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How can you make a small form factor (SFF) PC unique enough to grab consumers' attention? There are three key aspects that define a SFF PC: internal hardware, size, and thermal/acoustic performance.It's been an ongoing challenge for manufacturers to bal...
Sleek and compact look. Quiet under normal operation. Desktopgrade GTX 1070, good peripherals...
CPU cooler is noisy and thermally inadequate under load...
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Computerpoweruser.com Updated: 2018-02-21 07:38:26
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As PC gaming and VR continues to move into the mainstream, there's a real need for high-end computers that look the part in the social spaces of your home. And although we love big rigs with colorful liquid cooling loops, custom paint jobs, and panels tha...
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With the launch of Intel's latest platform, something else to add to the mix of things that are new is new PCs, naturally. For users that buy prebuilt-PCs, this means a bit of a performance boost right out of the box, thanks to the boosted clocks of Intel...
Small size, PC-level performance in a gaming console form factor, Very low power consumption, Quiet operation, Fantastic audio performance, LED lighting not overly bright, Front USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C and Type-A, Front HDMI port for VR use, Incredibly easy...
No voltage controls in BIOS, No overclocking/XMP support, Can get hot under some extreme workloads, No digital audio output except via HDMI...
The MSI Trident 3 GAMING PC is available starting at starting at $899 (varies with configuration). Small size PC-level performance in a gaming console form factor Very low power consumption Quiet operation Fantastic audio performance LED lighting not...
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Smaller form-factor PCs typically go one of two ways: First, you can prioritize the small part of the equation. This leaves you with something beautifully tiny, but at the cost of future upgrades—space-saving comes with the caveat of proprietary and non-r...
Approximately the size of the Xbox One X/PlayStation 4 Pro, Easy access to internal components, and relatively upgradeable, Performance similar to a full GTX 1070-equipped tower...
Swapping out the hard drive is arduous, Accessing the internals voids your warranty, Power supply leaves some wiggle room, but it's not much...
The MSI Trident V3 Arctic offers the power of an upper-mid tier PC in a chassis the size of the new Xbox One X—and with the ability to upgrade it even further in a few years with a hypothetical GTX 1470 or whatever. It's attractive, it's small, it's (most...
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If only this had been around for all our '90s LAN parties. by hayden dingmanThe MSI Trident V3 is quiet, easily upgraded, and packs a GTX 1070 inside a chassis the size of the Xbox One X. Pretty incredible.A maller form-factor PCs typically go one...
Approximately the size of the Xbox One X/PlayStation 4 Pro, Easy access to internal components, and relatively upgradeable...
Swapping out the hard drive is arduous, Accessing the internals voids your warranty...
The MSI Trident V3 is quiet, easily upgraded, and packs a GTX 1070 inside a chassis the size of the Xbox One X. Pretty incredible...
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It used to be that, when you wanted a gaming PC, there always had to be some kind of compromise. In most cases, it was the cost and the size. In order to pack power into a computer, manufacturers had to build massive cases to house the hardware.While thin...
MSI's Trident 3 Arctic is a powerful machine, there is no doubt about that. But as mentioned in the introduction, there are two compromises that come with owning a gaming PC and while the Trident 3 Arctic manages to be quite compact, its price is not. The...
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