MSI powers up its PCs and laptops with Intel and Nvidia’s newest hardware

MSI is one of the most prolific makers of high-end gaming PCs, and at CES 2017, it just revealed a revamp that imbues most of them—both desktops and laptops—with the freshest internal hardware available. But hardware’s nothing without software to power it, and as part of the refresh, numerous MSI gaming laptops will snag new audio technologies to help you kick out the jams while you’re gaming or immersed in VR.

Let’s start with tower PCs. Everything from MSI’s tiny Trident to its beefier Aegis and Nightblade systems now pack Intel’s Kaby Lake processors, which just launched for desktops yesterday. Kaby Lake is just a minor upgrade over Skylake in terms of raw speed, but enthusiasts should love the fact that it’s a hell of an overclocker (several hardware makers told us Kaby Lake chips can hit the hard-to-reach 5GHz milestone with an air cooler) and that it packs support for Intel’s revolutionarily fast Optane storage, which should hit the streets later this year.

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