Laptop MSI Gaming Sword 16 HX B14VFKG-460VN

A Capable Gaming Laptop for Content Creators

on LaptopMedia by Nikolay Palaozov

Điểm mạnh: 20-core Intel Core i7-14700HX (or an i7-14650HX) alongside 115W NVIDIA RTX 4000 graphics cards. The upgradability is good and even one of the M.2 slots is for Gen 5 NVMe drives. The port selection remains decent at best. The base display is a 1200p unit with a 144Hz refresh rate. If you can stretch your wallet, you can get the optional 1600p 240Hz variant, just like we did. Littery all other features that we saw in the bigger laptop are also on board here – an RGB Gaming Keyboard, a MUX switch, a Web camera with a privacy shutter, a huge Cooler Boost 5 thermal system, and Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth v5.3 for connectivity.

Điểm yếu: The power adapter is again the modest 200W model. This results in not-so-high CPU clocks for the 17-inch model and perhaps this will be the case with the device in front of us since it has the same hardware under the bonnet.

Kết luận: If you think that the MSI Sword 16 HX B14V is just a smaller version of the Sword 17 HX B14V, you are actually (almost) right. We have already reviewed the 17-ich version and yes, both machines look, feel, and perform nearly the same.

A Capable Gaming Laptop for Content Creators

on LaptopMedia by Nikolay Palaozov

Điểm mạnh: 20-core Intel Core i7-14700HX (or an i7-14650HX) alongside 115W NVIDIA RTX 4000 graphics cards. The upgradability is good and even one of the M.2 slots is for Gen 5 NVMe drives. The port selection remains decent at best. The base display is a 1200p unit with a 144Hz refresh rate. If you can stretch your wallet, you can get the optional 1600p 240Hz variant, just like we did. Littery all other features that we saw in the bigger laptop are also on board here – an RGB Gaming Keyboard, a MUX switch, a Web camera with a privacy shutter, a huge Cooler Boost 5 thermal system, and Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth v5.3 for connectivity.

Điểm yếu: The power adapter is again the modest 200W model. This results in not-so-high CPU clocks for the 17-inch model and perhaps this will be the case with the device in front of us since it has the same hardware under the bonnet.

Kết luận: If you think that the MSI Sword 16 HX B14V is just a smaller version of the Sword 17 HX B14V, you are actually (almost) right. We have already reviewed the 17-ich version and yes, both machines look, feel, and perform nearly the same.