Compare MSI Trident A RTX 30 vs Dell XPS 8940 SE vs Alienware R11

Capacity

Interior Volume
10.36 L
19 L
33.8 L

Connectivity

Expansion Slot
3x PCIe (x1, x4, x16)
Ports
[Front] 5x Audio jacks + 1x Optical S/PDIF out + 1x RJ45 (2.5 LAN, Realtek RTL 8125B) + 3x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A + 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type C + 1x DP out (1.2) + 1x HDMI out (1.4) + 2x USB 2.0 | [Rear] 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type C + 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A + 1x US
[Front] 4x USB 3.1 Gen1 + 2x USB 2.0 + 1x HDMI 1.4 + 1x DisplayPort 1.2 + 1x RJ45 Gigabit + 1x Audio ports (5.1-channel, 3 mini jacks) | [Rear] 1x USB-C 3.1 Gen1 + 3x USB 3.1 Gen1 + 1x Headphone
[Front] 6x USB 2.0 + 3x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x USB 3.2 Gen2 + 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2 + 1x TOSLINK + 1x Coaxial + 1x RJ45 Gigabit LAN + 1x Microphone + 1x Line In + 1x Line Out + 1x Center/Sub + 1x Rear Surround + 1x Side Surround | [Rear] 3x USB 3.2 Gen1 (1x Powers
Wireless Connectivity
Intel WiFi 6 AX200, Bluetooth 5.1
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1 or WiFi 5 + Bluetooth 4.1
WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0

Construction

Colors
Mineral White
Lunar Light or Dark Side of the Moon
Form Factor
Mini ATX tower desktop computer

Dimensions

Size | Depth
396.39 mm
308 mm / 12.1 inch
431.9 mm / 17 inch
Size | Height
382.73 mm
393 mm / 15.5 inch
481.6 mm / 18.9 inch
Size | Width
129.74 mm
169 mm / 6.7 inch
222.8 mm / 8.8 inch
Weight
6.55 kg
From 6.3 kg / 13.89 lbs
17.8 kg / 39.2 lbs (max)

Function

Audio
7.1 Channel HD Audio with Nahimic audio enhancer (ALC1200-VD1)
Realtek
Internal High-Definition 7.1+2 Performance Audio
Chipset
Intel B460
Intel Z490
Graphics
Up to MSI RTX 3070 Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5300 3GB, RX 5700 8GB, RX 5700 XT 8GB, or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4GB, GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB, GTX 1660 Ti 6GB, RTX 2060 6GB, RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB, or RTX 2070 SUPER 8GB
AMD Radeon RX 5300 3GB, RX 5600 6GB, RX 5700 8GB, or RX 5700 XT 8GB or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4GB, GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB, RTX 2060 6GB, RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB, RTX 2070 SUPER 8GB, RTX 3070 8GB, RTX 3080 10GB, RTX 3090 24GB, or 2x RTX 2080 Ti 11GB (NVLink)
Operating System
Windows 10
Windows 10
Windows 10
Optical Disc
Tray-load DVD writer or Blu-Ray writer
Processor
Up to 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10700
10th-gen Intel Core i5-10400, i5-10600K, i7-10700, i7-10700K, i9-10900, or i9-10900K
10th-gen Intel i5 10400F, 10600KF, i7 10700F, 10700KF, or i9 10900F, 10900KF
RGB Lighting
Trident AS only
2 (Dark Side of the Moon) or 4 (Lunar Light) unique programmable zones with up to 16.8 million distinct colors

Performance

Memory | Capacity
2 x U-DIMMs, up to 64GB
Up to 128 GB (4x DIMMs)
Up to 128 GB (4x DIMMs)
Memory | Type
DDR4 2933MHz
DDR4 2666MHz or 2933MHz
DDR4 XMP 2666, 2933, 3200, or 3400 MHz
Power Supply
Modular 450W 80 Plus Bronze Certified PSU (SFX)
500 W
550 W or 1000 W
Storage
2x M.2 2280 SSD (1xSATA/PCIe Combo, 1x PCIe) + 2x 2.5" HDD / SSD
2x 2.5" SATA + 1x 3.5" + 1x Optical Drive: SATA Up to 2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD + 2TB 7200RPM SATA
Up to 2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD (Boot) + 2TB 7200RPM SATA

Production

Accessory
Mouse: Wired Mouse, White MS116 | Keyboard: Dell Multimedia Keyboard-KB216 White
Mouse: Dell Alienware Optical Mouse MS116AW
Debut
2020-12-03
2020-07
2019-11

Price

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