Nvidia’s new GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs are giving gaming laptops of all sizes a new level of speed. Thin and light laptops in particular benefit from this extra power. The MSI Stealth 15M is one of these machines. It has a GeForce RTX 3060 that lets you play AAA and esports games at 1080p with a high frame rate. Our review unit has 32GB of memory and 1TB of solid-state storage packed into a small, sleek 15.6-inch body.
The expensive Razer Blade 15 is 0.7 by 14 by 9.3 inches and weighs 4.73 pounds, while the Alienware m15 R4 is 0.82 by 14.2 by 10.6 inches and weighs 5.3 pounds. This one is more about power than portability. The Stealth 15M is a lot lighter than these, enough to be noticeable when it’s in your bag. The Triton 300 SE, which again has a smaller 14-inch screen and measures 0.7 by 12.7 by 9 inches and weighs 3.75 pounds, is a better match because it’s more like the Stealth 15M.
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- Processor Intel Core i7-11375H
- Processor Speed 3.3 GHz
- RAM (as Tested) 32 GB
- Boot Drive Type SSD
- Boot Drive Capacity (as Tested) 1 TB
- Screen Size 15.6 inches
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All types of the Stealth 15M have a 15.6-inch screen with full HD (1080p) resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate. This is a good match for the laptop‘s hardware and the kind of gaming you’d do on it. In short, high-frame-rate multiplayer games will run smoothly, and you can get more than 60fps on some AAA games, but we’ll talk more about that in the performance part below. The picture quality is good, and the small size and modern look are helped by the thin screen edges.
Both the keyboard and the mouse look very simple, but they work better than they look. The keys are the right size and feel good, neither too soft nor too hard. They are nice to type on, and the RGB lights makes them look even better. The touchpad works well, moves easily, and is just the right size for the size of the laptop as a whole.
We finally reach the ports. A USB 3.1 Type-A port, a microSD card slot, and a headphone jack are on the left side. On the right side, there are two USB Type-C ports, one of which supports Thunderbolt 4 and the other of which only supports DisplayPort-out. There is also an HDMI port and a USB Type-A 3.1 port. This is a good mix of ports: nothing important is missing, you have more than one way to send video out, and you have more than one USB-C port.