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Specs:- Intel Core i5 10500H 2.5GHz 6-Core Processor (10th Gen)
- 15.6" 1920x1080p 144Hz FHD LED Display w/ 720p Webcam
- 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive SSD
- 8GB (1x8GB) DDR4 RAM (3200MHz)
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU
- Intel WiFi 6 AX201 + Bluetooth 5.1
- Backlit RGB Keyboard
- 3-Cell Lithium-Ion Polymer Battery
- Windows 10 OS
- Inputs
- 2x USB 3.2 (Gen-1) Type-C
- 2x USB 3.2 (Gen-1) Type-A
- 1x HDMI
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Running an overclock on the GPU and CPU (PL disabled in bios) with undervolts at 86C with Kryonaut. Got around 88C with no OC but just UV, stock fan curve.
Fan curves are completely user controllable via MSI software, getting around 65C at max fans, stock fan curves are kind of garbage as they don't ramp up at 100C for some reason.
GPU is 70W + 5W dynamic boost. 180w power supply.
R23: 8800 (PL disabled 4.2ghz)
BF5: 120FPS avg max no rt
Only problem I have with this laptop is that it doesn't fully support XMP and the colors can look washed out if you are a photo editor. Screen is also pretty dim, much worse than your phone.
Ram requires taking apart the whole bottom cover, I used an ifixit toolkit. Repasting was easy, but i saw that the stock thermal paste was dried up despite being a few months old, heatsink was also not perfectly smooth, hence repasting should be effective.
If only for gaming, it works fine.
For my online college lectures and schoolwork, I'm able to run zero fans at 45C.
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Great specs for the price though!
Running an overclock on the GPU and CPU (PL disabled in bios) with undervolts at 86C with Kryonaut. Got around 88C with no OC but just UV, stock fan curve.
Fan curves are completely user controllable via MSI software, getting around 65C at max fans, stock fan curves are kind of garbage as they don't ramp up at 100C for some reason.
GPU is 70W + 5W dynamic boost. 180w power supply.
R23: 8800 (PL disabled 4.2ghz)
BF5: 120FPS avg max no rt
Only problem I have with this laptop is that it doesn't fully support XMP and the colors can look washed out if you are a photo editor. Screen is also pretty dim, much worse than your phone.
Ram requires taking apart the whole bottom cover, I used an ifixit toolkit. Repasting was easy, but i saw that the stock thermal paste was dried up despite being a few months old, heatsink was also not perfectly smooth, hence repasting should be effective.
If only for gaming, it works fine.
For my online college lectures and schoolwork, I'm able to run zero fans at 45C.
Running an overclock on the GPU and CPU (PL disabled in bios) with undervolts at 86C with Kryonaut. Got around 88C with no OC but just UV, stock fan curve.
Fan curves are completely user controllable via MSI software, getting around 65C at max fans, stock fan curves are kind of garbage as they don't ramp up at 100C for some reason.
GPU is 70W + 5W dynamic boost. 180w power supply.
R23: 8800 (PL disabled 4.2ghz)
BF5: 120FPS avg max no rt
Only problem I have with this laptop is that it doesn't fully support XMP and the colors can look washed out if you are a photo editor. Screen is also pretty dim, much worse than your phone.
Ram requires taking apart the whole bottom cover, I used an ifixit toolkit. Repasting was easy, but i saw that the stock thermal paste was dried up despite being a few months old, heatsink was also not perfectly smooth, hence repasting should be effective.
If only for gaming, it works fine.
For my online college lectures and schoolwork, I'm able to run zero fans at 45C.
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Running an overclock on the GPU and CPU (PL disabled in bios) with undervolts at 86C with Kryonaut. Got around 88C with no OC but just UV, stock fan curve.
Fan curves are completely user controllable via MSI software, getting around 65C at max fans, stock fan curves are kind of garbage as they don't ramp up at 100C for some reason.
GPU is 70W + 5W dynamic boost. 180w power supply.
R23: 8800 (PL disabled 4.2ghz)
BF5: 120FPS avg max no rt
Only problem I have with this laptop is that it doesn't fully support XMP and the colors can look washed out if you are a photo editor. Screen is also pretty dim, much worse than your phone.
Ram requires taking apart the whole bottom cover, I used an ifixit toolkit. Repasting was easy, but i saw that the stock thermal paste was dried up despite being a few months old, heatsink was also not perfectly smooth, hence repasting should be effective.
If only for gaming, it works fine.
For my online college lectures and schoolwork, I'm able to run zero fans at 45C.
I'm thinking of buying the Alienware M15 R6. It has the same 3 cell battery as yours.
I'm thinking of buying the Alienware M15 R6. It has the same 3 cell battery as yours.
I'm able to get 4hrs with zoom+word+discord+some chrome tabs. Probably 7 hours on just web browsing or video watching.
Note that these are with my tweaks and is likely different from others.
I wouldnt say the battery is good.
On best buy its sku 646144 799.00 MSI verse Sku 6485599 Asus at 749.00.
Msi has the RTX3060 which seems to out perform the Asus RTX3050 Ti. The Asus has the larger monitor at 17.3 LED vs the Msi with LCD at 15".
The Asus has a higher performing CPU as well. 10500H with MSI verses i5-1126OH.
Undecided now seeing this one, but i'm leaning towards the ASUS with larger display, LED and better processor. Going to use when traveling for work, but some gaming so not looking to spend 1500 etc..
Any thoughts on which is better purchase? The Asus isnt on sale but they will price match it earier this month at 750.
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