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日本MSI Sword 17 (A12UD)
MSI Sword 17 (A12UD) - Specs
- HDD/SSD
- up to 1000GB SSD
- M.2 Slot
- 1x 2280 PCIe NVMe 4.0 x4 See photo
- RAM
- up to 64GB
- OS
- No OS, Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 Home
- Battery
- 53.5Wh, 3-cell
- Body material
- Plastic / Polycarbonate
- Dimensions
- 398 x 273 x 25.2 mm (15.67" x 10.75" x 0.99")
- Weight
- 2.60 kg (5.7 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 1x USB Type-A
- 2.0
- 2x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-C
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- HDMI
- 2.0
- Card reader
- Ethernet LAN
- 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11ax
- Bluetooth
- 5.2
- Audio jack
- 3.5mm Combo Jack
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- Web camera
- HD
- Backlit keyboard
- Microphone
- Speakers
- 2x 2W Stereo Speakers, Nahimic Audio
- Optical drive
- Security Lock slot
All MSI Sword 17 (A12UD) configurations
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Office Work
Office Work should be used mostly by users who spend most of the time looking at pieces of text, tables or just surfing. This profile aims to deliver better distinctness and clarity by keeping a flat gamma curve (2.20), native color temperature and perceptually accurate colors.
Design and Gaming
This profile is aimed at designers who work with colors professionally, and for games and movies as well. Design and Gaming takes display panels to their limits, making them as accurate as possible in the sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standard for Web and HDTV, at white point D65.
Health-Guard
Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced.
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CPU performance
Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the CPUs that come in the MSI Sword 17 (A12UD) series.
Results are from the Cinebench 20 Multi-core test (the higher the score, the better)
MSI Sword 17 (A12UD) in-depth review
If there is a brand known for its gaming devices, this surely has to be MSI. Its gamut consists of budget machines, premium laptops, and everything in between. Today, we are going to review a gaming notebook, which sits closer to the first part of the brand's portfolio.It is the MSI Sword 17 (A12UD). Interestingly, this particular notebook can be found by the (A12UDX) and (A12UCX). The last two come with DDR5 RAM and two M.2 slots on the inside, while the one we have, has DDR4 memory, and only one storage slot.Regardless of that, our particular configuration features the Intel Core i7[...]
Pros
- Competitively priced
- Two SODIMM slots, and one M.2 PCIe x4 slot
- Rigid structure
- No PWM (AUO B173HAN04.9 (AUO978F))
- 144Hz refresh rate (AUO B173HAN04.9 (AUO978F))
Cons
- 53% sRGB coverage (AUO B173HAN04.9 (AUO978F))
- Slow pixel response times (AUO B173HAN04.9 (AUO978F))
- No SD card reader and limited USB Type-C 3.2 (Gen. 1)
- Short battery life
- Keyboard gets quite warm during gaming
