Ever wanted to build a mini-ITX computer with a power-sipping 11th Gen Tiger Lake mobile processor? Now’s your chance to do just that. MSI has released a new PRO series mini-ITX motherboard featuring a built-in Core i5-11260H Tiger Lake CPU called the Pro HM570TI-B I526. (opens in new tab) As the name suggests, the board…
Some of MSI’s next-gen motherboards for AMD processors have popped up in retail listings in Italy. Twitter leaker momomo_us (opens in new tab) spotted the MSI MPG X670E Carbon Wi-Fi and MSI Pro X670-P Wi-Fi listed at AED Gaming. We dug around and found three other (Italian) retailers offering the same pair of boards at…
MSI has revealed its first Intel Arc GPU, a low-profile graphics card containing the budget-friendly Arc A380 board – the same somewhat-underwhelming GPU that has already been launched in China by manufacturers Gunnir and ASRock. The MSI A380 is currently only available in pre-built PCs, showing up in a sensibly-priced MSI gaming desktop on Chinese…
An MSI branded Intel Arc A380 graphics card has emerged online. It is the first example from one of the big three AIBs. Thus it is a significant find, even though the card is not available as a separate retail product, only as a component in pre-built MSI systems. MSI’s first Intel graphics card in…
Although GPU prices have fallen considerably since the highs of the great graphics card shortage, there has been a slight plateau reached in the last couple of weeks with regard to the retail price drops being offered. In fact, some cards have been going back up in price, but, this could be due to Amazon…
MSI looks set to roll out its first H610 chipset motherboard with support for the ATX12VO power connector standard. The MSI Pro H610M 12VO (opens in new tab) featured briefly in an MSI Insider broadcast in mid-January when mainstream Alder Lake processors were fresh, but only now is it being readied for retail, with its…
MSI is bringing out all the punches on AMD’s non-overclockable Ryzen 7 5800X3D, with yet another BIOS update to improve (opens in new tab) the chip’s performance on MSI motherboards. On this occasion, it comes as a feature inside the BIOS utility known as the Kombo Strike. The beta BIOS updates are available for select…
MSI has launched its first all-AMD gaming desktop. The new MSI MAG Meta 5 SE combines the red-team charms of an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X CPU and a Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card. These rub shoulders with the best processors and best graphics cards available at this time. Additionally, purchasers can spec up to…
PC hardware maker MSI has introduced a new gaming monitor, dubbed the Optix MEG381CQR Plus. It’s a symbolic upgrade of the non-Plus version we have already covered here. According to MSI, this is the world’s first gaming monitor with a ‘Human-Machine Interface’ (HMI) concept. Could this new display earn itself a spot on our best…
MSI seems to be planning a resurrection of its HydroGen series, which was canned nearly a decade ago, with a waterblock for die-hard enthusiasts. The new spin will come as its new GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card with 24GB of GDDR6X memory equipped with a water block for custom-built liquid cooling systems (LCSs). At this…
