MSI Alpha 17 Series

Processor: AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7X4X/8X4X) R9 7945HX, AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) R7 4800H
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon RX 5600M, NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
Display: 17.30 inch
Weight: 2.6kg, 2.8kg
Price: 1400, 2000 euro

Average Score: 87.77% - good
Average of 3 scores (from 6 reviews)

performance: 90%, features: 62%, display: 81%, mobility: 67%, workmanship: 77%, ergonomy: 83%, emissions: 79%

MSI Alpha 17 A4DEK

Specifications

Notebook: MSI Alpha 17 A4DEK
Processor: AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) R7 4800H
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon RX 5600M 6144 MB
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 2.6kg
Price: 1400 euro
Links: MSI homepage
MSI notebook section

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Reviews

83.3% MSI Alpha 17 gaming laptop in review: With a Ryzen 7 and Radeon RX 5600M | Notebookcheck
With the 17-inch Alpha 17, MSI gives gamers a gaming laptop that isn't powered by Intel technology. Both the CPU and the graphics card come from AMD and will have to show what they can do in our test.

MSI Alpha 17 C7VF

Specifications

Notebook: MSI Alpha 17 C7VF
Processor: AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7X4X/8X4X) R9 7945HX
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU 8192 MB
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:9, 2560 x 1440 pixels
Weight: 2.8kg
Links: MSI homepage
MSI notebook section

Price comparison

Average Score: 90% - very good

Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)

Reviews

MSI Alpha 17 2023 Hands-On: Future Proof with WiFi 7
Source: Unbox English

WiFi 7-powered devices are expected to arrive later this year, and the 2023 Alpha 17 is one of the first devices that will support it. WiFi 7 routers are still rare (and not yet available in the market), but having laptops like the 2023 Alpha 17 ensures that you are future-proof and ready once there is wider WiFi 7 support. The 2023 Alpha 17 starts at $1849 for the RTX 4060 model, which translates to around Php 104,000 when converted. There’s no word yet if MSI plans to bring this version of the Alpha 17 to the Philippines.
Hands-On, online available, Short, Date: 05/31/2023

Foreign Reviews

90% Brauche ich überhaupt noch einen Desktop-PC zum Spielen?
Source: Gamestar German

DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/30/2024
Rating: Total score: 90%

MSI Alpha 17 C7VG

Specifications

Notebook: MSI Alpha 17 C7VG
Processor: AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7X4X/8X4X) R9 7945HX
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU 8192 MB
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:9, 2560 x 1440 pixels
Weight: 2.8kg
Price: 2000 euro
Links: MSI homepage
MSI notebook section

Price comparison

Average Score: 90% - very good

Average of 1 scores (from 3 reviews)

Foreign Reviews

90% Der MSI Alpha 17 lässt mich daran zweifeln, ob ich überhaupt noch einen Desktop-PC zum Spielen brauche
Source: Gamestar German

DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/16/2024
Rating: Total score: 90%

Gute Kombi aus Ryzen-CPU und GeForce-Grafik
Source: HardwareLuxx German

DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/26/2023

MSI Alpha 17 C7VG Review: potente portatil gaming con precio ajustado
Source: Noticias 3D Spanish

ES→EN
Positive: Powerful hardware; high gaming performance; excellent display; good cooling system; decent autonomy; big screen; good price. Negative: Heavy and bulky; only one USB-C port.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 12/25/2023

Comment

MSI: Micro-Star International (MSI) was founded in 1986 in Taiwan. MSI is especially known as a manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards for PCs, but also offers computer accessories, complete systems, motherboards, graphics cards, laptops, desktop PCs, monitors and other components. However, the Microstar brand name in Germany belongs to the Medion company. MSI is known for its gaming products and has developed a wide range of gaming laptops and desktop PCs. The company is also active in workstations, servers and industrial automation. MSI has offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution.

AMD Radeon RX 5600M: Mid-range mobile graphics card based on the Navi 10 chip (new RDNA architecture) and manufactured in the modern 7nm process. Offers 2,304 cores (36 CUs) and using GDDR6 graphics memory. The performance should be similar to a RTX 2060 according to AMD.

These graphics cards are able to play the latest and most demanding games in high resolutions and full detail settings with enabled Anti-Aliasing.

NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU: High-end graphics card for laptops based on the Ada Lovelace architecture. Offers 8 GB GDDR6 (128 Bit) and is configurable with a TGP of 35 - 115W (+ Dynamic Boost).

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU):

R7 4800H: A laptop-grade octa-core APU with SMT-enabled Zen 2 cores clocked at 2.9 GHz to 4.2 GHz and a Vega series graphics adapter with 7 CUs clocked at up to 1,600 MHz.

AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7X4X/8X4X):

R9 7945HX: High-End mobile 16-core processor based on the Zen 4 architecture. The CPU cores clock at up to 5.4 GHz and execute 32 threads simultaneously. The TDP is configurable between 55 and 75 Watt.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

2.6 kg:

With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.

2.8 kg:

87.77%: This is an above-average rating. Nevertheless, it should not be forgotten that about one fifth of all tested models receive a better rating.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.