Unboxing MSI’s 1000W RTX 5090 Lightning Z!

MSI officially unveiled the RTX 5090 Lightning Z at CES 2026, an absolutely insane graphics card. Not only is it liquid cooled with a 360mm AIO and an Extreme BIOS that's rated for up to 1000W, but there's only 1300 units manufactured worldwide, with just 30 of those expected to land in the UK. We have our hands on one for a full review, but before that, we thought we'd go through the extensive unboxing experience…

We have limited time with our particular sample so rather than dedicating a day to filming a traditional unboxing video, we did something a bit shorter for our TikTok page, embedded below:

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UNBOXING the @msi RTX 5090 Lightning Z! #msi #rtx5090 #lightningz #5090lightning #geforce #gpu

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For those who just want to see the card and the vast quantities of included accessories, we have a gallery of images here, too:

Safe to say, the MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z is a bonker graphics card. Not only does it ship with a whole host of value-add extras, like a dedicated BIOS switch keychain, three magnets, voltage check cables and more, but it even includes a dedicated vertical mounting kit so you can show off the card to the best of its ability – even if your case doesn't natively support vertical mounting.

We're testing the RTX 5090 Lightning Z right now, but our full review won't be going live until February 12th, so stay tuned for that. In the meantime, if you've got any questions, why not join our Discord server – it's not to late to give your views as to what should be included in our review!

KitGuru says: Enjoy the unboxing and stay tuned for the full review coming soon…

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