MSI's newest gaming all-in-one comes with a graphics card backpack

MSI Gaming 27XT

All in ones have had a bad rap of being oversized laptop screens you can move around and they've been steadily integrating more desktop processors and other components. However, desktop graphics have been a tricky nut to crack that is until MSI took a swing.

The gaming hardware maker has introduced the Gaming 27XT, a 27-inch all-in one gaming machine that basically allows you to slot any desktop graphics card you want into its rear-mounted trailer. The external enclosure – which looks conspicuously similar to MSI metal SLI bridges – can fit GPUs as over powered as the Nvidia Titan X.

MSI Gaming 27XT

Combined with the power of an octa-core Intel Core i7-5960X processors and this machine is ready to let it rip with whatever game you throw at it. Users also have multiple options for displays including a FHD (1920 x 1080) or a QHD (2560 x 1440) panels that operates at 144 Hz. Alternatively there's a 4K (3840 x 2160) display that runs at 60 Hz.

MSI has yet to announce pricing but the company expects the Gaming 27XT will be available later this May or June.

MSI Gaming 27XT

Barrel-chested desktop

MSI also introduced a new desktop that could easily be described as a gaming Mac Pro, but there's more to the Vortex Gaming Tower. The cylindrical PC comes paired with a two Nvidia GTX 980 graphics cards and an Intel Skylake Core i7-6700K processor. Inside there's also room for two m2 SSDs and 4 dimm slots for memory.

MSI Gaming 27XT

The entire system is laid out in a triangular fashion with heat sinks located in the center column. It also features a 360-degree silent cooling system that basically sucks cool air from the bottom to exhaust heat upwards.

MSI hasn't set a price on the Vortex but it should arrive sometime later this year.

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