GAMING STARTS HERE
Everyone has to start somewhere, whether you are climbing ELO or getting your first win. MSI wants you to have the perfect desktop to start your gaming journey. The sleek and compact Codex ZS will provide the tools you need with extraordinary gaming performance to ascend further in your gaming career.
* Components subject to change based on SKU and availability.
QUALITY MATERIAL FOR QUALITY GAMER
At the foundation of the system is a durable high-performance MSI material made for gaming. Decades of high-performance engineering resulted in a design capable of sustaining intense loads for extended periods of time. MSI always ensures a super reliable, long-lasting and superior performance desktop for all gamers.
* Components may vary by SKU.
COOL WHILE GAMING
The Codex ZS will remain cool while handling the most intensive games; featuring three 120mm system fans to ensure constant airflow and a magnetic dust filter with ultra-fine ventilation perforations to prevent overheating.
* CPU cooling component design subject to change based on SKU and availability.
PERSONALIZE YOUR GAMING RIG
With the built-in RGB lighting, animate and take your gaming experience to the next level. Cycle through stunning RGB lighting presets by simply pressing the LED button and give personality to your battle station.
PRO-LEVEL GAMING PERIPHERALS
Supplement your gaming experience with the included MSI gaming mouse and keyboard. The perfect storm of MSI gaming peripherals and Codex ZS delivers users a pro-level gaming environment.
* Keyboard and Mouse models subject to change based on SKU and availability.
Pros: - Works with no issues so far - GPU was 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G OC according to TechPowerUp GPU-Z - Super quiet and doesnt run too hot, but its winter right now so who knows in the future. - Runs valorant at 1440p at 300+fps. Can run cyberpunk 2077 1440p on med around 60fps and high around 45fps and ultra with ray tracing at 35fps, which is decent enough for this build - Comes with okay mouse/keyboard that has RGB - Everything inside seemed secure didnt look too closely, but tried moving some parts around to see if they were loose - Has led lightning that you can change for mouse keyboard and case if youre into that stuff - Case looks nice with LED lights - Cable management 10/10
Cons: - Wish it came with a gold standard PSU instead of bronze, should be a cheap upgrade, but it is what it is most prebuilts dont come with gold anyways. - Had issues running valorant at first because of window 11 and needed secure boot. Had to go into the bios but couldnt activate secure boot because it wasnt in user mode. Had to play around in the bios for it to get the keys that allowed it for secure boot. - XMP profile for the RAM wasnt automatically enabled so it ran at slower than the advertised 3000 at first. - Not an issue with the PC, but somewhat related. MSI Center software for the mouse doesnt allow you set DPI to whatever you want. Rounds to the nearest even hundreds. Tried to set DPI to 900 but it would round to 1000 every time. Kinda annoying but not the biggest issue.
Overall Review: Overall great PC for the price especially since its so hard to get a GPU nowadays. Some minor issues, that could be easily fixed. Would buy again/recommend you checking it out if you want a PC that can run 1440p games.