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MSI Sword 15 (2022)

MSI's Sword 15 is good for gaming, but not much else. There are better budget gaming laptops with great designs and frame rates.

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Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Good non-ray-traced performance

  • Decent amount of connectivity ports

  • Great cooling

Cons

  • Incredibly loud fans

  • Poorly designed keyboard and trackpad

  • Finicky performance-management app

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