Woot is running an MSI Codex R2 deal that drops the prebuilt gaming desktop to $1,399.99, a $900 cut from its list price. The configuration pairs Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5070 with Intel’s Core i5-14400F, 32GB of DDR5 memory and a 1TB NVMe SSD, which puts the discount in the part of the market where buyers usually start finding annoying corners cut.
The listing says the system also includes Wi-Fi 6E and Windows 11. Woot describes the offer as limited-time, and Tom’s Hardware reported that less than a day remained on the deal when it covered the listing.
Is the MSI Codex R2 deal worth it?
On paper, this is a strong configuration for the price, mainly because the graphics card is the expensive bit that matters most for gaming. Tom’s Hardware said the RTX 5070 is a current-generation Nvidia Blackwell GPU and placed it on its best GPU list as the best all-round Nvidia option for gamers in this generation.
The RTX 5070 in this system has 12GB of GDDR7 memory, 6,144 CUDA cores and a 192-bit memory bus, according to Tom’s Hardware. The review site’s benchmark coverage described it as modestly faster than the RTX 4070 and below the RTX 5070 Ti, which is exactly where the product stack says it should land. Marketing names aside, that means buyers should expect a midrange current-generation card rather than a disguised flagship.
Tom’s Hardware said the GPU can deliver high frame rates at 1080p with high to ultra settings. It also said 1440p gaming is realistic, although the most demanding games may require reduced settings. Nvidia’s DLSS 4 support is part of the pitch here: it can use upscaling and multi-frame generation to raise apparent smoothness in supported games, though that depends on game support and user tolerance for generated frames.
What hardware is in the discounted Codex R2?
The CPU is Intel’s Core i5-14400F, a 10-core chip with six performance cores and four efficiency cores. Tom’s Hardware said the chip can boost up to 4.7GHz and remains common in prebuilt gaming desktops. The six performance cores are the more relevant part for most games, while the efficiency cores help with threaded background work.
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 with 12GB GDDR7
- Intel Core i5-14400F with 10 cores
- 32GB DDR5 memory
- 1TB NVMe SSD
- Wi-Fi 6E
- Windows 11
The memory and storage are the cleaner parts of the spec sheet. Tom’s Hardware noted that systems near this price can arrive with compromises, but this one includes 32GB of DDR5 rather than a smaller or older DDR4 setup. The 1TB NVMe SSD should hold Windows and a reasonable set of modern games, though large installs can still burn through space quickly. For the storage tradeoffs behind that spec, Kernel’s SSD vs HDD guide explains why NVMe storage is the faster choice for a gaming PC.
The deal is still a retailer listing, so the usual caveats apply: availability can change, and “limited-time” prices have a habit of vanishing before a shopping tab gets reopened. Based on the reported Woot price and the stated hardware, the notable part is not one exotic component. It is that the GPU, memory and SSD all land above the minimum spec that many prebuilts use to make a sale price look cleaner than the machine actually is.
This story draws on original reporting from Tom's Hardware.
