
The Ryzen 5 8640HS CPU is very powerful for the $400 price range, and is a 6 core/12 thread CPU with an itegrated Radeon 760M graphics processor that is more in line with a low-end dedicated card than what many think of as "integrated graphics" For intel fans, it would be more like the Arc graphics in a Core Ultra chip than the integrated intel graphics in earlier chips. I upgraded the system with an 8 GB DDR5-5600 RAM card to bring the system to a symmetrical 16 GB DDR5 RAM. Despite the listed specs on New Egg, it is DDR5-5600 RAM, not DDR4. The 8640HS is a Zen 4 chip. It was easier to open than a Dell Latitude to upgrade the RAM but it still takes patience to open the tabs. The build quality looks decent, especially for the price. I got it for travel, but it seems capable of light gaming too. It won't handle something demanding like Witcher III, Cyberpunk 2077, or Baulder's Gate III well, but Alien: Isolation and Subnautica seems to run well. Older less demanding games like Skyrim should too. Full disclosure, I am running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS testing the games, so "mileage may vary" on Windows 11. Fan will run higher gaming of course. I read 72-76 C while playing Alien Isolation wandering around the ship at the start. This Ryzen 5 has a max thermal throttle temperature of 100 C like it's intel counterparts, so that is actually fine. It's meant more as a media/work laptop, and for the the laptop has more than enough power.

This is a decent multi purpose student laptop. Noticeably heavier than 7400+ series, but not bad. I think a higher screen resolution would be an improvement.


- Integrated GPU Mode (meaning when not gaming I can switch to integrated GPU mode which extends battery life and less of a resource hog). - I like the options of being able to turn on the cooler boost with shortcuts.


Easy to set up, super smooth sailing, easy to download apps

16 gig memory, can't beat this laptop for the price. So much faster than my old one. Also, no junk software preinstalled that you have delete, or are stuck with. My touchpad stopped working, and I had to email customer service, they replied later that night, and told me to hit f9 or function + f9, and I did, and it started working again ! So, no complaints there either. !!


No issue upgrading the ram to 96GB DDR5 5600 and two 4TB nvme drives.

In perfect condition for a refurbished PC

Good price and performance. Slim design and excellent screen resolution.


- I appreciate that MSI makes it easy to remove or reduce the MS Windows11 bloatware, as much as they can anyway. I have really liked all my MSI products and favor them. - Nice BIOS, easy to find what I needed and make it work. touchscreen works in BIOS! - great price for processor, 32G RAM, 1Tb SSD. - USB-C and HDMI out for projectors.

Everything


Enough to handle early college necessities. loads quickly, easily handles Office Suite.

small, light, good speed. Larger than I expected keyboard letters. NEW battery


Perfect physical condition Everything (camera, keyboard, charging cord, etc) in perfect order Runs very smoothly, like new Exactly as advertised (better, really, because you'd never know it was refurbished) Great battery life
