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Modern graphics cards are notorious for their massive cooling systems and dimensions that are hard to fit into mainstream PC chassis and almost impossible to fit into compact PC cases that are rather popular among gamers. MSI this week attempted to address these concerns by announcing a family of GeForce RTX 40-series graphics cards called Gaming Slim that are meant to be slimmer than a typical add-in-board. But are they? Judging by MSI's GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Gaming X Slim (which measures 307×125×51 mm and weights 1086 grams), it is indeed considerably more compact than MSI's GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Gaming X Trio (337×140×62 mm @ 1594 grams). What is no less important is that the Gaming Slim is nearly as fast as its full-fat...
MSI Z97 MPower Max AC Review: Overclocking for $260
At $260, today’s review of the MSI Z97 MPower Max AC is the odd one out of our initial Z97 reviews. The previous two reviews both use SATA Express...
19 by Ian Cutress on 5/20/2014
Z97 Motherboards Listed: Now in USA, Taiwan, and EU
Despite being nowhere near the official release date, it would seem that retailers have jumped the gun. We reported earlier that a retailer in China has started to...
29 by Ian Cutress on 5/2/2014
MSI Z97 Gaming Motherboards Up For Pre Order in China
After our brief motherboard roundup, it was brought to our attention that some of the next generation of Intel motherboards are now up for pre-order in China. From tmall.com...
5 by Ian Cutress on 4/28/2014
Upcoming Intel Based Motherboards from GIGABYTE, ASUS, MSI and ASRock
Intel has recently been awash with news about upcoming processors. In March, Intel released information on an upcoming unlocked Haswell Pentium processor, an upcoming Haswell-K processor with overclocking enhancements...
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MSI GT70 Review: GTX 880M Edition
MSI has had the same core designs for several of their high-end laptops for at least a couple years now; specifically we’re talking about the GT60 and GT70 series...
61 by Jarred Walton on 4/16/2014
MSI A88XM-E35 Motherboard Review: Micro-A88X for $68
While the desktop PC industry has been reported as shrinking these last few quarters, the dichotomy rests in a drive towards the smaller form factors while the large under-the-desk...
27 by Ian Cutress on 4/3/2014
MSI Extends its Gaming Motherboards to B85I and B85M
Word from MSI suggests that sales of their Gaming motherboard range are better than projected and there is an enthusiasm for the brand across PC building forums. We...
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CeBIT 2014: MSI Shows New Intel Motherboards, R9 270X Gaming ITX
While we do not have anyone on the floor of CeBIT this year, manufacturers are showcasing several new products worth mentioning between now and Computex in June. MSI...
6 by Ian Cutress on 3/11/2014
MSI Launches the Nightblade Gaming Barebones, a mini-ITX with OC
Traditional PC component manufacturers are moving into other areas of interest. For MSI that means devices such as tablets and notebooks, as well as moving forward with their traditional...
30 by Ian Cutress on 3/6/2014
MSI Launches New Keyboard Tools for Upcoming Gaming Laptops
The march on gaming laptops from MSI has been relentless these past couple of years. At most PC component events I attend, there is usually one ultra-powerful model...
6 by Ian Cutress on 3/6/2014
MSI Launches the A88XI AC, a mini-ITX FM2+ 802.11ac Motherboard
Everyone likes the small and the powerful. If I could get the power of a GTX Titan or R9 290X in a smartphone, we should all want one...
10 by Ian Cutress on 2/23/2014
MSI X79A-GD45 Plus Review: Building Up
Breaking into the X79 game at this late stage is a rough business. The major action was at the Sandy Bridge-E launch, and the Ivy Bridge-E release was...
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MSI Motherboards at CES 2014: Kaveri and Socketed Kabini
Wrapping up our visit with MSI, we’ve already seen many of their already-launched motherboards (e.g. series 8 chipsets), but MSI did have some upcoming Kaveri motherboards on display with...
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MSI GPUs at CES 2014: Massive R9 290X Lightning and More
Along with notebooks and all-in-ones, MSI had quite a few large GPUs on display. The past month saw a massive shortage of AMD GPUs, thanks in no small part...
8 by Jarred Walton on 1/6/2014
MSI All-In-Ones at CES 2014
Notebooks weren’t the only thing on display – along with a couple desktops sporting MSI GPUs, MSI also had a couple of all-in-one touchscreen PCs on display. One is...
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MSI: Updated Notebooks at CES 2014
MSI had all of their latest notebooks on display, along with some upcoming models that feature new designs and hardware. Most of the hardware and design elements remain the...
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iBuyPower Battalion M1771 (MSI GS70) Gaming Notebook Review
MSI is taking a page out of Razer's design playbook (in turn cribbing liberally from Apple's), but as it turns out, they may have beaten Razer at their own...
37 by Dustin Sklavos on 12/30/2013
MSI Launch mini-ITX Gaming Platform: the Z87I Gaming AC and GTX 760 Gaming
Even though we already let in on a sneak preview during our Holiday Guides, today marks the official launch of MSI’s mini-ITX Gaming Platform. The platform has two...
38 by Ian Cutress on 12/4/2013
Gaming Motherboards under $175: Holiday 2013
Glad tidings we bring, and this time it comes in the form of gaming oriented motherboards. As an ex-semi-serious gamer (local clan matches, LANs), the motherboard in my...
10 by Ian Cutress on 11/27/2013
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