Introduction

With the launch of Intel's latest platform, something else to add to the mix of things that are new is new PCs, naturally. For users that buy prebuilt-PCs, this means a bit of a performance boost right out of the box, thanks to the boosted clocks of Intel's latest CPU iteration. The first of such PCs I've got to play with a while is MSI's Trident 3 GAMING PC.

MSI's Trident 3 GAMING is a slim PC that is very reminiscent of current living room gaming consoles that so many people out there have attached to their PCs. So you know the target type of user here for sure, and I can count myself among them. If you want to bring PC gaming into the living room with a console-like experience, MSI's Trident 3 PC is an option you should definitely consider.

The MSI Trident 3 is built around a mITX motherboard equipped with 16 GB of SO-DIMM memory and an Intel Core i7-7700 65W Kaby Lake CPU. The board then has a customized mITX-length MSI GAMING GTX 1060 smashed in the case next to it, making the Trident 3 PC aptly equipped for 1080p gaming. Add in the 256 GB SATA M.2 SSD and the 1 TB drive for storage that comes pre-equipped with (along with Windows 10 Home), and it's ready to do so in under 230W right out of the box!



* Configuration as tested