For extreme overclocking enthusiasts, they can use their mobile phone to monitor frequency, temperature and voltage parameters in real time while their computer is running full-screen testing software.

ENGADGET: MSI's Afterburner Android app makes GPU overclocking as easy as Facebooking

While the low-voltage Core i5 chip (there's a Core i3 option), 1080p IPS-based screen, 5-megapixel rear camera and front 1.3-megapixel shooter don't scream for attention by themselves among higher-end Windows 8 slates, there's an optical trackpoint and mouse buttons that make themselves genuinely handy in the non-Metro desktop.

ENGADGET: Hands-on with Gigabyte's S1082 and S1185 Windows 8 tablets (video)