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MSI 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU vs MSI Infinite 8RA-214TW Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400

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  • 126specifications compared
  • 22differ
  • 104identical
  • 14known for one product only

Key differences

The MSI 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU has 8 GB more internal memory than the MSI Infinite 8RA-214TW Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400 (16 GB vs 8 GB). The MSI 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU has 0.13 TB more total storage capacity than the MSI Infinite 8RA-214TW Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400 (1.25 TB vs 1.12 TB). The MSI 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU has 128 GB more SSD capacity than the MSI Infinite 8RA-214TW Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400 (256 GB vs 128 GB). Only the MSI 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU has NVIDIA G-SYNC. Only the MSI 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU has NVIDIA GameWorks VR.

  • Internal memory
    • 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU:16 GB
    • Infinite 8RA-214TW Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400:8 GB
  • Memory slots
    • 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU:2x SO-DIMM
    • Infinite 8RA-214TW Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400:2x DIMM
  • Total storage capacity
    • 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU:1.25 TB
    • Infinite 8RA-214TW Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400:1.12 TB
  • Optical drive type
    • 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU:No
    • Infinite 8RA-214TW Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400:DVD Super Multi
  • SSD capacity
    • 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU:256 GB
    • Infinite 8RA-214TW Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400:128 GB
  • Discrete graphics card model
    • 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU:NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060
    • Infinite 8RA-214TW Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400:NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050
  • Discrete graphics card memory
    • 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU:6 GB
    • Infinite 8RA-214TW Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400:2 GB
  • NVIDIA G-SYNC
    • 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU:Yes
    • Infinite 8RA-214TW Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400:No

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Comparison of 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU, 8RA-214TW
140 specifications
Memory2 differ
Internal memoryDiffers16 GB8 GB
Memory slotsDiffers2x SO-DIMM2x DIMM
Memory clock speedKnown for one2400 MHzUnknown — not stated by the source
Non-ECCKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Storage3 differ
Total storage capacityDiffers1.25 TB1.12 TB
Optical drive typeDiffersNoDVD Super Multi
SSD capacityDiffers256 GB128 GB
Number of storage drives installedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2
Number of SSDs installedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1
Graphics4 differ
Discrete graphics card modelDiffersNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050
Discrete graphics card memoryDiffers6 GB2 GB
NVIDIA G-SYNCDiffersYesNo
NVIDIA GameWorks VRDiffersYesNo
Performance1 differ
Virtual Reality (VR) readyKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Motherboard chipsetKnown for oneIntel H310 ExpressUnknown — not stated by the source
BIOS typeKnown for oneUEFI AMIUnknown — not stated by the source
Audio output channelsDiffers5.1 channels7.1 channels
Network1 differ
Bluetooth versionDiffers5.04.2
Ports & interfaces4 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers45
HDMI ports quantityDiffers31
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers01
DVI portDiffersNoYes
PS/2 ports quantityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1
Power1 differ
Power supplyDiffers230 W350 W
80 PLUS certificationKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source80 PLUS Bronze
Design1 differ
Product colourDiffersWhiteBlack
VolumeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source42 L
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers346.2 mm210 mm
DepthDiffers232.5 mm450 mm
HeightDiffers71.8 mm488 mm
WeightDiffers3.17 kg13 kg
Packaging data1 differ
Package weightDiffers6.09 kg15 kg
Packaging contentidentical
Cables includedKnown for oneAC, HDMIUnknown — not stated by the source
AC adapter includedKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Power cord includedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Optical driveidentical
Optical drives quantityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1

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