Msi updates its aegis and trident systems with coffee lake

MSI is one of the best manufacturers of pre-assembled desktops and has no intention of giving up anything to its rivals, so they have taken advantage of CES to announce that their best Trident and Aegis computers are upgrading to Intel Coffee Lake processors.

MSI Aegis and Trident with Coffee Lake

Several months have passed since the announcement of the Intel Coffee Lake processors so it was to be expected a movement like this, MSI has confirmed that new versions of the Trident 3 Arctic, Infinite X and Aegis Ti3 equipment are about to arrive on the market with the new Intel processors.

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First, there is the MSI Trident 3 Arctic, a new very high-performance device that will be based on the use of the Core i7-8700 processor and GeForce GTX 1080 graphics, all in a size of only 71.83 mm × 346.25 mm × 232.47 mm and in an attractive white color. Inside it offers the possibility of mounting up to 32 GB of DDR4-2400 memory together with M.2 and 2.5-inch hard drives so that there is no lack of storage capacity. It is also updated to use the USB Type-C interface to be up to date. Includes a 330W power supply.

In second place is the MSI Infinite X, its best desktop computer that bets on a more powerful configuration based on the Core i7 8700K and the GeForce GTX 1080Ti, a very powerful hardwarwe in a tremendously compact equipment with measurements of 488 mm × 210 mm × 450 mm. In this case we find two M.2 ports next to a 2.5-inch bay and four slots for DDR4 memory, so we can mount up to 64 GB in dual channel. Includes a 550W power supply.

In last place is the MSI Aegis Ti3 that also bets on the Core i7 8700K and the GeForce GTX 1080Ti, its characteristics are completed by a 550W power supply, a maximum of 256 GB of RAID NVMe storage and a 3 TB mechanical disk so you can install all your games without problems.

MSI Gaming Desktops (2018)
	Trident 3 Arctic	Infinite x	Aegis Ti3
Processor	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Core i7-8700K	Up to Intel Core i7-8700K
Chipset	Intel Z370
Graphics	NVIDIA GTX 1080 8GB	MSI GTX 1080 Ti 11GB
Memory	16GB DDR4 2400 MHz, Expandable to 32GB	16GB DDR4 2400, Expandable to 64GB (4 U-DIMMs)	32GB DDR4 2666, Expandable to 64GB
Storage	m.2 2280 256GB PCIe SSD 1.5 ″ 11TB SATA HDD	256GB x2 RAID0 M.2 PCIe NVMe 2TB 3.5 ″ SATA	512GB M.2 PCIe SSD (2x256GB) 3TB 3.5 ″ HDD 512GB M.2 PCIe SSD (2x256GB via PCIe extension card)
Audio	Realtek ALC1150	Realtek ALC892	7.1 ch HD Audio w / Nahimic Audio Enhancer (possibly Realtek ALC1220)
Net	802.11 b / g / n / ac (Intel AC3168) Intel I219-V Gb LAN	802.11 b / g / n / ac (Intel AC3168) Intel I219-V Gb LAN	Killer E2500 Gb Ethernet Killer Wireless-AC 1425 Combo
USB	1 x USB 3.0 Type-C (F) 3 x USB 3.0 (2x F, 1x R) 4 x USB 2.0 (R)	1 x USB 3.0 Type-C (F) 5 x USB 3.0 (1x F, 4x R) 3 x USB 2.0 (1x F, 4x R)	1 x USB 3.1 (10 Gbps) Type-C 8 x USB 3.0 (2x F, 6x R) 2 x USB 2.0 (R)
PSU	330W	550W 80 Plus Bronze	550W 80 Plus Bronze

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