MSI Modern 14, AMD Ryzen 5-5500U, 14"(35cm) FHD IPS-Level Panel Laptop (8GB/256GB NVMe SSD/Windows 10 Home/Radeon Graphics/Carbon Grey/1.3Kg), B5M-045IN

Bought the laptop in June, reviewing after 1 month usage on July-This is an amazing laptop, was a bit doubtful because MSI mostly makes gaming laptops and related products but you would surely be amazed with what they made here. Thin, light weight but extremely sturdy exterior, and a power processor that did not lag at all when I threw processor heavy tasks it's way, and durable battery. In battery saving mode, the battery lasts atleast 6hours minimum, you can actually tweak your performance and stretch it to 6+ to a maybe 7hours! The screen is really good, brightness is above average but I did not buy this laptop to use directly under the sun so in the insides of your home or office you would find the screen pretty good and colour gamut is great. Lastly, it is unfortunately true as said in many reviews that the speakers on this device are disappointing to say the least, but I bought these portable Artis speakers which give me great sound output so that has been covered for me but normal users can opt for earphones instead, bluetooth and WiFi connectivity is pretty solid, and cam is pretty decent, my office videocalls are good enough, not the best but decent. And one more thing-you can actually run some AAA games at low settings even though there is no GPU cos onboard iGPU and 5500U itself can do the heavy lifting for you, like if you want to play some decent game while bored/in the middle of work, it handle, although I'd suggest doing so when connected to power supply rather than the battery power cos you need to run it on high settings. I bought this at 41990 during a sale, but it is a great buy even at 42990 that I am seeing now. To those who do not know or wish for an equivalent comparison, this is actually-WAY-better than i5 1135G7, cos that was the processor i was interested in buying before I found this, easily decimates it performance wise. Do not worry, MSI is a proper brand, and this is a very decent, totally worthy product, go for it.7thMonth review-Battery is still going strong 6.5hours for my work. Actually enjoying this beautiful laptop everyday cos it weighs so little, my back thanks me:)👌 Performance is great!1 Year Review: Laptop is really great, have been using Ansys and also started playing Skyrim Legendary Edition on ultra settings, games are smooth and no lag was seen. Just get a good headset and you'll experience bliss:) And MSI support is awesome, the updates have been great and everything seems good, can recommend this blindly, go for it! 👍

I got this to reduce back pain from carrying my 2.5kg HP Victus around the house. While I do have a few traditional PCs, laptops tend to be pretty handy for impromptu meetings and getting servers to shut down if the power goes out. What sold me on this laptop was the weight and supposed build quality - I'm replacing a lighter, thinner but much weaker iBall Pentium Laptop. Having bought it, there are a few issues you should be aware of.1. Display is actually very poor. While it is IPS, it can't be called that due to trademark issues. It's a very cheap AUO panel, the same one as used in almost every 14" laptop by every manufacturer. While MSI has done a decent job of ensuring gamma tracking between 40 and 70% brightness (and the brightness is ok for indoor use), the actual reproduction is washed out and lacks contrast - exactly as per it's 45% NTSC spec. You'll have to do a lot of jugglery in the AMD settings to get the panel to look right.2. Won't belabour the point about the speakers. They are forgettable at best.3. It's a noisy little beast. The fan whine is irritating and gets to you within a few minutes. I had a tough time finding the setting to make it semi-passive, and now it's quiet if you're just browsing or reading something. Unusually, you have to set it to 'High Performance' and then add a custom fan curve.4. Windows 11 compulsory. Mine came with W10 20H2 and no upgrade path was offered within W10. I would have preferred to stay with W10, but maybe Linux will be worth looking at now. This is of course your personal preference.5. Single-channel 1R8 memory, which is possibly the worst kind of memory to use on an APU. And to make sure you can't do anything about it, they put a tamper sticker over one screw hole. I will probably upgrade it anyway, but given it's MSI it's probably better to stick with 1R8 as the motherboard might not be able to take 2Rx8 memory properly. BIOS allows you to basically do nothing at all about timings, I don't see the point of a BIOS with so few options.There's a lot of good things, one of which is the R5500U APU. Even in 2022 it is no slouch, if MSI had paired it with the correct sort of memory it would have been close to perfect. The big issues are the fact that it's basically 'just' a tuned-up 4600U, and some older quirks are present - mostly the IF clock being capped at 1.2GHz, which means memory performance is always out of whack with >2400MHz DDR4. For a daily grind laptop, this likely won't matter much.Loud fan aside, the cooling (on a new laptop, this will degrade) is excellent. After a few hours of large-screen gaming tests - never mind the fps, that was not the point - the CPU was in the 75C range. Officially the TGP is 15W, but I've seen 35W being drawn at max load. This is 15C better than my Victus 5800H managed out of the box, and is very impressive overall. Even when running in fully passive mode with a Youtube video, the area under the heatpipes is just mildly warm.It is truly lightweight. While it is also quite chonky, exceeding 20mm through most of the depth, it is almost 100% metal shell and that reduces weight and is more rigid than plastic. This also allows more heat to conduct to the keyboard and trackpad area, so you can see why they emphasised cooling over noise. The weight means carrying it around is easy.The hinge is a good compromise between stiffness and ease of adjustment. While I would have wished for a little stiffer between 120 and 180 because it tends to go flat if you carry it around with the lid open. The first few degrees also seem to be a little stiffer than usual and there's no proper opening lip, so getting it open is a little more involved. It also moves around a bit when typing on the keyboard, but it's not a lot.

Very good laptop:My previous laptop: MacBook Air 2017 (i5 5th Gen, 720p screen)Pros:1) Great Display quality (14inch FHD)2) Very fast (no problems in running multi tasking with 30+ tabs in chrome)3) Light weight (same weight as MacBook Air)4) Good build quality and good looking5) No heating issues which I was concerned with the AMD processor, also has design that lifts the base so no heating even when on bed.6) Can connect to monitor even and lid is off and power is disconnected too (saves battery life)7) Good keyboard with good adjustable backlit.Con:Speaking volume is low. Videos with low volume are barely audio. (I use earphones mostly so doesn’t matter to me)