Introduction

MSI has become a powerhouse in the PC market, having grown from their humble beginnings back in 1986 to be a top-tier provider of motherboards, graphics cards, CPU coolers, laptops, desktops, and more today. Essentially, they have expanded into nearly every sector of the market with this rise to prominence being fueled by unrivaled attention to brand identity and marketing, especially over the last decade or so.


In today's review, I will be looking at MSI's Trident X 9th 9SE-06STW. This model features an Intel Core i7-9700K alongside an MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ventus OC. Rounding out the typical specifications are 16 GB of DDR4, a 256 GB SSD, and a 2 TB HDD for storage, all inside a Mini-ITX chassis the size of a typical game console. It also has RGB lighting because well, why wouldn't it? Before we dig any deeper, let us take a look at the system's full specifications.