MSI is refreshing two of its popular laptops this year: the Raider 16 Max HX and the Stealth 16 AI+. We kick things off with the Raider 16 Max HX, which has been "redrawn with bold lines" and includes a strong emphasis on MSI's dragon motif (just not the same kind of emphasis as last year’s flagship). You'll find the traditional RGB-lit MSI logo on the left side of the lid, and a larger version of the dragon etched on the other side. MSI also says the Raider 16 Max HX is about 10 percent smaller than its predecessor, while being 25 percent more power-efficient.
That said, there isn't much that's new on the hardware front. MSI is still using Intel Core Ultra 200HX "Arrow Lake" processors rather than SKUs from Intel's new Panther Lake family. The system features two SO-DIMM slots that support up to 128GB of DDR5-7200 memory, though you'll likely need to sell a kidney to max this system out with current memory pricing.
