MSI Computex 2026: Everything Worth Talking About

By Stefan @ WeDoTech

Forty Years and Absolutely No Chill

Most companies celebrate a milestone anniversary with a logo refresh and a press release. MSI celebrated 40 years by showing up to Computex 2026 with dragon-themed flagship hardware, a holographic AI companion, a Toy Story laptop that only 200 people will ever own, and a gaming handheld in the boldest shade of purple the industry has ever seen.

It was a lot. In the best possible way.

Rather than trying to cover every single product on the show floor, here are the things from MSI's booth that actually deserve your attention.

The Draco Epic Collection: MSI's 40th Anniversary Statement

The centrepiece of the entire booth was the Draco Epic collection, and it earned that position.

Inspired by the Draco constellation, the range spans the RTX 5080 Suprim SOC graphics card, the MEG Z890 ACE and MEG X870E ACE motherboards, the MEG Ai1600T power supply, the MEG CoreLiquid E15 360 AIO, and the MEG Maestro 900R chassis. Every piece shares the same precision metal etching and anodized finish, with custom dragon-themed artwork running throughout. Seeing the full collection assembled together in one build is the kind of thing that makes you stop walking and just stare for a moment.

The Draco Epic collection also extends to a laptop. The Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Draco Epic is arguably the highlight of the entire range, featuring an Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus paired with an RTX 5090 Laptop GPU with 24GB of GDDR7, an 18-inch 4K 240Hz Mini-LED display, and the same precision metal etching treatment across the entire chassis. It ships with a collector's bundle including a gaming mouse, mousepad, and commemorative coin. Limited edition, deeply impractical for most people, and genuinely stunning to look at. MSI has a dedicated video covering the full Draco Epic range if you want the deep dive.

MSI Claw 8 EX AI+: The Purple Handheld Nobody Asked For But Everyone Noticed

Yes, it is purple. Only purple. That is the only color option and MSI is committed to the choice.

Beyond the color, the Claw 8 EX AI+ is legitimately interesting hardware. It is the world's first gaming handheld powered by Intel's Arc G3 Extreme processor, a chip built specifically for handheld gaming rather than adapted from a laptop part. The Arc G3 Extreme uses Intel's Panther Lake architecture with 14 cores, an integrated Arc B390 GPU with 12 Xe3 cores, and a base TDP of 25W that climbs to 80W when docked. Early reviews suggest it comfortably outperforms AMD's Z2 Extreme in gaming workloads.

The hardware package around it is solid. An 8-inch 1920x1200 IPS touchscreen with 120Hz VRR support, Hall effect triggers and sticks, a full-size M.2 2280 NVMe slot, 32GB of LPDDR5X memory, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, and two Thunderbolt 4 ports. XeSS 3 and Multi-Frame Generation support round out the feature set. The haptics have also been significantly improved over the previous Claw generation.

The caveat is price. At $1,799, the Claw 8 EX AI+ is expensive for a handheld. The performance is there, but at that price the comparison to a capable gaming laptop or desktop becomes unavoidable. If handheld gaming is specifically what you want, the hardware justifies serious consideration. If portability is flexible, the value equation gets complicated quickly.

The Strike Alloy TMR: Still the Most Interesting Keyboard in the Room

We already covered the Strike Alloy TMR in detail on WeDoTech, but it was on the booth and it remains worth mentioning. Tunnel Magnetoresistance switches with hot-swap support, 8000Hz wireless polling, a magnesium-aluminum gasket-mounted body, and a waterproofing demonstration that involves submerging the keyboard and watching it keep working. Pricing is still unconfirmed, but this is MSI's most premium keyboard to date and the spec sheet is hard to argue with.

Right next to it was the Strike Nexus concept, a detachable touchscreen module designed to act as a control panel with app shortcuts, system monitoring, numpad functionality, and a password-protected SSD built in. It is a concept and may never reach retail, but the idea is genuinely compelling.

MEG Vision X2 AI+: The Holographic PC That Talks Back

This is the one that stopped everyone at the booth.

The MEG Vision X2 AI+ is a prebuilt desktop built entirely around a holographic AI companion called LuckyClaw, a digital version of MSI's mascot that sits on top of the system and interacts with you in real time. Voice commands, performance profile switching, RGB control, monitor settings, the idea is that your PC has an agentic AI presence managing things on your behalf.

LuckyClaw is still very early in development and MSI was appropriately cautious about what it can currently do. The MEG Vision X2 AI+ itself is configurable up to an RTX 5090 when it launches. Whether the AI functionality ever reaches its concept potential remains to be seen, but as a vision for where AI-integrated PCs could go, it is one of the more thoughtful executions shown at Computex this year.

The Toy Story Cyborg 15: 200 Units, Taiwan Only, Devastatingly Cool

This one hurts to write about, because you almost certainly cannot have one.

Only 200 units of the Toy Story Cyborg 15 exist, and they are only being sold in Taiwan. The specs are largely beside the point. What matters is that MSI fully committed to the Buzz Lightyear theme in a way that almost never happens with licensed collaborations. Space Ranger badge on the trackpad, custom coloured accent keys, themed hinges, and Buzz Lightyear artwork across the lid. The bundle includes a Woody-themed carry bag, a matching mouse featuring the Alien and the Claw, a custom mousepad, and a themed cable tie for the charger. A cable tie. They made a themed cable tie.

The Asia-exclusive MLG Crosshair A16 HX was also on display, a clean pearl white laptop with a badge and accompanying merch built around MSI's Dragon Princess character Loong Nia. It is a respectable collaboration. It just does not commit the way the Toy Story laptop does, and in comparison that absence is very obvious.

Collaboration Cards, Van Gogh Laptops, and a Few Honorable Mentions

MSI had several collaboration graphics cards on the booth, including Mandalorian and Grogu, World of Warcraft Void and Light editions, and a Frieren edition. Limited footage means they deserve more coverage than is possible here, but the Frieren merch in particular looked exceptional.

The MEG CoreLiquid E15 360mm AIO is worth flagging separately. Designed to match the RTX 5090 Lightning Edition with the same color scheme and featuring a large curved 6.67-inch AMOLED display panel, it is not a limited product. It is expected in Q3 2026 and should be available through normal retail channels.

On the artistic side, MSI expanded their Prestige Artisan collection with two new Prestige 14 Flip AI+ laptops inspired by Vincent van Gogh. Starry Night is the obvious one, but Starry Night Over the Rhone deserves equal attention as a design piece. Both are premium productivity laptops that happen to look like nothing else in the category.

Honorable mentions go to the MPG CoreFrozer AP15 air cooler, which includes a built-in screen and is a solid option for the air cooling crowd, and the MPG Vixta 300R PZ case, starting at $129, which is the practical buy most people building a new system this year should be looking at.

Final Thoughts

MSI's 40th anniversary booth was the kind of show floor presence that reminds you why Computex still matters. Not every product here will ship. Not every concept will survive contact with a retail price tag. But the range of ideas on display, from collectible anniversary hardware to holographic AI companions to a Buzz Lightyear laptop with a themed cable tie, suggests a company that is genuinely enjoying itself at 40.

The Draco Epic collection is the statement piece. The Claw 8 EX AI+ is the most immediately relevant product for buyers. And the Toy Story Cyborg 15 is the thing everyone will remember from this year's show even if they can never actually buy one.

For more from MSI's Computex lineup, check out our dedicated breakdown of the MSI Strike Alloy TMR, the waterproof keyboard that made just as big an impression as anything else on the booth.