MSI Sword 16 Series

MSI Sword 16 HX B14VFKG

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MSI Sword 16 HX B14VFKG Review: rendimiento precio gaming solvente con CPU tope de gama
Source: Noticias 3D ES→EN
Positive: Powerful processor; great GPU; high performance; backlit keys; rich set of ports; good speakers; affordable price. Negative: Short battery life.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 04/03/2024

MSI Sword 16 HX B14VGKG

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How to open MSI Sword 16 HX B14V - disassembly and upgrade options
Source: Laptop Media
Support, online available, Medium, Date: 05/31/2024

MSI Sword 16 HX B14V review – A Capable Gaming Laptop for Content Creators
Source: Laptop Media
As we mentioned at the beginning of this article, there isn’t a big difference between the MSI Sword 16 HX B14V and the 17-ich model that we have already tested. Still, the smaller device has its advantages – its bottom plate feels way more solid while opening the laptop for servicing or upgrading. The whole chassis also seems sturdier compared to the Sword 17 HX B14V. Last but not least, the lid of the 16-inher goes back fairly far and it almost reaches the 180-degree mark while the max angle of the opening of the bigger sibling isn’t that wide. The noise levels under full CPU or GPU loads are under control – the fans aren’t too noisy despite the high RPM values. Regardless of the huge cooling system, the 20-core Intel Core i7-14700HX can’t show its full potential because of the modest 200W power adapter.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 05/31/2024

How to open MSI Sword 16 HX B14V - disassembly and upgrade options
Source: Laptop Media
Support, online available, Medium, Date: 05/31/2024

MSI Sword 16 HX B14V review – A Capable Gaming Laptop for Content Creators
Source: Laptop Media
As we mentioned at the beginning of this article, there isn’t a big difference between the MSI Sword 16 HX B14V and the 17-ich model that we have already tested. Still, the smaller device has its advantages – its bottom plate feels way more solid while opening the laptop for servicing or upgrading. The whole chassis also seems sturdier compared to the Sword 17 HX B14V. Last but not least, the lid of the 16-inher goes back fairly far and it almost reaches the 180-degree mark while the max angle of the opening of the bigger sibling isn’t that wide. The noise levels under full CPU or GPU loads are under control – the fans aren’t too noisy despite the high RPM values. Regardless of the huge cooling system, the 20-core Intel Core i7-14700HX can’t show its full potential because of the modest 200W power adapter.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 05/31/2024

Foreign Reviews

Review MSI Sword 16 HX: Laptop Gaming Terjangkau dengan Intel HX 20-Core & RTX 4070
Source: Jagat Review ID→EN
Positive: Powerful hardware; high performance; great GPU; beautiful display; SSD 1TB; 16GB and expandable RAM; affordable price. Negative: Mediocre design; noisy under loads; relatively heavy and bulky.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/31/2024

Review MSI Sword 16 HX: Laptop Gaming Terjangkau dengan Intel HX 20-Core & RTX 4070
Source: Jagat Review ID→EN
Positive: Powerful hardware; high performance; great GPU; beautiful display; SSD 1TB; 16GB and expandable RAM; affordable price. Negative: Mediocre design; noisy under loads; relatively heavy and bulky.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/31/2024

微星Sword 16 HX B14V评测–一款适合内容创作者的游戏笔记本电脑
Source: Laptopmedia CN zh-CN→EN
Positive: High gaming performance; powerful hardware; nice display; premium design; excellent display; great ergonomics; solid workmanship; rich set of ports; decent autonomy; stereo speakers; good cooling and silent system. Negative: Heavy and bulky; plastic case; 3 USB-A ports.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 05/31/2024

微星Sword 16 HX B14V评测–一款适合内容创作者的游戏笔记本电脑
Source: Laptopmedia CN zh-CN→EN
Positive: High gaming performance; powerful hardware; nice display; premium design; excellent display; great ergonomics; solid workmanship; rich set of ports; decent autonomy; stereo speakers; good cooling and silent system. Negative: Heavy and bulky; plastic case; 3 USB-A ports.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 05/31/2024

MSI Sword 16 HX B13VGKG 電競筆電
Source: HKEPC zh-TW→EN
Positive: Powerful hardware; high gaming performance; affordable price; great ergonomics. Negative: Mediocre design; overheats while using; relatively heavy.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 08/16/2024

MSI Sword 16 HX B13VGKG 電競筆電
Source: HKEPC zh-TW→EN
Positive: Powerful hardware; high gaming performance; affordable price; great ergonomics. Negative: Mediocre design; overheats while using; relatively heavy.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 08/16/2024

MSI Sword 16 HX B14VFKG, i9-14900HX

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MSI SWORD 16 HX B14V, portátil gaming con Core i9 14900HX y una RTX 4060
Source: El chapuzas Informatico ES→EN
Positive: Excellent display; great GPU; big screen; 1TB M.2 NVMe 4.0 SSD; good USB and network connectivity with Wi-Fi 6E; backlit keys. Negative: Highly improvable AI-based performance feature; high price.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 06/21/2024

MSI Sword 16 HX B14VFKG, i7-14650HX

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Average Score: 76% - good

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76% MSI Sword 16 HX (B14V) Review – A Decent Gaming Laptop With Its Quirks
Source: Pokde
So, what is the price tag you’re looking at? You can currently purchase this laptop at RM5,899; though at this writing the price listed at RM5,699, so that’s another small discount to sweeten the deal. Let’s face it – laptops in the past two years are far from cheap, but the MSI Sword 16 HX is one of those that can be a pretty enticing option if performance is a priority more than anything else (that you’re willing to compromise on).
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/16/2024
Rating: Total score: 76% price: 83% performance: 80% mobility: 70% workmanship: 75%

Foreign Reviews

Đánh giá MSI Sword 16 HX 2024: Hiệu năng và màn hình "bén" nhất tầm giá 30 triệu!
Source: Cell Phones VN→EN
Positive: Powerful hardware; high gaming performance; excellent display; attractive price.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/03/2025

MSI Sword 16 HX B14VFKG, i7-14700HX

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Average Score: 80% - good

Foreign Reviews

80% Test du MSI Sword 16 HX B14V : un ordinateur gaming performant avec un écran QHD 240 Hz, mais une autonomie décevante
Source: Nerd-mobile FR→EN
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/12/2024
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 90% display: 90% mobility: 60% workmanship: 80%

MSI Sword 16 HX B14VGKG, i7-14650HX

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MSI Sword 16 HX B14V : Un compromis entre performance, silence et prix
Source: Cowcotland FR→EN
Positive: Good cooling and silent system; comfortable keyboard; beautiful display. Negative: Average performance; mediocre touchpad; poor webcam; short battery life; 512GB ROM only.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 11/26/2024

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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.

NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 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). 

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.

Intel Meteor Lake-H:

Ultra 9 185H: The top-of-the-line Meteor Lake chip that debuted in December 2023. This 1st Gen Core Ultra processor has come to replace 13th generation Core chips; it has 16 cores (6 + 8 + 2) and 22 threads at its disposal. Its Performance cores, of which there are 6, run at up to 5.1 GHz while its Efficient cores, of which there are 10 (8 main cores plus 2 extra ones found in the Low Power Island) run at up to 3.8 GHz. The 8-core Arc GPU, just out of the oven, serves as the integrated graphics adapter - this runs at up to 2.35 GHz - and there is a bevy of other brand-new technologies on offer as well such as the integrated AI Boost NPU with two Gen 3 engines for hardware AI workload acceleration. vPro Enterprise and business-centric features such as the Remote Platform Erase are onboard as well. This laptop processors's "base" power consumption is 45 W, while its Turbo power consumption is not supposed to go over 115 W.

Intel Raptor Lake-HX:

i7-14700HX: High-end mobile hybrid processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture with 20 cores (8 performance and 12 efficiency cores) and 28 threads.

i9-14900HX: High-end mobile hybrid processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture with 24 cores and 32 threads. Clocks at a maximum of 5.8 GHz (P cores).

i7-14650HX: High-end mobile hybrid processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture with 16 cores (8 performance and 8 efficiency cores) and 24 threads. Based on the Raptor Lake S 13700K chip.

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

16.00:

This range for display formats was and is a rarity. It is larger than the general standard of 15 inches, but not yet in the range of large workstations. One usually has higher screen resolutions available, but portability suffers from that.

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

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78.33%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.

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

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