Creator 17 Professional Laptop: 17.3" UHD 120Hz 100% AdobeRGB Display, Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, 16GB RAM, 512GB NVME SSD, Thunderbolt 4, Win10, Core Black (B11UE-471)

Not every MSI Creator 17 laptop has the Mini-LED Display. I saw the B11UE-471 on sale for $1219 so I bought it immediately because that would have been a steal for a pretty good laptop with an amazing display. After unboxing it I quickly realized it was just a regular LCD panel, not super bright, black levels nowhere near as good as an OLED panel. I was disappointed that the Amazon listing had Mini-LED everywhere and yet that is not what I got.I had to go on the MSI website to see exactly which Creator 17 models have the Mini-LED screen and which don't. I listed them here for your convenience.Models with Mini-LED panel:B11UH-236B11UH-241B11UH-238B11UG-239Models with LCD panel:B11UH-495B11UH-497B11UH-496B11UG-494B11UE-471So, everything with a 2 in the hundreds place has Mini-LED. I might end up keeping the computer anyway, because even though mine is not Mini-LED, it is still a pretty good deal on a good laptop with lots of ports, backlit keyboard with numpad, big 4K screen, WiFi 6E, dedicated graphics, nice all metal construction, understated aesthetics, and replaceable RAM modules, which are all important to me. Also I can't find a 17" Mini-LED laptop for less than $3000. It has the weird quirk of the keyboard not being at the top edge of the chassis but I guess that is better for cooling because additional vents are located up there.EDIT 7/2/24 (2 months after purchase) : I ended up replacing the RAM, and even though it's technically doable, it's a LOT more risky than a regular RAM swap. You have to take everything out of the computer because the RAM is mounted between the motherboard and keyboard for some reason. There are a bunch of tiny proprietary cables you have to be careful with or you'll brick your laptop. I watched a teardown by Binh on YouTube to replace the RAM.

I had to return this laptop, it was honestly such a good looking laptop, it was my first "premium/gaming" laptop i've owned, and I only had it for 2 days before I had to return it. The battery never went over 0%, and the laptop would get super piping hot, even if you were just watching youtube, but playing games on it, would absolutely burn you. Overall, laptop was nice, but it came out very faulty, and I feel like the fans wouldn't even do anything, even on cooler boost imo. I would recommend it, but buy it officially from MSI, and not from Amazon.