JULY 2019 PCWorld 47flex much at all, but it’s
definitely a little heavier
unfortunately.
THIN PORTS
As a gaming and
workhorse laptop, the
GS65 brings on the ports.
The right side gives you
USB-A, Thunderbolt 3,
miniDisplayPort and
full-size HDMI. Careful
observers will also note
the dedicated power plug
on the right side. That
may tick off some right-
handed gamers who
don’t like power cords on
the same side as their
mousing hand, but MSI
does at least provide a
right-angle plug to make
routing less obtrusive.
On the left side you
get two USB-A ports, an
analog headphone port,
mic-input, Kensington
Lock Port, and gigabit
ethernet using a Rivet Networks Killer NIC
part (made by Atheros). For those seeking
state-of-the-art 2.5Gb ethernet, the GS65
Stealth Thin isn’t there yet. To be fair,
however, very few homes or offices have
routers that could take advantage of it.
KEYBOARD AND TRACKPAD
For keyboards, you get a SteelSeries dome-
type with per-key RGB lighting. The key action
is good and features full-sized cursor keys.
Overall, there’s no major faux pas, such as
oddly placed or half-sized keys.MSI’s updated GS65 Stealth Thin features a 9th gen Core i7-9750H
and Nvidia’s new GeForce GTX 1660 Ti GPU.The GS65 Stealth Thin 9SD controversially puts the power plug on the
right side, which could annoy some gamers.