Compare MSI MPG Trident 3 11th vs Dell XPS 8940 11th vs Alienware R11

4.72 L

19 L

33.8 L

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

2x SATA slots for 2.5-inch HDD + 1x SATA slot for 3.5 inch HDD + 3x PCIe expansion slots (x1, x4, x16) + 4x DIMM slots (supports up to 128GB)

3x PCIe (x1, x4, x16)

[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] 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

WiFi 6E + Bluetooth 5.2

WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1 or WiFi 5 + Bluetooth 4.1

WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0

Night Sky or Mineral White

Lunar Light or Dark Side of the Moon

Small form factor desktop computer

Mini ATX tower desktop computer

232.57 mm w/o stand

308 mm / 12.13 inch

431.9 mm / 17 inch

346.25 mm w/o stand

367 mm / 14.45 inch

481.6 mm / 18.9 inch

83.31 mm w/o stand

169 mm / 6.65 inch

222.8 mm / 8.8 inch

3.17 kg / 6.99 lbs

From 6.3 kg / 13.89 lbs

17.8 kg / 39.2 lbs (max)

5.1 Channel HD Audio with Nahimic audio enhancer (ALC1220)

Realtek

Internal High-Definition 7.1+2 Performance Audio

Intel H510

Intel Z490

Up to MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 8GB GDDR6

Intel UHD Graphics 730 or 750, or NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5, GTX 1650 SUPER 4GB GDDR6, GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB GDDR6, GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6, RTX 2060 SUPER or AMD Radeon RX 5300 3GB GDDR6, RX 5600 6GB GDDR6, RX 5700 8GB GDDR6, or RX 5700 XT 8GB GDDR6

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)

Windows 10

Windows 10

Tray-load DVD writer or Blu-Ray writer

Up to Intel Core i7-11700 (Rocket Lake)

11th-gen Intel Core i5-11400, i5-11600K, i7-11700, i7-11700K, i9-11900, or i9-11900K

10th-gen Intel i5 10400F, 10600KF, i7 10700F, 10700KF, or i9 10900F, 10900KF

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

Up to 128 GB (4x DIMMs)

Up to 128 GB (4x DIMMs)

DDR4 3200MHz

DDR4 2666MHz or 2933MHz

DDR4 XMP 2666, 2933, 3200, or 3400 MHz

230 / 330 W AC adapter

500 W

550 W or 1000 W

1x M.2 PCIe SSD + 1x 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

Dell Multimedia Keyboard-KB216 Black, Dell Wired Mouse Black

Mouse: Dell Alienware Optical Mouse MS116AW

2020-07

2021-05-04

2020-07-09

2019-11