
- Goop, Goop, Goop!

Pros: Light and portable, somewhat smaller frame. Number pad. Adjustable keyboard colors/brightness. Despite being light, it feels durable. Crisp, beautiful screen with great color and contrast. Definitely a highlight.


Upgraded from a 3050 to the 5060 and oh my lord does it perform as intended. Same thing from and intel i5 to a Ryzen 7, the performance is out of this world. Released 3 days after my birthday, so thats just brownie points

Works well plays game smooth So far Plays dune awakening on ultra settings

Grate Screen outstanding colors ,Very fast and responsive good for gaming. Replacing my eight year old ASUS vivo book.



The power and speed.

So much fun! Handles graphics very well with the NVidia 5050. The display is beautiful. Laptop super quiet. Completely silent during regular work and the airflow is done so well that the fans are still very quiet under load. Dont even notice them.

The gaming capability on this MSI Raider 18 is awesome. The 4K and 2K visuals are honestly the best I have seen on a non-OLED screen. Everything looks sharp, bright, smooth, and extremely immersive. Performance is outstanding. With the Intel Core Ultra 9 and RTX 5090 Laptop GPU, loading times are drastically shorter, and the system feels almost overpowered for most gaming. For non-competitive gaming, I honestly think balanced power settings are more than enough. It runs incredibly well without needing to push everything to maximum performance mode. Daily work and administrator tasks are handled with extreme ease. Apps open quickly, multitasking is smooth, and there is basically no waiting for things to load unless Windows itself is the reason. The keyboard is responsive and comfortable, and the Windows Hello fingerprint and face support are a huge plus for convenience. Overall, this laptop makes both gaming and work easier because it removes the usual slowdowns, lag, and waiting around.


- 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.


I primarily bought it to run trading simulations and algos; It does well in handling games such as ARK and Subnautica. The temps are kept well below 60 degrees Celsius when elevated Fan noise is minimum when put to max for me and Crisp movement and execution when performing tasks


Absolutely obsessed with this. Such an amazing price and it does everything I want and more. -rgb lights look great and are customizable with the included msi software -plays every game even current Gen games at amazing quality levels without a glitch -super lightweight design - super easy to monitor and even overclock or change how much vram etc is being used - running it on standard settings has this laptop running whisper quiet. No fan noise at all -can't say enough how much this price point is an amazing deal for everything it can do. Budget friendly powerhouse for sure

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).

