Compare MSI MPG Trident 3 11th vs ThinkStation P350 SFF vs ThinkStation P520

4.72 L

33 L

FCLGA1200

FCLGA2066

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

2x M.2 onboard + 2x via M.2 to PCIe adapter + 2x 3.5" + 2x 2.5"

2x Optical drives / 1x optical drive + 2x 3.5" SATA / 2x M.2 SSD removable drive enclosures / other I/O ports + 2x M.2 onboard + 7x via M.2 to PCIe adapter + 6x 3.5" (4 via Flex bay)

1x PCIe 4 x16 + 1x PCIe 3 x1 + 1x PCIe 3 x4

2x PCIe 3.0 x16 + 1x PCIe 3.0 x8 + 2x PCIe 3.0 x4 + 1x PCI

[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 3.2 Gen1 + 1x RJ45 (1Gbps) + 2x Serial + 1x 3.5mm line-out + 1x Thunderbolt 4 + 2x PS/2 + 1x HDMI | [Rear] 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2 + 2x USB 3.2 Gen2 + 2x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x Audio combo + 1x Microphone + 1x optional SD card reader

[Front] 4x USB 3.1 Gen1 + 2x USB 2.0 + 2x PS/2 + 1x RJ45 (1Gbps) + 1x Microphone + 1x Line-in + 1x Line-out + 2x optional USB-C 3.1 Gen2 + 1x optional Thunderbolt 3 + 1x serial | [Rear] 4x USB-C 3.1 Gen1 + 1x Headphone + 1x Microphone + 1x SD card reader

WiFi 6E + Bluetooth 5.2

WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0

WiFi 5 + Bluetooth 4.2 / none

Black

Black

Small form factor desktop computer

Small form factor desktop computer

ATX desktop computer

232.57 mm w/o stand

309.7 mm / 9.3"

460 mm / 18.1"

346.25 mm w/o stand

339.5 mm / 13.4"

440 mm / 17.3"

83.31 mm w/o stand

92.5 mm / 3.6"

165 mm / 6.5"

3.17 kg / 6.99 lbs

5.01 kg / 11.05 lbs

24 kg / 52.91 lbs

5.1 Channel HD Audio with Nahimic audio enhancer (ALC1220)

High Definition (HD) Audio, Realtek ALC662 codec

Intel H510

Intel W580 chipset

Intel C422 chipset

Up to MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 8GB GDDR6

Up to NVIDIA T1000 4GB

NVIDIA NVS 810 4GB DDR3 / Quadro P400 2GB GDDR5 to P5000 16GB GDDR5X / Quadro RTX 4000 8GB GDDR6 to RTX 8000 48GB GDDR6 / Quadro GP100 16GB HBM2 / Quadro GV100 32GB HBM2

Windows 10, Ubuntu Linux, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Windows 10 Pro, Ubuntu, or none

10⁰ C to 35⁰ C

Optional 9mm optical drive (DVD-ROM, DVD±RW, or Blu-ray)

Up to Intel Core i7-11700 (Rocket Lake)

11th-gen Intel Xeon W-1390P or Core up to i9-11900

Intel Xeon W-2100 or W-2200 series processors (up to Xeon W-2295)

Mystic Light RGB LED

Discrete TPM 2.0, TCG certified

2x U-DIMMs, up to 64GB

4x UDIMMs, up to 128 GB

8x DIMMs, up to 256GB DDR4-2666 w/ Xeon W-2100 series or up to 512GB DDR4-2933 w/ Xeon W-2200 series, 4 channels

DDR4 3200MHz

DDR4 3200MHz ECC or non-ECC

DDR4 2666MHz or 2933MHz ECC

230 / 330 W AC adapter

380W

690W / 900W / 1000W 80 PLUS Platinum

1x M.2 PCIe SSD + 1x 2.5” HDD / SSD

Up to 3x M.2 PCIe 4 NVMe SSD + 1x 3.5" SATA + 2x 2.5" SATA

Up to 9x M.2 PCIe SSD + 1x PCIe AIC SSD + 6x SATA HDD

2021-05-04

2021-07-12

2020