MSI Claw - Core Ultra 5 135H // In-Depth Review // Benchmarks, Teardown, PC Games, Emulation

👉 Join me as we take a VERY in-depth look at the first handheld from ‪@MSIGamingOfficial‬, the Claw, which is powered by Intel's Meteor Lake Core Ultra processors. In this video, we will be covering the Core Ultra 5 135H variant, which is now the first handheld device to feature this chipset. It's also the first time we will be looking at the 135H as well as the Claw on the channel. Please join me for this review as we do an unboxing, teardown, a very in-depth benchmarking of the 135H, PC Gaming, and Emulation testing and a whole lot more!
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📑CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
01:33 Specs/Price
03:35 Unboxing
05:38 Touring the X1
09:00 First Boot/Windows 11/MSI Center
11:27 Size Comparisons/Measurements
14:29 Build Quality/Display/Audio/Controls/Comfort
17:36 Teardown
22:52 Benchmarks (Geekbench, 3DMark, In-Game, Comparisons)
32:32 PC Gaming (Diablo 4, Hogwart's Legacy, God of War, Spider-man Remastered, Control, Alan Wake II)
36:55 Low TDP PC Gaming? (Celeste, Sea of Stars, Hades)
38:50 Emulation (Switch, Wii U, Playstation 3, Xbox 360)
45:27 Testing: Battery, Thermals, Acoustics
48:47 In A Perfect World...
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[@retrotechdad]

I have both the 135H and 155H in-hand, what do you want to see?

[@RemTilak]

A long video about emulation and PC gaming benchmarks on the 155H.

[@cosmicgamingunlimited]

135H. Budget pc hand helds interest me. I would like to see how this compares to the Z1 non-extreme.

[@ozzierobmorales]

Just more content whatever you would like to show us . This thing looks sick!

[@CaseyBoatmanMaleNurse]

Would be cool to see a side by side comparison of emulation and gaming.

[@HPPrintervx4p5q]

make a video on the old bittboy instead

[@macky10229]

Nice presentation. You deserved more views

[@retrotechdad]

Thank you, I appreciate that! 🙏

[@aprilhoang2477]

really good video, love all the details! i hope with the new updates we can see better performance. out of all the handhelds, the Claw just feels the best.

[@DeathByHentai]

Incredible work. The community is blessed to have you. It was interesting seeing the teardown and how the d-pad and shoulder buttons work. The sizable speakers explains the decent audio. The benchmarks must have took you a while. Keep hustling and grinding mate, you make quality videos and eventually more people will take notice.

[@retrohandhelds]

11/10 DAD VIDEO. All the puns, all the quality. I don't need this, but i'm glad its an option! -Stubbs.

[@jheithaus3]

Fantastic video! Love the power charts for cyberpunk.

[@Briancansen]

that ultra 5 performance sounds great. love the ergo on this!

[@gsprings43]

Ordered one from Best buy,,,, hopefully msi and intel unlock's the performance in this device

[@ahrjaydee7001]

Incredible details, thanks for the awesome review.

[@retrotechdad]

Thank you for the kind words and for watching! 🙏

[@chocho2188]

I messed around with one of these today. I'll stick with my ally. Thanks rob 😁

[@MalcolmLim]

i wonder if the claw's battery could fit in the ally? size wise it looks like it could fit

[@michaelbenny659]

This video looks like you put a lot of work and effort into it. But how come it’s longer than 5 minutes?

[@chrisboucher2813]

I wonder if it's possible to put those rbg buttons in the Rog Ally 🤔

[@jvabbdac]

Oh man! Z1 extreme its awesome!

[@retrotechdad]

Still amazing almost a year later 🔥🔥

[@justswitched8841]

Yup got the ally and legion go. Msi made a big mistake choosing intel

[@MatiX415]

@@justswitched8841 intel paid msi to use their chips

[@NFreddplayz]

Got the steam deck and rog ally z1... These entry level PC handhelds are worth the try...😌💯

[@gumbyx84]

Any chance you could check if the analog sticks on the Claw are compatible with the Ally?

[@davidfaustino4476]

Yep I want to know this too. His "teardown" was just removing the back plate..

[@davidfaustino4476]

The Spiderman in the thumbnail is letting you know how many fps you can expect on the Claw when playing Spiderman.

[@Gh0styGames]

Common RTD W🎉

[@michaelh3967]

Have you tried playing Batman Arkham Knight? I can’t get it to open on epic games.

[@rubyssss6565]

I think butons annd sizes depend on personal feeling and preferences, for me is not much differences. The claw's chassis and display looks really good and high quality, I really care about the display performance. For gaming tests, it looks does great job and smooth enough for me, lol. I believe MSI will keep update their CPU and GPU, so the performance should improve in the future.

[@KarlParl]

Can you update with the new drivers?

[@KwangChan-jg9hd]

I decided to get one since I really wanted an Intel processor gaming handheld. To be honest, my experience with it has been okay so far. But I'm still expecting the upcoming driver updates will allow the Claw to perform a bit more smoothly when I run Hogwarts Legacy on it. Great video by the way.

[@seppeseppe-jq7nr]

new driver !

[@jafniazmi]

Can FC24 support with Intel Arc graphic?

[@OblivionPrime]

wish we could swap the allys battery with the claws

[@marcelo16]

The product that will make sure no other company will ever use Meteor Lake in a gaming handheld ever again

[@nitinkastil5145]

The other handheld that uses charging set up like MSI claw is ROG Ally.

[@retrotechdad]

The ROG Ally does not use two cables. The MSI Claw ships with a power block that also uses a 3-prong cable similar to what you'd see on a laptop.

[@nitinkastil5145]

@@retrotechdad that depends on which country you resides, you may not have two cables, but Indian variant has two charging cable just like you get in laptop charger .

[@retrotechdad]

Interesting, they probably do that because it's easier to swap out depending on the region.

[@pulsargmng]

Intel never fail to disappoint.

[@Pneuma3301]

you're trolling 😂

[@retrotechdad]

🤪 and we really need them to not disappoint, competition is a good thing.

[@dead_pixel_]

Do i get the msi ultra 5 (7 isn't available) I really love the look of it ,but so many bad reviews.Is the claw really that bad or just geeks moaning on numbers ?

[@retrotechdad]

It has a lot of positives, it's biggest issue was/still is price to performance compared to the competition. If that is a non-issue and you just want to relax and play some games and don't get care about the numbers, then definitely! What are you looking to play?

[@dead_pixel_]

@@retrotechdad Thanks for the reply,i've a switch oled so not worried about simulators,I like diablo ,cod,f1,hades,fifa all sorts really.Is the ultra 5 claw still a good option .thanks

[@KyleRuggles]

Great review, Rob! Major pass for me, at least it's a good.. ish first try for Intel? Maybe in a couple of years they'd match what AMD has today lol.

[@ibelieveinjesusinmyspareti2861]

That thing is 900 bucks in some places in europe... The base version.

[@retrotechdad]

Yea, the price is absolutely bonkers. I hope we see a big drop like the Z1 ROG Ally.

[@justswitched8841]

Yet performs worse than amd that is cheaper

[@ibelieveinjesusinmyspareti2861]

​@@retrotechdadin afraid that even at higher wats this gets beat by the deck. I honestly think that this Is garbage. I Wish they sticked to z1e then It wouldve made sense.

[@SoloLynx]

ridiculous do not buy this dog water product put together in months just get a steam deck lcd is very cheap now

[@betag24cn]

imagine paying 900 dollars for a msi tablet, that comes woth a intel igpu, i think that only reviewers will buy this crap

[@TRX25EX]

It came too early to the market, it does have potential, now I have Deck OLED + Ally + my One X Player X1 155H coming now.... I can see Intel having potential but will take time, by that time we will have Ally 2, I can't believe until today we don't have AI that does driver optimisations to save time

[@betag24cn]

no it doesnt, intel is improvising a gpu division, this at best wilo end up being third in a two horse race

[@TRX25EX]

@@betag24cn it does currently A750-A770 best value GPU out there.... Even Linus made a video and showed why, it was 3050 level at first now it's around 3070 level!!!!

[@mayamanign]

The correct answer is Steam Deck OLED. Without haptic touchpads it is irrelevant.

[@retrotechdad]

Good thing we have LOTS of options today!

[@mayamanign]

@@retrotechdad Indeed!

[@cqllel5186]

Yeah a PC handheld without touchpad is like a laptop without a track pad. Nobody wants to be forced to use the stick, get a mouse, or use touch screen on a PC OS

[@davidfaustino4476]

Touchscreen for the win geniuses.

[@user-wx9oj2gv9u]

In other channel when they compared Claw and Steam Deck Oled, SD Oled is outperforming Claw 155H in 30w TDP compared to 15w TDP of SD Oled in AAA games fps with same settings. 😂 Then the Claw’s frequent tearing is still very visible as ever.😂

[@cqllel5186]

MSi CLAW at 30W is weaker than Steam Deck OLED at 15W and less AMD Master Race

[@mclovinthewalrus2375]

The Steam Deck OLED beats the Ultra 7 in a lot of games, i imagine it wreaks the Ultra 5 easily. This Ultra 5 should be worth no more than 350 dollars lol

[@JerrardJDDavis-gy9hh]

Will It Play PS2 Or Gamecube

[@danielsmith2939]

Looks the same as the Rog ally

[@drew3488]

The performance just isn't there yet with the 135 or 155 the steam deck does more frames at half the watts. Msi dropped the ball everyone

[@EvaWan-ie1hg]

Want an Intel handheld to run Hogwarts Legacy, the ultra core looks good and the battery life is nice. Will wait for more updates on MSI software to see a smoother performance

[@betag24cn]

stop! its the CLAW

[@retrotechdad]

🤪🤪

[@sneakybobinson3252]

Unfortunately it will be cursed by Intel drivers...

[@retrotechdad]

It's already slow going, there hasn't been a new update since end of last month. 🤦‍♂️

[@sneakybobinson3252]

@@retrotechdad I am not surprised... After owning a GPD WIN 3 I pretty much wrote off Intel in applications like this. Maybe they will make a comeback though!

[@Gh0styGames]

MSi naw 😵

[@chriskim5535]

So much more expensive than Steamdeck yet worse in performance......

[@MalcolmLim]

those buying this unit good luck - to access the SSD you have to disassemble the daughterboard..what an annoying design.

[@Saschabrix]

Msi FLAW….

[@mlnima]

I am sure it will break in 2 years when the low quality plastic is dry or expired 😂

[@zomg346]

Garbage 😂😂

[@TinTalon]

Another great video. Not sure the Claw is going to me for me. Think i will pass on this one for now.

[@TheMasterwitcher]

1. It looks horrible to me 2. The price will make it flop af 3. Hell nah

[@retrotechdad]

Priced to fail and not compete, unfortunately.

[@TheMasterwitcher]

@retrotechdad absolutely. Just don't get why are they being this thick. Unnecessary waste of production money if it isn't going to make it back. Also, your content is amazing and you always cover what I need and expect that I would want to know before making a decision to purchase anything. Thank you for your hard work ^^