MSI MEG Vision X AI piqued my curiosity after its unveiling last year, but now it has my full attention. Revealing the specs beneath and some nifty use-cases just in time for CES, the touchscreen gaming PC is one of the most interesting pitches for artificial intelligence yet.
Thanks to a vertical-mounted 13in IPS-level display integrated on the front of the rig, you can use it as a fully-fledged FHD secondary monitor. Naturally, this comes with the caveat that you’ll need to position the PC perfectly for optimal visuals, but it might very well be worth it.
AI HMI
Using its ten-point touch panel, you can access the AI HMI (Artificial Intelligence Human Machine Interface), which comes with a wide variety of functions inspired by electric car control centres. First and foremost, you’ll have all your widgets, from world clocks to system speeds and temps, and even core applications such as Steam.
From the home screen, you can summon MSI’s AI artist to summarise articles or give you system control via MSI AI Engine. As we’ve seen previously, this handy tool takes control of your audio, visuals like colour, gamut, and brightness, and your system performance, automatically switching between profiles based on the software you run.
One of the best implementations is taking the pain out of fan curves using Silent Storm Cooling. AI HMI can decide whether to run your blowers silently while idly browsing the web or ramp up the RPM (rotations per minute) to keep temperatures low when gaming.
It’ll also play nicely with MSI monitors, letting you switch picture profiles, input sources, and brightness. Perhaps this could be the thing that finally convinces me to use all those crosshairs that are otherwise buried deep in on-screen displays (OSDs).
It’s currently unclear how granular these interactions are, but you can personalise the layout however you like, including showing off your style with videos, images, and AI-generated content. When you’re ready, you can pop right back into AI HMI mode using the floating button.
I’ll need a hands-on before I can make any judgements, but this already looks a touch better (pun intended) than Hyte Y70 Touch. Both are at the whim of software support, but a wealth of history in app development and focus on AI affords MSI a clear edge in this fight. If nothing else, the greater screen real estate alone frees it from any aspect ratio woes.
Specs
Piloting artificial intelligence requires a suitable CPU at its heart, which is where Intel Core Ultra 9 285K and its NPU (neural processing unit) comes in. Sporting 24 cores (eight P-cores, 16 E-cores), up to 5.7GHz frequencies, and a 76MB combined L2 and L3 cache, it’s well suited for AI and machine learning tasks at low power. Better yet, Intel continues to hammer out the kinks, promising greater performance on the horizon.
| MSI MEG Vision X AI specs | |
|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 285K |
| Cooler | MSI MAG CoreLiquid E360 |
| GPU | Up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 |
| Memory | 4x DDR5 up to 5,600MHz, U-DIMMs, up to 128GB |
| Storage | 1x M.2 SSD slot (NVMe PCIe Gen5 x4) 2x M.2 SSD slots (NVMe PCIe Gen4 x4) 1x 2.5in Drive Bay 1x 3.5in Drive Bay |
| Motherboard | Z890 |
| Power supply | 1,200W 80 Plus Gold (for top spec) |
| Dimension (WxDxH) | 448.5 x 289.2 x 328.8mm |
| Weight | TBC |
It’s topped by a 360mm AIO cooler, which MSI doesn’t define but looks a lot like its MAG CoreLiquid E360. No screen here, just RGB lighting, which is perhaps best to avoid putting a hat on a hat – especially since you’ll want to angle the system in favour of the AI HMI rather than internal components.
MSI hasn’t outlined every SKU it has in store, but the flagship will pack an MSI GeForce RTX 4090 and DDR5 memory up to 128GB at 5,600MHz, fed by a 1,200W 80 Plus Gold power supply. That’s meaty hardware for a gaming rig, primed and ready for streamers to throw up a high-quality broadcast all while keeping a close eye on chat via the AI HMI.
It’s unclear which SSD sits underneath the bespoke Z980 motherboard’s heat shields, but MSI claims its Gen 5 speeds of up to 12,000MB/s accelerate AI model training by up to 1.18x. My money’s on a 4TB MSI Spatium M580 Frozr, unless the brand has another NVMe drive ready for CES 2025.
Speaking of which, we’ll have our boots on the groung in Vegas for the event, where we might get a closer look at the device in action. Until then, follow Club386 on Google News for the latest in the tech world, as we’re about to see a lot of new releases on the horizon.
