CPU-Z, Temperatures, and Voltages

I fired up my Aegis Ti GAMING PC and immediately hit that button on front to enable the OC. I see no point in running this system at stock since it has specifically been built to endure those higher clocks. It was interesting to note that MSI included 32 GB of RAM, but with 17-17-17-39 timings. I wasn't aware of the RAM speed or size until I opened CPU-Z. These aren't the lowest timings possible, but the RAM boost to 2400 MHz instead of the platform's default 2133 MHz does help a little. The system feels very responsive, and its noise levels are more than acceptable to me, with nearly no noise at idle and minimal noise at load as fan speeds increase.

Power and Temperatures

The following metrics were taken after a couple hours of running DICE's latest Battlefield 1. This app in particular is one of the most recently launched "AAA" titles on the market, and as such, places a considerable load on any system, even one fitted with dual MSI GAMING GTX 1070s. I have the MSI Aegis Ti plugged into my aging Dell 3008WFP over DisplayPort, running at 2560x1600. I also have my Sennheiser PC 350 SE headset plugged in and in use for TeamSpeak, so these numbers reflect a real online multiplayer gaming scenario. It is worth noting that the retail CPU I have in this system is not the best sample in my possession either, so although voltages seem high, that's not entirely due to the Aegis Ti. Using a relatively "poor" piece of silicon, I produced numbers that aren't the ideal (which would be the case if I were to use my 5 GHz-capable chip). Also, the VGAs installed are MSI GAMING X GTX 1070s, a very popular card from MSI right now, and there are two M.2 SSDs pushing over 3000 MB/sec, a bog-standard 2 TB mechanical drive, and the 32 GB of 2400 MHz RAM (not 2133 MHz).


An idle power draw number of just 10 W from the wall really speaks volumes about MSI's hardware choices here. There are all these LEDs, fans and everything else (including the stuff I personally plugged in, which includes mouse, illuminated keyboard, etc.), yet there isn't much in the way of power being pulled from the wall socket when the system sits at the desktop. When the system goes to sleep, that figure drops by 60-70% too. 470 W pulled at peak when playing Battlefield 1 is pretty nice as well.