MSI Katana 17 Gaming Laptop 13th Gen Intel Core i7, GeForce RTX 4060, 17.3″ 144Hz FHD Display, 32GB DDR5, 1TB NVMe SSD, USB-Type C, Cooler Boost 5, Win11 Home: Black B13VFK-835US : Electronics

5.0 out of 5 stars

Died within two months BUT MSI fixed it

It was working great until the graphics card completely failed and BSOD repeatedly while playing a standard game through Steam. I had to pay out of pocket to ship the thing to CA to MSI to repair under warranty, thought it would take over a month to get back, BUT they fixed it SAME DAY and sent it back immediately. They even humored me when I asked them to double check the test just to make sure before sending it back across the country. EXCELLENT customer service.

3 people found this helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars

Excelente

Cumple en todos los aspectos, muy buen producto.

5.0 out of 5 stars

Great Value

I purchased this on Black Friday as a Christmas gift for my daughter. She loves gaming and is about to start college and this computer gives her the best of both worlds.It was s heavier than her last laptop but it does so much more and has 1TB of memory. Which is amazing.So far she loves it and none of her games lag or freeze up. The picture quality is beautiful.I am very satisfied with this purchase.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Very happy with this laptop

The 8GB VRAM makes the local LLMs I am using run much faster. Overall, the system is fast and stable using Win11.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

So far so good

Great purchase. Same specs with other brands not less than 2k.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

So far so good

Got this laptop during Prime Day, it works great so far.Definitely recommend, especially when on sale!

5.0 out of 5 stars

great gaming laptop

great quality gaming laptop, i love the personalization abilities, battery life is amazing if ur not running anything too crazy, the only thing, is i let it overheat a lil (not sure how hot it got exactly) and it froze, so i took the bottom panel off and let it sit like that, and it took about 48hrs to cool back down enough to where it was usable, but im pretty sure thats more my fault than the laptop itself, i would recommend, i would say u definitely get what u pay for with this one

3 people found this helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars

Great machine, difficult to upgrade

This is a well built machine. However, if you plan on upgrading the SSD or adding another one, just know that it can’t be done out of the box. If you want to add another SSD, you’ll need to request a mounting bracket from MSI, who will send you one for free.If you are wanting to upgrade storage all around, you’ll need to get support from MSI or from an authorized dealer before doing that. This laptop will not allow for a standard Windows 10/11 install.Lastly, the battery isn’t great, but not horrible.

5 people found this helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars

Love it

I had another laptop previously and it just wasn’t sparking joy. I wanted this one but it was a bit heavier so I opted for the other. I regretted it. It was so buggy. So I sprung for this one. Beautiful, fast, no problems out of the box. Love it.

3 people found this helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars

Good Deal

I was hesitant at first but buying this gaming laptop online is amazing! So far so good

3 people found this helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars

Works very well, I play WOW and COD on this when I am not at home and it works great.

Arrived nicely packed, damage free. Has been great for gaming while traveling and not at my PC. Would highly recommend.

6 people found this helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars

????11/10 Experience ????

Shipment arrived in pristine condition, guts align with listing, stress tested hard AF – she held like a champ.The ONLY NEGATIVE was that Norton was on my image, but I’m not gonna knock points off for Microsoft & Norton’s legacy contracts.????????

9 people found this helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars

Excelente

Todo muy bien

5.0 out of 5 stars

tal como estaba descrito

llegó según las características indicadas, bien empacado y no hubo problemas en la importación.

5.0 out of 5 stars

Good specs at a good price

[Oct 2024]We had an old laptop that died recently and wouldn’t be worth repairing, so while the October Prime Days event was on I looked for something that should be somewhat ‘future proof’ with good specs at a price less than $1000. I picked the MSI Katana A15 AI 15.6” 144Hz FHD Gaming Laptop with the Ryzen 7-9945HS and NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4060, 32Gb RAM, and 1TB SSD.It was on sale for $879 plus tax at the time, which was a really good price for the specs.It has all the ports we need for plugging in different devices, the keyboard feels good, and the screen is bright & crisp with a 144Hz refresh rate that keeps up with the busiest action scenes in games and movies. The screen is a bit more ‘letter box’ shape than I’d really like, but that’s the only thing I can find to whine about. It’s a bit heavy compared to some, but that isn’t an issue for us.It runs all our small business office and accounting software silently, without the cooling system kicking in at all. The only time it cools itself is when playing graphic intensive games, and IMHO the fan noise isn’t bad at all. Most of the time it sits on a multi fan cooling pad, but even without that turned on the laptop never gets particularly hot.All in all, it was a great deal, so if it’s on sale for less than $900 again, snap it up. Even at around $1050 I think it’s still a worthy contender.

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4.0 out of 5 stars

Great Quality for the Price Laptop, but…

MSI delivers a very nice gaming laptop. The picture quality is beautiful and crisp. The refresh rate is very nice. My only complaint so far is that the AC adapter will not stay plugged in. I believe it is a flaw in the design. You literally cannot move it in the least without the AC adapter starting to slide out. If I wanted a desktop that never moves, I’d have bought a desktop. In under a month, I have sent it to the manufacturer to see if they can do anything to fix the fit. At least it is under warranty.

3 people found this helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars

Strong Gaming Performance

I bought this to replace my old home-built gaming PC, which was starting to show its age after eight years of constant use and a couple of hardware upgrades. I’m very happy with the purchase overall. This laptop feels well-built (and is surprisingly heavy) and runs all of my games (mainly MMOs) at high-to-max graphic settings with around 90-100 fps.I was a little dismayed by how fast the battery drained after I unplugged it from the power adapter, but to be fair I was running two monitors and a fairly graphics-intense game with everything maxed. I have nothing bad to say. Well, the documentation was pretty sparse; for example, the programmable backlighted keys are controlled by software and it took me a frustrating ten minutes to figure that out for myself. Maybe that’s something I should have just known.This was offered at a good price with a couple of nice upgrades (64 Gigs RAM and a 2TB SSD) for around $300 less than other machines I was looking at with the same specs.

4.0 out of 5 stars

HARD TO COME BY.

Recently purchased product to get back into gaming. ill be honest if you’re looking for 1080p gaming at its finest on a laptop, its hard to argue with this one. so far i’ve been using it for about one week. and i’ve played pretty reasonable games i believe (COD:MW3, HELLDIVERS 2, KILLING FLOOR 2, DYINGLIGHT, DESTINY 2) All of these games I’ve sat and played for at least 4 hrs each on high-ultra settings and it easily handles over 60 fps. HOWEVER i did get a cooling fan because i read previous over heat reviews before purchasing so i cant say if its loud or not while gaming just yet.surfing is a breeze. but ill be honest I’m not the consumer who has over 20 tabs open. i usually always consistently close browsers or delete unused apps. and i use a dual set up as well. even before i actually realized it was meant for 1080p gamingthe shipping came a day after it was suppose to arrive. however the packaging and everything was pristine. the looks pf the laptop feels very exclusive, sleek yet certain things feel mediocre? i feel like the body of the laptop feels a little on the low end in terms of quality giving for the parts that’s in it. The only concern i have with this laptop is the battery. i plugged it out while the game was running it was at 98 and i left for 20 minutes and it was sitting around 25. i don’t want to seem exaggerated but at a full charge the time on the system says 1 hr & 50 minutes…. and that’s before i run any programs or software. but after sitting down and running a couple games with the benchmarks and i have an xbox one series X as well. and in my opinion its really hard to argue with the value you get with this. i DO NOT regret this purchase.

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4.0 out of 5 stars

Great for Gaming, Adequate for Work/Travel

For the price, the specs are very nice. Most laptops with these specs would cost typically $1800. The laptop performs great when playing games and doing any type of work with its fast processor and quick gpu. The RAM is nice for multitasking and ensuring smooth gameplay. However, there are a few downsides about this laptop which I will list below:1. Poor, poor battery life. Expect maybe 2 hours of use when running on battery life even for casual browsing and whatnot. Performance on these types of laptops drop significantly when not plugged in.2. The keyboard feels a little on the cheap side. The keyboard on this laptop feels slightly worse than the keyboard on my $800 acer laptop. The customizable backlights are nice, but I would rather have better keys than cool aesthetics.3. If you want to install a camera blocker on this, like the ones that you can slide open and closed, than too bad. The rubber bumper hugs the top of the camera making it impossible to do so. I guess a piece of tape would work though.Overall, for the price, it is well worth the purchase. If you plan on using this a lot for traveling and doing work, where you will run it on battery power, than definitely do not get this laptop. If you plan to use this where you were going to have it plugged in a lot and are an avid game player, then this laptop is definitely for you. The large screen is great, The specs are powerful, and it is a great value laptop.

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4.0 out of 5 stars

Warning: Battery Life is Not Great

Bought this for our daughter to take to college. I got excited by the great stats on all the components, but totally overlooked the expected battery life (that’s on me, just wanna warn anyone else considering this laptop to not make the same mistake). I’ve found that if you optimize the heck out of all the settings, you *might* be able to get around 2 hours of battery life max! From what I’ve gathered, that’s pretty typical of gaming laptops, I just wasn’t aware of that and naively assumed all laptops at this point had like 5 hours or more of battery life. It’s still a power house of a laptop for the price though, and we can work around the battery thing… just gotta find an outlet to sit near.

2 people found this helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars

Works as well as you think

Works as well as a gaming computer does

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Insane dudes

bro this thing is insane

5.0 out of 5 stars

Good specs at a good price

[Oct 2024]We had an old laptop that died recently and wouldn’t be worth repairing, so while the October Prime Days event was on I looked for something that should be somewhat ‘future proof’ with good specs at a price less than $1000. I picked the MSI Katana A15 AI 15.6” 144Hz FHD Gaming Laptop with the Ryzen 7-9945HS and NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4060, 32Gb RAM, and 1TB SSD.It was on sale for $879 plus tax at the time, which was a really good price for the specs.It has all the ports we need for plugging in different devices, the keyboard feels good, and the screen is bright & crisp with a 144Hz refresh rate that keeps up with the busiest action scenes in games and movies. The screen is a bit more ‘letter box’ shape than I’d really like, but that’s the only thing I can find to whine about. It’s a bit heavy compared to some, but that isn’t an issue for us.It runs all our small business office and accounting software silently, without the cooling system kicking in at all. The only time it cools itself is when playing graphic intensive games, and IMHO the fan noise isn’t bad at all. Most of the time it sits on a multi fan cooling pad, but even without that turned on the laptop never gets particularly hot.All in all, it was a great deal, so if it’s on sale for less than $900 again, snap it up. Even at around $1050 I think it’s still a worthy contender.

One person found this helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars

Great Quality for the Price Laptop, but…

MSI delivers a very nice gaming laptop. The picture quality is beautiful and crisp. The refresh rate is very nice. My only complaint so far is that the AC adapter will not stay plugged in. I believe it is a flaw in the design. You literally cannot move it in the least without the AC adapter starting to slide out. If I wanted a desktop that never moves, I’d have bought a desktop. In under a month, I have sent it to the manufacturer to see if they can do anything to fix the fit. At least it is under warranty.

3 people found this helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars

Strong Gaming Performance

I bought this to replace my old home-built gaming PC, which was starting to show its age after eight years of constant use and a couple of hardware upgrades. I’m very happy with the purchase overall. This laptop feels well-built (and is surprisingly heavy) and runs all of my games (mainly MMOs) at high-to-max graphic settings with around 90-100 fps.I was a little dismayed by how fast the battery drained after I unplugged it from the power adapter, but to be fair I was running two monitors and a fairly graphics-intense game with everything maxed. I have nothing bad to say. Well, the documentation was pretty sparse; for example, the programmable backlighted keys are controlled by software and it took me a frustrating ten minutes to figure that out for myself. Maybe that’s something I should have just known.This was offered at a good price with a couple of nice upgrades (64 Gigs RAM and a 2TB SSD) for around $300 less than other machines I was looking at with the same specs.