Bundled Software

MSI included a fair bit of software with this Aegis Ti GAMING PC, and all of it is useful. First, though, I need to take a moment to mention this back-up software. Most pre-built PCs offer something similar, so for me, it is an absolute requirement, which makes it being here a win in my books. Get your Aegis Ti built up and the OS installed, run the driver/software disc, install everything, remove the stuff you don't want (I hate Norton, for example), and run this software to create an image of your OS. Should you run into problems in the future, or simply want to refresh your PC, create a backup and have everything running again in short order. Although Windows 10 does have its own options to do so, I much prefer what MSI offers here since it isn't hidden within a bunch of menus, and you won't have to worry about stuff missing like you do with what Windows 10 offers.


So let us get to the other software. We've got MSI's GAMING Center, which has a bunch of different tools all rolled into a simple interface. There is also MSI's Dragon Eye, which allows you to watch videos while playing a game, great for watching a guide on YouTube for whatever game you are playing while actually playing the game without having to ALT-TAB back and forth. It is also of great use to those who stream content.


Controls for the onboard Mystic Light LEDs are inside MSI's GAMING Center. There are several different modes available for the LEDS to run in, and there are manual options that let you customize the colors of the six different zones the LEDs are grouped into.


Since the Aegis Ti uses KIllerNIC LAN and Wi-Fi controllers, MSI-branded versions of the KillerNIC software are present. MSI also includes the Nahamic audio optimization software. I prefer Nahamic over Creative for such since Nahamic is more friendly to S/PDIF use with headphones, which is my own personal audio setup.


You do get a fairly old version of a Norton trial too, along with an app to easily register your new PC with MSI for support purposes.


Then, to round things out, we have the PowerDVD12 software, and the WTFast software for some gaming network optimization. WTFast provides a discrete network for online gaming to many major game server providers, which has it provide a "no-middle-man" link to game servers for the best latency your own connection has to offer.

I haven't gone into all the details of what the software here provides. There are more tools available in MSI's GAMING Center, including a tool that lowers the blue light emitted by your monitor in order to ease eye strain, and there are a few other things, including a very basic monitoring panel you can have fun discovering on your own. MSI's software package is really well done in my books, and as a gamer, it meets my needs nearly perfectly. There is what I would consider a bit of bloat (be gone, Norton, be gone!), but it is truly minimal, and as always, you can easily uninstall the bits you don't use should you prefer free drive space instead.