MSI CR620-643

MSI CR620 review

MSI (or Micro-Star International) is a Taiwanese company that's best known for manufacturing components, but it also builds a range of laptops. The CR620-643UK is from its Classic range and provides both great performance and value for money. As with the Lenovo G560, an Intel Core i3 370M processor provides the power here. Despite this laptop boasting a faster chip, our benchmarking tests provided negligible results between the two. If you often work with a number of applications open at once and regularly multitask, then you're going to need the power offered by these Intel Core i3 machines, as neither the Acer Aspire 5336-T353G32Mnkk or Dell Inspiron M5030 test provide enough performance. The integrated Intel GMA HD graphics card provides enough power for basic multimedia tasks, such as photo editing, and you'll have no problem watching DVDs or streaming YouTube videos. BenchmarksBattery life: 234 minutesMobileMark 2007: 2253DMark 2003: 3197Considering the power of the components onboard, the 234-minute battery life is excellent.