MSI teases Trident, a compact and lightweight "true gaming PC"

[HEXUS]

Unrevealing teaser video has been supplemented by a dimensioned product shot.

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[scaryjim]

Looks big for a "compact" gaming PC to me. I suppose if it's ultra-slim that's understandable, but I'm not holding my breath...

[excalibur1814]

Stick a graphics card into any old PC and it's a 'true' gaming pc. These marketing people suck at times.

[Sumanji]

Look markedly bigger than the Alienware Alpha!!

[EndlessWaves]

Looks big for a "compact" gaming PC to me. I suppose if it's ultra-slim that's understandable, but I'm not holding my breath...

I doubt it, that looks like a standard GPU cooler through the window.

I'm guessing it's effectively an ML08/RVZ01 shortened so it only takes standard length expansion cards rather than longer ones. That's 8.7cm thick so if we assume MSI has shaved a little of that as they have off the height them it would be 34.6cm x 23.2cm x 8cm or approximately 6.4L. That would make it slightly bigger than the 225mm x 203mm x 128mm (5.8L) Zotac EN1080 but it's presumably got an internal PSU instead of the external one of the Zotac.

So it's unlikely to be anything special but it could be a nice small case if MSI can be persuade to release one without their usual horrible stealth bomber with red highlights cladding.

[DDY]

That's not far off the profile off a sheet of A4 paper and if we assume it fits in the backpack along with the other accessories, it shouldn't too thick.

I abhor the MSI gaming aesthetic but I think their existing SFF gaming cases are fairly volume efficient, more so if they get rid of the silly plastic bits. I've got reasonably high expectations for this one.

[mtyson]

And the teaser pics get clearer, showing some aspects of the Silent Storm Cooling 2 system. See below:

[DDY]

EErrrgh... It's worse than I thought. It looks like it's falling over even when it's laying on its side.

What's with all the arbitrary angles? Did the designer not know how to draw parallel lines?

Also, that's a strange place for the power input, right between a pair of HDMI ports.