Conversely, MSI’s laptop has more constraints on its power, yet those limitations help it look and feel like a high-end laptop that you can lug around more easily.įor gaming alone, the Stealth 15M isn’t powerful enough to recommend to everyone. Dell’s option is bigger, thicker, and likely heavier (though Dell hasn’t shared the official weight) than any of these thin gaming laptops, but there’s a big upside: it’ll be just $900 for the starting configuration. But if you have the luxury of time to wait until early May, it’s worth seeing how Dell’s $900 G15 Ryzen Edition with the RTX 3060 will fare. You’ll get great performance in a similar price range with the Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 that has an Nvidia RTX 3070 and a QHD screen. Two Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1, one Thunderbolt 4 port with PD outgoing charging, one Type-C USB 3.1 Gen 2 with DisplayPort, one audio combo jack, one HDMI 2.0 (4K at 60Hz), circular port for chargerīut that’s not your only option in this price range.15.6-inch FHD 1920 x 1080 IPS display, 144Hz refresh rate.Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 GPU with 6GB GDDR6 VRAM (1,357MHz boost clock speed, 65W maximum power).3.3GHz Intel Core i7-11375H processor (up to 5.16GHz, four cores).But I wouldn’t let those traits alone stand in my way if I was getting ready to buy.
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The Blade 15 Base is almost a full pound heavier and a few millimeters thicker. You’ll get more ports (including an HDMI 2.1 port for 4K output at up to 120 frames per second), a larger trackpad, user-upgradeable RAM and storage, and more power allocated to its RTX 3060 than you’ll get in MSI’s similarly priced Stealth 15M. Yet, for as much as I complained that Razer’s unibody design needs a shake-up, its $1,699 option simply offers more for your money. Unlike the GS66, the 15M has a more cohesive-feeling build that doesn’t make me question its durability over time, and it is shockingly thin for a gaming laptop.
And it’s the closest that MSI has come to meeting Razer where it excels with build quality, design, and port selection.
If MSI’s GS66 Stealth is going for the jugular of Razer’s high-end Blade 15 Advanced, the Stealth 15M aims to take on the more affordable Razer Blade 15 Base model that I recently reviewed. Buy for $1,599.99 from Best Buy Buy for $1,499.00 from Adorama