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Tom's Guide
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
Computex day 3: the most eye-catching tech from the world's biggest computing event
Computex is sailing towards the finish line for another year. The show is wrapping up its fourth day, so this is our whistle-stop look at what caught our eye during day three of the event. With most of the big announcements out of the way, we've given out our picks of the best products of Computex 2025 here, but there are still a few items that got our pulses up that didn't make the list. Like an incredible sim racing rig, a custom PC build that looks like a tank and a pair of earbuds that promise real-time language translation. So, let's take a look at what caught our eye on day three of the show. This all-new racing rig from Asetek is several months away from release. And while our resident sim racing expert Jason England got some time with it, we're still not allowed to tell you what it's called. According to Jason, it feels incredible to sit and drive in, but the real kick here is its price. With everything included (such as its wheel, wheel base, pedals and the seat to connect it all to), it'll be land at $1,000. Pricey? Yes, but from what it offers, you'd find other rigs cost twice as much — if not more. This gaming rig from Asus is an interesting proposition — it sports an RTX 5060 Ti GPU and an Intel Core i7-13620H CPU. The latter is a mobile processor made for laptops, so it's very weird to find it tucked away in a gaming desktop. It might seem strange, but there's method to Asus' madness. By bringing these two components together, the company can keep the cost down (it's looking locked at $1,099), and therefore use other high-quality components that would normally be too pricy to include in a budget gaming PC. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. Of course, we'll need to wait and get our hands on it for some proper testing to find out if that laptop CPU and desktop GPU combo works out. We were marvelling at the custom PC builds on the show floor in yesterday's roundup, but this one takes the prize. It's a custom tank mod case from Thermalright complete with movable wheels. All of its ports and components are situated on the back, including its power switch, but the real fun is how it was made. Taking over three months to manufacture, it's built with 500 individual CNC parts and comes with that gamer-ready RGB glow on the railguns. Those who follow the world of Computex closely may recall MSI's MEG Vision X AI desktop PC from last year's show. Back then, it was just a concept; now it's the real deal. The form factor is the same: it's a gaming PC with an AI-powered touchscreen display on the front. But now we're playing with power, so to speak. For 2025, MSI has packed it with an Intel Ultra 9 285K processor, an Nvidia RTX 5090 graphics card and 64GB of DDR5 RAM. It means the $7,500 price tag isn't as hard to swallow as it may appear. My colleague Anthony Spadafora has been following this machine from concept to reality and got some serious hands-on time with it on the show floor this year. Acer can lay a strong claim to the MVP at Computex this year, the company is absolutely killing it with some solid new products. Alongside its new laptops and a smart ring, it also revealed an all-new pair of earbuds designed to break down language barriers. The Acer AI TransBuds offer real-time translation through earbuds, using AI-based speech recognition and semantic analysis, so you can have a two-way conversation in two completely different languages and know what the other is saying. And there's no overly long, awkward delay, either. Unfortunately, the company didn't give us any word on pricing or availability, but the Acer AI TransBuds look to be a must-have travel accessory in the future.
Tom's Guide
22-05-2025
- Tom's Guide
I watched this beast of a gaming PC turn into an AI power house - but the dashboard-like second screen is its coolest feature
Due to their more powerful nature, the best gaming PCs are as well equipped for gaming as they are for handling complex workloads. However, I never thought I'd get to see firsthand how a beast of a gaming PC would transform into an AI workstation. Last year at Computex, I got to go hands-on with the original MEG Vision X AI PC. However, at that time it was still a concept that showcased how useful having a touchscreen display on the front of a gaming PC could be. Then, at CES 2025 once Nvidia's RTX 50 series cards were officially announced it began to truly take shape. Now at Computex 2025, MSI is back once again with its flagship desktop PC and this time around, you'll finally be able to buy one, albeit at a very steep price. However, with an Intel Ultra 9 285K processor, a Nvidia RTX 5090 graphics card, 64GB of DDR5 RAM and of course, a 13-inch FHD touchscreen display on the front, its $7,500 price tag isn't as shocking as it may appear at first glance. Heck, even now, RTX 5090 GPUs are going for between $3,500 to $4,000 online, even though the graphics card itself has an MSRP of $1,999. I've now had a chance to check out MSI's MEG Vision X AI desktop PC in person three times but the second gen version (and the one you can actually buy) has a few really neat tricks up its sleeve, especially if you're an AI enthusiast by day and a gamer by night. As someone who uses a multi-monitor setup at home, I was immediately intrigued by the touchscreen display on the front of the MEG Vision X AI. Sure, most of your gameplay or your work will happen on one of the best monitors but you can never have too much screen real estate right? Instead of having a portable monitor underneath your main display like I do, this beastly gaming PC has one built into the front of its case. Secondary displays have become increasingly popular in gaming PCs over the past few years. However, while most just give you an easy way to see your computer's current temperatures and other system specs at a glance, the one on the MEG Vision X AI is a lot more useful. I remember when I first tried out this computer and the first thing I did was to pull up a browser window and start scrolling through stories on Tom's Guide. From there, I opened up YouTube and watched a few videos and everything worked without a hitch. I'm a stickler for good cable management and with a display integrated into your PC, you don't have to worry about hiding the cables connecting it to your computer. Likewise, a vertical, 13-inch display gives you plenty of screen space to work with without overshadowing your main monitor. Now with the finished version of the MEG Vision X AI, MSI has changed up how you use this front display significantly. Instead of using it as a second monitor, it now has multiple modes depending on the task at hand and a simplified EZ Mode. You can easily switch between preset Gaming, Working, Meeting and Entertainment modes with their own preconfigured widgets, though you can also add your own custom modes. Likewise, now that MSI is positioning the Meg Vision X AI as not just a gaming PC but as an AI workstation, its touchscreen display is now referred to as an AI HMI (or Human-Machine Interface). Instead of just being a secondary display tacked onto the front of the computer, it has become an intelligent interactive control center that makes use of AI for an improved user experience and simplified system management. At the bottom of AI HMI, you'll find MSI's AI Zone which lets you quickly launch your favorite AI tools with a tap. From ChatGPT to Gemini to Meta AI, you'll find all of the most popular AI services at the bottom of the display so you don't have to type them out in your browser. All you have to do is tap and the Meg Vision X AI opens them on its own. However, that's not all it can do. Processor Intel Ultra 9 285K Graphics Nvidia RTX 5090 RAM 64GB DDR5 Storage 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD Power supply 850W Connectivity Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4 Ports 2 x USB-A, 1 x USB-C, 1 x mic, 1 x headphone (front), 1 x HDMI 2.1, 3 x DisplayPort 1.4a, 7 x USB-A, 1 x USB-C Operating system Windows 11 Pro Other features Mystic Light RGB LED, 13-inch FHD touchscreen You can also use the Meg Vision X AI's second display to open the company's own AI Robot chatbot. Powered by both MSI and Nvidia, this digital assistant allows you to chat and speak with your computer using natural language. You don't even need one of the best webcams or a pair of computer speakers for this as there's a microphone and a speaker built into the front of the Meg Vision X AI's case. On the show floor at Computex, I watched as an MSI rep typed out questions and the company's AI Robot answered them with ease. Since this is a very powerful gaming rig after all, this was all done on-device instead of over the cloud which is great if you'd rather not have your convos with this AI chatbot ending up in someone else's hands. One thing that I was curious about after seeing Microsoft Copilot stumble to pull it off was having MSI's AI Robot change the Meg Vision X AI's settings. From dimming the display's brightness to handling more complicated tasks like turning Bluetooth on and off, all it took was a quick message to the chatbot to adjust the computer's settings. Granted, the Meg Vision X AI was connected to an MSI QD-OLED monitor, so I'm not quite sure if this will work with a display from another manufacturer. Still, it was neat to see in person and something I imagine will only get better and more powerful over time. The Meg Vision X AI doesn't just run MSI's AI locally, it can run all sorts of different models that way too. From Llama 3 to Deepseek and more, you can install various AI models on the machine and then use AI Robot to switch between them. In a sense, AI Robot acts as your AI dashboard so that you don't have to open and switch between different apps. Instead, you just pick and choose your preferred AI model from a drop-down menu and you can install new ones right from this same menu. Even if you're more of a gamer than an AI enthusiast, it's nice to have this extra functionality built into such a powerful PC. That way, it's there if you want to use it, though you don't necessarily have to if AI isn't your thing (yet). The Meg Vision X AI is a gaming PC after all and MSI is also using AI for more gaming related tasks. For instance, on the AI HMI, you can see a visual representation of your case fans along with details on how fast they are spinning along with your current GPU and CPU temperatures and frequencies. It's a nice touch that harkens back to what the Meg Vision X AI first debuted as, a powerful gaming PC with AI capabilities built in thanks to the NPU in its Intel Core Ultra processor. At $7,500, this pre-built gaming PC is definitely on the expensive side. However, by incorporating AI into its design and feature set, MSI has made it a powerful gaming PC that doubles as an AI workstation or vice versa. Depending on how you want to use it and your workflow, the Meg Vision X AI is a powerful PC that can play games as well as it handles local AI workloads. I never thought a desktop PC built with gaming in mind first and foremost would show me just how far AI has come in such a short period of time. Just last year when I first saw the Meg Vision X AI, I didn't even know how well it would run demanding games as all I knew at the time was that it would ship with a beefy yet unannounced Nvidia graphics card. Now though, you can finally buy one for yourself and run all sorts of different AI models on it locally as well as play the best PC games on the highest settings. Would you consider paying more for a gaming desktop or laptop if it also doubled as an AI workstation? Let me know in the comments below and unfortunately for MSI, the Meg Vision X AI will be a hard machine to top.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Yahoo
MSI's $7,000 Vision X AI has a 13-inch AI 'Human Machine Interface' touchscreen embedded into the chassis
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. In a time when AI is sprawling everywhere, from your mobile phones to video games, imagine if the same reached your PC, literally. MSI's Computex 2025 booth has a very interesting gaming pre-built, namely the MEG Vision X AI, the front face of which cosplays as an "AI Human Machine Interface," thanks to the attached 13-inch touchscreen and a slew of AI goodies, if that suits your fancy. Under the hood, the Vision X AI can be configured with Intel's latest Arrow Lake Core Ultra 200S processors (Ultra 9 285K/Ultra 7 265K) along with an RTX 50 series GPU (RTX 5070 Ti to the RTX 5090) from MSI's Shadow, Ventus, or Gaming families. Combined, the RTX 5090 can deliver 3,400 TFLOPS of FP4 performance, while Arrow Lake's NPU sits at a modest 13 TOPS of INT8, and MSI makes sure none of this compute power goes to waste. The system was first showcased at Computex last year, followed by the official unveiling at CES this year. The built-in AI HMI (Human Machine Interface) intelligently detects the user activity and adjusts performance settings accordingly. By default, the display shows PC statistics such as CPU/GPU temperatures, clock speeds, fan RPM, while serving as your personal AI-hub for interfacing with various LLMs, including ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Meta, and Claude. It features a built-in microphone and speaker that will let you issue commands to either the MSI app or Microsoft Copilot. MSI also includes a cloud-independent model for chatting and generating images, which runs locally on your machine. If inferencing AI is not your niche, this 13-inch touchscreen can double up as a secondary monitor for YouTube or OBS, but the bezels are rather distracting. Image 1 of 3 Image 2 of 3 Image 3 of 3 The Vision X AI features the MSI Project Zero Z890 motherboard, which hides the cables behind the motherboard to improve aesthetics. For cooling, MSI has opted for a 360mm AIO liquid cooler, complemented by the included Glacier Armor heatsinks covering the VRM and SSD, which are said to lower temperatures by 25%. MSI's 'Silent Storm Cooling AI' system uses Artificial Intelligence to control fan speeds for optimum cooling efficiency, reported with a noise level of just 17.7 dB(A) during silent operation. For front-panel I/O, you'll find one USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), two USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), plus separate microphone and headphone ports. The rear panel features two Thunderbolt 4 ports, four USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) ports, one 5GbE, S/PDIF, and two audio jacks. Power is supplied by a Gold Certified PSU, with 850W and 1200W options selectable at the time of purchase. Wireless connectivity is provided by Intel Killer WiFi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4. If you fancy yourself a personal AI-HMI experience, the MSI Vision X AI is already available for purchase at a handful of retailers. The top-tier configuration carries a price tag ranging from $5,000 to $7,500, depending on your retailer of choice. While seemingly exorbitant, the price could be palatable for some, considering how difficult and expensive it remains to purchase an RTX 5090 separately. Follow Tom's Hardware on Google News to get our up-to-date news, analysis, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button.
