MSI GF66 Katana, i7-11800H (8c/16t), RTX 3050Ti Up to 60W, 16GB, 512GB SSD, FHD 144 Hz

The MSI GF66 Katana is a budget oriented gaming laptop and if you can find it at under $1000 it is potentially worth buying, though I think there are probably better options on the market if you can find them. It does come with dual channel RAM and an 8 core CPU which you find on laptops at a much higher price point (although it seems to have lower power limit). The RTX 3050Ti is only a max 60w and the battery is only 53wh. Also it only has one m.2 slot and at 512GB it is a little small, meaning you will likely have to buy a larger one and clone it.

Keylighting is Red and the 144Hz panel only has 45% NTSC so its not ideal for content creation. It is also not a very bright display.

The display hinges are not very stiff.

USB C doesn't support mDP so you have one video out via the HDMI (4k@60hz).

It also fails the DPC latency test.

Timespy: https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-RTX-3050-Ti-Laptop-GPU-Benchmarks-and-Specs.527430.0.html

Cinebench R20: https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-Katana-GF66-11UG-review-A-gaming-laptop-with-wasted-potential.561019.0.html

on sale at Microcenter