Compare Dell Precision 3240 vs MSI MPG Trident 3 11th vs IdeaCentre Creator 5i

4.72 L

13.6 L

1x internal 2.5" + 1x half height PCIe x8 Gen3

1x M.2 PCIe + 1x SATA III 6.0Gbps 2.5"

1x M.2 2242 (WLAN) + 1x M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe

1x PCIe 3.0 x16 + 1x PCIe 3.0 x1

[Front] 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 + 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C + 1x audio jack + 1x audio line in/out | [Rear] 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A + 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A with SmartPower + 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A + 2x DisplayPort 1.4 1 + Optional Ports

[Front] 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen1 + 2x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x Headphone + 1x Microphone | [Rear] 3x DisplayPort 1.4 + 1x HDMI 2.0 + 3x Audio jacks + 1x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 2x USB 2.0 + 1x RJ45 (1Gbps)

[Front] 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen1 + 2x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x Audio combo + 1x optional card reader | [Rear] 1x HDMI 1.4b + 1x VGA + 1x Audio combo + 4x USB 2.0 + 1x RJ45

Optional Wireless, Bluetooth w/ vPro support

WiFi 6E + Bluetooth 5.2

WiFi 6 / WiFi 5 + Bluetooth 5.0

Raven black

Small form factor desktop computer

Mini-ITX desktop computer

Internal Speaker; Optional Dell 2.0 stereo speaker systems available and Dell Professional Soundbar AE515M for select flat-panel displays

17.87 cm

232.57 mm w/o stand

365 mm / 14.37"

18.81 cm

346.25 mm w/o stand

292.2 mm / 11.5"

7 cm

83.31 mm w/o stand

145 mm / 5.71"

1.71 kg

3.17 kg / 6.99 lbs

5.8 kg / 12.79 lbs

Integrated Realtek ALC3246 High Definition Audio Codec (2 Channel)

5.1 Channel HD Audio with Nahimic audio enhancer (ALC1220)

High Definition (HD) Audio, Realtek ALC222-CG codec

Intel W480

Intel H510

Intel B460 chipset

1x PCIe x16 Gen 3 up to 75W, NVIDIA Quadro P400, P620, P1000, or RTX 3000

Up to MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 8GB GDDR6

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4GB GDDR6, GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB GDDR6, or RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6

Windows 10, Red Hat 8.2, or Ubuntu 18.04

Windows 10

10th-gen Intel Core i3, i5, i7, or i9 or Xeon (up to W-1290 10-core processor with 20M cache)

Up to Intel Core i7-11700 (Rocket Lake)

10th-gen Intel Core i5-10400, i5-10400F, i7-10700, or i7-10700F

Mystic Light RGB LED

2 SoDIMM slots; Up to 64GB

2x U-DIMMs, up to 64GB

2x UDIMMs, up to 32 GB

2933MHz Non-ECC & ECC DDR4 Memory

DDR4 3200MHz

DDR4 2933MHz

7.4mm 180W or 240W AC adapter (external)

230 / 330 W AC adapter

310 / 380 W

2x M.2 PCIe (1x 22x80 mm, 1x 22x30 mm) + 1x 2.5" SATA

1x M.2 PCIe SSD + 1x 2.5” HDD / SSD

Up to 512GB M.2 PCIe SSD

[Add-in Cards] Thunderbolt 3, Serial port, Parallel port, USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 card

Optional Lenovo Calliope Keyboard & Mouse in Black

[Quadro RTX 3000] 2020-10

2020-08-25

2021-05-04

2020-04