Inside MSI Katana GF66 (12Ux) – disassembly and upgrade options

There are 13 Phillips-head screws holding this laptop’s bottom panel in place. After you undo them, pry the panel with a plastic tool, and lift it away from the chassis.

2. Battery

This laptop comes with a 53.5Wh battery pack. It lasted us nearly 6 hours of Web browsing, or 5 hours and 30 minutes of video playback. To take it out, unplug the battery connector, and remove the three Phillips-head screws keeping it attached to the chassis.

3. Memory and storage

The upgrade options here are pretty good. You get two RAM SODIMM slots for up to 64GB of DDR4 memory, working in dual-channel mode. Storage-wise, you get two M.2 PCIe x4 slots that support Gen 4 drives.

4. Cooling system

The CPU is being cooled by two thick heat pipes, while the three thinner ones are cooling the GPU. Thankfully, both the graphics memory and the VRMs have a heat pipe managing their thermals.

Check out all MSI Katana GF66 (12Ux) prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.

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Avantaje

Competitively priced
Two SODIMM slots, and up to two M.2 PCIe x4 slot with Gen 4 support
Rigid structure
Lacks PWM (AUO B156HAN08.4 (AUOAF90))
144Hz refresh rate (AUO B156HAN08.4 (AUOAF90))
Powerful hardware options*

Dezavantaje

53% sRGB coverage (AUO B156HAN08.4 (AUOAF90))
Slow pixel response times and low maximum brightness (AUO B156HAN08.4 (AUOAF90))
No SD card reader and Thunderbolt 4
*Runs hot and fails to extract the maximum out of the hardware