptop!

The 850 price point makes it a decent deal. 3060 definitely does the trick for most games.