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For Computex 2023, MSI is introducing an interesting USB4 PCIe expansion card. The card not only offers two full-bandwidth USB4 40Gbps Type-C ports, but the card can also deliver up to 100W of power to a device connected to it, allowing it to be used to power high-drain devices like laptops. The MSI USB4 PD100W Expansion Card (MS-4489) has two DisplayPort inputs as well as two USB Type-C connectors. The Type-C ports support USB data rates up to40 Gbps, but also supports DP alt mode and USB power delivery. What really makes this card notable are those power delivery capabilities; most USB4/Thunderbolt 4 expansion cards are PCIe bus-powered, and can only deliver up to 15 Watts or so. MSI's card, on the other hand, can deliver...
MSI Extends Product Warranties by Two Months Due to Coronavirus
The outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has already caused the cancellation several major trade shows and will have other kinds of impacts on the high-tech industry. And while the...
3 by Anton Shilov on 3/11/2020
MSI Launches Optix MAG272CRX: A 27-Inch, 240Hz Curved Monitor with USB-C
Having announced a number of interesting displays recently, MSI this week unveiled a yet another monitor featuring a rare combination of capabilities. The Optix MAG272CRX is a 27-inch curved...
5 by Anton Shilov on 2/28/2020_carousel.jpg)
The MSI Creator TRX40 Motherboard Review: The $700 Flagship for Threadripper
The TRX40 chipset is designed to support all the current generation AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors including the 3990X which has 64-cores and 128-threads of processing power. On the test...
47 by Gavin Bonshor on 2/26/2020
MSI Intros Modern 15 Laptop: An Inexpensive Laptop for Content Creators
MSI has been actively targeting content creators with its laptops as of recently, so it's only fitting that this week the company introduced its Modern 15 notebook, aimed at...
28 by Anton Shilov on 2/21/2020
Performance in Pink: MSI’s Prestige 14 Laptop Rose Pink w/ 6-Core CPU & GeForce GTX
Say what you will about the utility of style, but at the end of the day it sells. Along those lines, this week MSI launched its Limited Edition Rose...
14 by Anton Shilov on 2/7/2020
MSI Reveals Optix MAG322CR: A 31.5-Inch Curved Monitor with a 180 Hz Refresh Rate
As high refresh rates increasingly become a standard feature in monitors aimed at the gaming market, manufacturers have started to turn their eyes towards what's next in the ever-ongoing...
29 by Anton Shilov on 2/5/2020
The Corsair DDR4-5000 Vengeance LPX Review: Super-Binned, Super Exclusive
The consumer memory industry has been teasing DDR4-5000 for a few months now. We saw one company show some DDR4-5000 modules at Computex back in July 2019, running...
56 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/27/2020
MSI’s Optix MAG342CQR Ultra Curved Monitor: 34 Inch & 144Hz with a 1000R Curve
Having entered the market for gaming displays not so long ago, MSI is certainly not afraid of experimenting with various technologies in a bid to address niches that are...
25 by Anton Shilov on 1/23/2020
MSI Reveals Optix MEG381CQR 37.5-Inch HDR600 144 Hz Curved Monitor
MSI has announced its new curved gaming display that combines a near-4K resolution with an up to 144 Hz variable refresh rate supported by VESA’s Adaptive-Sync technology, and 600...
11 by Anton Shilov on 1/21/2020
MSI Shows Off New White Creator Peripherals Range
During CES 2020 at the MSI booth, the company unveiled its latest range of peripherals for professionals. The MSI CK40 keyboard, the CM30 mouse, and CH40 wireless earbuds are...
15 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/15/2020
CES 2020: MSI Preparing Creator 17 Laptop with Mini LED Monitor
Mini LED-based Full Array Local Dimming (FALD) backlighting significantly improves brightness and contrasts of contemporary LCD monitors particularly when it comes to HDR games and videos. By now, a...
13 by Anton Shilov on 1/14/2020
CES 2020: MSI's 300 Hz Gaming Laptops, the GS66 Stealth & GE66 Raider
MSI demonstrated a revamped version of its sleek and light GS-series Stealth gaming notebook at CES 2020 this week. The GS66 Stealth laptop continues to feature a low-profile design...
46 by Anton Shilov on 1/13/2020
CES 2020: MSI Announces MAG X570 Tomahawk WiFi
Looking to give AMD Ryzen buyers another affordable option for an X570 motherboard, MSI has brought one of its most popular B series models to the premium X570 chipset...
11 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/10/2020
The AMD TRX40 Motherboard Overview: 12 New Motherboards Analyzed
It's been a fruitful time for AMD's CPU team over the last year, with a lot of praise heaped on its current processor product stack. The launch of the...
109 by Gavin Bonshor on 11/28/2019
MSI Unveils Cubi 5 10M Palm-Sized PC: Comet Lake with 64 GB of RAM & Wi-Fi 6
MSI has introduced one of the industry’s first ultra-compact desktops powered by Intel’s 10th Generation ‘Comet Lake-U’ processors, the Cubi 5 10M. With Comet Lake-U available in up to...
14 by Anton Shilov on 11/18/2019
MSI Preps 240 Hz Optix MAG161 External Monitor for Laptops
In a bit of offbeat monitor news, MSI has teased via its CES award announcements that it is working on an external display for notebooks that is geared towards...
12 by Anton Shilov on 11/12/2019
Corsair 16GB DDR4-5000 Vengeance LPX Memory Kit: Built for AMD Ryzen 3000 and MSI
The high-tech industry loves milestones that are round numbers, be it frequency, number of cores, transistor count or something else. It is not that extra 100 MHz – 200...
38 by Anton Shilov on 10/11/2019
TRX40 Chipset For Upcoming AMD Ryzen Threadripper Listed
In what is being put down to an inadvertent leak by MSI, it could be that the currently unannounced chipset for AMD's new 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper series processors...
21 by Gavin Bonshor on 10/10/2019
MSI’s Alpha 15: AMD Ryzen 3750H and Radeon RX 5500M
MSI is preparing to release a gaming laptop based exclusively on AMD’s CPU and GPU mobile hardware. The Alpha 15 from MSI will be among the first notebooks to...
18 by Anton Shilov on 10/8/2019
MSI's Motherboard Refresh for Cascade: Three New Professional X299 Offerings
On the back of Intel's upcoming launch of its HEDT Cascade Lake-X processors in November, MSI has unveiled three new X299 motherboards for content creators, and professional users. The...
6 by Gavin Bonshor on 10/8/2019
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