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Tuesday, 11 December 2018

MSI Trident X 9th review: A tiny(ish) RTX 2080 PC

Despite being part of the same series as MSI’s console-like Trident 3 8th PC, the Trident X is a much more substantial kind of gaming desktop. It’s much larger for starters, although its 396x383x130mm dimensions still place at the smaller end of the desktop PC scale, and its fixed base means it has to stand vertically instead of having the option to lie it on its side.

The 9th part of its name also signifies the presence of one of Intel’s new 9th generation of Coffee Lake CPUs – in this case, the eight-core 3.6GHz Core i7-9700K. Paired with Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 2080, 32GB of RAM, a 256GB NVMe SSD and a 2TB HDD, MSI’s Trident X 9th is a pint-sized powerhouse that means business. It does, however, cost an arm and a leg, with a particularly bum deal for anyone in the UK.

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Source : rockpapershotgun.com