Costco Wholesale has
MSI Aegis ZS2 Gaming Desktop (Aegis ZS2 B9NVV-1409US) on sale for
$2299.99 valid for
Costco Members only. Shipping/handling is $14.99.
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jmurray853 for finding this deal
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5% for Non-Member Service/Surcharge Fee)
Specs/Key Features- AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core/24-Threads (Up to 5.6GHz) Processor (Ryzen 9000 Series)
- 2TB M.2 NVMe Solid State Drive SSD
- 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 RAM (6000MHz)
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GPU
- WiFi 7 w/ Bluetooth 5.3
- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio (ALC897 Codec Audio)
- MSI 360mm Liquid Cooler
- MSI Gaming Keyboard/Mouse
- 850W 80+ Gold Certified Power Supply Unit
- Microsoft Windows 11 Home OS (64-Bit)
- Inputs
- 4x USB 2.0 Type-A (Rear)
- 3x DisplayPort (Rear)
- 2x USB 3.2 Gen-1 Type-A (5Gbps) (Rear)
- 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A (10Gbps) (Rear)
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C (5Gbps) (Front)
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A (5Gbps) (Front)
- 1x HDMI (Rear)
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That leaves out the NVME, PSU, Case, cooling system, and Windows license.
What an awful time to be in the market.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X (12-core, 5.6GHz boost)
GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G SHADOW 3X OC (16GB GDDR7)
Motherboard: MSI PRO B840-VC WIFI (AMD B840, AM5)
RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) TeamGroup T-Force DDR5 6000MHz
Storage: 2TB TeamGroup T-Force G50 Graphene NVMe Gen4
CPU Cooler: MSI 360mm AIO Liquid Cooler
PSU: 850W 80+ Gold
WiFi: Wi-Fi 7 + Bluetooth 5.4 (shark fin antenna)
OS: Windows 11 Home
Case: MSI Aegis ZS2 (3x 120mm RGB front fans)
Includes: MSI mechanical keyboard and mouse, SATA cables, EZ M.2 clip tool
Assembled in USA, MFG January 2026
Costco 2-year warranty + 90-day return
Heads up for anyone getting this — the RAM ships running at JEDEC default 4800 MT/s, NOT the advertised DDR5 6000. You need to go into BIOS and enable EXPO to get your full memory speed.
How to fix it:
Restart and mash Delete to enter BIOS
In EZ Mode, find the Memory section and switch from "Standard" to "EXPO1"
While you're in there, verify Re-Size BAR is enabled (mine was already on — Advanced F7 → PCIe Subsystem Settings)
F10 to save and exit
Confirm in Task Manager → Performance → Memory that it now shows 6000 MT/s
This is standard for all motherboards (they ship at safe defaults), but figured some people might not know they're leaving free performance on the table. Takes 30 seconds in BIOS.
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X (12-core, 5.6GHz boost)
GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G SHADOW 3X OC (16GB GDDR7)
Motherboard: MSI PRO B840-VC WIFI (AMD B840, AM5)
RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) TeamGroup T-Force DDR5 6000MHz
Storage: 2TB TeamGroup T-Force G50 Graphene NVMe Gen4
CPU Cooler: MSI 360mm AIO Liquid Cooler
PSU: 850W 80+ Gold
WiFi: Wi-Fi 7 + Bluetooth 5.4 (shark fin antenna)
OS: Windows 11 Home
Case: MSI Aegis ZS2 (3x 120mm RGB front fans)
Includes: MSI mechanical keyboard and mouse, SATA cables, EZ M.2 clip tool
Assembled in USA, MFG January 2026
Costco 2-year warranty + 90-day return
Heads up for anyone getting this — the RAM ships running at JEDEC default 4800 MT/s, NOT the advertised DDR5 6000. You need to go into BIOS and enable EXPO to get your full memory speed.
How to fix it:
Restart and mash Delete to enter BIOS
In EZ Mode, find the Memory section and switch from "Standard" to "EXPO1"
While you're in there, verify Re-Size BAR is enabled (mine was already on — Advanced F7 → PCIe Subsystem Settings)
F10 to save and exit
Confirm in Task Manager → Performance → Memory that it now shows 6000 MT/s
This is standard for all motherboards (they ship at safe defaults), but figured some people might not know they're leaving free performance on the table. Takes 30 seconds in BIOS.
How's the 9900x chip? I only see people rant and rave about the 9800x3d one for gaming
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That leaves out the NVME, PSU, Case, cooling system, and Windows license.
What an awful time to be in the market.
Performance wise, I've been satisfied with the 5070 ti's ability to do 4k. GPU temps hovers around low 60s, hitting 65-66 ever so often.
High power 850W 80+ Gold
MSI B840 VC PRO WIFI MB
Ryzen 9 9900X
MSI Coreliquid 360 AIO
T Force 32gb cl36 ddr5
T Force G50 2tb nvme
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 3XOC
https://www.microcenter
Keep in mind that this link shows a price of $2709 but there is a bundle using the MOBO + CPU + RAM that saves an additional $325 effectively making this a total of $2384.
I am not sure if there is enough of a benefit if any to go with the AMD processor over the Intel processor and/or if the me building it with these better parts outweights the processor in value and quality.
That one has the 98003D with Samsung SSD but 240mm AIO which I hear runs a little louder. I'm coming from a gaming laptop so I don't think the noise will be worse lol.
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