Experience gaming like never before with the MSI Codex R2 A14NUC5-232, powered by the latest Intel Core i5 processors. Harnessing a hybrid processing architecture, this powerhouse delivers seamless performance that elevates your gaming adventure, ensuring every session is smooth and immersive.
Run your favorite games and applications on the cutting-edge Windows 11 Home platform, designed for effortless everyday use. For those in the business realm, MSI highly recommends upgrading to Windows 11 Pro to meet your professional needs.
Dive deep into stunning visuals with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 GPU, designed using Ada architecture to bring the magic of ray tracing to life—accurately simulating light behavior for hyper-realistic graphics that will captivate your senses. Immerse yourself in every detail, shadow, and reflection as you explore expansive gaming worlds.
Stay cool during intensive gaming marathons with the Codex R2’s exceptional cooling system, which includes four system fans—three strategically placed at the front and one at the rear—working tirelessly to draw in cool air and expel heat. Paired with an RGB CPU air cooler, you can game confidently, knowing your rig maintains optimal temperatures.
Enhance your gaming atmosphere with brilliant RGB lighting that adds flair and excitement. With the press of the MSI LED button, easily cycle through various lighting options to match your mood or style. For deeper customization, dive into the MSI Center software and set the perfect ambiance for your gaming setup.
The Codex R2 boasts a max screen resolution of 3840 x 2160, ensuring that every graphic detail is sharp and vibrant. Equipped with 16 GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1 TB SSD, it offers rapid loading times and ample storage for all your games and content. Connectivity options abound with four USB 2.0 and four USB 3.0 ports, along with advanced wireless support through Bluetooth and 802.11ax.
Dressed in a sleek black chassis with dimensions of 16 x 8.38 x 19 inches and an item weight of just 21.3 pounds, the Codex R2 is perfect for both gaming and working environments. Elevate your gaming experience to new heights with the MSI Codex R2 A14NUC5-232, where outstanding performance meets striking design.
| Screen Resolution | 3840 x 2160 |
|---|---|
| Max Screen Resolution | 3840×2160 |
| Processor | 1.8 GHz core_i5 |
| RAM | 16 GB DDR5 |
| Hard Drive | 1 TB SSD |
| Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 |
| Chipset Brand | NVIDIA |
| Card Description | RTX 4060 |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 8 GB |
| Wireless Type | Bluetooth, 802.11ax |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 4 |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 4 |
| Brand | MSI |
| Series | Codex R2 A14NUC5-232US |
| Item model number | CodR2A14NUC5232 |
| Hardware Platform | PC |
| Operating System | Windows 11 Home |
| Item Weight | 21.3 pounds |
| Product Dimensions | 16 x 8.38 x 19 inches |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 16 x 8.38 x 19 inches |
| Color | Black |
| Processor Brand | Intel |
| Number of Processors | 1 |
| Computer Memory Type | DDR5 RAM |
| Flash Memory Size | 1 TB |
| Hard Drive Interface | Solid State |
| Date First Available | May 1, 2024 |
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Collin LeBlanc –
I really am enjoying this new system. It was very carefully packaged into a large box, so much so that it took 5-10 minutes just unboxing it, and I don’t see a high chance that anyone would receive a broken computer based on the quality of the packaging. I only got it yesterday, so hopefully I will be able to add to this review in the future, but as of now, I have played Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War, and Minecraft Java (1.8.9 and 1.20.1). I got improved FPS from my previous system that had 16 GB DDR4 RAM, an AMD R9 4900HS, and an RTX 2060 Max-Q. On 1.8.9 Minecraft (with Optifine and other mods running) I was getting between 1800-2600 FPS with high-quality graphics enabled, on 1.20.1 I was able to get 200-300 FPS easily (I capped it for my monitor) with 16 chucks enabled. On Cold War with high graphics and ray tracing disabled, I was getting between 144 FPS (v-sync enabled, it can probably do more), and with Ray-Tracing enabled, I was getting easily 60 fps or more. On Fortnite, with Epic settings I get between 130-160 FPS average). Basically, I am satisfied with the purchase at the price point, and I’m enjoying my experience. In conjunction with this, I’m extremely impressed that the GPU never seems to surpass 60 degrees C, even under a high load (the highest I’ve seen yet was 55 degrees C). What’s even more surprising is the fact that the fans barely make any noise at all. My own estimation (which might not be accurate since I’m merely testing it by ear) is that it’s probably running the fans at less than 35 DB which is a huge improvement from my last system. Do keep in mind that this system is huge, though, which I personally like. But if you have a small space, expect to need a bigger desk to keep it on. Oh, and another thing! PLEASE INSTALL GEFORCE EXPERIENCE AND INSTALL GAME-READY DRIVERS!!! It will boost your FPS by tons and takes like 5 minutes to install. I was getting really bad FPS, then I installed Game Ready Drivers and it instantly fixed my problems. This tells me that the graphics drivers are probably very badly out of date, but this is EASILY fixed.
Packaging/Shipping: 10/10
Gaming: 10/10
Noise/Thermals: 10/10
Graphics Drivers: 3/10 before installing Game Ready Drivers, and 10/10 after installing them.
Size: Freaking Huge (around 16 1/2 in. L x 8 in. W x 19 1/2 in. H) (16 1/2 x 8 x 19 1/2) (LxWxH)
Brock Weller –
Overall the system is decent. Replaced my 10 year old gaming PC (Haswell era i7, and a mid-life upgrade to a GTX1060 GPU). It’s decently put together, and they made sure to not choke the ram to a single channel by using 2 sticks of 16 gig to make the 32 gig total. As someone who’s about 20 years past wanting to spend the time fiddling around with parts to build my own system I’m quite happy with the value proposition here, it’s a reasonable price for someone else to handle the headache of assembly and part selection.
The one thing that I would say that wasn’t so great, proper XMP profiles for the ram were not set in the bios so the ram was running substantially slower then what it is rated for. Selecting the proper speeds and timing was easy enough but you do have to know to go in and do it.
Edit to add: to the person saying the SSD is attached to the motherboard, it’s an NVME stick. There’s a little screaming that holds it down. Once you undo it you can swap it out with another NVME stick. 2.5 inch drives do t plug into that port, they use SATA. There’s two empty drive bays in the bottom of the case you can install a 2.5 inch drive in and plug in the SATA and power cables
Justin –
This PC is awesome! Runs Fortnite at 150+ FPS, super fast and quiet, and no issues at all. The i5-14400F + RTX 4060 combo is great, and the 1TB SSD makes everything load quick. Definitely worth it!
Luis Fernando Loya Palacios –
Todo llegó en perfectas condiciones y estoy más que fascinado con la compra
Joe –
First the specs, since I couldn’t find any specifics anywhere (even on the MSI site). This is what mine specifically came with. Your mileage may vary, depending on how you configure it. Also it seems like this page just gets updated as they upgrade this model, so as of JAN 2024, mine came configured as follows:
Motherboard: MSI PRO B760-VC WIFI
Proc: i7-13700F 2.1 GHz
Memory: Kingston Fury DDR5-5600 (16GB (2×8), Part Number KF556C40BB-8, Timing 40-40-40 @ 1.25V)
NVME: MSI M450 SPATIUM (2TB, PCIe Gen 4, 3600 MB/s)
Display Adapter: MSI Ventus RTX 4060 TI (8GB, OC)
Power Supply: 650W (80 PLUS Gold, don’t remember mfg)
Windows 11 Pro
It should be noted that I immediately removed the Kingston and installed Corsair Vengeance (64GB CMH64GX5M2B6400C32). The following information may be affected by that.
I didn’t do extensive benchmarks, just quick 3DMark runs:
VRS T1: 880 Off / 1310 On
Mesh Shader: 243 Off / 454 On
Time Spy: Score 13611 (Test 1 – 88FPS, Test 2 – 76 FPS, Physics – 48 FPS)
Solar Bay: Score 61614 (Test 1 238 FBS, Test 2 – 238 FPS, Test 3 – 224 FPS) (This is a DX11 test, though.)
Monitors are currently a Dell 32″ Curved primary and two Sceptre 27″ sidecars (don’t judge me).
Pros (in plain English)
– Super quiet
– For my use case (non-competitive gameplay and software development) performance is excellent
– MSI BIOS is easy to use if you need to muck around in there (automatically detected and set the correct XMP profile for the new memory, though. Could have just been the default. I don’t remember.)
– No bloatware (Just MSI Center and GEForce preinstalled)
– Included mouse and keyboard are functional, but I’m not using them
– There is a second NVMe slot on the board, but it disables the SATA6 port. (How much storage do you ACTUALLY need? You’re an insane person. There’s only three drive slots in the thing.)
– Comes with video card support installed. It’s a rail that attaches to the case with three screws, so it is secure for a card this size.
Cons
– No 3.5 drive bays
– Network driver isn’t included by default in Windows 11 installation, so if you reinstall Windows, be sure to have the network driver available
– After a reinstall, the system will automatically download the MSI Center and GEForce once you’re connected to the internet. Can probably uninstall it, I don’t know if it would pull it down again. MSI Center is one of those modular “swiss army applications” that tries to do a little bit of everything, but is ultimately redundant and not great at any of the things it does. It also conflicts with iCUE, so you’ll need to work around that if you run into lighting issues with your Corsair stuff (if you have any).
The Meh
– LED fans if you’re into that sort of thing.
– Mouse and keyboard are “present”. Keyboard is advertised as “mechanical-like” which means nothing. It’s either mechanical or it isn’t. And it isn’t, but it works “fine”.
– No heatsink on NVMe, which is good or bad, depending on your school of thought. I haven’t had any issues so far.
– Excess cables are just kinda stuffed into the power supply basement. If you’re adding anything (I threw in my old SSD to use as extra storage and because I had to pull some data off of it), you’ll have to rip out that entire bundle of cables and hope you don’t accidentally yank too hard on something that’s already attached to something else. But there’s really nowhere else for these to go unless you want them dangling in your case. (Hint: you don’t.)
– Cooling is adequate. Sitting idle, the CPU is holding at 30C and the GPU at 50C. You don’t need liquid or an AIO for this.
Pro Tip
It ships with that expanding foam pack to support the video card. This can be tricky to remove. I suggest that you remove the video card support rail (the foam bag kinda swells around that and gets hung) and try to gently crush the foam toward the bottom of the case and AWAY from the motherboard. Don’t push toward the board and don’t push directly down without pulling away. Take it slow or you can break something.
Solid little machine. It’s not a beast. Don’t fall for the “never buy MSI” or “never buy pre-built” mindset. If you have the time, patience, experience and money to build your own, go for it. But for the price, this machine is fine and you get a warranty so you aren’t calling six different companies to RMA something if it breaks.