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MSI Aegis ZS2

★★★★★ 4.6 (3)

A 12-core AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and GeForce RTX 5070 with 8GB VRAM drive this desktop, paired with 64GB DDR5 RAM and a fast 2TB SSD. A 360mm liquid cooler sustains thermals under load, while Wi‑Fi 7 and a bundled gaming keyboard, mouse, and USB‑C hub add out‑of‑box value. It's best for 1440p gamers and streamers who also run CPU‑intensive multi‑threaded workloads like video editing or 3D rendering.

CPU Intel Core i9 14900HX
RAM 64 GB
Storage 2 TB
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
form factor mid-tower
psu w 750
OS Windows 11 Home
MSI Aegis ZS2 desktop
78 Overall Score
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Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong ram (94th percentile) 94th
  • Strong port (92th percentile) 92th
  • Strong cpu (85th percentile) 85th
  • Strong storage (84th percentile) 84th

Cons

What owners think

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

CPU 85
GPU 81
RAM 94.3
Ports 92
Storage 83.8
Reliability 39.1

Specifications

Full Specifications

Processor

CPU Intel Core i9 14900HX
Cores 12
Frequency 4.4 GHz
L3 Cache 36 MB

Graphics

GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
Type discrete
VRAM 8 GB
VRAM Type GDDR7

Memory & Storage

RAM 64 GB
RAM Generation DDR5
Storage 2 TB
Storage Type SSD

Build

Form Factor mid-tower
PSU 750
Weight 6.0 kg / 13.1 lbs

Connectivity

USB-C Ports 1
USB Ports 9
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 7
Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet

System

OS Windows 11 Home

vs Competition

Spec MSI Aegis ZS2 Lenovo Legion 34IAS10 HP Omen GT22 Dell Tower Plus EBT2250 ASUS Republic of Gamers GM700TZ-BS978 Apple Mac mini M4
CPU Intel Core i9 14900HX Intel Core Ultra 9 Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Intel Core Ultra 9 285 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Apple M4
RAM (GB) 64 64 64 64 64 16
Storage (GB) 2048 3072 8096 8512 2048 256
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Apple M4 10-core
Form Factor mid-tower mid-tower mid-tower mid-tower Desktop mini
Psu W 750 1200 - - 850 155
OS Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Pro Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Pro Windows 11 Home macOS Sequoia 15.1
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product CpuGpuRamPortStorageReliability
MSI Aegis ZS2 858194.39283.839.1
Lenovo Legion 34IAS10 Compare 97.887.996.69296.471.1
HP Omen GT22 Compare 97.887.995.598.299.371.1
Dell Tower Plus EBT2250 Compare 97.88194.385.399.871.1
ASUS Republic of Gamers GM700TZ-BS978 Compare 98.87794.397.590.939.1
Apple Mac mini M4 Compare 56.390.429.296.912.999.3

Price

Value & Pricing

From $2,719 1 offers across 1 retailers
Amazon 1 offers From $2,719
$2,719

Usage Scores

Overall (77.6)Ai Llm (58)Gaming (84.6)Compact (30.8)Creator (76.8)Business (66.6)Developer (78.3)Home Office (73.3)Workstation (80)

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