MSI Thin 15 B12UC-1457NZ NVIDIA RTX 3050 Gaming Laptop 15.6" FHD 144Hz

Let's get to the Good, 16 gigs of ram is enough for most games and applications. and the intel i5-12450h isn't slow handling General use with ease and
the 144hz Display feels nice and fluid with little overshoot and no display artifacts,
also the keyboard feels nice for the price with decent travel and decent key stability so exceptional for the price. though Glitchy inputs has been a small issue so watch out for that.
and i like the grey and blue color scheme this laptop looks clean and aesthetically pleasing being not too aggressive with the gamer aesthetic and the blue keyboard looking cool
WiFi wise connectivity is good with the Wi...view more Let's get to the Good, 16 gigs of ram is enough for most games and applications. and the intel i5-12450h isn't slow handling General use with ease and
the 144hz Display feels nice and fluid with little overshoot and no display artifacts,
also the keyboard feels nice for the price with decent travel and decent key stability so exceptional for the price. though Glitchy inputs has been a small issue so watch out for that.
and i like the grey and blue color scheme this laptop looks clean and aesthetically pleasing being not too aggressive with the gamer aesthetic and the blue keyboard looking cool
WiFi wise connectivity is good with the WiFi signal and speed being decent from my experience
and ports is solid with 3 USB a ports a 1 Display port compatible USB c port, HDMI port this a SD card reader and a Kinsington Lock port so you can protect your system from theft as well as a dedicated mic and headphones jack, this system has so many ports to plug your stuf into and with all of them being USB 3.1 this as well as a LAN port laptop is really solid in that aspect.
now let's get to the mediocre parts of the laptop
Storage i noticed games took awhile to boot and windows took awhile to load while CPU usage wasn't at 100% so yeah they don't exactly have the fastest SSD on this laptop and that could be an issue
GPU the RTX 3050 on this model is mediocre hitting a "Blazing" 45 watts" while this is great for efficiency and battery life this means Performance isn't great, hitting 60-80 FPS in Gta Online at 1440p with DLSS on Balenced or 40-50 fps without it and around 60 Fps on cyberpunk with medium to high settings at 1440p with DLSS performance... Upscaling is needed to reach a decent performance on most modern titles even at 1080p so yeah id recommend only buying this laptop if you plan on playing competitive games, indie games, or pre 2022 games AAA games and have a power plug with you at all times
The Display though the refresh rate is nice it only covers 60 ish percent of the sRGB Colourspace, meaning Colour accuracy goes out the window so colors will end up looking dull or oversaturated in different colors making videos look bad and anything like Image Editing a bad idea without an external monitor.
though the resolution is 1080p which isn't bad
next the camera is nothing to write home about, just Grainy and mediocre and doesn't know what the colour purple is so yeah anything purple looks blue which is crazy.
The Noise
While not as loud as a jet engine when going at full throttle it can make a fair bit of noise, so you probably want a decent pair of headphones to mask the noise, in question oh and yeah it could be distracting in a classroom or if you have someone near you

Speakers
The speakers gets the job done but sounds a tad tinny and missing bass and with bottom firing speakers the Speakers are Mid.
the Bad
The Trackpad
it feels unresponsive at the best of times it feels like trying to move a carriage without a horse, with the trackpad often not responding to inputs for seconds at a time with can make even basic tasks difficult so a external mouse is basically required.
The battery with 52 Whr
The battery life is bad even with the power settings turned down and browsing you can only get 3 hours out of this laptop and the second you do anything intensive you have about 40-80 minutes of playtime so yeah if you want decent battery life get a Steamdeck or Asus handheld if you want a decent unplugged gaming experience at this Price point.
Overall its a Good Value laptop that does what it Says of the Tin and can be great For you depending on the use case but does have a few major flaws that will be a bit hard to swallow.
So yeah For Use as a mobile workstation with a external mouse it will be solid but with the loud noise even that could be off putting with the fans spinning up often. so for a gamer this laptop can be great though a someone who cares about battery llife and a solid screen
should look elsewhere though my use case as using it is a PC hooking it up to a Display with peripherals, as well as occasionally using the using the laptop as is
so i hope everyone enjoyed my review/essay of the Msi thin 15 and Farewell.
thanks for reading my review/essay and farewell.

By: ImBlitzyboi 19/03/25

Thankyou again for incredible service .. excellent communication and fast service delivery.. very impressed .. the laptops completed the needs required .
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Andrew from Hawkesbay Thankyou again for incredible service .. excellent communication and fast service delivery.. very impressed .. the laptops completed the needs required .
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Andrew from Hawkesbay

Very happy with my purchase. Very happy with my purchase.

By: ZachK33 05/08/24

Verified Owner

Running it so far so good! Good price definitely! Running it so far so good! Good price definitely!

I am impressed with the laptop performance and it is above my expectations I am impressed with the laptop performance and it is above my expectations

Wow, wow, wow! I am not a gamer, but use the graphics and processing functionality heaps. I can honestly say, this computer is in a different class! No lagging, just creativity and productivity! Best choice for the money spent! Absolutely love it! Wow, wow, wow! I am not a gamer, but use the graphics and processing functionality heaps. I can honestly say, this computer is in a different class! No lagging, just creativity and productivity! Best choice for the money spent! Absolutely love it!

Good workstation, handles games well, and very lightweight. Good workstation, handles games well, and very lightweight.

So far this has been exactly what we needed. Fast loading, everything works quickly. The only thing thats taking time to get used to is the responsiveness of the mouse pad. Its been a welcome relief having no shouting about things taking to long to load 😊 So far this has been exactly what we needed. Fast loading, everything works quickly. The only thing thats taking time to get used to is the responsiveness of the mouse pad. Its been a welcome relief having no shouting about things taking to long to load 😊

This laptop is basically like a chromebook except it has a RTX 3050 and yea doesn’t have the “Chrome OS” to a chromebook. However though this laptop does come with some weird technical glitches where the keyboard or the mouse pad is easily interfered which can switch tabs and do lots of random stuff like messing up your typing. However this is a pretty decent laptop for university or productive use and would recommend still buying it. I do recommend using a mouse to avoid further typing issues and disabling the mouse pad when using an actual mouse. This laptop is basically like a chromebook except it has a RTX 3050 and yea doesn’t have the “Chrome OS” to a chromebook. However though this laptop does come with some weird technical glitches where the keyboard or the mouse pad is easily interfered which can switch tabs and do lots of random stuff like messing up your typing. However this is a pretty decent laptop for university or productive use and would recommend still buying it. I do recommend using a mouse to avoid further typing issues and disabling the mouse pad when using an actual mouse.