MSI GF65 Thin 10UE [GF65 10UE-215XUA]

Affordable laptop with NVIDIA RTX 3060

Let's start with trump cards. The MSI GF65 Thin 10UE is one of the most affordable options on the market preloaded with the NVIDIA RTX 3060. Yes, the one that was supposed to throw the GeForce 2080 into the dustbin and bring ray tracing to the masses. Right now, when this material is being written, in some stores the MSI GF65 can be bought even cheaper than some desktop versions of the RTX 3060. Although, comparing the laptop version and the full-fledged version in the forehead is not entirely correct, since their characteristics are now different and the laptop version is on average 15% weaker.

Work on bugs

Perhaps, already on this fact, the review could be curtailed, especially since both externally and functionally the updated GF65 Thin is almost no different from its predecessors. This is a light, thin and quite powerful gaming laptop that is mostly made of plastic. Build quality, nothing to complain about. Unlike the 15-inch display. On the one hand, this is a classic IPS-matrix with a frequency of 144 Hz, which is cool for games. Especially shooters. On the other hand, it has mediocre colour reproduction, almost at the level of inexpensive gaming laptops for $ 800 – 900.

Optimal filling

The Core i5 10500H processor installed in the GF65 Thin barely heats up under load, but the graphics card can reach up to 80°C. In the first case, the cooling system makes a tolerable noise, but without load it quickly switches to Silent mode and does not bother the owner. In general, a bundle of a 12-thread processor, 16 GB of RAM, a fast SSD and an RTX 3060 graphics card is just enough to adequately meet next-gen games in the next couple of years without worrying about performance. On all other fronts, order: on board there is Wi-Fi 6, a comfortable backlit keyboard, a gigabit LAN port and a pair of USB-C.