MSI GF63 12VE review 2023

The laptop has poor build quality, with a bent frame, cracked hinge, and dents, leading the speaker to return it and not ask for a replacement.
MSI GF63 12VE is a cheap and lightweight gaming laptop with a generic design, but surprisingly free of defects, making it a decent option for budget gamers.
The MSI GF63 12VE laptop has various ports, a decent trackpad, and a surprisingly good keyboard with a sensible layout and responsive key switches.
The keyboard deck of the MSI GF63 12VE is solid and lacks flex, with three layers of material contributing to its stability, although the keyboard itself is plastic welded and cannot be replaced, and the palm rest has a jagged ridge that can occasionally cause discomfort.
The hinge design of the MSI GF63 12VE laptop is poorly constructed, with short and narrow anchor points and minuscule screws that rely on thin plastic standoffs, leading to frequent hinge failures and potential damage to the display.
Avoid buying the MSI GF63 12VE laptop due to the high risk of cracking the LCD screen while removing it, making it expensive and wasteful to repair, indicating planned obsolescence.
The screen of the MSI GF63 12VE (2023) has low brightness, below standard color gamut coverage, and poor quality webcam and stereo microphones, making everything look dull and miserable.
The MSI GF63 12VE laptop has average audio quality, a decent headphone amplifier, a half terabyte Samsung SSD with typical read and write speeds, and controls for power modes and system settings can be found in the Perfect SI Center.
The software layout is frustrating, requiring frequent privacy policy agreements, but power modes can be selected from the bios and the power consumption is conservative, while the battery life is short.
The battery in the MSI GF63 12VE laptop takes 3 hours to charge to 100% and is difficult to replace due to being mounted with double-sided tape, requiring caution to avoid damaging the ribbon cables, with removal taking 15 minutes to an hour.
The MSI GF63 12VE (2023) laptop features an Intel Core i5 12450h processor with 12 threads, dual-channel memory, and a GeForce RTX 4050 GPU with 2560 Cuda cores, 48 rops, and 80 tmus, but it is limited by a narrow 96-bit memory bus and a low maximum TGP of 45 watts.
The cooling system in the MSI GF63 12VE is lightweight but struggles to handle spikes in heat output, resulting in constant fan noise.
Cold plate surfaces have minimal damage and the GPU’s voltage regulators rely on airflow to control temperatures, but the mosfets are the hottest components and the cooler cannot be easily cleaned without removing the entire assembly.
The disassembly of the MSI GF63 12VE gaming laptop takes around 10 to 15 minutes, and during a 30-minute torture test, the temperatures and power delivery remain stable with the CPU and GPU staying within safe ranges.
The MSI GF63 12VE laptop has efficient ventilation and low cooling requirements, allowing it to be placed directly on a desk without the need for a laptop stand or cooler, although gaming on the lap is not recommended due to high temperatures, and surface temperatures are generally well-controlled except for a hot spot near the cooling system.
The MSI GF63 12VE is a decent laptop for running AAA games at medium settings with a high frame rate, but its Core i5 processor may struggle to provide a smooth gaming experience, making it not recommended.
Do not buy the MSI GF63 12VE as it has poor performance, terrible battery life and display, and is difficult to repair, with the only positives being a decent keyboard and trackpad, low weight, and low power consumption.

Conclusion

The MSI GF63 12VE gaming laptop has several flaws and is not recommended due to poor performance, battery life, and display, despite some decent features.