MSI GS66 Stealth Undervolt Guide

As requested this is how I've undervolted my MSI GS66 Stealth personally. Sorry the video is so long, just felt like there was a decent amount to cover.
My System:
MSI GS66 Stealth
Intel I7-10750H
RTX 2060
16GB Ram
Repasted with Arctic MX-4 thermal compound
Current undervolt settings
CPU: -115.2 Voltage Offset
GPU Locked at 1320-1400MHz
If you guys have any additional questions please feel free to ask!
Throttlestop: www.techpoweru...
Link to needed files for throttlestop: www.microsoft....

[@NexusTechRepair]

Just realized for whatever reason I forgot to show how to set throttlestop to boot when you log on the computer 😑. I’m sorry about that, I’ll cover it real brief in the next video! Thanks for the support. More videos coming soon!

[@1d3nn1ss]

You should've gotten the Excalibur PC deal, this same one this same price ($1599 i guess that's how much you got it for) double the storage and yes, still ssd

[@gregd335shot9]

DENNIS K They also have a free bundle that comes with it. A controller, a mouse, headsets and a mousepad. Good stuff.

[@h2opiays753]

Ayman Seif, DENNIS K damnnn thats dope. I ordered mine from amazon through Mobile Advance. I got it for the 1599 as well. Thats a dope bang for buck imo.

[@1d3nn1ss]

@@gregd335shot9 yes, good sells for me cause I'm importing it

[@shadowofintent9393]

Do you have to "turn on" ThrottleStop all the time. If it stays Green, would that mean undervolt is not working?

[@Michael-uz2fm]

Dude I just wanted to say I bought this laptop and I'm pretty new to PC gaming but I knew 95c seemed bad. I followed this guide and it immediately dropped me down from 92-95 in warzone to consistent 68c with minimal frame loss. Thanks!

[@NexusTechRepair]

So happy to hear this!

[@sages7328]

What setting are you using ?

[@Michael-uz2fm]

@@sages7328 so I’ve found it super depends on what game you’re playing. I think nexus states this in a later video where he expands on what he found a bit more. Basically I almost always disable turbo and run my undervolt at about 102.5. That seems to make the biggest difference for me. I also undervolt the cpu cache as well as the core. I saw undervolting the cache helps out some online but I’m not sure it’s made a difference for me. Basically you just want to make sure your undervolt isn’t crashing your pc. If you follow nexus’ video he does a pretty good job explaining it.

[@gipro1]

What a difference this makes. I'm shocked and I've followed the Throttlestop section thus far. Thank you!

[@tfkrazvan]

You are a Legend mate. from 95 to constant 65 degrees on CPU. Thanks bro !

[@SuperOGArchives]

Just because of this. I'm able to play games without the 66 overheating. Too much lag in games and the fans always come on. Now, nothing! Smooth and sharp. Thanks so much!

[@emanndaman8315]

What’s your settings?

[@h2opiays753]

Yo you’re fckin goated my guy. Keep it up. You don’t believe how much of a big help you’re to me 😂. I ordered this same spec and these vids literally just fall into everything i cud ever want from the games to the guides to everything. Dope! #subbed

[@NexusTechRepair]

Thank you very much, I really appreciate the feedback!

[@fiubnl4990]

Nexus this was a great video. I was very confused as how to do this. I am not very computer savvy and all of the guides I found were quite complicated. Was this recorded by the built in microphone? Sounds very good.

[@NexusTechRepair]

Nah, I use my iPhone 11 Pro as a microphone 😅

[@Srinivas_Billa]

when you were in task manager, i noticed that you didn't have the second integrated gpu enabled. So assuming you are in dgpu mode, how is the battery life?, the rtx 2060 will draw considerably more power at idle. Do you always have optimus disabled? Also great video, not many people realise that manufacturers like msi prefer max performance compared to thermals and noise, i've also been tweaking my gs66. As i will travel to uni a lot with the laptop in the future, ive made 2 profiles in throttlestop, an ac profile and a battery profile. The battey profile has turbo boost disabled and optimus(MShybrid) enabled, imo 2.6ghz is more than enough for daily use such as browsing, youtube, netflix..., it increases battery life quite a bit, also considering it uses the integrated graphics. The AC profile(as i usually game on AC power) has turbo enabled but set to 3.5ghz max, i found it to be the sweet spot for performance for any video editing, code compiling i do. Since you video edit, i highly recommend you to create a profile with turbo on, it greatly improves rendering times. Also turbo helps with the 1% low performance in games, you may not notice it it demanding games, but in competitive games like overwatch, fortnite, csgo, valorant and warzone even, turbo boost stops the dips in FPS when suddenly a dense scene appears, etc.. As you mentioned the PL1 in this laptop is set to 65 watts, which introduces way too much heat for a 400Mhz gain in my case, the stock intel ratings are at 45W. these power levels state how much power the cpu can use given the thermals are below the limit, which is 95 for the gs66(you can change this in the bios, ive set mine to 90), PL1 and PL2 as far as i know is the max power the cpu can use in 28 second intervals given PROCHOT isnt hit. (PROCHOT is a fancy term for thermal limit in the bios) the intel reccomended are 65 for pl1 and 134 for pl2, however that makes the cpu ridiculously hot, intel mainly did this to try and match the performance of the 7nm AMD renoir chips, but 65w at 14nm+++ is just a joke, intel need to move on but thats a whole another argument. What i use is the 9th gen intel chips are set to, the difference between 9th gen and 10th gen is nothing but these limits and maybe some structural differences. for 9th gen it was 45W for PL1 and 54 for PL2. however these rarely push temps beyond 80 degrees so i set mine to 45w and 65w. once again i appreciate the video as not many people who haven't done as much research and just pass off msi as a shit brand for having bad thermals, as far as i know, msi is the only manufacturer which still allows you to undervolt and control the cpu as you want, none of the others do. Hope you find your optimal settings and enjoy your laptop, thanks for reading my essay haha.

[@NexusTechRepair]

That was a lot of information, I really appreciate you taking the time to type all that! I really only use my laptop while gaming or video editing so I tend to keep it plugged in and on dedicated graphics a majority of the time, though if I ever do plan on using it while traveling and not gaming or doing intensive tasks I would switch to hybrid mode. I do however keep the battery charging to 50-60% to prolong the life of the battery since I do keep it plugged in while using it. Yeah I’ve used MSI in the past and was really put off by the heat and noise, but if you take just a little time you can really tweak them to do anything you want or need, I’m extremely happy with my GS66 Stealth so far. 3.5Ghz for turbo sounds like a good idea, I’ve been doing the 4.0 and stepping down for each core by .1 but I think a solid 3.5 would help with fluctuation. It’s sad intels basically forced such high power right out of the box, they just run way to hot for comfort, but I guess that’s what they get for cutting corners to compete with AMD in that regard. Thanks so much for your comment and the feedback and information, it helps a lot!

[@Srinivas_Billa]

@@NexusTechRepair no worries, in terms of consistentcy, you can make it more consistent using speed shift. The one you set to 0. Read the ultrabook reviews guide on throttlestop.

[@16dylan2]

could you provide a newbie guide to creating both these profiles? I use this laptop for both work and gaming only so the battery life and gaming profiles sounds enticing!

[@Srinivas_Billa]

@@16dylan2 er yh sure. I can make a document or something I would make a video but I returned my laptop because I'm pretty sure they gave me an engineering sample. The factory sticker was broken underneath and the screen was too dim to be 300 nits. I'm not sure what happened but apparently the gs66 is out of stock at Currys at the moment. I'll make a doc for now and a video when I get my replacement gs66 again.

[@16dylan2]

@@Srinivas_Billa appreciate it bro

[@whale1983]

Amazing video man, there was a deal on BestBuy for only $1099.99 so I had to grab it. I also spent the whole week researching what to do after it gets shipped. I was wondering though, would you recommend doing a fresh install, or did the laptop not have much bloatware to begin with?

[@NexusTechRepair]

Truthfully I think what comes on it is fine, sure theres a couple things you could get rid of, but I think they did a good job with the bloat on this system. Though it comes down to personal preference, if you're not into what it comes with a fresh install doesn't take long so no harm done. $1099 is a fantastic deal, congratulations! Enjoy man

[@whale1983]

@@NexusTechRepair Thank you brother!

[@jerome4871]

Hey Nexus, just wondering how much battery life do you get in terms of hours when not playing warzone or just doing tasks like going on the web and streaming shows or youtube?

[@alt666]

we have the same laptop and my gpu stays cool af at 2100mhz got cyberpunk running at a locked fps with the highest settings and rtx on ultra

[@mrndc]

Hi, just watched your video. About to get my GS66 in RTX 2070 Max-Q. So I have a couple of questions if you don't mind answering. 1.) Which program do you recommend me using? I'm not a tech savvy person and all I want is to just decrease CPU and GPU temps, so should I be using XTU or Throttlestop? 2.) Will either of the aforementioned programs interfere with Dragon Center or Afterburner (like changing profiles and fan speeds in Dragon Center) , and should I be worried about that? 3.) If I'm using XTU for undervolt, do I need to boot up this program every time I turn my laptop on? I understand that with Throttlestop, I need to launch it for every boot up. 4.) How effective is the undervolting so far, and do you recommend undervolting? 5.) How were you able to display CPU and GPU usage and temps when you were gaming? Thank you in advance!

[@NexusTechRepair]

I’d recommend Throttlestop just because it’s a lot more in-depth and effect. You can also setup a boot up process in task scheduler to have it automatically launch at boot so you never have to think about it. Throttlestop won’t interfere with dragon center, or the profiles in there to my knowledge. If I’m being completely honest I don’t think undervolting helps much at all, if you see in my videos the first two panels one is without undervolt and one is with undervolt and the thermal difference is nonexistent. I personally use Throttlestop and MSI afterburner to undervolt and control both the cpu and gpu and you can use riva statistics which comes with afterburner to monitor all the temps and cores and frequencies

[@dimitri371]

I’ve really been considering getting the GS66 with the 2070 MQ, thanks for putting in so much time working with the settings! Are there any updates?

[@NexusTechRepair]

Still running like a champ. I decided for my use case turbo disabled is fine, and I just turn it on when I need extra power. I’ve got really busy in life sorry for the lack of videos!

[@Ailyph]

Nexus Hi Nexus! Thanks for the very helpful video! I was wondering... can I use this guide to undervolt my GS66 10SF? I have your exact same specs except for RTX 2070 MQ. Thanks in advance! :)

[@NexusTechRepair]

Yeah same process for most laptops. Just have to adjust the settings a little differently for your particular specs

[@ЕгорРыкунов-ц1ш]

u saved my msi u goat bro

[@Nick-zj6wl]

hey, i have a question so i really want the msi gs66 rtx 2070, but don’t have the money thing is the rtx 2060 is good but i have a question, if i am streaming with obs on the rtx 2060 playing fortnite for example do you think it won’t lag once so ever or just barely, as i need to know this would be appreciated if you responded thanks!

[@NexusTechRepair]

I think you’d be fine streaming fortnite with OBS on the RTX 2060, it just depends on the graphic settings you’re wanting to use

[@Nick-zj6wl]

@@NexusTechRepair yea, i probably will be on normal settings but not high settings if i would put it on high settings though should i probably get a laptop fan cooler to put under the fans?

[@Ze-Chef]

Hey! Just wanna say that your videos have made me get this laptop! I appreciate it. One question, is it necessary to enable undervolting in the BIOS to use throttlestop? I thought throttlestop could be used independently from anything in the BIOS

[@NexusTechRepair]

Typically it can, but with the 10th generation intel cpu I believe it has to be enabled. However, if you’re only looking to disable turbo boost then you may be able to get away without enabling undervolt in the bios

[@AKi9]

Hey nexus! You think this setting is the best for gs66 ? I got the same i7 10th and rtx2060 16gb, but am not really good at undervolting am new to this. So if this the best setting i wil just copy it. Waiting for your reply! Thank for the video

[@NexusTechRepair]

Like I mentioned in my undervolt video your undervolt settings may vary a little even though you’ve got the same system and specs, so you may have to tinker with it a little, but it should help

[@AKi9]

@@NexusTechRepair thank you!

[@KetchupSuicide]

Thanks a lot for this video, just what I've been looking for. Been thinking about buying this laptop.

[@ahjun5373]

Fam, I got this laptop just yesterday GS66 10875 and 2070 Super MQ few questions 1.when starting to do any sort of undervolt do I put it to extreme mode on Dragon Centre ? 2. does your performance and turbo modes on throttlestop crash with the modes on Dragon centre would appreciate any help!

[@rolAmayarolando707]

help how can i disable turboboost without reduce the speed of my fans, i want my pc keep controling the fans cuse my laptop hasnt a good ventilation

[@Wolve_Entertainment]

Hey Dude nice Vid... Do you know if this also aply toa MSI GP66 with i7 10750H & RTX 3070..??? Thanks

[@NexusTechRepair]

Would work the same way, just have to adjust the voltages. You may have to look up how to access the secret menu in your bios if it’s different for the GP66 model.

[@kevintigravictor8752]

Thanks for the video Nexus, really helpful to me. I have a question, if I disable the turbo boost in the throttlestop, do I still need to change the turbo ratio limits in the FIVR? Or does the ratio limit only have the effect if I enable the turbo boost? And what does the MSI afterburner do? I think I still not really understand at that point. Thank you

[@NexusTechRepair]

Correct, you don’t have to worry about the turbo ratio limits in FIVR if you disabled turbo boost, they only affect if you have turbo boost enabled. MSI afterburner is what you use to adjust the frequency of your GPU, so it’s effectively throttlestop for the GPU, with less options.

[@kevintigravictor8752]

@@NexusTechRepair I see, thanks for the explanation!

[@paolojasonarao1349]

Hey Nexus did you also reapply thermal paste or just undervolted. I have no experience in applying paste so of undervolting will do the trick I won't bother repasting

[@NexusTechRepair]

I did repaste, however the repaste doesn’t appear to have helped at all, when it comes to this CPU I believe the undervolt is the key. I had the trition 500 and I did the undervolt on that and got the same results in getting with the MSI GS66 stealth, so I don’t think you need to repaste in order to achieve good thermals, the undervolt will take care of it 👍🏼

[@kartikbeniwal4305]

Hi bro I’m trying to enable the Fan tab in my afterburner but it’s not working for me. I have the same laptop you have. I checked settings too but there is no tab name as fan. Lemme know what you think bout it. Great video 🙌

[@NexusTechRepair]

Did you make sure to enable the setting in the bios?

[@adamgilreath8583]

Do you know whether the hdmi port is wired to the discrete gpu? I have a LG C9 tv and was wondering if g-sync would work via hdmi?

[@notclaytonn]

My main issue is battery life' do you know how much this would improve the battery life for daily tasks such as web browsing or google docs or whatever

[@NexusTechRepair]

Unfortunately it isn’t really going to net you any battery life gains.

[@michaelakaw.i.e.8693]

Can you after you undervolt your GS66, still "re undervolt" it back to its original state? Because you will only lose some fps right? I was also quite curious if the fan speed will also drop when I would run heavy programs like SolidWorks. I'm an engineer student and I am really considering buying this laptop, but if it is going to run like a fighter jet in class, I guess I will have to go with a different laptop.

[@NexusTechRepair]

Yeah, you can adjust undervolt back and forth to your hearts content. If you disabled turbo boost while in class it won’t crank up the fans.

[@Wallahallllla]

For some reason, my Turbo Ratio Limits is locked. I have same GS66 that you are showing :( Enabled overclock and XTU in BIOS, but no luck having Throttle Stop to work... Do you have any suggestions to see if I can get this to work?

[@NexusTechRepair]

I had this happen because enabling the over lock and xtu got turned back off when I did a windows update, try checking that again and then trying. It should work.

[@Wallahallllla]

@@NexusTechRepair Thanks! I finally got it to work :)

[@AiHaCk3R]

@@Wallahallllla how?

[@Wallahallllla]

@@AiHaCk3R I clean installed Windows OS again, reset the BIOS after clean install and re-applied overclock & XTU in BIOS. It worked for me, but not sure whether it will work for you...

[@NexusTechRepair]

So happy to hear that! Congratulations

[@unknownposter2075]

Can you do a repast video of the gs66? Haven’t been able to find a reliable/decent one

[@RadicalAwakening]

You instructed us to go to Jerrod's page for undervolting instruction. I just watched his April 4 review, "MSI G66 Thermal Testing," and most of the video is how to cool the unit down. At 1:08, he said "the option to undervolt was greyed out in the latest version of XTU, and that Throttle Stop did not work. So it looks like, (like most other laptops with 10th gen chips), that they cannot be undervolted. Please correct if I am off on this one, as I am looking now at AMD processors which run cooler (but has so many drawbacks, only available on the cheaper model builds, gtu not as powerful as nvidia, etc). So please let me know if you know differently than this.

[@NexusTechRepair]

He has another video kzbin.info/www/bejne/ap_Pe56QarV7kLc that explains how to unlock the setting in bios. The video you watched was before he found out about it.

[@RadicalAwakening]

@@NexusTechRepair Hey, thanks for getting back! So many reviewers do not, so greatly appreciated, and this is a real help! I am mostly a content creator/video editor person, but enjoy my games (but not the priority. This is obviously not a fan-quiet notebook. Would you recommend it for me, or steer me elsewhere? I want a solid machine that will last at hopefully four years (coming from a dell xps, which stood the test of 4 years, but now needs to be replaced).

[@NexusTechRepair]

I real feel this system will hold up for 4+ years easily. It’s definitely got the power and I love that it has the ram/storage upgradability without having to tear to completely down. Like I said, with turbo disabled it is a quiet machine and I think you’d really enjoy it, I say give it a shot, I’f you manage to pick one up on Amazon you’d have a 30 day return window and most other places you’d have at least 14-15 days to return it if you decide it isn’t for you, but I’m really happy with mine at the moment.

[@RadicalAwakening]

@@NexusTechRepair thanks, really helpful. In every other way, this machine checks all the boxes and knowing the fans won't get obnoxiously loud, (one reviewer described the sound of the fans likened to a jet taking off) puts my mind to rest. You just got a new subscriber!

[@NexusTechRepair]

If you leave it factory out of the box they do ramp up and sound like a jet for sure, but some minor tweaks really allow you to “tame the beast”. Thank you so much :) glad to have you on board 👍🏼

[@RetroCudi]

If you don't care about the portability you can build a water cooling rig and it will stay cool.

[@prashantranjitkar]

What would be good? RTX 2060 Vs RTX 2070 Max-Q? What is the difference?

[@NexusTechRepair]

Very minimal difference, max-q is Nividas standard that is suppose to keep fan noise lower, but they are a bit more underpowered to achieve that which makes it almost on par with the 2060. You could do more research but I’d probably go with which ever you can get at a lower price.

[@pikachusolu1606]

How is the build quality? people are saying its shit? Also its a finger print magnet that needs constant cleaning.

[@NexusTechRepair]

I personally feel the build quality is solid and very appealing to look at. The matte black does make it more of a grease magnet rather than pure finger prints. I was reading the same about the build quality, but I personally really like it

[@kokiahmed3611]

pelase can you help me undervolt this cpu undervolt intel core i7 11th gen 11800h pelase sir ,i have msi gp66 i realy never use undervolt before can you help me .

[@marcosartoretto8433]

I don't understand one thing: should I disable the dragon centre before/after the undervolt of should just leave as it is?

[@NexusTechRepair]

Just leave it as it is, dragon centere won’t effect anything

[@exoticsofls2832]

Would this laptop be good for a comp sci student who plans to use it for school and gaming or should I go with the asus m15 or another laptop you can suggest? I only wanna play gta 5 with mods and forza and bit of Fortnite, main thing I wanna do is university work and coding. Also what temperatures did u get before undervolting? Thanks

[@NexusTechRepair]

I don’t have any other laptops to compare it to, so I couldn’t tell you if any others including the asus m15 are comparable or better or not. However I would say that the MSI gs66 stealth is a solid choice for everything you mentioned. During school (like in a class setting just disable turbo) and while gaming and coding possibly set a custom turbo limit or turn it on max. Temperatures on the MSI GS66 doesn’t vary with undervotling from all my testing. Your experience may vary from that, but the only adjustment that helps us turbo ratio adjustments

[@exoticsofls2832]

Nexus thank you

[@ethanbaker7804]

Is there a difference in using a program like throttlestop compared to just using the settings bios to undervolt?

[@NexusTechRepair]

I prefer to use throttlestop because if you run into an issue it will reset itself and allow you to boot back into it no problem to try again. If you set it in the bios you could run into issues booting your system if it’s set incorrectly

[@josueclimaco495]

Hi I locked my Gpu frequency to 1400mhz for the RTX 2060 gs66 . The temps dropped amazingly playing Warzone. But I noticed that it had an effect on the graphics. Turned my graphics to low. Any reason for that? Thank you. I haven't had time to test more of it..

[@NexusTechRepair]

If you let the game auto detect settings while your GPU is underclocked it may result in it setting the graphics to a lower setting, but you can crank them back up to what you’d like and still get that same thermal reduction

[@domenicotalento7832]

For my i9 unit I experienced blue screen with -100, so I had to go around -90 to be comfortable

[@NexusTechRepair]

I notice that in some threads I was reading, the i9 seemed to handle less of an undervolt than the i7, I suppose it probably comes out of the factory a little more adjusted cause of the power of it

[@Mr.Koray07]

thanks

[@gregd335shot9]

This stuff confuses me so so much. I just bought a gs66 stealth and idk if I should undervolt. How long will the laptop even last at factory settings anyways? I’m just so confused. I dropped 2699 dollars on the bad boy and I really wanna take good care of it.

[@NexusTechRepair]

Undervolting realistically only takes a few minutes and the lower temperatures will really increase the longevity of the device and it’s hardware. High temperatures can really cause a lot of wear and tear depending on how often you use your system and how long you use it per time. I’d really suggest putting the undervolt in place and then you don’t have to worry about it anymore. The CPU is rated for 100C of thermal headroom, and then it starts to thermal throttle which is absolutely will on the 10th processors in this thin of a system.

[@SerjStar]

Nice I have the 2070mq version and 240hz same as u. Glad I found someone kinda like me . I also undervolted I also repasted but the limit is the the chassis it seams that it can't get any cooler than it was without using liquid metal .

[@anthonycasalena9603]

What did you set your curve to in AB?

[@NexusTechRepair]

I use a solid lock at 1400MHz personally, I find it works really well and keeps temperatures really good for the GPU. That being said, I haven’t noticed even with it at a full curve to 1900MHz the gpu getting to hot, they did a great job cooling it in this system.

[@anthonycasalena9603]

@@NexusTechRepair I'll try that out, I haven't messed with the GPU at all since I don't game much, but my CPU temps went from 90-95C to 60-70C playing Read Dead, and from 55C to 39C while idle. Battery life in Power Save mode + under volting is 10+ hours while streaming Netflix. Ridiculous improvement.

[@NexusTechRepair]

So happy to hear that! Glad you’re seeing the improvements!

[@rodneygee]

Msi gs66 2070 max q running warzone at 56 cpu. Working on building FPS now

[@sirbenjamaicad.6472]

what settings are you using im still getting 50-53 base just on firefox lol

[@sages7328]

Hey bro what settings did you use in the 2070 max q

[@KrugerDavid]

Hey, did you ever touch the GPU switch to dicrete graphics mode?

[@NexusTechRepair]

I typically only use my laptop for gaming now so I just leave it on discrete, but if you are just going to be doing word processing tasks, you could toggle it back and forth to tailor it to your needs

[@KrugerDavid]

@@NexusTechRepair I have the same computer that you have on this video, i now saw that you got a update video published after. well i tried the undervolt settings and my pc died instanlty. Is it possible to get a screen dump or your current (as of today) settings. since we have the same pc?

[@NexusTechRepair]

Like I mentioned in the video, each laptop will be a bit different even if you have the exact same model. I’d recommend starting with a higher (or lower depending on your definition of it) undervolt and seeing what is stable and then tweaking it from there.

[@KrugerDavid]

okey, Thanks for taking the time to answer!

[@3xc1u5iv3]

thank you for this!

[@TheGuitarjunkie64]

Can you still use dragon center settings , balanced , quiet? And boost? After undervolting

[@NexusTechRepair]

Yes :)

[@croissant-2123]

do you recommend Throttlestop over xtu overall? or either one is fine

[@NexusTechRepair]

Either one is fine, but throttlestop gives more control over the fine tuning in my opinion and once you set up task scheduler after you’ve got it tweaked how you want it, you basically never have to mess with it again. XTU is best if you just wanna set the undervolt and forget it. Throttlestop to tweak turbo boost core settings.

[@phoenix-my9jr]

I might be really late to this video but for my throttle stop it says that the fivr control is locked

[@NexusTechRepair]

Did you unlock the undervolt setting in your bios?

[@phoenix-my9jr]

@@NexusTechRepair yeah I did thank you for responding now from time to time it shows a blue error screen named whea_uncorrectable_error

[@NexusTechRepair]

Thats odd, haven’t run into that myself

[@BlueWhaleGaming]

Does this drastically increase battery life? I wanna buy this for university while I’m being a student.

[@BlueWhaleGaming]

The only thing concerning me about purchasing this laptop is battery life? How is it?

[@NexusTechRepair]

Not drastically.

[@BlueWhaleGaming]

@@NexusTechRepair is the battery life good in your opinion?

[@NexusTechRepair]

It’s average. It’s still a gaming laptop at the end of the day, but it does have some tricks in the dragon center software to extend that battery life, so yeah it’s pretty decent.

[@BlueWhaleGaming]

@@NexusTechRepair okay bro I think I’ll get it, unless you know a better choice for similar price. :)

[@rolAmayarolando707]

bro another question how can i disable turbo boost without loose fps

[@NexusTechRepair]

At the end of the day you’re limiting the performance of your CPU by turning turbo boost off, so you will lose some sort of FPS, but the trade off from the reduction in heat is well worth like 5-10FPS

[@coreyarellano5013]

is the battery better now bro , msi claims 9 hours like a mac but im not getting even 5 its fucking pissing me off

[@NexusTechRepair]

I haven’t found battery to be that great, definitely not 9 hours unfortunately. This system just packs to much power to last as long as a MacBook I think

[@demsen9430]

How can u record your desktop on GeForce experience?.?? I thought I couldn’t do that on this laptop

[@NexusTechRepair]

Yeah, when you try to record your desktop it asks if you wanna turn that feature on or not. If it doesn’t ask it’s under the privacy settings I believe, just a toggle switch.

[@demsen9430]

Nexus I think it is under privacy control which I don’t have in my laptop

[@NexusTechRepair]

That’s interesting...what laptop do you have?

[@demsen9430]

Nexus msi gs66 10se, it has the exact same specs as yours which is why I am confused because I was told I couldn’t do that on desktop. When I try it says I need a supported game with it

[@NexusTechRepair]

Yeah I’m not really sure why you’re getting that message. Maybe try and reinstall GeForce experience?

[@Jonq9933]

do you need to unlock bios setting prior to this ?

[@NexusTechRepair]

Yes

[@volkryhm8134]

Heyyyy Thanks for the video had the laptop for 2 months and never thought of undervolting. But now I did, but did I need to enable it in the BIOS I forgot and just downloaded throttlestop and It seems to work fine. Do I need to go back and make sure it's on in the BIOS?

[@NexusTechRepair]

Unless their is an update I’m unaware of you should’ve needed to enable the ability in the bios, but I wouldn’t undervolt in the bios, keep using throttlestop

[@NexusTechRepair]

And as long as it’s working good for you I wouldn’t worry :)

[@volkryhm8134]

lol I went back and enabled it anyways and it seems to be working just fine. Thanks 😭👍

[@kaleb_t4818]

Your the best !!

[@rieten1811]

Thanks a lot for the help!

[@NexusTechRepair]

You’re very welcome, thanks for watching!

[@mrndc]

What programs do you recommend for stress testing?

[@NexusTechRepair]

XTU has a memory and CPU stress test, and then there are programs like heaven benchmark and aida64 I believe

[@coreyarellano5013]

How to turn on internal graphics for better battery

[@NexusTechRepair]

In dragon center you can change it from dedicated graphics to MSHybrid

[@michaely1571]

Can you still unlock the advanced settings to undervote? It doesn’t work for me

[@NexusTechRepair]

I’m still rocking the bios that came with the system originally, I was worried if you upgraded the bios it might lock that setting, but so far it’s still working no issue.

[@kagemitsu-0343]

Do you recommend this laptop over the helios 300?

[@NexusTechRepair]

I guess that would depend on what you’re really looking for in a laptop. I think thermally the Helios 300 is an absolutely incredible system. I had the 2018 Helios 300 for quite a while and it ran really great. Which Helios 300 would you wanna compare it to? What specs are you looking at?

[@kagemitsu-0343]

Nexus the one I have is 2019 model 1660ti 512ssd 1x 16gb ram..

[@NexusTechRepair]

I think that’s a really solid laptop. I think if you were to upgrade to the MSI GS66 stealth you’d be gaining maybe 20 FPS in some titles and you’d have to tackle the thermals a little more aggressively. In my opinion I think you’re good with what you’ve got right now 👍🏼

[@kagemitsu-0343]

Nexus I mean I kinda want an RTX cause of the DSSL thing. And I think the RTX would last a bit longer right ?

[@NexusTechRepair]

I think unless you’re going to go with an RTX 2070 super or 2080 super I’d hold off, unless there is a game you’re really in need of those for, is there any games in particular you’re running that you think would benefit from the upgrade?

[@pokedlow5028]

Mine crashes at .1. V although i do have the 2070 super version with 32 ram

[@NexusTechRepair]

Yeah you’ll have to tweak yours a little higher, but you should still see the thermal drop at whatever you can max your undervolt at :)

[@pokedlow5028]

Nexus wait... tweak the voltage offset higher? So like try .12V

[@pokedlow5028]

Nexus I’ve been going lower at .075V

[@NexusTechRepair]

Darick Le no sorry haha, like you said if .1 isn’t working you’d have to go back higher like you said you’re doing .075 if that’s stables that’s good. It’s all trial and error for each CPU unfortunately. So from -.075v you can increase it to like -.080v and see if it’s stable and keep going up a little at a time or down depending on how you wanna phrase that 👍🏼

[@pokedlow5028]

Nexus ok so here’s the problem, thanks for replying. Stress testing on XTU works fine with .1V, it ran smoothly for 1 hr. But when I hop on games, a few minutes later, BOOM Blue screen

[@farooqsaleem884]

Hi nexus. I want to buy this laptop for gaming. Using chrome and netflix etc only how are the thermals? I love its stealth look and upgradeability but just scared about temps. Secondly how to disable turbo boost ?

[@NexusTechRepair]

The temperatures are fantastic when you adjust the turbo boost limits or disabled turbo altogether. In order to do that download throttlestop and click disable or watch my undervolt videos and I explain how to adjust the ratios

[@farooqsaleem884]

@@NexusTechRepair thank you so much bro i have this and lenovo legion 7 in my list but heard lenovo break easily and had hinge issues in past

[@dragosg23]

Hey, how bright is the screen?

[@NexusTechRepair]

I believe it’s 300 nit max brightness. It’s acceptable to me. Easy to see in bright rooms. Can’t speak to the visual quality outside in the sun, but I think it’s nice.

[@Tsunamiji]

I’ve been thinking about getting a gs66 stealth for a while, but I just want to know about how it runs cod and will it thermal throttle?

[@NexusTechRepair]

It runs COD like a dream, and if you watch my undervolt guide and adjust the turbo boost frequencies you won’t experience any thermal throttling

[@joshuakim6364]

@@NexusTechRepair hello, first, big fan, your vid is actually key. Secondly, what do you mean turbo boost frequencies? Could you timestamp it for me please.

[@NexusTechRepair]

You’re able to adjust each turbo boost value for each core of your CPU in throttlestop.

[@joshuakim6364]

@@NexusTechRepair I see, can you explain what's TPL

[@NexusTechRepair]

Turbo Boost Power Limits. “Turbo Boost Long Power Max” is known as PL1 and “Turbo Boost Short Power Max” is known as PL2. Both numbers are in watts. Turbo Time Limit is the number of seconds your CPU is allowed to operate at PL2 before dropping down to PL1. Turn off Turbo Boost Short Power Max, which makes PL1 unlimited. Set Turbo Boost Long Power Max to a very high number.

[@medhatibrahim5153]

Hello brother is that working for gen11 ? And I have 8 core can you please tell me what I should to do in turbo ratio limits thank you and please answer

[@NexusTechRepair]

I haven’t got my hands on the 11th gen system yet so I really could tell you.

[@medhatibrahim5153]

@@NexusTechRepair I really want your help:(

[@RetroCudi]

Call of duty all together makes the system work hard Ps4 XboxOne ps5 Xbox series You'll still hear it unless you spend $5k and up

[@Tsunamiji]

I’m switching from console and thought a laptop would be best since I move around a lot but I don’t know much about anything pc related

[@NexusTechRepair]

That’s exciting! What do you need to know?

[@Tsunamiji]

Is the msig66 stealth a good starting laptop even if I don’t get the absolute spec one, I was thinking the 1800 dollar model. Is it a good starting laptop to make the switch? Or should I try and look for a different option?

[@NexusTechRepair]

I think it really depends what you plan on playing, the base model MSI GS66 stealth is what I got and it works perfectly. What do you plan on using it for and what games do you wanna play?

[@Tsunamiji]

Mainly cod and FPS maybe try out over watch and league but nothing insane probably the new cod as well. Thank you for answering my questions by the way

[@NexusTechRepair]

I think if you have the money the base version of the MSI GS66 stealth will run those very well and future titles as well, would be a good investment. That being said, if you don’t mind a little thicker laptop, the acer predator Helios 300 has really good performance as well with great thermals for like $1099 starting price. You’re very welcome, I’m glad I could help :)

[@bomboatef8941]

does it have thermal issues ?

[@NexusTechRepair]

With undervolting it doesn’t have thermal issues. Without undervolt it’ll stay around 95-100C while gaming in the CPU, but the physical feel of the device will stay really comfortable to touch even cool in areas because the fans work really well, but with that comes tremendously loud fan noise. With a simple undervolt the thermals come down to the 60s-70s while gaming and fan noise is much more quiet.

[@illegalAmigoo]

I have the exact same model except it that it has the 2070. When you undervolted it did you see an increase in battery life ? This seems to die faster than the Razar blade and that is considering I put it in maximum battery saver and reduced the frame rates.

[@NexusTechRepair]

To be honest I haven’t tested battery life on mine yet. I’ve been testing frame rates and thermals with it plugged in for best performance. Did you make sure you have it on MSI hybrid mode so it’s not using the discrete graphics processor the entire time? You could also try turning off the screen OC.

[@kdilac8879]

For i9 sould I do the same settings?

[@NexusTechRepair]

I couldn’t really say what undervolt would work for your i9, you’ll have the play around with that and see what is stable. I’d imagine however that customizing your turbo limits is going to play a major role in keep your thermals in check for that.