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Protect your honor and defeat the enemies. Awaken your inner power and inherit the will of the Dragon. In your hands is the Dragon's Blade, flowing with ancient power, and engraved with runes of wind. Strike down any foe that stands in your way with the legendary blade Katana 17 B12U.
REINVENTING MULTI-CORE ARCHITECTURE
Katana 17 B12U equips the latest 12th Gen. Intel® Core™ i7 processor, features with performance and efficiency cores, providing unprecedented boost in multitasking works and heavy games.
GEFORCE RTX™ 30 SERIES LAPTOPS
THE ULTIMATE PLAY
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 30 Series Laptop GPUs power the world’s fastest laptops for gamers and creators. They’re built with Ampere—NVIDIA’s 2nd gen RTX architecture—to give you the most realistic ray-traced graphics and cutting-edge AI features like NVIDIA DLSS. Plus, Max-Q Technologies unleash the power of AI to make thin, high-performance laptops that are faster and better than ever.
BOOST PERFORMANCE WITH AI
NVIDIA DLSS gives games a speed boost with uncompromised image quality. Crank up the settings and resolution for an even better visual experience.
MORE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES
Ray Tracing is the holy grail of graphics. It simulates how light behaves in the real-world to produce the most realistic and immersive graphics for gamers and creators - and runs fast thanks to 2nd gen RT Cores.
OPTIMIZED POWER AND PERFORMANCE
NVIDIA Max-Q is a suite of technologies powered by AI that optimize laptops to deliver high performance in thin form factors.
LIGHTNING FAST AND SMOOTH DISPLAY
Never miss a shot with the striking visuals and smooth refresh rate of the 144Hz IPS-level display.
LIGHT UP WITH GAMING STYLE
The Katana Series is equipped with a 4-Zone RGB Keyboard with the lightened WASD and specially-designed keycaps. Enjoy the colorful light that shines like pulse energy giving you an immersive gaming experience with style!
REFORGED COOLING SOLUTION
WITH CPU&GPU SHARED-PIPE DESIGN
Introduction the new Shared-Pipe design, the heat pipe which attached on both CPU and GPU. Shared-Pipe can improve the thermal capability, especially releasing the CPU performance! With MSI Cooler Boost 5, gamers can explore the increasingly complex game world freely.
STRIKE FASTER
Accelerate performance on all levels with faster memory read/write speed on DDR5 memory.
LIKE MAGIC LOADING SPEED
With extremely high performance and up to 7.88 GB/s bandwidth, the PCIe Gen 4 allows users to load up any game and task with lighting fast speeds.
THE WAY MUSIC SHOULD BE
Immerse yourself in lossless music and enjoy the premium sound quality with Hi-Resolution Audio.
ELEVATE YOUR AUDIO
Experience audio the way it was intended and share it with Nahimic in-game 3D surround & Sound Sharing via Bluetooth.
GET ALL THE BUFFS
The exclusive MSI Center helps you control and customize your MSI laptop the way you want.
MSI APP Player
Developed under an exclusive partnership with BlueStacks, the MSI APP Player provides a seamless gaming experience between mobile gaming and the PC.
Design | |
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Form factor | Clamshell |
Product colour | Black |
Product type | Laptop |
Display | |
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Maximum refresh rate | 144 Hz |
RGB colour space | NTSC |
Colour gamut | 45% |
HD type | Full HD |
Touchscreen | No |
Display resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
Display diagonal | 43.9 cm (17.3") |
Processor | |
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Configurable TDP-down | 35 W |
Motherboard chipset | Intel SoC |
Processor cache | 24 MB |
Processor cores | 10 |
Processor boost frequency | 4.7 GHz |
Processor model | i7-12650H |
Processor generation | 12th gen Intel® Core™ i7 |
Processor family | Intel® Core™ i7 |
Processor manufacturer | Intel |
Memory | |
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Maximum internal memory | 64 GB |
Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz |
Internal memory type | DDR5-SDRAM |
Internal memory | 8 GB |
Storage | |
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Optical drive type | No |
SSD interface | PCI Express 4.0 |
NVMe | Yes |
SSD capacity | 1 TB |
Number of SSDs installed | 1 |
Total SSDs capacity | 1 TB |
Storage media | SSD |
Total storage capacity | 1 TB |
Graphics | |
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Discrete graphics memory type | GDDR6 |
Discrete graphics card memory | 4 GB |
On-board graphics card model | Intel® UHD Graphics |
On-board graphics card family | Intel® UHD Graphics |
On-board GPU manufacturer | Intel |
Discrete graphics card model | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 |
Discrete GPU manufacturer | NVIDIA |
Discrete graphics card | Yes |
On-board graphics card | Yes |
Audio | |
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Speaker power | 2 W |
Number of built-in speakers | 2 |
Camera | |
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Video capturing speed | 30 fps |
Front camera HD type | HD |
Front camera | Yes |
Network | |
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Bluetooth version | 5.2 |
Bluetooth | Yes |
Ethernet LAN data rates | 10,100,1000 Mbit/s |
Ethernet LAN | Yes |
WLAN controller model | Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 |
WLAN controller manufacturer | Intel |
Antenna type | 2x2 |
Wi-Fi standards | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) |
Top Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) |
Mobile network connection | No |
Ports & interfaces | |
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USB Type-C DisplayPort Alternate Mode | Yes |
Combo headphone/mic port | Yes |
HDMI version | 2.1 |
HDMI ports quantity | 1 |
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports | 1 |
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-C ports quantity | 1 |
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity | 2 |
USB 2.0 ports quantity | 1 |
Keyboard | |
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Keyboard backlit colour | RGB |
Keyboard backlit zone | 4-zone RGB |
Keyboard backlit | Yes |
Numeric keypad | Yes |
Pointing device | Touchpad |
Software | |
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Operating system installed | Windows 11 Home |
Processor special features | |
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Intel Flex Memory Access | Yes |
Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) | Yes |
Execute Disable Bit | Yes |
CPU configuration (max) | 1 |
Embedded options available | No |
Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) | Yes |
Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) | Yes |
Battery | |
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Battery capacity | 53.5 Wh |
Number of battery cells | 3 |
Battery technology | Lithium Polymer (LiPo) |
Power | |
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AC adapter power | 180 W |
Weight & dimensions | |
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Height | 25.2 mm |
Depth | 273 mm |
Width | 398 mm |
Weight | 2.6 kg |
Packaging data | |
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Package volume | 14976 cm³ |
Package weight | 0.5 g |
Package height | 329 mm |
Package depth | 90 mm |
Package width | 528 mm |
General | |
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Product Family | Katana |
Product Series | 17 |