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Product comparison · 2 pcs/workstations

ASUS ROG G21CN-DS781 PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 vs MSI A 8RC-231EU

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  • 120specifications compared
  • 18differ
  • 102identical
  • 39known for one product only

Key differences

The MSI A 8RC-231EU has 32 GB more maximum internal memory than the ASUS ROG G21CN-DS781 PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 (64 GB vs 32 GB). The ASUS ROG G21CN-DS781 PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 has 266 MHz more memory clock speed than the MSI A 8RC-231EU (2666 MHz vs 2400 MHz). The MSI A 8RC-231EU has 0.74 TB more total storage capacity than the ASUS ROG G21CN-DS781 PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 (2.25 TB vs 1.51 TB). Discrete graphics card model: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 on the ASUS ROG G21CN-DS781 PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 on the MSI A 8RC-231EU. Operating system installed: Windows 10 on the ASUS ROG G21CN-DS781 PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700, Windows 10 Home on the MSI A 8RC-231EU.

  • Maximum internal memory
    • 32 GB
    • 64 GB
  • Memory clock speed
    • 2666 MHz
    • 2400 MHz
  • Total storage capacity
    • 1.51 TB
    • 2.25 TB
  • HDD capacity
    • 1 TB
    • 2 TB
  • SSD capacity
    • 512 GB
    • 256 GB
  • Discrete graphics card model
    • NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080
    • NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060
  • Discrete graphics card memory
    • 8 GB
    • 6 GB
  • USB 2.0 ports quantity
    • 0
    • 3

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ASUS

ROG G21CN-DS781 PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700

Model G21CN-DS781

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MSI

A 8RC-231EUView product
Memory2 differ
Maximum internal memoryDiffers32 GB64 GB
Memory layout (slots x size)Known for one2 x 8 GB
Memory clock speedDiffers2666 MHz2400 MHz
Memory slotsKnown for one4x DIMM
Storage3 differ
Total storage capacityDiffers1.51 TB2.25 TB
HDD capacityDiffers1 TB2 TB
HDD interfaceKnown for oneSATA III
HDD sizeKnown for one3.5"
Number of SSDs installedKnown for one1
SSD capacityDiffers512 GB256 GB
Graphics2 differ
Discrete graphics card modelDiffersNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060
Discrete graphics card memoryDiffers8 GB6 GB
Discrete graphics memory typeKnown for oneGDDR5
Number of discrete graphics cardsKnown for one1
CUDAKnown for oneYes
NVIDIA G-SYNCKnown for oneYes
NVIDIA GameWorks VRKnown for oneYes
Performanceidentical
Virtual Reality (VR) readyKnown for oneYes
Motherboard chipsetKnown for oneIntel® H370
BIOS typeKnown for oneUEFI AMI
Audio output channelsKnown for one5.1 channels
Networkidentical
Cabling technologyKnown for one10/100/1000Base-T(X)
BluetoothKnown for oneYes
Bluetooth versionKnown for one4.2
Ports & interfaces5 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers03
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-C ports quantityDiffers12
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantityDiffers40
Number of USB ports with PowerShare supportKnown for one0
PowerShareKnown for oneNo
Thunderbolt ports quantityKnown for one0
Thunderbolt 2 ports quantityKnown for one0
Number of Thunderbolt 3 ports with PowerShare supportKnown for one0
DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one0
HDMI ports quantityDiffers01
Line-inKnown for oneYes
Mini HDMI ports quantityKnown for one0
Mini DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one0
Alienware graphics amplifier portKnown for oneNo
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers02
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one0
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one0
S/PDIF out portKnown for oneYes
DC-in jackKnown for oneYes
Power1 differ
Power supplyDiffers230 W550 W
80 PLUS certificationKnown for one80 PLUS Bronze
Designidentical
Chassis typeKnown for oneDesktop
Software1 differ
Operating system installedDiffersWindows 10Windows 10 Home
Audioidentical
Audio chipKnown for oneRealtek ALC1150
Audio systemKnown for oneSonicMaster
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers129.7 mm210 mm
DepthDiffers372.3 mm450 mm
HeightDiffers366 mm488 mm
WeightDiffers8.3 kg13 kg
Optical driveidentical
Optical drives quantityKnown for one1
Packaging dataidentical
Package weightKnown for one15 kg
Packaging contentidentical
Cables includedKnown for oneAC
Power cord includedKnown for oneYes

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