Since our review of the Maingear MG-1 Silver a few months ago, we’ve been searching the web for systems that are just as good on price and performance. Lucky for us, MSI was one of the first companies we called, and their new Aegis ZS systems had just come out. From the Ryzen 3000 series all the way up to the brand-new 7NUC-607US, which we have in for review, the Aegis ZS covers a lot of generations. This system starts with MSI’s own frame design, which is like the Gungir but made just for the Aegis ZS. The power source in our model is also 650W and has a Gold rating. The MSI B650 Pro-VC Wi-Fi is the PC‘s base, so let’s start with the hardware. That’s an AM5 system with the B650 chipset.
The Ryzen 7 7700 is inside, which is an eight-core, sixteen-thread CPU that can go up to 5.3GHz. DDR5 memory is required for AM5, so MSI put 16GB at 4800MHz in our review sample. Up to 192GB at 7200MHz is possible. There are four PCIe x16 spots on the motherboard expansion. The top slot gets its lanes from the CPU, while the other three get theirs from the chipset. There are two m.2 slots for NVMe storage, and both of them are powered by the CPU. Legacy storage has six SATA ports. A lot of USB 3.2 ports let you connect, including four Gen 1 ports, three Gen 2 ports, and one Gen 2×2 port. We see that Realtek makes a 2.5Gbe LAN and a Wi-Fi 6e card. The ALC897 chipset from Realtek also has audio on the back panel.
Specifications
- Specific Uses For Product: Multimedia, Photo Editing, Gaming
- Operating System: Windows 11 Home Advanced
- Ram Memory Installed Size: 16 GB
- Model Name: Aegis ZS 7NUC-607US
- CPU Model : AMD Ryzen 7
- CPU Manufacturer: AMD
Where to Get MSI Aegis ZS?
Microsoft’s Centre is the software platform that the Aegis ZS utilises, and it comes equipped with hardware tracking by default. When we looked at bargains for this year, the MSI Aegis ZS was one of the better options we found. Because it featured both the Ryzen 7 7700 and the RTX 4060, we believed that it would be of a satisfactory quality. There is a side panel with windows and a spacious cabin on the chassis, which is a conventional design that has been around for 10 years. The chassis is extremely sturdy. There is a sufficient amount of RGB, and the fans that are included with the system do an excellent job of decorating the chassis with light. The 650W power source that is included with the system is sufficient for the functionality of the hardware that is included with it.
The only thing about this system that we do not like is that the virtual memory module (VRM) on the hardware does not have any cooling available. Although we do not believe that it would be a problem with the Ryzen 7 7700 itself, we do believe that if a customer upgraded to an X series CPU, heat might quickly build up, which would cause it to reduce its performance.
The new SKU of the Aegis ZS performed quite admirably in terms of performance, consistently outperforming both the MG-1 and the Aurora R16 in workloads that required a significant amount of CPU time. A comparison that was more straightforward was the MG-1, which featured a 13400F and an RTX 4060. The Aegis ZS, on the other hand, did not perform as well as the MG-1 Silver when it was tested with CyberPunk 2077. It lost 25 frames per second at 1080p and 20 frames per second at 1440p. In light of the fact that this device was designed to function as a gaming machine, this was a little surprising.