The MSI Aegis R2 14th follows an ATX form factor with dimensions of 493 mm in height, 231 mm in width, and 482 mm in depth, resulting in a total volume of 54891.606 cm³. Storage is handled by a 2000GB NVMe SSD, offering fast read and write access through the NVMe interface rather than a traditional SATA drive.
The graphics card is built on a 5 nm semiconductor process and packs 8960 shading units, 280 texture mapping units, and 96 render output units, delivering a floating-point performance of 43.94 TFLOPS alongside a texture rate of 686.6 GTexels/s and a pixel rate of 235.2 GPixel/s. It carries 16GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus with a memory speed of 1750 MHz and an effective memory speed of 28000 MHz, yielding a maximum memory bandwidth of 896 GB/s. The GPU runs at a base clock of 2300 MHz with a turbo frequency of 2450 MHz and connects via PCIe 5.0. The card supports ray tracing, DLSS, DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 3, double precision floating point, stereoscopic 3D, and multi-display output across up to four screens, while packing 45600 million transistors into the die. It does not include LHR or RGB lighting.
The processor operates across 32 threads with multithreading enabled, running at a base configuration of 8 cores at 2 GHz and 16 cores at 1.5 GHz, and reaching a turbo clock speed of 5.8 GHz via Turbo Boost version 2 with a clock multiplier of 20. Cache memory totals 32 MB of L2 and 36 MB of L3, providing ample headroom for data-intensive workloads. The CPU supports 64-bit processing and has a maximum rated temperature of 100 °C, but it does not include an unlocked multiplier or integrated graphics.
In benchmark testing, the system scores 18348 in Geekbench 6 multi-core and 2860 in the single-core test, reflecting the processor's multi-threaded throughput alongside its per-core output. PassMark results follow a similar pattern, with an overall score of 47100 and a single-core figure of 4466.
The system is equipped with 32GB of DDR5 RAM running at a speed of 6000 MHz, providing a solid foundation for memory-intensive tasks and keeping pace with the high-throughput demands of the accompanying CPU and GPU.
Wireless connectivity covers Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) along with backward-compatible support for Wi-Fi 6E, 6, 5, and 4, paired with Bluetooth 5.3 for peripheral connectivity. On the wired side, the system provides one RJ45 port for Ethernet, and USB options include four USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports, one USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A port, one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port, and one USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C port; there are no USB 4, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, Thunderbolt 3, or Thunderbolt 4 ports. Display output is handled by three DisplayPort outputs and one HDMI 2.1 port, while audio connectivity includes an S/PDIF out port; there is no 3.5 mm headset jack, DVI output, or VGA connector.
The desktop CPU sits in an LGA 1700 socket and is compatible with a range of chipsets including B760, H770, Z790, H610, H670, B660, and Z690, while employing big.LITTLE technology and supporting instruction sets such as MMX, F16C, FMA3, AES, AVX, AVX2, SSE 4.1, and SSE 4.2, along with an NX bit for hardware-level security. Memory support extends to a maximum of 192GB across two channels, with a rated maximum RAM speed of 5600 MHz and compatibility with ECC memory. The GPU is based on the Blackwell architecture and benefits from Intel Resizable BAR, and the system includes an HDMI output; there are no USB-C ports, no mini DisplayPort outputs, and no XeSS support. Thermal Design Power for the CPU is rated at 300W, air-water cooling is not included, and the system comes with a one-year warranty.
