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日本Top 5 reasons to BUY or NOT to buy the MSI Alpha 15 (B5Ex)
Today we have an all AMD laptop, which is a rare occurrence in today’s world. The MSI Alpha 15 (B5Ex) comes powered by the Zen 3-based Ryzen 5000H-series and RDNA2 graphics, which are bound to spice up the currently NVIDIA-dominated mobile GPU market.
The GPU that is inside this laptop is the RX6600M, which should be around the level of an RTX 3060. With this laptop trying to go for the budget and mid-range consumers, it has to deliver big time, because the competition is most fierce here.
Today we present you with LaptopMedia’s top 5 picks about the MSI Alpha 15 (B5Ex).
MSI Alpha 15 (B5Ex): Full Specs / In-depth Review
4 reasons to BUY the MSI Alpha 15 (B5Ex)
1. Design and build quality
With supposedly all-metal construction, the laptop is quite sturdy. To be fair the case could have probably been the same even if the laptop was made of plastic, due to its sheer heft and thickness, which sit at 2.35 kg and 24mm, respectively. The design is very minimal, with simple shapes, some lines on the lid, and an MSI Alpha logo, which has a circular shape and displays an eagle or another type of predatory bird.
Its lid opens easily with a single hand, revealing a good set of input devices, with a keyboard with long key travel and clicky feedback, as well as either a Red or an RGB backlight. The keyboard also has decently large keycaps, which make the unit more comfortable overall. The touchpad also has some good qualities, such as accurate tracking and good gliding, but the clicking mechanism has a dead zone, which can be annoying.
2. Upgradeability
The laptop has two SODIMM RAM slots and two M.2 PCIe x4 slots. The laptop can fit up to 64GB of DDR4 memory, running in dual-channel mode.
Here is our teardown video, which shows how to access both the RAM and SSD slots.
3. Display quality
Surprisingly, the display here can be used for professional work. The 15.6-inch Full HD IPS panel has a refresh rate of 144Hz, comfortable viewing angles, a max brightness of 305 nits in the middle of the screen, 310 nits as an average for the entire display area, and a maximum deviation of 8%. The contrast ratio is good – 1270:1. The panel also covers 93% of the sRGB color gamut, bringing vibrant and punchy colors.
Regarding the color accuracy, it was way off with the stock settings, but after we calibrated it with our Design and Gaming profile, the dE value went down to 1.7.
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Since our profiles are tailored for each individual display model, this article and its respective profile package are meant for MSI Alpha 15 (B5Ex) configurations with 15.6″ 144Hz FHD IPS AUO B156HAN08.0 (AUO80ED).
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Naast het ontvangen van efficiënte en gezondheidsvriendelijke profielen, steunt u door het kopen van LaptopMedia's producten ook de ontwikkeling van onze laboratoria, waar wij apparaten testen om de meest objectieve beoordelingen mogelijk te maken.
Office Work
Office Work moet vooral worden gebruikt door gebruikers die de meeste tijd besteden aan het bekijken van stukken tekst, tabellen of gewoon surfen. Dit profiel is gericht op het leveren van een betere helderheid en duidelijkheid door het behouden van een vlakke gammacurve (2.20), native kleurtemperatuur en perceptueel accurate kleuren.
Ontwerp en spel
Dit profiel is gericht op ontwerpers die beroepsmatig met kleuren werken, en ook voor games en films. Design and Gaming brengt beeldschermen tot het uiterste en maakt ze zo nauwkeurig mogelijk in de sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standaard voor Web en HDTV, bij witpunt D65.
Health-Guard
Health-Guard elimineert de schadelijke Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) en vermindert het negatieve Blauwe Licht dat onze ogen en ons lichaam aantast. Omdat het op maat is gemaakt voor elk paneel, slaagt het erin de kleuren perceptueel nauwkeurig te houden. Health-Guard simuleert papier zodat de druk op de ogen sterk wordt verminderd.
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4. Performance
The laptop comes with a single CPU and GPU option: the Ryzen 7 5800H and the Radeon RX6600M. Below are benchmark results including the MSI Alpha 15 along with several of its competitors.
CPU benchmarks
De resultaten zijn afkomstig van de Cinebench R23 CPU-test (hoe hoger de score, hoe beter)
Resultaten zijn van onze Photoshop benchmark test (hoe lager de score, hoe beter)
GPU benchmarks
De resultaten zijn afkomstig van de 3DMark: Time Spy (Graphics) benchmark (hoe hoger de score, hoe beter)
Resultaten zijn van de 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (hoe hoger de score, hoe beter)
Resultaten zijn van de Unigine Superposition benchmark (hoe hoger de score, hoe beter)
1 reason NOT to buy the MSI Alpha 15 (B5Ex)
1. I/O
The laptop’s I/O is definitely wide in terms of quantity, but it lacks some stuff, some of which are completely excusable, such as Thunderbolt ports, which have been monopolized by Intel. You get a total of three USB Type-A (one 2.0 and two 3.2 Gen. 1) ports, a single USB Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 1) port, an HDMI connector, an Ethernet port, and a 3.5mm audio jack. Sadly, we find no MicroSD card reader, which would have been great for photographers to quickly transfer photos from their camera to the laptop.
