MSI Pulse 15 (B13Vx) - Specs

  • Sharp LQ156T1JW04 (SHP153C)
  • Color accuracy  5.8  1.9
  • HDD/SSD
  • up to 8000GB SSD
  • RAM
  • up to 64GB
  • OS
  • Windows 11 Home, Windows 11 Pro, No OS
  • Battery
  • 90Wh, 4-cell
  • Body material
  • Aluminum
  • Dimensions
  • 359 x 259 x 26.9 mm (14.13" x 10.20" x 1.06")
  • Weight
  • 2.30 kg (5.1 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), DisplayPort
  • HDMI
  • 2.1 (8K@60Hz / 4K@120Hz)
  • 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 Pulse 15 (B13Vx) 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 Pulse 15 (B13Vx) series.

GPU performance

Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the GPUs that come in the MSI Pulse 15 (B13Vx) series.

Results are for the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (the higher the score, the better)

MSI Pulse 15 (B13Vx) in-depth review

MSI Pulse is a laptop that aims to combine affordability with genuine performance. This differentiates the product from its close relative - the Katana. In addition to some visual changes, however, the manufacturer relies on even more powerful hardware.In comparison to the Katana, the processor, you get is the Intel Core i7-13700H. It has the full package of P-cores and E-cores, instead of the limited Core i7-123620H, found on the Katana.This will help with both productivity and gaming, as no bottleneck should be expected. MSI calls the RTX 4070 it puts inside this machine a full powe[...]

Pros

  • Pretty good gaming performance
  • 1x M.2 PCIe x4 Gen 4 slots, 2x DDR5 RAM SODIMM slots in dual channel
  • Covers only 99.5% of DCI-P3 (Sharp LQ156T1JW04 (SHP153C))
  • 240Hz refresh rate (Sharp LQ156T1JW04 (SHP153C))
  • No PWM (Sharp LQ156T1JW04 (SHP153C))
  • MUX Switch
  • Great keyboard

Cons

  • No SD card
  • No Thunderbolt 4
  • Gets more and more expensive

How to open MSI Pulse 15 (B13V) - disassembly and upgrade options

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Games you can play on this laptop series