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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MSI’s Sword 15 can game, but its design puts it behind the competition

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