MSI Pre-Built Bends SSDs & Boils CPUs at 100°C ($1700 Aegis R Review)

The MSI Aegis R pre-built PC is one of the worst systems we've ever looked at. It's impressive how MSI combined software and hardware incompetence to create this abomination.
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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - MSI Aegis R Review
02:44 - Tearing Down Something Almost OK
05:35 - Component Selection in the Aegis R
10:38 - Poor Little NVME SSD
12:32 - Catastrophic Thermals
15:31 - Gaming Performance: Cyberpunk 2077
16:54 - Red Dead Redemption 2 Benchmarks
17:08 - Rainbow Six Siege (1080p & 1440p)
18:13 - Power (Blender & Gaming)
19:21 - Setup & Instructions
21:10 - XP-Era Bloatware
25:28 - Conclusion

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