MSI Crosshair 15 (12Ux) - Specs

  • BOE NE156QHM-NY1 (BOE09C2)
  • Color accuracy  4.5  2.2
  • HDD/SSD
  • up to 8000GB SSD
  • RAM
  • up to 64GB
  • OS
  • Windows 11 Home, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 11 Pro
  • Battery
  • 90Wh, 4-cell, 53.5Wh, 3-cell, 53.5Wh, 3-cell
  • Body material
  • Plastic / Polycarbonate, Aluminum
  • Dimensions
  • 359 x 259 x 26.9 mm (14.13" x 10.20" x 1.06")
  • Weight
  • 2.47 kg (5.4 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
  • 5.1
  • Audio jack
  • 3.5mm Combo Jack
  • Features
  • Fingerprint reader
  • Web camera
  • HD
  • Backlit keyboard
  • Speakers
  • Stereo Speakers by Nahimic Audio
  • Optical drive
  • Security Lock slot

 

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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 Crosshair 15 (12Ux) series.

Results are from the Cinebench 20 Multi-core test (the higher the score, the better)

GPU performance

Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the GPUs that come in the MSI Crosshair 15 (12Ux) series.

MSI Crosshair 15 (12Ux) in-depth review

More than anything, MSI is known for using one platform for many of its devices. This is not new, as we've seen it in the past. Also, a lot of car manufacturers do the same thing. In a way, you can think of MSI as VW. For instance, the laptop we're going to review today shares the same platform as the Pulse GL66.This is why we were very intrigued when we saw the specs. These guys managed to fit an RTX 3070 Ti with a 140W TGP inside of the Crosshair 15 (B12Ux). We really hope that they have found a way to cool it down properly because the Pulse series is not really known for its great ther[...]

Pros

  • 2x SODIMM + 2x M.2 PCIe x4 Gen 4 slots
  • Bold design
  • Covers 98% of the DCI-P3 color gamut and has accurate color representation with our Gaming and Web design profile (BOE NE156QHM-NY1 (BOE09C2))
  • 165Hz panel with quick response times(BOE NE156QHM-NY1 (BOE09C2))
  • PWM-free (BOE NE156QHM-NY1 (BOE09C2))

Cons

  • Extremely hot externals when CoolerBoost is not enabled
  • No SD card slot and Thunderbolt support
  • USB Type-C port only supports data transfer
  • Average input devices

Inside MSI Crosshair 15 (B12Ux) - disassembly and upgrade options

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Games you can play on this laptop series