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Aug 28, 2026 5:02 AM

MSI Codex R2 Gaming Desktop: i5-14400F, RTX 5060, 16GB DDR5, 1TB SSD SSD $999.99

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Aug 28, 2026 7:52 AM
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Eguy5555309Aug 28, 2026 7:52 AM
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Actual Specs:
- Model Name: CODEX R2 B14NVL5-803US
- MSI branded components, upgradable
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 with 8GB DDR7
- 1 slot 16GB DDR5 RAM (Speed ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ), plus an available second slot
- "1000 GB" NVMe SSD Storage, plus four SATA III connectors for expansion
- motherboard model H610M-G, micro-ATX form factor with one PCIe 4.0 x16 (for GPU), one PCIe 3.0 x1 slot (for expansion)
- Intel Core i5 14th Generation, model 14400F from 2024
- Windows 11 home
- 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4, (1x VGA??), 4x USB-A 2.0, 3x USB-A 3.2, 1x USB-C 3.2, headphone and mic jacks (don't use front panel audio)
- Included MSI keyboard (mechanical backlit?! With number pad and volume dial?) and RGB mouse
- 8.38" wide front panel, 16" tall, 19" deep

Fairly comparable to the Steam Machine specs, though the GTX 5060 with DLSS4 is newer and more powerful (same RAM), plus you could fit like 6 Steam Machines (about 6" cube) with room to spare inside the same volume of space. Available Now is definitely a perk.

Wish I could install SteamOS on this; anyone know if Bazzite has drivers for Intel and NVIDIA yet? I'm allergic to Microsoft, puts me into conniptions.
Last edited by Eguy5555309 August 28, 2026 at 01:27 AM.
Aug 28, 2026 5:02 PM
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proseccopapiAug 28, 2026 5:02 PM
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Quote from Eguy5555309 View quoted comment :
Actual Specs:
- Model Name: CODEX R2 B14NVL5-803US
- MSI branded components, upgradable
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 with 8GB DDR7
- 1 slot 16GB DDR5 RAM (Speed ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ), plus an available second slot
- "1000 GB" NVMe SSD Storage, plus four SATA III connectors for expansion
- motherboard model H610M-G, micro-ATX form factor with one PCIe 4.0 x16 (for GPU), one PCIe 3.0 x1 slot (for expansion)
- Intel Core i5 14th Generation, model 14400F from 2024
- Windows 11 home
- 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4, (1x VGA??), 4x USB-A 2.0, 3x USB-A 3.2, 1x USB-C 3.2, headphone and mic jacks (don't use front panel audio)
- Included MSI keyboard (mechanical backlit?! With number pad and volume dial?) and RGB mouse
- 8.38" wide front panel, 16" tall, 19" deep

Fairly comparable to the Steam Machine specs, though the GTX 5060 with DLSS4 is newer and more powerful (same RAM), plus you could fit like 6 Steam Machines (about 6" cube) with room to spare inside the same volume of space. Available Now is definitely a perk.

Wish I could install SteamOS on this; anyone know if Bazzite has drivers for Intel and NVIDIA yet? I'm allergic to Microsoft, puts me into conniptions.
Yeah Bazzite does support intel/nvidia but may need some work. alternatively i've been running cachyos on a old intel/nvidia laptop, and booting into steam big picture mode by default, and it works great.
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Aug 28, 2026 6:32 PM
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BlueRaccoon1085
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Aug 28, 2026 6:32 PM
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Quote from proseccopapi View quoted comment :
Yeah Bazzite does support intel/nvidia but may need some work. alternatively i've been running cachyos on a old intel/nvidia laptop, and booting into steam big picture mode by default, and it works great.
First time hearing of Bazzite and Cachyos. How do we know they don't secretly have keyloggers installed to steal your Steam account? I rarely trust anything these days.
Aug 28, 2026 6:42 PM
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proseccopapiAug 28, 2026 6:42 PM
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Quote from BlueRaccoon1085 View quoted comment :
First time hearing of Bazzite and Cachyos. How do we know they don't secretly have keyloggers installed to steal your Steam account? I rarely trust anything these days.
I'm not a security guy so I can't answer that perfectly, but they're open source projects on github with 100s/1000s of contributors - it's all linux, you can probe and investigate the code yourself if you want. YMMV
Aug 28, 2026 7:10 PM
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porksmugglersAug 28, 2026 7:10 PM
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Quote from BlueRaccoon1085 View quoted comment :
First time hearing of Bazzite and Cachyos. How do we know they don't secretly have keyloggers installed to steal your Steam account? I rarely trust anything these days.
CachyOS is a large Arch development with a solid group of professionals. Bazzite is effectively a team of one, he's really that gifted, but I think there have been some controversies. Regardless, the project has a lot of users, and thus eyes on it. These are not small hand rolled distros. Between the two, I go with CachyOS, when not MX Linux, EndevourOS, or Mint. Depends on the customer use case and tech level.
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Aug 29, 2026 1:43 AM
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Live2HustleAug 29, 2026 1:43 AM
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I saw there was a post with similar brand but with 32G of ram but ryzen chip. Couldn't find it now. Its from msi as well Frown

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