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Today we are taking a look at MSI's AG2712A Gaming All-In-One PC. Hoping to change everyone's perception of all-in-one systems, the AG2712A boasts an Intel Core i7-3630QM, AMD Radeon HD 8970M and two 128GB Plextor SSDs in a Raid 0 configuration. On top of that there is also optional touch screen functionality, a TV tuner card and a HDMI in port to connect a console.
Specifications:
- Intel Core i7-3630QM (2.4GHz, Turbo 3.4GHz)
- 4 x 4GB DDR3 (1,333MHz)
- AMD Radeon™ HD 8970M 2GB GDDR5
- 128GB Plextor MS5 SSD (RAID 0)
- 27″ LCD Panel LED Backlight (1920*1080)
- Optional 10 Point Touch Panel
- MSI Flicker-Free & Blue Light Control
- 802.11 b/g/n WiFi
- Optional Bluetooth
- Connectivity: 4 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0, 1 x HDMI IN, 1 x HDMI OUT, 1 x VGA OUT, 1 x DVI OUT, Mic-in, Headphone-out, 3 in 1 card reader (SD, MMC, MS).
- PCI-E TV Tuner Card
- 2 x 5W speakers
- THX® TruStudio Pro™
- Dimensions (WxDxH): 672.23 mm x 66 mm x 482.9 mm
- Weight: 16.21 kg
The MSI AG2712A ships in a large box with MSI branding clearly visible. Inside, the AG2712A is well protected by styrofoam corners.
Inside we find two boxes containing the accessories. Included in the box is a large power brick rated to deliver up to 180W, a simple keyboard and mouse combination, a remote control with batteries, an antenna for the TV Tuner card, a set-up disc and a manual.
The MSI AG2712A follows the design of MSI's gaming oriented products with a black and red colour scheme.
Along the very bottom is a thick plastic stand with two rubber feet to support the weight of the system. Directly above that we find a black grill behind which the two 5W speakers are hidden. In the centre is an MSI Gaming Series Badge.
The bottom right corner holds three badges, whilst the top left corner is covered with a sticker listing some of the AG2712A's key features. Along the top we can also see the 2MP integrated webcam.
We deliberately aimed our flash directly at the screen to test its anti-glare capabilities and are happy to report it works very well.
A closer look at the top left corner shows MSI has chosen to incorporate their distinct Gaming Series logo in the sticker.
Moving back to the bottom we can see the badges in the bottom right corner reflect the use of Intel and AMD hardware in an MSI system.
The MSI Gaming Series badge sits in the centre of the grill, directly below the MSI brand name.
Turning the system around shows the plastic stand used to hold the system upright. This stand is very thick and, although made from plastic, feels like it can withstand a fair amount of abuse.
The stand is held in place with two screws and can be removed easily to allow for a wall mount.
Although not very easy to see, the back of the system also features a glossy imprint of the Gaming Series logo.
On the right side we can see the input and output ports as they are usually found on a TV. Directly above these ports we find more vents.
The right-hand side, when facing the AG2712A, houses the optical drive.
The right-hand side presents us with three LEDs. The top LED lights up when the system is turned on and blinks when the system is in Sleep Mode. The second LED serves to indicate whether the monitor is turned on and the third LED indicates HDD activity.
Directly below the LEDs are five buttons: On/Off, Mode/Input, Menu, Volume Up and Volume Down.
Moving down further we can see two USB 3.0 ports, the built-in card reader and Power connector. It is worth noting that the right-hand USB 3.0 port serves as a Super Charging port, allowing users to charge mobile devices faster.
Our final look at the outside of the AG2712A brings us to the input and output ports. From left to right we can see the TV Tuner's gold plated connection, the HDMI IN and OUT ports, a VGA port, an ethernet port, two more USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports and the microphone and headphone jacks.
The AG2712A comes with a sticker warning users that removing the outer shell voids your warranty.
Strong clips hold the outer shell in place and it takes a decent amount of force to completely remove it.
With the shell removed we can see the two 5W speakers along the top of the photo. We can also see the three casings protecting the internals.
We removed the bottom casing to show one of the Plextor drives mounted under the optical drive. The top right casing houses the other Plextor Drive and has enough space to fit a 3.5″ drive on top of that.
Finally, we can see the motherboard. Although it cannot be seen when using the system, MSI has chosen to stick with their color scheme.
In the bottom left we can see the four 4GB Hynix memory modules.
Moving to the right we can see one copper heatpipe taking care of the CPU and another three flattened copper heat pipes handling the Radeon HD 8970M. These heat pipes run to a heatsink with a blower fan design. This lay-out allows the cooler to expel hot air directly out the top of the system.
The MSI AG2712A ships with Windows 8 pre-installed. The operating system has proven very unpopular with our audience, based on poll results on our Facebook page and home page. Users can install a copy of Windows 7 if they wish to do so.
CPU-Z shows the Intel Core i7-3630QM's Turbo Speed. As CPU-Z is not a graphically intensive application we can only see the HD 4000 IGP.
Loading up GPU-Z lets us have a closer look at the HD 8970M.
CPU-Z validation for the system is available here.
The system scores a 6.5 in the Windows Performance Index test. All other components score fairly well. The hard disk score is an early indication that we can expect good results from the Plextor drives.
The system comes pre-loaded with a number of applications. However, the majority of these are not loaded on launch and we would not classify them as bloatware.
Comparison Systems (for specific synthetic test compares):
DinoPC Asusinator 4670K OC
Processor: Intel Core i5 4670k @4.2ghz.
Motherboard: ASUS Z87-K
Coolers: Corsair H60 2013 Liquid cooler
Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1,866mhz
Graphics Card: Nvidia GTX770
Power Supply: 600w Corsair CX
Optical Drive: 10x Bluray RW SATA
Chassis: Fractal Design ARC Midi R2
Boot Drive: Plextor 128GB M5S SSD
Secondary Drive: 2TB SATA
Intel E5 2687W x 2
Motherboard: Asus Z9 PE-D8 WS
Coolers: Corsair H80 x2
Memory: 64GB Kingston Predator 1,600mhz 9-9-9-24 1T
Graphics Card: Sapphire HD7970 6GB Toxic Edition (1,200mhz core 1,600mhz memory).
Power Supply: Seasonic 1000W Platinum Modular
Optical Drive: Asus BluRay Drive
Chassis: Lian Li X2000FN
Boot Drive: Corsair 240GB Neutron GTX SSD
Secondary Drive: Corsair 240GB Neutron SSD
Intel E5 2660
Motherboard: Gigabyte X79S-UP5-WIFI
Cooler: Corsair H100
Memory: 16GB G.Skill ARES 2,133mhz @ 9-11-10-28
Graphics Card: Sapphire HD7970 6GB Toxic Edition (1,200mhz core 1,600mhz memory).
Power Supply: Corsair AX1200
Optical Drive: Asus BluRay Drive
Chassis: Lian Li X2000a
Boot Drive: Intel 510 120GB
Secondary Drive: Patriot 240GB WildFire
Intel i7 3960X EE
Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS WorkStation
Cooler: Corsair H100
Memory: 8GB Corsair Dominator GT8 2400mhz memory
Graphics Card: Sapphire HD7970 6GB Toxic Edition (1,200mhz core 1,600mhz memory).
Power Supply: ADATA 1200W
Optical Drive: Asus BluRay Drive
Chassis: Cooler Master Cosmos 2
Boot Drive: Crucial C300 128GB SSD
Secondary Drive: Patriot 240GB Pyro SE
Intel i7 3820
Motherboard: ASRock Extreme4-M
Cooler: Intel reference cooler
Memory: 8GB Corsair GTX8 @ 2133mhz
Power Supply: ADATA 1200W
Chassis: Lian Li PC60
Boot Drive: Crucial C300
Secondary Drive: Patriot Pyro SE 240GB
Intel i5 3570K @ 4.2 – OCUK Prodigy Arctic Gaming System
Motherboard: ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77
Cooler: Coolit Liquid
Memory: Corsair Vengeance White 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Power Supply: OCZ ZS 750W PSU
Chassis: Bitfenix Prodigy Mini ITX Case – White
Boot Drive: OCZ Vertex 4 128GB
Secondary Drive: 1TB HDD
AMD FX 8150 Black Edition
Processor: AMD FX 8150 Black Edition
Motherboard: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7
Cooler: Noctua NH D14
Memory: G-SKill Ripjaws 1600mhz 8GB (2x 4GB)
Power Supply: ADATA 1200W
Chassis: SilverStone Raven 3
Boot Drive: Intel 40GB SSD
Secondary Drive: Patriot 120GB WildFire
Intel Core i7 990X
Processor: Intel Core i7 990x
Cooler: Corsair H100
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1 Assassin
Memory: Kingston HyperX 6GB
Drives: Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB
Power Supply: Corsair AX1200
Chassis: Antec Twelve Hundred
Core i7 970 @ 4.6ghz
Graphics: Sapphire HD7970 6GB Toxic Edition (1,200mhz core 1,600mhz memory).
Cooling: Coolit Vantage
Motherboard: MSI X58A-GD65
Chassis: Thermaltake Level 10 GT
Power Supply: Corsair AX1200
Memory: 6GB ADATA @ 2133mhz 9-10-9-32
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V+ 512GB Gen 2 SSD (Storage) / Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB (OS boot)
Intel Core i7 2700k
Processor: Intel Core i7 2700k
Cooling: ThermalTake Frio OCK
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Z68 Motherboard
Chassis: Silverstone Raven 3.
Power Supply: Corsair 850W.
Memory: Corsair 1600mhz memory
Storage: Intel 80GB SSD (boot) / Patriot Wildfire 120GB SSD.
Intel Core i7 2600k
Processor: Intel Core i7 2600k
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen 3
Cooler: Intel XTS-100H
Memory: ADATA 1600mhz DDR3 8GB (2x4GB)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower 850W
Boot Drive: Intel 510 SSD 250GB
Intel Core i5 2500k
Processor: Intel Core i7 2500k
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Z68 Motherboard
Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer Xtreme Rev.2 CPU Cooler
Memory: Corsair 1600mhz memory 8GB (2x4GB)
Power Supply: Corsair 850W.
Boot Drive: Patriot Pyro 120GB SSD.
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
Motherboard: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7
Cooler: Noctua NH D14
Memory: G-SKill Ripjaws 1600mhz 8GB (2x 4GB)
Power Supply: ADATA 1200W
Chassis: SilverStone Raven 3
Boot Drive: Intel 40GB SSD
Secondary Drive: Patriot 120GB WildFire.
Software:
3DMark Vantage
3DMark 11
3DMark
PCMark 7
Cinebench 11.5 64 bit
FRAPS Professional
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
CrystalDiskMark
Cyberlink PowerDVD Ultra 11
Cyberlink MediaEspresso
HQV Benchmark V2.
Atto Disk Benchmark
CrystalDiskMark
HQV Benchmark 2.0
SiSoft Sandra
Games:
Battlefield 3 (Direct X 11)
Battlefield 4 Beta (Direct X 11)
Tomb Raider (Direct X 11)
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (Direct X 11)
Technical Monitoring and Test Equipment:
30-130 dbA Digital Sound Level Meter
Plug-in Power & Energy Monitor
Canon 1100d with Canon 18-55mm lens.
PCMark 7 includes 7 PC tests for Windows 7, combining more than 25 individual workloads covering storage, computation, image and video manipulation, web browsing and gaming. Specifically designed to cover the full range of PC hardware from netbooks and tablets to notebooks and desktops, PCMark 7 offers complete PC performance testing for Windows 7 for home and business use.
The MSI AG2712A is based around components aimed at mobile devices but still manages to score 6327 points, a fairly strong score.
Throughout our 3DMark tests we noticed that Futuremark have not yet updated their database with the HD 8970M. We suspect this is because the card is, in essence, a beefy rebrand of the HD 7970M.
Futuremark released 3DMark Vantage, on April 28, 2008. It is a benchmark based upon DirectX 10, and therefore will only run under Windows Vista (Service Pack 1 is stated as a requirement), Windows 7 and Windows 8. This is the first edition where the feature-restricted, free of charge version could not be used any number of times. 1280×1024 resolution was used with performance settings.
In 3DMark Vantage we see a strong GPU score. An indication that we can expect good gaming performance out of the HD 8970M.
3DMark 11 is designed for testing DirectX 11 hardware running on Windows 7 and Windows Vista the benchmark includes six all new benchmark tests that make extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11 including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading. After running the tests 3DMark gives your system a score with larger numbers indicating better performance.
Trusted by gamers worldwide to give accurate and unbiased results, 3DMark 11 is the best way to test DirectX 11 under game-like loads.If you want to learn more about this benchmark, or to buy it yourself, head over to this page.
The AG2712A performs admirably again with a notably strong physics score in comparison to the graphics score.
Unigine provides an interesting way to test hardware. It can be easily adapted to various projects due to its elaborated software design and flexible toolset. A lot of their customers claim that they have never seen such extremely-effective code, which is so easy to understand.
Heaven Benchmark is a DirectX 11 GPU benchmark based on advanced Unigine engine from Unigine Corp. It reveals the enchanting magic of floating islands with a tiny village hidden in the cloudy skies. Interactive mode provides emerging experience of exploring the intricate world of steampunk.Efficient and well-architected framework makes Unigine highly scalable:
- Multiple API (DirectX 9 / DirectX 10 / DirectX 11 / OpenGL) render
- Cross-platform: MS Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7) / Linux
- Full support of 32bit and 64bit systems
- Multicore CPU support
- Little / big endian support (ready for game consoles)
- Powerful C++ API
- Comprehensive performance profiling system
- Flexible XML-based data structures
We used the above settings to test different quality settings at a consistent resolution.
Even at Ultra settings the system never fell below 30 frames per second.
Valley Benchmark is a new GPU stress-testing tool from the developers of the very popular and highly acclaimed Heaven Benchmark.
The forest-covered valley surrounded by vast mountains amazes with its scale from a bird’s-eye view and is extremely detailed down to every leaf and flower petal.
This non-synthetic benchmark powered by the state-of-the art UNIGINE Engine showcases a comprehensive set of cutting-edge graphics technologies with a dynamic environment and fully interactive modes available to the end user.
We used the above settings to test different quality settings at a consistent resolution.
Good performance in Unigine Valley. Frame rates dropped below 30 FPS once but overall performance was smooth.
SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software.Sandra is a (girl’s) name of Greek origin that means “defender”, “helper of mankind”.
We think that’s quite fitting.It works along the lines of other Windows utilities, however it tries to go beyond them and show you more of what’s really going on. Giving the user the ability to draw comparisons at both a high and low-level. You can get information about the CPU, chipset, video adapter, ports, printers, sound card, memory, network, Windows internals, AGP, PCI, PCI-X, PCIe (PCI Express), database, USB, USB2, 1394/Firewire, etc.Native ports for all major operating systems are available:
- Windows XP, 2003/R2, Vista, 7, 2008/R2 (x86)
- Windows XP, 2003/R2, Vista, 7, 2008/R2 (x64)
- Windows 2003/R2, 2008/R2* (IA64)
- Windows Mobile 5.x (ARM CE 5.01)
- Windows Mobile 6.x (ARM CE 5.02)
All major technologies are supported and taken advantage of:
- SMP – Multi-Processor
- MC – Multi-Core
- SMT/HT – Hyper-Threading
- MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE 4.1, SSE 4.2, AVX, FMA – Multi-Media instructions
- GPGPU, DirectX, OpenGL – Graphics
- NUMA – Non-Uniform Memory Access
- AMD64/EM64T/x64 – 64-bit extensions to x86
- IA64 – Intel* Itanium 64-bit
The Intel Core i7-3630QM could not beat the aging i5-2500K but, given its mobile basis, delivered strong results nonetheless.
Memory bandwidth performance exceeded our expectations.
CINEBENCH R11.5 64 Bit is a real-world cross platform test suite that evaluates your computer’s performance capabilities. CINEBENCH is based on MAXON’s award-winning animation software CINEMA 4D, which is used extensively by studios and production houses worldwide for 3D content creation. MAXON software has been used in blockbuster movies such as Spider-Man, Star Wars, The Chronicles of Narnia and many more.
CINEBENCH is the perfect tool to compare CPU and graphics performance across various systems and platforms (Windows and Mac OS X). And best of all: It’s completely free.
Although not a modelling power house, the I7-3630QM shows it can handle light rendering tasks.
On this page we test the performance of the Plextor drives in a RAID 0 configuration.
We expected strong results from the Plextor drives and they did not disappoint. Read and write performance are excellent across the board.
The Plextor drives came very close to reaching 1GB/s in ATTO with excellent consistent performance.
Cyberlink PowerDVD 13 Ultra is one of the finest solutions for the BluRay experience on Windows and we found this software to work perfectly with this chipset.
We tested with The BluRay Disc of The Dark Knight.
Less than 5% CPU usage is an excellent result.
CyberLink MediaEspresso 6 is the successor to CyberLink MediaShow Espresso 5.5. With its further optimized CPU/GPU-acceleration, MediaEspresso is an even faster way to convert not only your video but also your music and image files between a wide range of popular formats.
Now you can easily playback and display your favourite movies, songs and photos not just on your mobile phone, iPad, PSP, Xbox, or Youtube and Facebook channels but also on the newly launched iPhone 4. Compile, convert and enjoy images and songs on any of your computing devices and enhance your videos with CyberLink’s built-in TrueTheater Technology.
New and Improved Features
- Ultra Fast Media Conversion – With support from the Intel Core i-Series processor family, ATI Stream & NVIDIA CUDA, MediaEspresso’s Batch-Conversion function enables multiple files to be transcoded simultaneously.
- Smart Detect Technology – MediaEspresso 6 automatically detects the type of portable device connected to the PC and selects the best multimedia profile to begin the conversion without the need for user’s intervention.
- Direct Sync to Portable Devices – Video, audio and image files can be transferred in a few easy steps to mobile phones including those from Acer, BlackBerry, HTC, Samsung, LG, Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, and Palm, as well as Sony Walkman and PSP devices.
- Enhanced Video Quality – CyberLink TrueTheater Denoise and Lighting enables the enhancement of video quality through optical noise filters and automatic brightness adjustment.
- Video, Music and Image File Conversion – Convert not only videos to popular formats such as AVI, MPEG, MKV, H.264/AVC, and FLV at the click of a button, but also images such as JPEG and PNG and music files like WMA, MP3 and M4A.
- Online Sharing – Conversion to video formats used by popular social networking websites and a direct upload feature means posting videos to Facebook and YouTube has never been easier.
For our testing today we are converting a 1.7GB 1080p MP4 file (2h:32mins) to Samsung WMV format for playback on a phablet. This is a common procedure for many people and will give a good indication of system power. We enabled hardware acceleration of the Intel Core i7-3630QM.
The system completed the task in 7 minutes and 12 seconds, again an excellent result.
According to EA, Battlefield 3 garnered 3 million pre-orders by the day of its release. It is unknown at present whether these figures are worldwide or just for the US. The pre-order total makes it “the biggest first-person shooter launch in EA history”, according to the publisher. The engine is beautiful on the PC and very demanding of the partnering hardware.
We used the above settings and recorded the average frame rate with FRAPS.
Smooth performance throughout our Battlefield 3 run.
Battlefield 4 is an upcoming first-person shooter video game developed by EA Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts. The game is a sequel to 2011's Battlefield 3. The game will be released on October 29, 2013 in North America and Brazil, October 31, 2013 in Australia and Japan, and November 1, 2013 in Europe. A closed beta began on October 1, 2013 and the open beta is scheduled to begin October 4, 2013.
We used the above settings and recorded the average frame rate with Fraps.
Battlefield 4 is currently in its beta stage so we can expect the AG2712A to perform even better once optimized drivers are released. However, even in its current state Battlefield 4 could not best the AG2712A.
After a delayed release from late 2012 to March 2013, the game received much anticipation and hype.
Tomb Raider received much acclaim from critics, who praised the graphics, the gameplay and Camilla Luddington’s performance as Lara with many critics agreeing that the game is a solid and much needed reboot of the franchise. Much criticism went to the addition of the multiplayer which many felt was unnecessary. Tomb Raider went on to sell one million copies in forty-eight hours of its release, and has sold 3.4 million copies worldwide so far.
We used the above settings and ran the built-in benchmark.
Enabling the TresFX option brought with it a performance penalty, though the AG2712A still powered through the benchmark with strong results.
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is a first-person shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. The game, a satire of 1980s action films, takes place on aretro-futuristic open world island crawling with evil, with players assuming the action role of eye-patched cyborg protagonist Sergeant Rex Power Colt. The game was released on April 30, 2013, for PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network and on May 1, 2013, for Microsoft Windows and for Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade.
We used the above settings and recorded the average frame rate with Fraps.
Overall, smooth performance throughout our run.
The tests were performed in a controlled air conditioned room with temperatures maintained at a constant 22c.
Idle temperatures were measured after sitting at the desktop for 30 minutes.Load measurements were acquired by playing Battlefield 3 for 30 minutes and measuring the peak temperature.
All fan settings were left on automatic.
The load temperatures of the CPU and GPU are higher than we generally like to see and we do have some minor concerns about prolonged gaming sessions if the system is placed in a TV unit or cabinet of some sort.
We measure from a distance of around 1 meter from the AG2712A while it sits on our desk to mirror a real world situation. Ambient noise in the room measures close to the limits of our sound meter at 30dBa.
KitGuru noise guide
10dBA – Normal Breathing/Rustling Leaves
20-25dBA – Whisper
30dBA – High Quality Computer fan
40dBA – A Bubbling Brook, or a Refridgerator
50dBA – Normal Conversation
60dBA – Laughter
70dBA – Vacuum Cleaner or Hairdryer
80dBA – City Traffic or a Garbage Disposal
90dBA – Motorcycle or Lawnmower
100dBA – MP3 player at maximum output
110dBA – Orchestra
120dBA – Front row rock concert/Jet Engine
130dBA – Threshold of Pain
140dBA – Military Jet takeoff/Gunshot (close range)
160dBA – Instant Perforation of eardrum
Under normal operation the system is whisper quiet. Stressing the system to its limits produced 36.8 dbA making it noticeable but never annoying or intrusive.
We measure power consumption at the socket via a calibrated meter – system wide. As the AG2712A is an all-in-one PC we include the monitor.
Power results were measured at idle and when loading the system in the final ‘combined’ test in 3DMark 11.
The system draws only 160W, which includes the monitor, whilst offering good levels of performance.
Overall we are impressed with MSI's AG2712A. In terms of build quality we have no complaints. The system remains firmly in place and there are no flimsy bits and pieces that could snap off easily.
The same can be said for the level of performance on offer. Despite being based around the internals of a high-end gaming notebook, the AG2712A held its own against a variety of desktop systems.
We also think MSI have made the right choice by limiting the screen's resolution to 1920 x 1080. At higher resolutions the HD 8970M would simply be unable to keep up. As it stands, the HD 8970M is a great fit for gaming at 1080p.
The screen itself was a pleasant surprise. Colour reproduction is above average and the screen seems to be calibrated towards slightly warmer tones.
Another area of interest is the inclusion of 10 Point Touch functionality. Although we do not see an immediate use for gaming, it does make the AG2712A an appealing option for those with younger children and multimedia professionals who carry out regular presentations in their offices or homes.
The only real concern we have are the relatively high temperatures generated by the processor and discrete card under load. It is no easy task to keep these components cool in a small space, but we do see an opportunity for the company to potentially use a larger heatsink and fan. We hope MSI will continue to improve the cooling system for future revisions.
At the end of the day the MSI AG2712A is a solid investment for those who do not have space for a TV and monitor or even those who simply want to consolidate their hardware.
Definitive pricing is not yet available but potential buyers will have the option to buy more basic models.
Pros:
- Excellent build quality.
- Attractive design.
- Desktop performance levels with mobile hardware.
- Multiple configurations available.
- Option to connect a console.
Cons:
- CPU and GPU get very hot.
KitGuru says: A big step forward for All-In-One systems that is only held back by high temperatures.
Exccellent – I like it – especially the RAID performance!
Really good performance results. I dont think 80c is too high. 85c is cutting it close though. Interesting to see dual SSDs being used a lot more now, which is wise as it is critical to an overall system performance result.