THE LEAN, MEAN, GAMING MACHINEForged with passion for gaming, the MSI Nightblade MI2 barebone PC is made for those who crave for an immersive gaming experience without sacrificing space. With sufficient storage, proficient cooling and blistering graphics performance, this lean, mean, gaming machine is ready to unlock your next gaming adventure.MYSTIC LIGHTCustomize your NIGHTBLADE MI2 with Mystic Light. Make your build look on fire or cold as ice; you are in control! You can select any of the colors from the palette to match your system's design. Or use breath, gradient or Gaming & Music modes.PLUG IN AND GAME ONReady to connect all your game accessories and devices. There are enough ports to complete your gaming rig.A Small ButPowerful Gaming RigNightblade MI2 has all the components of a ‘normal’ desktop PC but in a small and compact case.Grand Graphics for Grand GamersDespite its nifty dimensions, the Nightblade MI2 equips a full sized NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX970 graphics card.Better Power-Saving. More Performance. More FPS.With a performance increase of +39% and a power consumption decrease of -59% compared to its previous generation, the GTX970 generates amazing Frames Per Second (FPS) while playing games in the highest settings.SUPER CHARGER 2Size doesn't matter when it comes to the MI2. Despite its mini-ITX form factor, this gaming delivers powerful performance due to the fact that the interior components are well designed and laid out in the case.Carefully thought layout- Proprietary cooler- Storeroom for cables- High efficiency signal Power- Big data storage room (1 x 2.5”, 2 x 3.5”)- Regular gaming graphics card- Front system fan locationEasy accessto upgradable componentsFor those who always want to get the best out of their system, the components of the Nightblade MI series are easily accessible and ready to be upgraded at any time. Whether it is storage, a processor or a graphics card, you can always keep your Nightblade MI gaming rig up to date with the latest hardware.Silent Storm CoolingMI series embracing two separate chambers that individually take care of the cooling of different components within the Nightblade MI, this unique ‘Silent Storm Cooling’ design makes sure the system’s temperature stays perfectly under control, supporting a cool and silent operation.PCI-E GEN3x 4 SSD – LOAD GAMES IN SECONDSGet in the game before everyone else with the latest PCI-E Gen 3.0x4 bandwidth utilizing NVMe technology on single M.2 SSD. Harness the full performance potential of the Gen 3.0 SSD through the optimization of the hardware and software outputting extreme read speeds up to 2200MB/s, 5x faster than SATA3 SSD's.Latest 6th Generation Intel ® Core™ i7 ProcessorsSkylake is codename of the brand new 14nm micro-architecture of Intel’s latest 6th generation processors. The Skylake platform requires lower power consumption but delivers better performance than before. CPU performance of i7 6700K increases 22% compared with that of i7 4790. Regular Core i7 6700 is also 13% faster than i7 4790 under average usage.DDR4 SUPPORT