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MSI Claw 7" Touchscreen PC Gaming Handheld: Ultra 5-135H, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD

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Best Buy has MSI Claw 7" Touchscreen PC Gaming Handheld (Claw A1M-052US) on sale for $389.99. Shipping is free or select free store pickup where available.

Thanks to Community Member N3RD_01 for sharing this deal.

Specs:
  • 7" 1920x1080 FHD 120Hz IPS-level Touchscreen Display, 100% sRGB (Typical), 500nits (Typical)
  • Intel Core Ultra 5-135H
  • Intel Arc Graphics 8 Xᵉ-Cores
  • 16GB LPDDR5 6400MHz Memory
  • 512GB M.2 2230 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
  • Wi-Fi 7 + Bluetooth 5.4
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Ports:
    • 1x Type-C (USB / DP / Thunderbolt 4) with PD charging
    • 1x Micro SD Card Reader
  • Hall Effect triggers and joysticks
  • 53Whr battery

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Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars from customer reviews.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Best Buy has MSI Claw 7" Touchscreen PC Gaming Handheld (Claw A1M-052US) on sale for $389.99. Shipping is free or select free store pickup where available.

Thanks to Community Member N3RD_01 for sharing this deal.

Specs:
  • 7" 1920x1080 FHD 120Hz IPS-level Touchscreen Display, 100% sRGB (Typical), 500nits (Typical)
  • Intel Core Ultra 5-135H
  • Intel Arc Graphics 8 Xᵉ-Cores
  • 16GB LPDDR5 6400MHz Memory
  • 512GB M.2 2230 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
  • Wi-Fi 7 + Bluetooth 5.4
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Ports:
    • 1x Type-C (USB / DP / Thunderbolt 4) with PD charging
    • 1x Micro SD Card Reader
  • Hall Effect triggers and joysticks
  • 53Whr battery

Editor's Notes

Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars from customer reviews.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Written by N3RD_01

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Baggeet
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A steam deck is a better buy than this handheld sadly. Wish this thing was rocking AMD like the ROG Ally

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Yesterday 08:13 PM
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BaggeetYesterday 08:13 PM
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A steam deck is a better buy than this handheld sadly. Wish this thing was rocking AMD like the ROG Ally
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Yesterday 08:32 PM
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SeriousFang512Yesterday 08:32 PM
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With enough updates these runny pretty okay. I'd say on par with z1 Non extreme.
Yesterday 08:47 PM
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JK1982Yesterday 08:47 PM
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Overpriced and underpowered
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Yesterday 08:56 PM
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YellowSpiderweb05
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Yesterday 08:56 PM
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Quote from Baggeet :
A steam deck is a better buy than this handheld sadly. Wish this thing was rocking AMD like the ROG Ally
It's a good buy at this price though, right? The Deck is definitely showing its age now
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Yesterday 08:59 PM
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BaggeetYesterday 08:59 PM
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Quote from YellowSpiderweb05 :
It's a good buy at this price though, right? The Deck is definitely showing its age now
Nah this i5 Intel chip has horrid performance, even the i7 model performs noticeably worse than an rog ally. I can't imagine the i5 is any better. That's why this model probably has similar or worse performance than a steam deck. I guess if you really don't want to install windows on a steam deck this might be a good buy. However the ROG Ally 2 is around the corner meaning the original Ally is going to get steep discounts for Black Friday.
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Yesterday 09:05 PM
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supergroverYesterday 09:05 PM
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Quote from YellowSpiderweb05 :
It's a good buy at this price though, right? The Deck is definitely showing its age now
This comes close to Z2 performance when updated to the latest drivers and changing some settings in the advanced firmware ( less so for the Ultra 5 than the Ultra 7). Great for people who like to tweak their rig. It also has thunderbolt connection. I have the Ultra 7 version and don't regret it at all.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Handheld...nderrated/

https://www.reddit.com/r/MSIClaw/...t3_1m8jq80
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Yesterday 09:10 PM
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SRFNYCYesterday 09:10 PM
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If you're ok with Windows, I would wait for a sale and buy an open-box or refurbished ASUS ROG Ally with the Z1 Extreme chipset. You'll be much better off.
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ghostfreckle
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Yesterday 09:15 PM
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank ghostfreckle

The Ultra-5 version performs as well or better than the Ultra-7 version, because of power limits and thermals.

This is a really good buy, IF:
  1. You use it as a mini pc... A bettery power and portable mini pc.
  2. It has Thunderbolt, so you can add an eGPU when home.
  3. This can play plenty of PC games. Not as good as the Ally, but it's decent. Watch some videos.
  4. Great for emulation.
I'm willing to bet that performance has increased a lot since launch, over one year ago. Drivers were a huge thing at launch and MSI/Intel have released a lot of drivers since.
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Yesterday 09:31 PM
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Tiptop2600Yesterday 09:31 PM
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I got the Ultra 7 for $280 from target and I don't think it's worth it even at that price. I'm going to offload it soon and get a refurbished steamdeck.
Yesterday 09:43 PM
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GoGo98102Yesterday 09:43 PM
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SteamOS only runs on the AMD chipset for those who don't know.
Yesterday 10:55 PM
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jacob2012Yesterday 10:55 PM
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Isn't this on sale for around $300 at target a few months ago?
Today 06:42 AM
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DealdoGagginsToday 06:42 AM
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Quote from Tiptop2600 :
I got the Ultra 7 for $280 from target and I don't think it's worth it even at that price. I'm going to offload it soon and get a refurbished steamdeck.
what was wrong with it?

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