Newegg's in-house ABS brand is selling the Stratos II Aqua gaming desktop at $2,549.99, a $450 reduction from its prior price, according to a Tom's Hardware deals report. The machine pairs an Intel Core i9-14900KF processor with Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card, and the publication describes it as a 4K-capable system. Newegg owns ABS, so the rig is a first-party house brand rather than a third-party label.
The graphics card is one of Nvidia's Blackwell-generation GPUs with 8,960 CUDA cores and 16GB of GDDR7 VRAM. Tom's Hardware states that the RTX 5070 Ti has enough performance for gaming at 1440p and 4K, particularly when graphics settings are adjusted for the most demanding titles. The card also carries full Nvidia DLSS support, including multi-frame generation, which produces an AI-generated frame rate boost in intensive games, especially at 4K.
The CPU is a 24-core Intel Core i9-14900KF. Eight of those cores are performance cores intended for gaming, while the remaining 16 are efficiency cores suited to multi-threaded work. The chip can clock up to 6 GHz. Tom's Hardware notes that the i9-14900K, the same processor with an integrated GPU that the 14900KF lacks, remains among the best-performing processors on sale for gamers who are not choosing an AMD X3D build.
Memory and storage round out the configuration. The system ships with 32GB of G.Skill Ripjaws M5 Neo DDR5-6000 memory in a 2 x 16GB setup, which the publication frames as leaving DDR4 speeds behind. Storage comes from a 2TB Team Group NV5000 SSD running at Gen 4 speeds, which the report says provides room for a sizable game collection.
Tom's Hardware characterizes the specifications as strong for the price given current market conditions, and says the discount makes the Stratos II Aqua a reasonable option for buyers seeking a 4K gaming PC on a budget. The report also points to Newegg's Black Friday price guarantee, under which purchasers can claim back the difference if the desktop's price falls further over Black Friday. The article was written by Ben Stockton, a deals writer at Tom's Hardware who has covered technology since 2018.
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