To me, MSI has a definite win here with the Aegis Ti, capping off their 30th Anniversary with a huge bang. Configured as it is, the Aegis Ti is most definitely a high-end system, but not all configurations will yield the same performance. Be that as it may, I did fully pull this system apart too, and that meant removing a fair number of screws to do so. It was very easy to tear down and put back together, and doing so really put a highlight on the time MSI's engineers took to design this product. Ease of use was definitely at the forefront of this design, and even that angled top section of the system has a function since it directs airflow out and away from the system. The Aegis Ti is meant for you to use for a long time, whether it sits on your desk, under your desk, or is taken out to game with outside of your home. When you do take it places, people are going to notice it too. I had tons of comments from those who visited my house when I had the system up and running, and not one person did not like it. Even my wife and her friends were impressed with its looks and lack of noise.
In the configuration as tested, we have dual M.2 drives in RAID, 32 GB of RAM, dual MSI GAMING X GTX 1070s, and Intel's iconic Skylake I7-6700K. Together, these create a perfect mix of functionality ready for pretty much any game you might want to throw at it. I used a monitor with a resolution of 2560 x 1600, and the dual MSI GAMING X GTX 1070 configuration did not falter one bit. It definitely helps that these cards match the Aegis Ti case perfectly. A big part of what makes this system what it is can be none other than the custom motherboard tucked away in the middle compartment, and the AIO cooler that draws all the CPU heat away from the system and directly out the side. There's a deliberate mess of cables here ready for any upgrades you might need to storage devices, and speaking of storage, having the mechanical HDD in the foot of the chassis, at the back, makes it easy to slide in a new drive when you fill whatever you might have there already. The thermal probe set between the VGAs to regulate that compartment is nice too.
There are some things that could use a bit of improvement. There are no manual overclocking options provided, so there is no choice for maximum clocks or minimal voltages, and not all the fans have controls ready for user customization should you want to use a different fan. The front LEDs have color-changing ability, but for a perfect change, every fan's LEDs need to change and the red LEDs in some of them are not adjustable. Yet this is all nit-picking. You can hit the MSI GAMING logo on front and get a decent overclock out of pretty much any "K"-series SKU, and MSI has red and black as their colors, so even the option to change LEDs isn't NEEDED, though it is nice to have. I really like this system, and you do need to keep in mind that while I have this system here now, I was told before receiving it that I'd have to return it when the review was done. I really don't want to do that; I want to make it my main system! Got one or have questions I didn't answer in this review? Feel free to leave your thoughts in the forums!
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