GreatnessRD
Member
Ain't no way in hell they're using DDR5, lol. Also, please don't spend $800 United Murica dollars on this if you want an HTPC.
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MSI launches Trident S PC gaming console in NA ($800, AMD Ryzen 5 5600G, Vega 7, 16GB DDR5)
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Reizo Ryuu
Member
800 for a vega 7
adamosmaki
Member
What a ripoff . You can build something with a ryzen 5 and a 6600 GPU at that price and will be literally 4-5x more powerfull
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Not at all.
I don’t know who this is for, but it’s not for someone that seriously wants to get into PC gaming.
KungFucius
King Snowflake
This boggles the mind. The GPU is pure shit. Why?
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
That looks overpriced for what you get, unless I'm missing something. You could buy a better spec'd laptop for that price.
Skifi28
Member
Yeah. at that price you're better off buying a Laptop PLUS a Series S and cover all your bases.
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MastaKiiLA
Member
Looks like shit. You can get a laptop with an RTX card for that price.
MadchesterManc
Member
Looks like a less powerful Xbox One X for triple the price
Eddie-Griffin
Banned
You can upgrade the motherboard.
Notice that they are using consumer DDR5, not Gamer DDR5. That's the main difference.
But not in this form factor, I think they took a spec hit in order to have a console PC experience, which is probably why it costs $800.
May only be around Xbox One level but most PC's using steam are worse than that if that one article is too be believed, so maybe the average consumer outside this form may actually find this device tempting. Who knows.
Onironauta
Member
It's like 1/3 of Series S in terms of GPU power...
For this price I'd rather buy a Ryzen 6800U laptop or handheld.
Banjo64
cumsessed
That’s pretty shite.
Dr.brain64
Member
Windows 11? No thanks.
Fbh
Member
I don't know man.
So the sales argument is that instead of getting a laptop that will perform much better for the same price you get this instead because you can then spend even more money to upgrade it so eventually you end up with a $1300 computer that performs like an $800 laptop?.
One of the main points of getting a desktop instead of a laptop is that you get a lot more power for your money.....not the other way around.
Besides isn't the point of pre build PC's to appeal to people that don't want to tinker with the hardware? If you feel comfortable replacing the motherboard, adding ram, replacing the CPU, adding a GPU (not even sure if it's possible here) why not just build something yourself and get a lot more performance for the same money?
Bonfires Down
Member
I guess it works if you really want a sff PC to play Counter-Strike and Valorant and aren’t that price sensitive. I imagine a lot of buyers will be disappointed if they ever try running a current gen game on it though.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
Mini Pcs are good. Not when they're 800 dollars and using outdated hardware, though
oldergamer
Member
nope. Why would you think that?
Eddie-Griffin
Banned
It's already included inside.
baphomet
Member
No you can't.
Eddie-Griffin
Banned
It's literally on the website, you can take it out with one screw.
Topher
Identifies as young
PS5 is far more powerful than this.
Skifi28
Member
baphomet
Member
To upgrade components. The hard drive, M.2, and ram. It also shows the CPU can be upgraded, but there's only 1 other thing that will fit it and it won't improve graphics.
The motherboard is proprietary and cannot be upgraded.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
RoadHazard
Gold Member
This seems like complete garbage for any actual gaming. Worse than a base PS4 but twice as expensive as a PS5 (DE), lol. "But you can do so much more with a PC, waaah!!!" Then buy a PS5 and a $300-400 notebook, that combination will provide much more value than this waste of space. Or get a decent gaming PC.
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Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
I don't understand why this exists.
Amiga
Member
GPU is 1.43 tflops 
This likely just for mobile game E-sports.
Worse than a base PS4. Even the Steam Deck is more powerful.
This likely just for mobile game E-sports.
probably dumping their stock.
demigod
Member
The B&H specs are wrong. The models are the same, these are DDR4. There is no way they would put DDR4 in one and DDR5 in the other with the same price. The motherboards would have to be different. I don't think you know anything about PCs dude.
Eddie-Griffin
Banned
The fact such an obvious sarcastic post flew over your head makes wonder.
Also btw, they aren't the same, keyboard and mouse comes with the B&H config. Still not worth $800 to me though, you know what I said in the OP.
newtypepilot
Member
$800 for an APU?
demigod
Member
Ahhh, i thought you were being stupid as usual, my bad!
Eddie-Griffin
Banned
Projection should only be used for movie projectors.
At least the device looks nice, you have to give it that even if the insides are rotten.
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nominedomine
Banned
How do they even come up with something like this? Truly offensive.
Eddie-Griffin
Banned
Build?
You answered your question, it's for people who don't want to build a PC. They want to buy a product that can plug right into a TV and is easy to set up. Since many people don't mind not having the best graphics and usually don't look at what their buying beforehand, MSI must have done the math and figured there would be people who'd buy this at the $800 price point.
I think they are only expecting 10 or 20,000 buyers looking at the stock they gave to Taiwan and Hong Kong when they got it earlier, they don't seem to be shipping a lot of these PC consoles. So I'm sure they know it's underpowered.
Although it's not a good deal for gaming, I do wonder if you could build a PC with the same form factor but more powerful for less than $800. If it would cost more than that to imitate this design than it's clear who their target audience is for this device, casual PC gamers that just want to buy and play.
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