Product comparison · 2 pcs/workstations

MSI Aegis 3 8RC-025UK Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 vs MSI Trident 3 Arctic 8RC-209XEU Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700

122specifications compared
19differ
103identical
27known for one product only

Key differences

The MSI Trident 3 Arctic 8RC-209XEU Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 has 8 GB more internal memory than the MSI Aegis 3 8RC-025UK Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 (16 GB vs 8 GB). The MSI Trident 3 Arctic 8RC-209XEU Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 has 266 MHz more memory clock speed than the MSI Aegis 3 8RC-025UK Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 (2666 MHz vs 2400 MHz). The MSI Trident 3 Arctic 8RC-209XEU Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 has 256 GB more total SSDs capacity than the MSI Aegis 3 8RC-025UK Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 (512 GB vs 256 GB). Total storage capacity: 2.25 TB on the MSI Aegis 3 8RC-025UK Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700, 512 GB on the MSI Trident 3 Arctic 8RC-209XEU Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700. Optical drive type: DVD Super Multi on the MSI Aegis 3 8RC-025UK Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700, No on the MSI Trident 3 Arctic 8RC-209XEU Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700.

Internal memory
- Aegis 3 8RC-025UK Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700:8 GB
- Trident 3 Arctic 8RC-209XEU Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700:16 GB
Memory clock speed
- Aegis 3 8RC-025UK Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700:2400 MHz
- Trident 3 Arctic 8RC-209XEU Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700:2666 MHz
Total storage capacity
- Aegis 3 8RC-025UK Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700:2.25 TB
- Trident 3 Arctic 8RC-209XEU Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700:512 GB
Optical drive type
- Aegis 3 8RC-025UK Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700:DVD Super Multi
- Trident 3 Arctic 8RC-209XEU Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700:No
Storage media
- Aegis 3 8RC-025UK Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700:HDD+SSD
- Trident 3 Arctic 8RC-209XEU Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700:SSD
Total SSDs capacity
- Aegis 3 8RC-025UK Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700:256 GB
- Trident 3 Arctic 8RC-209XEU Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700:512 GB
SSD capacity
- Aegis 3 8RC-025UK Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700:256 GB
- Trident 3 Arctic 8RC-209XEU Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700:512 GB
On-board graphics card family
- Aegis 3 8RC-025UK Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700:Intel® HD Graphics
- Trident 3 Arctic 8RC-209XEU Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700:Intel® UHD Graphics

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Comparison of 8RC-025UK, 8RC-209XEU
149 specifications	A MSI Aegis 3 8RC-025UK Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 Model 8RC-025UK View product	B MSI Trident 3 Arctic 8RC-209XEU Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 Model 8RC-209XEU View product
Processoridentical
ECC supported by processorKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory2 differ
Internal memoryDiffers	8 GB	16 GB
Memory clock speedDiffers	2400 MHz	2666 MHz
Memory channelsKnown for one	Dual-channel	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-ECCKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Storage5 differ
Total storage capacityDiffers	2.25 TB	512 GB
Optical drive typeDiffers	DVD Super Multi	No
Storage mediaDiffers	HDD+SSD	SSD
Number of storage drives installedKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Total HDDs capacityKnown for one	2 TB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of HDDs installedKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD capacityKnown for one	2 TB	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD sizeKnown for one	2.5/3.5"	Unknown — not stated by the source
Total SSDs capacityDiffers	256 GB	512 GB
SSD capacityDiffers	256 GB	512 GB
SSD form factorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	M.2
Graphics1 differ
On-board graphics card familyDiffers	Intel® HD Graphics	Intel® UHD Graphics
Number of discrete graphics cardsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
CUDAKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
NVIDIA G-SYNCKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
NVIDIA GameWorks VRKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Performance1 differ
Audio output channelsDiffers	7.1 channels	5.1 channels
Market positioningKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Gaming
Virtual Reality (VR) readyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel H310 Express
BIOS typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	UEFI AMI
Optical driveidentical
Optical drives quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networkidentical
WLAN controller modelKnown for one	Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168	Unknown — not stated by the source
Antenna typeKnown for one	2x2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Top Wi-Fi standardKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
Ports & interfaces2 differ
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers	4	3
DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	2	3
PS/2 ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power1 differ
Power supplyDiffers	450 W	230 W
80 PLUS certificationKnown for one	80 PLUS Bronze	Unknown — not stated by the source
Design1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Black	White
Software1 differ
Operating system installedDiffers	Windows 10 Home	No
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	170 mm	346.2 mm
DepthDiffers	376 mm	232.5 mm
HeightDiffers	433 mm	71.8 mm
WeightDiffers	8.05 kg	3.17 kg
Packaging data1 differ
Package weightDiffers	11.2 kg	6.09 kg
Packaging contentidentical
Cables includedKnown for one	AC	Unknown — not stated by the source
ManualKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source

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