I spent yesterday strolling the ground of Computex 2025, testing the most recent and biggest computing tech of the 12 months, and I received to spend so much of time on the MSI sales space.
As one of many greatest PC part makers on this planet, MSI had lots to indicate off on the elements entrance, from circumstances to energy provides to graphics playing cards to motherboards, and all of it was both what I anticipated from MSI (their elements are nice), and even higher, some restricted version and idea merchandise that anybody would wish to embody in their very own PC construct.
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Beginning on the premium construct facet of issues, the MSI MEG Maestro 900L is an actual showpiece of a PC case with a three-sided curved glass enclosure with diamond chamfer edges and help for a customized liquid cooling loop. It is roughly an ideal case for a high-end construct that is not a totally customized design.
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Subsequent, the IRONMOUSE VTuber-themed PC construct with IRONMOUSE-branded elements seemed incredible, and is the sort of construct and part design that ought to encourage quite a lot of builders on the market to go for the same look.
Clearly, graphics playing cards have been an enormous a part of MSI’s sales space this 12 months, and that is sensible, seeing because it constantly makes a few of the greatest graphics playing cards in the marketplace, particularly on the upper finish of the stack, just like the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid SOC, but additionally smaller kind issue playing cards on the decrease finish of the stack like the brand new MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Encourage 2X OC.
After all, with so many elements, you might construct a complete PC out of simply MSI components, and MSI went out of its technique to showcase a few of its DIY improvements that goal to make PC constructing simpler and fewer intimidating for first-time builders.
Along with its mainstream graphics card lineup, MSI additionally confirmed off new MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Skilled OC and RTX 4080 Tremendous Skilled OC playing cards with a cool-looking grill design constructed into their shrouds.
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There have been additionally some superior particular version playing cards being proven off, just like the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Cyclone Visible OC, which is a single, large-fan design that has an LCD show within the heart.
After all, there was additionally the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Titanium Version SOC card with a lux golden-colored end. How a lot this card would set you again I am unable to say, however I am unable to think about it is low-cost even by RTX 5090 requirements.
However the part that basically stole my coronary heart on the MSI sales space yesterday was a easy bracket, one which I am not even positive you’d be capable to purchase by itself, however which might include the MSI MPG Coreliquid P13 360 AIO cooler.
See, this is the factor. I check quite a lot of processors for my opinions and options, and this typically includes me swapping out motherboards with totally different chipsets. However with the intention to preserve outcomes comparable between Intel and AMD processors, I really want every part else on the testbench to remain the identical, together with the AIO cooler.
The issue, although, is that the mounting for CPU coolers between AMD and Intel is not standardized. As a substitute, each chipmakers have their mounting screws oriented in another way. Intel’s CPU cooler mountings kind a sq., whereas AMD’s kind a rectangle with uneven size and peak.
Which means I’ve to swap out the mounting bracket for the AIO cooler each time I swap between the 2 chip manufacturers, and shedding a kind of brackets is an absolute nightmare that would wreck days of testing. I do know this as a result of it is occurred to me greater than as soon as.
Enter the MSI Unibracket. A single bracket that works with each Intel LGA 1700/1851 and AMD AM4/AM5 motherboard mountings.
As quickly as I noticed the Unibracket, I wished to scream, as a result of the answer to the issue is so blindingly apparent, I do not perceive how this half is not standardized throughout each CPU cooler producer.
Their loss is MSI’s acquire, nevertheless, as as soon as I get a Coreliquid P13 360 AIO cooler within the lab, it is all however assured to be my go-to CPU cooler for the testbench for the foreseeable future.
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