Only to force the e-sport host host local dedicated: MSI MSI Aegis 3 Aegis B909-007 game desktop host

As a player who likes tossing, Tossa DIY has been for more than 10 years. From the day the desktop was born, he said NO to the desktop. With the development of e-sports industry, e-sports has become a new direction for DIY development in recent years. E-sports peripherals, e-sports hosts, and electric competitions are emerging in an endless stream. It is believed that e-sports will be the next development direction for DIY.

There are many brands and products emerging from the desktop machine, which is mainly e-sports concept. New technologies such as curved surfaces, 4K, VR and other display areas have also boosted the development of e-sports consoles, and people have to be impulsive.

One, hardware

During the Chinese New Year this year, there was a local tyrant who knew about working in the provincial system. Let me help him build a 4K e-sports host with a budget of around 20,000. I chose the host to be the Aegis X3 host of the Aegis MSI and the LG 27UD68-W. 4K IPS LCD monitor.


MSI Aegis 3 Aegis B909-007 game desktop host (i7-7700K 16G 2T 512G GTX1080 8G alone water-cooled WIN10) 17999 yuan Jingdong direct link

LG 27UD68-W 27-inch 4K IPS hard screen love eye does not flash blue LED backlight LCD monitor 3199 yuan This monitor is a display of LG in late 2015. 9.1mm ultra-narrow frame design, 3840×2160 resolution (4K Quad Full HD), weighs 4.9kg, size is 615×186×456mm, comes with a metal bracket with "arc base" semi-circular design, silver Behind the white monitor is equipped with 10cm VESA hole position, the user can hang it on the wall or hydraulic arm Jingdong direct link to Wikipedia


The MSI Aegis series of MSI has a total of 6 mainframes, of which the X3 mainframe is positioned as a high-end production port. It is the 30th anniversary version of MSI and is packaged mainly in red and black style. Through the packaging you can see the product information, and the product supports VR, RGB, one-key overclocking and other functions.

The overall shape of the host is like an eagle with wings and a black ABS plastic material.

The top panel is mainly a heat dissipating function, and the upper part is provided with a heat dissipating hole. Unfortunately, real-time change of the opening angle with temperature cannot be realized. The back panel of the top panel is the handle of the chassis, which is very firm and can fully bear the weight of the host.

The front of the top is equipped with an ultra-thin optical drive. The rear of the drive is a 2.5-inch hard drive. The interfaces are reserved. It is recommended to extend the SSD or SSHD.

Exaggeration of the front panel style, mainly switches, overclocking, optical drive, RGB and other functional panels. The top position is the position of the optical drive. The optical drive switch is located in the center of the optical drive and has a pattern mark. Close to the bottom of the drive is a button overclocking button. The center of the front panel of the panel is the air inlet and the LED is installed inside, which can realize the RGB function.

On the left side of the panel are indicators, switches, and audio input and output interfaces. On the right is the TYPE-C interface and 2XUSB3.0 interface. Below is the VR convenient interface, which is essentially a video extension cable.

The main base of the main unit is placed with a power supply, and the front end of the main unit is at the air inlet. You can see that the power supply is in a special form. It should be designed to match the host's shape and a special custom power supply.

The left panel of the mainboard is like the logo of GDI organized in "Command and Conquer". The panel adopts a translucent and semi-hollow design. On the upper corner of the panel, a folding rack can be attached to the headphones.

The shape of the right side panel is the same as that of the left side panel, and the folding headphone hanger is also equipped.

The rear panel is mainly an IO panel, which has an output interface for the motherboard and the graphics card, and a VR LINK interface at the lower center.

Second, dismantling

A powerful host must have powerful hardware components. Open Aegis X3 host and explore its structure is king.

1, efficient cooling

The MSI Aegis X3 gaming console uses a unique Silent Storm cooling system. A total of several separate air chambers were provided to provide heat dissipation for each hardware.

Open the left side panel to see the inside of the host, Aegis X3 host video card uses a vertical plug. The form of the vertical plug allows the graphics card to fully dissipate heat, and the long-term use of the graphics card PCB does not bend or deform.

The CPU uses a MSI-customized 120-size water-cooled radiator with a water-cooled air outlet at the bottom of the chassis. The water-cooled radiator is custom-made by MSI and uses a thick heat sink.

The main role of the turbo fan is to remove the heat generated by the graphics card, motherboard, and other hardware in the chassis.

The hard disk rack forms an independent cooling air duct, which enters the air from the front of the chassis and is discharged from the top.

2, powerful hardware

The Aegis X3 host uses i7-7700K processor, 16G DDR4 memory, GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8GB graphics, 2X256G M.2 SSD SUPER RAID4, and 2TB mechanical hard disk hardware configuration.

Memory comes from Samsung, specifications for DD4-2400 notebook memory, M.2 SSD model is Plextor M8PEG, 2TB mechanical hard drive from Seagate, these designs are to control the size of the chassis and to facilitate player upgrades.

3, a reasonable structure

The vertically inserted PCI-E slot of the graphics card adopts the “steel armor” process, and the long-term use of the PCI-E slot does not bend, and it is also easy to upgrade the graphics card. RGB light bars are also installed near the graphics card slot.

The motherboard has a total of 2 memory slots, one of which is located next to the CPU and the other one is located on the back of the motherboard. There are three M.2 SSD interfaces, one on the inside of the water-cooled heat sink and the other two on the back of the motherboard.

Remove the top panel and optical drive, and unscrew the screws to open the hard drive cage. Unscrew the screws, pull out the hard disk, or replace the hard disk is more convenient.

The panel removed is a metal structure inside, and the outside is a plastic material.

Third, the conventional performance test

Computer Information Overview

Master Lu performance testing

CPU performance test:

Press the button on the front panel of the chassis, after one-key overclocking, CPU performance test:

Memory Cache Performance Test:

RAID0 SSD performance test:

Display the basic test:

3DMark Fire Strike P Mode

3DMark Fire Strike 2013 E Mode

3DMark Fire Strike U Mode

3DMark Fire Strike Time Spy Mode

Fourth, game function experience

Recently, there have been many good movies that have been adapted from games. One of the most impressive movies I have come across is the Resident Evil - The Final Chapter and Assassin's Creed. Action adventure games have always been my favorite, using the Assassin's Creed -枭 》 《 "GTA5" "Watchdog 2" three game test host game performance.

1, "Assassin's Creed - 枭雄" test

"Assassin's Creed - Heroes" does not come with BENCHMARK. It uses a branch task carriage straight race to test and draw the FRAPS curve.

Screen settings: 3840X2160 resolution, vertical synchronization open, all high effects, light effects HBAO +, anti-aliasing MSAA2X + FXAA.

FRAPS curve test results:

As the latest "Assassin's Creed" series of the latest masterpiece, in 4K resolution, the game remains at a smooth level, the average number of frames is about 52 frames, you want to run the game more smoothly, while maintaining the 4K resolution, the special effects settings In the middle can be. For sound effects, Nahimic 2.5 audio gain allows players to experience an immersive experience while playing. The protagonist's footsteps, the rolling wheel's sound, and the firearm's sound can all be truly reflected, accurately positioned, and the resulting sense of game play, allowing players to remain excited throughout the game.

2, "GTA5" test

"GTA5" game comes with BENCHMARK, after completing the first task, press TAB in the game quality setting interface to activate the BENCHMARK test program.

Screen settings: 3840X2160 resolution, all special effects, vertical synchronization open.

FRAPS curve test results:


At 4K resolution, the game screen occupies about 60% of the total memory, reaching 5G, and the total amount of graphics memory is 8G. The running BENCHMARK is very smooth, and it can improve the balance between picture quality and smoothness. RTA's GTA history is all excellent, that is, its excellent AI, accurate modeling, rich characters. At the same time, the sound effects can not be ignored. The gunfighting voice, the emotions in the character dialogue, and the roar of the car are all vividly displayed. Together with the exciting story of “GTA5”, people have a desire to play until the customs clearance.

3, "watchdog 2" test

Watchdog 2 did not continue the previous generation's plot, but launched a new story. The game did not have a built-in BENCHMARK, and players were selected to purchase clothing for a FRAPS test.

Screen settings: 3840X2160 resolution, vertical sync off, all high effects.

Test Results:

Thanks to the advanced display engine, 4K resolution occupies half of the memory capacity, the picture is smooth, but the picture quality is very good and very real, especially the light and shadow effect, close to the movie. In the same way, the sound performance is also remarkable in the game. The details of the sound's truth, positioning, NPC's verbalization, and the sound of the lake's waves are all present.

Fifth, advanced function experience 1, sound experience

The Aegis X3 is equipped with a realtek ALC1150 sound card chip, plus a driver equalizer setting that enables AUDIO BOOST3 movie sound effects. BOOST3 can realize high quality surround audio with high quality HiFi DAC. Let your ear feel studio-quality sound experience. The only downside is that the long-term use of closed headphones can cause pressure.

2, VR experience

The Aegis X3 host is equipped with VR interfaces before and after, which is convenient for players to connect VR devices. Although VR peripheral equipment is not yet widely available, it is necessary and necessary for the host computer to be a hardware pioneer to make relevant preparations in advance. Test the host.

STEAM VR MARK

3DMARK VR MARK

Through two VR software tests, Aegis X3 can fully meet the hardware requirements of VR applications, and VR device support is perfect.

3, RGB lighting effect experience

Through the MSI GAMING CENTER control program, you can customize the color, flicker frequency, etc. of the front panel lighting effects.

4, network function

The powerful network function of AEGIS X3 host is equipped with Killer 1435 wireless network card and 2500 wired network card, which can realize the preferential forwarding of game data packets, reduce the game delay, and improve the response speed from the client to the server. The wired network and the AC wifi network work together to achieve a maximum of 1867 Mbps.

V. Summary

For the brand host, I was previously rejected because my impression of it has remained rigid, conservative, and backward. This time, through the MSI AEGIS host, let me re-examine their positioning for the brand host.

Advantages: 1, hardware, full-featured, eSports style is obvious, handle a solid, easy to host mobile. 2, high-performance, high-heating hardware stacked together, but the heat is still to force. 3, a variety of supporting software tools, such as RGB control, network card control, NAHIMIC sound effects, a key overclocking and so on.

4, fast charging, each interface transmission speed is fast and stable.
Disadvantages: 1, the power supply is a special custom model, replacement or upgrade should pay attention. 2, the overall weight of the host is relatively heavy, long-term portable mobile, will be more tired.

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