Ahead of Amazon Prime Day, Amazon is offering limited time discounts on Cooler Master NR2 ITX gaming PCs, now equipped with your choice of two powerful GPUs: the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 or AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT. The NR2 Pro is housed in the popular and highly rated Cooler Master NR200P Max mini ITX case. Despite its compact 18L size, this prebuilt machine is equipped with a well-ventilated airflow design and 280mm all-in-one liquid cooling that can run powerful hardware without throttling. Unsurprisingly there's a price premium for this sort of boutique setup, but these current deals are actually pretty price competitive. They ship out quickly with short lead times.
Cooler Master Mini ITX Gaming PCs on Sale
The Radeon RX 9070 XT Received a 10/10 at IGN
We rated the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT a "perfect" 10/10. Even though it costs $150 less than the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, the 9070 XT beats it out in several of the games we tested. In a few benchmarks, the results aren't even close. The 9070 XT also has 16GB of VRAM, the same as the 9070 and 5070 Ti.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Review by Jacqueline Thomas
"PC Gaming has been in a decadent spiral since 2020, and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is a reminder that it doesn’t have to be that way. This graphics card has no problem maxing out any game you throw at it at 4K, even with ray tracing enabled, and does so at a price that makes the competition look downright greedy. I can’t predict the future, so only time will tell if the launch price holds up. What I do know is we need more graphics cards like the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT."
The GeForce RTX 5080 GPU will run any game in 4K
The RTX 5080 is the second best Blackwell graphics card, surpassed only by the $2,000 RTX 5090. It's about 5%-10% faster than the previous generation RTX 4080 Super, which is discontinued and no longer available. In games that support the new DLSS 4 with multi-frame generation exclusive to Blackwell cards, the gap widens.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 FE Review, by Jacqueline Thomas
"If you already have a high-end graphics card from the last couple of years, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 doesn’t make a lot of sense – it just doesn’t have much of a performance lead over the RTX 4080, though the extra frames from DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Generation do make things look better in games that support it. However, for gamers with an older graphics card who want a significant performance boost, the RTX 5080 absolutely provides – doubly so if you’re comfortable with Nvidia’s AI goodies."
The NR2 Pro is built off the NR200P Max chassis
The NR200P Max chassis is an upgraded version of the popular NR200/P, which we've currently chosen as the best ITX computer case of 2025. The NR200P MAX adds on a 280mm all-in-one liquid cooling system with custom length water cooling tubes and two pre-installed 140mm fans. You also get a preinstalled 850W 80PLUS Gold SFX power supply, again with custom length cables. The side panel has ventilation holes so that the vertical-mounted GPU has plenty of air to breathe. A tempered glass panel is also included, but I wouldn't recommend using it when you're playing games.
I actually built my own computer rig closely mirroring this setup (with the same case) and ran it successfully for a number of years. My gaming PC produced even more heat (i7/4090 combo) and ran without any hiccups. I also use a 4K monitor so I tax my system pretty heavily. I've built many ITX computers in the past and if I were to build another ITX PC that required some serious cooling, I wouldn't hesitate to pick up another one.
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