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there's a new Challenger in the trash can shaped PC market oh and this is also

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Corsair's first time ever building a

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complete computer system so have they

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done their homework from the looks of

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things yes yes they have

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first ever complete PC they went

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straight for the Enthusiast and high-end

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gaming segment though given their pedigree that probably shouldn't come as

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much of a surprise but what they have

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done in what may be a little surprising is that in my opinion they've managed to

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do this without being tacky about it

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there's a fine line between boring

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business computer and over-the-top gamer

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and I feel like the way that Corsair made functional elements also look

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appealing is something that eludes most

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PC industrial design teams even corsairs

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breaking with what has become a standard operating procedure at

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46221 Landing Parkway Fremont they opted

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to not include RGB lighting saying that

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it doesn't go with the Quiet ethos of

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the system and as big an RGB fan as I am

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personally I do have to say that their soft blue lighting scheme which can be

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even disabled outright looks very clean

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and very modern and it's not just Skin

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Deep overall I've got to commend Corsair

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for the topnotch build quality of the one the sound of running your

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fingers along the top of the radiator

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looking metal Grill is satisfying and so

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is running your hands down the uh Tastefully perforated aluminum side

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panels under which you will find a shocking amount of cooling given the

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ones diin ative size the single fan at

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the top of the machine draws air through two water cooling radiators in the one

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meaning that the CPU and GPU each get

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their own slim custom 240 mm rad

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ensuring that you'll get the best possible performance out of even

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top-of-the-line components ours is equipped with a core i7

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7700k that really seems to love hitting its full Turbo at 4.5 GHz and a GTX 1080

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that was able to overclock well over 2.1

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GHz more on performance in a moment the

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I/O is pretty typical desktop grade maybe a little light you'll find a

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single USB type A on the front along with an HDMI 2.0 if VR is your kind of

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thing then around back is PS2 for your model m keyboard enough USBS and

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everything that you'd need for a home theater PC use case as well as a hint

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that the video card installation is a little unusual some additions I would

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have liked to see are front panel audio we don't all have USB headsets Corsair

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and Thunderbolt 3 at the back to test

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thermals we loaded up ITA 64 and furmark

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at the same time and the results were very impressive after an entire hour of

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torture testing the GPU reached a mere

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57° C with the CPU peaking at 80 and

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while I realize 80° might sound a little hot you have to remember that was under

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full synthetic load on the entire system

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at max turbo for a freaking hour it actually takes quite a while to get up

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that high and the great thermals became

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even more apparent when compared to our aircooled test bench with an EVGA

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classified 1080 and a decent if unexceptional knct to nd9 l cooler on

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our equivalent core i7 to get thermal readings we ran each Benchmark seven

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times and recorded the maximum GPU and CPU tempts achieved The Benchmark

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results were almost identical across the board between these two systems but what

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wasn't identical were the temperatures at factory speeds the CPU on the one was

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5 to 10° cooler not that the games were

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really stressing it out that much and the GPU was a chilly 20°

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cooler while maintaining those temperatures the one also stayed

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virtually silent at idol Nick eating green beans on the other side of the

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room was louder than the one sitting right beside me and under load the one

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becomes audible but the pitch of the

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fans makes the machine very easy to tune

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out so then it's all great news right go

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buy a one by two well no ignoring the

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overplayed one name in spite of

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Corsair's long Enthusiast history the one is not officially user upgradeable

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and when talking to Corsair about

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disassembly they basically said like they discouraged end users from doing it

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to avoid voiding their warranty and damaging it and as for us well in short

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guys we put a lot of love into the Corsair one please don't break it

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so of course we took it apart to find out just how complicated it was and of

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course we did break it but just a little

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bit the one is actually very easy to open removing just two screws on either

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side of the top allows you to access the graphics card or the motherboard and CPU

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and reveals a few fun and noteworthy things the video card uses extension

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cables to reach the front and and back

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and features an extra fan to take care of vrm cooling while the radiator is

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responsible for only the GPU core the

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mere 400 watt power supply uses thinner

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gauge custom cables in order to minimize cable clutter and while Corsair did

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include an m.2 slot on the miniitx MSI

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branded motherboard it's actually on the back of the board and they don't offer

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them from the factory so you'll pretty much be stuck with SATA 3 an odd move

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though at least that and RAM are

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relatively easy to get at so bottom line

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then although literally everything in the system is possible to upgrade so A+

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Corsair for using standard components I

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can only recommend removing their cooling solution if you don't care about

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your warranty and you know what you were are doing there are a lot of subtle but

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important bits of engineering that they put into this to make the product work

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as well as it does I mean thankfully for us the lead product designer was able to

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figure out the dumb stuff we had done and get us back up and running in a few

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minutes but since we can't tell our whole audience to call Jimmy from

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Corsair at8 424

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4622 our recommendation for most folks who would buy a pre-built is to air on

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the safe side and let them or an authorized service Center take care of

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it for you but should you buy one how

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much does it cost well ignoring of

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course that this is a very high-end build and therefore doesn't come with a

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Bargain Basement price tag they've actually done a pretty good job of

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keeping the price reasonable building an identically specked system on new EG

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came in about $200 less than the one but

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that machine used a lesser case it obviously doesn't include assembly

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service and any warranty issues will need to be addressed with individual

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component manufacturers leading me then to say this thing is pretty darn sweet

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if you're willing to make the usual expandability compromises that come with

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compact gaming Rigs and you want something that is screaming fast with

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I'd say pretty reasonable wife appeal the Corsair one is an

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