MSI Thin 15 B13VE-2266FR, thin and light gaming laptop PC Ultrabook Aluminum 15 inches 144Hz under Intel Core i5-13420H and RTX 4060 – LaptopSpirit

Our opinion on the MSI Thin 15 B13VE-2266FR

Easy to transport for a gaming laptop, the MSI Thin 15 B13VE-2266FR runs recent games thanks to its GeForce RTX 4050 ray tracing NVIDIA Ada Lovelace graphics card which accelerates multimedia processing like the Intel Raptor Lake Core i5-13420H processor and 16 GB of RAM and high performance as well as fast SSD storage of 512 GB reinforcing its responsiveness. This versatile Windows 11 dark aluminum laptop designed for gaming and creating is also equipped with a 15-inch IPS Full HD anti-glare screen with a frequency of 144Hz for smoother gaming, a backlit keyboard (without numeric keypad) as well as as well as Wi-Fi 6E connectivity.

Features of the MSI Thin 15 B13VE-2266FR

The MSI Thin 15 B13VE-2266FR faces the competition

The MSI Thin 15 B13VE-2266FR is currently displayed in promotion at the house of Darty and the Fnac. It offers a configuration/price ratio interesting for its category where it is one of the cheapest and lightest to offer such a recent and efficient processor as well as the graphics card with Windows provided.

If this MSI Thin 15 B13VE-2266FR does not meet all your criteria, you will find in our guide Gaming laptop other configurations to play with a similar budget. For the same budget, choose the model with the most powerful graphics card, it will have the greatest impact on performance.

Chassis, connectors, screen of the MSI Thin 15 B13VE-2266FR

It adopts a relatively discreet look for a gaming model whose codes it nevertheless adopts with its thin and light Cosmos Gray aluminum design with angular lines.

This gaming laptop PC offers good connectivity with its USB-C, its Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 6E ax wireless modules to communicate and connect remotely, its practical HDMI video output to easily connect it to a TV or monitor for example, its Ethernet and audio ports or its 3 USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible) providing transfers up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0 if you plug USB 3.0 devices into it.

When you need to better discern the keys, simply activate the backlighting of the chiclet keyboard.
On the other hand, no numeric keypad is present on the right of the keyboard while this functionality is standard from 15 inches to facilitate the entry of numbers, which some will not fail to regret.

To appeal to gamers, the screen is adorned with a frequency of 144Hz which clearly reinforces the overall fluidity, including in games, compared to the 60Hz standard.
The 16:9 Full HD screen suitable for displaying videos has significant vertical and horizontal viewing angles thanks to its IPS technology.
The screen also has an anti-reflective coating making it more readable than a shiny panel in a bright environment (e.g. outdoors).

Performance, autonomy of the MSI Thin 15 B13VE-2266FR

The MSI Thin 15 B13VE-2266FR may be of interest to those looking for a thin and light versatile 15-inch laptop that performs well in gaming.

Playing recent games is indeed possible on this gaming laptop. Because it embeds the dedicated GeForce RTX 4050 ray tracing NVIDIA Ada Lovelace graphics.
However, the TDP is limited here. Some adjustments may therefore be necessary under the most demanding opus in 3D resources to benefit from good playability.

Furthermore, the GeForce RTX 4050 provides graphics acceleration of processing under software using GPU computing power, such as Vegas, VSDC or the Adobe suite.

Consequently, players and creators alike may be interested in the GeForce RTX 4050 which is in fact activated automatically in real time by NVIDIA Optimus technology. And this depending on the tasks carried out in cases where Optimus considers that the performance of the Intel Iris Xe graphics solution inserted in the processor proves insufficient to carry out the requested tasks.

You can obviously watch photos and HD videos on this versatile multimedia laptop, whether with the GeForce RTX 4050 or the Iris Xe.
Although much less powerful, the Iris Xe is nevertheless used to the maximum by Optimus because it consumes little energy which promotes autonomy.
This is around 5 hours on battery in light use.

The Iris

The GeForce RTX 4050 is well supported by this duo which will be of particular interest to creators since it provides faster processing than a model based on a simple Quad Core. You can clearly feel the difference in work requiring CPU and RAM resources that takes advantage of multi-core, such as video editing, 3D rendering or photo editing.
However, if often carrying out processing that requires processor resources is the objective, it would be better to turn instead to a PC equipped with a processor equipped with a greater number of efficient cores.

MSI also entrusts the storage of this Ultrabook to an SSD that is shock-resistant, silent, energy-efficient and above all fast.
This velocity provides great responsiveness and fluidity on a daily basis, therefore accompanying the other components very well.

Thanks to the SSD starting/stopping, launching games/software, carrying out processing or even accessing online game cards is quick.

Here we find an SSD offering 512 GB of capacity, like many models on the market.
However, if additional space is needed, an external storage module can be used. Favoring a USB 3.0/USB-C device in this case represents an advantageous solution for obtaining fast transfers.

As for the transportability of this Ultrabook gamer, it is easy since this computer is thin and light.
In any case, expect heat and noise from this versatile laptop PC for playing (and creating) under heavy load (e.g. games, processing).
To contain its temperatures, we can add a ventilated support (remember to check the dimensions carefully!).