I have spent many weeks using MSI Trident 3 GAMING PC on a daily basis, and I have to admit, I might be a bit spoiled by all the other hardware I have sitting here. Since the MSI Aegis TI is now my normal daily PC, the rather modestly-equipped Trident 3 seemed a bit underpowered for my own needs. Yet I still plugged in the Trident and was pleasantly surprised. When it comes to a decent level of gaming performance for 1080p gaming, the MSI Trident 3 PC is nearly perfectly equipped. The provided MSI GAMING GTX 1060 6 GB VGA is more than capable of pushing modern games at decent FPS with most if not all details maxed out, and it does it while barely pulling any power from the wall. It is also capable of taking up a minimal amount of space on your desk, or in your living room. I've put mine with my 55-inch 1080p TV for playing games with a controller, and thanks to Windows 10's slick interface ready for such uses and combined with the highly capable hardware in this configuration, I've got a fantastic option for STEAM Big Picture gaming thanks to MSI's Trident 3 GAMING PC.

In the configuration as tested, you might find the MSI Trident 3 GAMING PC a bit short of storage space if you are a user that tends to keep a lot of data on your PC, but if you are a user that doesn't install a lot of stuff, the provided 256 GB SSD for the OS and the additional 1 TB mechanical drive are more than enough. This isn't a full-blown overclocking PC, after all. I must admit though, I'd like 32 GB of RAM instead of 16 GB myself, but 16 GB is adequate for sure. With plenty of USB ports on the rear, you can easily add in additional external storage at any time if you so desire, or you can take advantage of the easy access to the MSI Trident 3's innards and upgrade the drive space in the future should you outgrow them, although with fast internet easily available in most global regions, and cloud storage cheap, physical storage isn't that big of a deal for many users.

I know the idea of the LED here on the Trident 3 GAMING PC is going to put a few people off, but to me, the aesthetics offered here - all black with minimal brand markings - are fantastic, and the LED can be turned off or unplugged if it really bothers you that much. Due to it not being overly bright, it shouldn't be a big deal if you decide to use it as part of your home theatre set-up, where any outside lighting can be a big issue. This isn't a system built to break records, but at the same time, it isn't going to break the bank, either, so it has that going for it too. Did I mention it is almost perfectly silent? It can put out a little bit of noise now and then when pushed hard, but even then the noise is truly minimal, since the only fans here are the ones on the CPU cooler and VGA cooler. Neither of those fans is large, nor do they spin up very fast, so when I say it puts out a little bit of noise, I truly mean just a little. This means component temperatures can get a bit high at times, but not in any way that you'd need to worry about it. Got one or have questions I didn't answer in this review? Feel free to leave your thoughts in the forums!