Compare MSI MPG Trident 3 11th vs MSI MAG Codex X5 11th vs Alienware Aurora R12

4.72 L

40 L

33.8 L

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

1x M.2 PCIe Gen 4 x4 + 2x SATA/PCIe combo + 4x SATA III 6.0Gbps (2x 2.5" + 2x 3.5")

[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 Headphone + 1x Microphone | [Rear] 4x DisplayPort (3 from GPU) + 2x HDMI (1x from GPU) + 6x Audio jacks + 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2x2 + 1x USB 3.2 Gen2 + 2x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 4x USB 2.0 + 1x PS/2 + 1x RJ45 (2.5Gbps)

[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

WiFi 6E + Bluetooth 5.2

WiFi 6E + Bluetooth 5.2

WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0

Lunar Light or Dark Side of the Moon

Small form factor desktop computer

ATX desktop computer

Optional tempered glass side panel

232.57 mm w/o stand

514.8 mm / 20.27"

431.9 mm / 17 inch

346.25 mm w/o stand

466 mm / 18.35"

481.6 mm / 18.9 inch

83.31 mm w/o stand

195 mm / 7.68"

222.8 mm / 8.8 inch

3.17 kg / 6.99 lbs

10 kg

17.8 kg / 39.2 lbs (max)

5.1 Channel HD Audio with Nahimic audio enhancer (ALC1220)

7.1 Channel HD Audio (Realtek ALC897)

Internal High-Definition 7.1+2 Performance Audio

Intel H510

Intel Z590

Intel Z490

Up to MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 8GB GDDR6

Up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

AMD Radeon RX 5600 6GB, RX 5700 8GB, RX 5700XT 8GB, or RX 6800XT 16GB, or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4GB, GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB, GTX 1660 Ti 6GB, RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB, RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB, RTX 2080 Ti 11GB, RTX 3060 Ti 8GB, RTX 3060 121

Windows 10

Up to Intel Core i7-11700 (Rocket Lake)

Up to Intel Core i9-11900K (Rocket Lake)

11th-gen Intel Core i5-11400F, i5-11600KF, i7-11700F, i7-11700KF, i9-11900F, or i9-11900KF Rocket Lake

Mystic Light RGB LED

Mystic Light RGB LED

2 (Dark Side of the Moon) or 4 (Lunar Light) unique programmable zones with up to 16.8 million distinct colors

2x U-DIMMs, up to 64GB

4x U-DIMMs, up to 128GB

Up to 128 GB (4x DIMMs)

DDR4 3200MHz

DDR4 3200MHz

DDR4 XMP 2666, 2933, 3200, or 3400 MHz

230 / 330 W AC adapter

850W 80 PLUS (Gold)

550 W or 1000 W

1x M.2 PCIe SSD + 1x 2.5” HDD / SSD

3x M.2 2280 SSD (1x PCIe Gen 4 x4 + 2xSATA/PCIe Combo) + 2x 2.5" Drive bays + 2x 3.5" Drive bays

Up to 2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD (Boot) + 2TB 7200RPM SATA

Mouse: Dell Alienware Optical Mouse MS116AW

2021-05-04

2021-05-04

2019-11