B&H Photo is offering a solid deal on a prebuilt desktop computer that excels at 1080p and 1440p gaming. For a limited time you can pick up a brand new MSI Codex Z2C RTX 5070 gaming PC for just $1,399 with free shipping. The system comes with a download voucher for the upcoming Control: Resonant game, which comes out on September 22. Redemption instructions are found on Nvidia’s website.
The MSI Codex Z2C RTX 5070 Gaming PC Drops to $1399
MSI Codex Z2C AMD Ryzen 7 8700F RTX 5070 Gaming PC (16GB/1TB)
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The MSI Codex Z2C gaming PC is equipped with an AMD Ryzen 7 8700F CPU, GeForce RTX 5070 12GB GPU, 16GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB M.2 SSD. The Ryzen 7 8700F is an 8-core, 16-thread processor with a max boost clock of 5.1GHz. It’s not the fastest or newest AMD CPU, but it’s still a solid gaming CPU that won’t bottleneck the GPU, especially at the higher resolutions you should be playing at if you own a 5070 Ti. A 750W PSU powers the system.
The GeForce RTX 5070 GPU is an excellent choice for 1080p or 1440p gaming
The GeForce RTX 5070 is the best Nvidia card for 1080p and 1440p gaming and by itself this card retails for $600 (although generally it’s higher these days). It’s also powerful enough to run most games at 4K, although at that point you’ll see noticeable gains jumping up to a 5070 Ti. Compared to the previous generation GPUs, the RTX 5070 offers a slight performance improvement over the RTX 4070 Super, which was and still is an excellent GPU. The fps gain is greater in games that support DLSS 4.5 with multi-frame generation. Check out our RTX 5070 review.
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