All-in-One Gaming PC often called “family computer”, because they believe that these devices have to stand in the living room and used for the most basic tasks, like browsing web sites and movies online. However, after 10 minutes spent for MSI AG240 you change your mind about the possibilities of candy bars, because this model – the real gaming PC equipped with a graphics accelerator productive Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M, CPU Intel Core i7 4th generation and 16 GB of RAM. Such a system to ensure that the forces of BioShock Infinite gameplay or Assassin’s Creed on high settings!
Design and Features
The body of the MSI AG240 is quite thin and light. Size – 583 x 32 x 424 mm, weight 10.4-kg. Most of the case is made of brushed aluminum and painted black. Hand decorated edging, and the face – wide horizontal stripe color “red metallic.” In the red band hidden speakers Creative Sound Blaster for 5W. Around the screen – a thick black glass frame, in the center of the top of the eye which is located a 2-megapixel webcam.
The screen boasts a 23.6-inch diagonal and a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels, wide viewing angles and good color reproduction. Unfortunately, moderate light screen contrast is low, because it is impossible to see the full depth of black. The second major drawback is the lack of anti-reflective coating, causing the reflection of the surrounding space with good lighting visible only slightly worse than in the mirror. It is these moments interfere thoroughly enjoy computer games. Thus, AG240 MSI is best to use curtains or closed after dark. However, it is in the evenings and nights of gamers and have fun.
To work in the daytime hero of our review fits loosely and can cause not only excessive eye strain, but also a headache!
On the left side of the monitor screen is a button settings, and card reader 3-in-1 (SD, MMC, MS) and two-port USB 2.0, and on the right – optical drive DVD Super Multi / Blu-ray. Black back is made in a minimalist style: it has several vents, sturdy adjustable stand and a large number of ports and connectors: three USB 3.0, HDMI-input, HDMI-out, the connection sockets for headphones and a microphone, as well as the power connector.
In addition to in-One PC you can buy gaming keyboard and mouse DS4100 Interceptor DS100. Frankly, the quality of the keyboard does not match the quality of the candy bar. Keys rattle and are not highly responsive, and the keyboard itself is in some places flexes under pressure. Mouse does not look so elegant and aggressive as we would like.
Finally it is worth to mention the ability to connect to a second monitor in-One PC, which some players can use to host a chat window or browser.
Technical characteristics
Acquainted with the basic characteristics can be in the table:
Central processor Intel Core i7-4700HQ (2,4 – 3,4 GHz)
Graphics card Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M (3GB GDDR5 RAM)
Memory 16 GB DDR3L (1600 MHz)
Datastore SSD-drive Plextor PX-128M6M 128 GB hard drive and Hitachi (7200 rev / min, cache – 32 MB)
Power supply power 150W
Operating system Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Configuration cost $ 1699
Presence of a touch screen allows not only with same comfort as on the tablet, use the Internet, but also with great pleasure to play games like StarCraft II.
Performance
For everyday productivity tasks MSI AG240 is high enough. Simultaneous execution of multiple tasks, such as streaming video playback, use a text editor Word, messenger Skype, an internet browser with a dozen open windows, do not cause any slowdown of the system. But this level of performance is typical for any candy bars cost $ 1,700, is not it? That is why our testing tool steel not only traditional benchmarks, but also such modern and demanding “hardware” games like “BioShock Infinite” and “Metro: Last Light.”
The test results are summarized in the following table:
Benchmarks and games results
Cinebench CPU 5.88
Cinebench Graphics 51.88 fps
PCMark 8 (Home Test) 3080
3DMark: Ice Storm 101767
3DMark: Cloud Gate 16025
3DMark: Fire Strike 3657
Bioshock Infinite (1080p, quality Ultra) 41.43 fps
Bioshock Infinite (1080p, quality Low) 127.87 fps
Metro: Last Light (1080p, quality Ultra) 11.67 fps
Metro: Last Light (1080p, quality Low) 67.33 fps
Looking at the results, it is clear that much more powerful AG240 most gaming laptops its price category. On the other hand, any traditional gaming PC form factor tear hero of our review as Acey pad.
Launch speed is striking: we click the power button, and a candy bar comes to life in a few seconds is requesting your username to login.
Mobile graphics accelerator, Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M – pretty good for modern games will be very important and a couple of years. Of course, do not expect that will be able to play Crysis 4 or Assassin’s Creed V at high settings, but at medium or low settings – is quite real, and at 1080p. So games 2015 new items do not exactly make you change the computer.
In the load to the candy bar, the user receives several “buns” from MSI: useful applications PowerDVD, Killer Network Manager, as well as a 6-month license for brodkater XSplit – known program for streaming video content.
Pros:
+ High performance;
+ Decent additional software;
+ Attractive design;
+ Build quality and materials;
+ Enough ports and connectors.
Cons:
- Prone to glare display;
- Enough additional peripherals
Review: MSI AG240 2PE, All-in-One Gaming PC
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