
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.

Light and easy to handle. Included software is great, no bloat like older times. Runs RTL-SDR and RF Explorer software and hardware without a hitch. Einstein, asteroids, and Milky Way @home screensaver mining programs make a little fan noise, but heat is not excessive. Ill be using this for mobile signal hunting and the battery looks promising.


Great buy for my needs.

-Long battery life 5+ hours with conservative power settings -fast and responsive, handles multi-tasking well, great for school


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.



Everything so far.

Looks and works great fort his price, I could not miss this great deal. It is light weight and seem fast for a student use. We have not tried it in any gaming but The Office programs runs fast on it.

- 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.

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

In perfect condition for a refurbished PC


There is an issue with the Newegg listing: it says the screen is FHD+, but it actually is QHD+ with a 240 Hz refresh rate, which is good overall. However, you need to upgrade the RAM from 2×8 GB to 2×16 GB or higher, and add one more SSD (there is only one extra slot available for an additional SSD).


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


- Win 11 configuration - This is by my estimation graded an A-, but grade was not mentioned in the ad - sturdy Milspec construction - clear display without any blemishes or scratches on the screen - ultra-thin profile/small bezel on screen - Sound is decent but not amazing - web browsing is quick, pages load fast - fingerprint recognition for security - minimal bloat-ware - comes ready for easy-start up and configuration, took about 1 hour with included instructions