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Small, console-size gaming desktop. New price of $ 1627 on CDW, or a unit with smaller SSD on Amazon for $ 1550.

Due to the form factor, there is only a single 2.5" SATA mounting bracket for storage expansion – it’s not easily accessible but there are YouTube videos. And it’s bundled with MSI’s basic RGB keyboard and mouse.

I have it stashed on the floor by my desk, not across the room in a TV cabinet and I was expecting its fan to be noisy under load but so far it has actually been barely audible, so that was a pleasant surprise. I have not heard it spool up to distracting volumes, even while running benchmarks.