Review: MSI GF65 Thin

Conclusion

In some ways, MSI's GF65 Thin succeeds in delivering latest-generation 1080p gameplay in a portable form factor that won't break the bank.

At a £1,100 price point, the 15.6in laptop combines a hexa-core Intel Core i7 processor with Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop graphics, 16GB of DDR4 memory and a spacious 1TB SSD. Everything the budding gamer needs.

Perhaps, though would-be buyers should be aware of the various limitations. The chassis is a fingerprint magnet, fan noise is really quite bothersome, battery life is poor, and the 144Hz display, while fast, is decidedly average in most other metrics. There may also be question marks surrounding long-term performance; while RTX 3060 Laptop ought to be a fine fit for 1080p gameplay, MSI's restrained 75W implementation is at the lower end of the scale and may struggle with tomorrow's more demanding titles.

Bottom line: the GF65 Thin ticks some of the relevant boxes but with the incoming crop of Ryzen 5000 Series and Intel 11th Gen successors, we'd be inclined to wait it out.

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The MSI GF65 Thin laptop is available to purchase from Amazon.

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