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there's a new challenger in the trashcan shaped PC market oh and this is also Corsairs first time ever building a complete computer system so have they done their homework from the looks of things yes yes they have Brow's privately and securely with tunnel they're the simple VPN app try tunnel bear for free at the link in the video description despite this being Corsairs first ever complete pc they went straight for the enthusiast and high-end gaming segment though given their pedigree that probably shouldn't come as much of a surprise but what they have done in what may be a little surprising is that in my opinion they've managed to do this without being tacky about it there's a fine line between boring business computer and over-the-top gamer and I feel like the way that Corsair made functional elements also look appealing is something that alludes most PC industrial design teams even Corsairs breaking with what has become a standard operating procedure at forty six to twenty one landing parkway Fremont they opted to not include RGB lighting saying that it doesn't go with the quiet ethos of the system and as big an RGB fan as I am personally I do have to say that they're soft blue lighting scheme which can be even disabled outright looks very clean and very modern and it's not just skin deep overall I've got a commend Corsair for the top-notch build quality of the one the sound of running your fingers along the top of the radiator looking metal grille is satisfying and so is running your hands down the tastefully perforated aluminum side panels under which you will find a shocking amount of cooling given the one's diminutive size the single fan at the top of the machine draws air through to water cooling radiators in the one meaning that the CPU and GPU each get their own slim custom 240 millimeter rad ensuring that you'll get the best possible performance out of even top-of-the-line components ours is equipped with a core i7 7700 K that really seems to love hitting its full turbo at 4.5 gigahertz and a GTX 1080 that was able to overclock well over 2.1 gigahertz more on performance in a moment the i/o is pretty typical desktop grade maybe a little light you'll find a single USB type-a on the front along with an HDMI 2.0 if VR is your kind of thing then around back is ps2 for your model M keyboard enough USBs and everything that you'd need for a home theater PC use case as well as a hint that the video card installation is a little unusual some additions I would have liked to see our front panel audio we don't all have USB headsets Corsair and Thunderbolt 3 at the back to test thermals we loaded up I 264 and fir mark at the same time and the results were very impressive after an entire hour of torture testing the GPU reached a mere 57 degrees Celsius with the CPU peaking at 80 and while I realized 80 degrees might sound a little hot you have to remember that was under full synthetic load on the entire system at max turbo for a freaking hour it actually takes quite a while to get up that high and the great thermals became even more apparent when compared to our air-cooled test bench with an EVGA classified 1080 and a decent if unexceptional knocked to NHD 9 l cooler on our equivalent core i7 to get thermal readings we ran each benchmark seven times and recorded the maximum GPU and CPU temps achieved the benchmark results were almost identical across the board between these two systems but what wasn't identical were the temperatures at factory speeds the CPU on the one was 5 to 10 degrees cooler not that the games were really stressing it out that much and the GPU was a chill 20 degrees cooler while maintaining those temperatures the one also stayed virtually silent at idle Nick eating green beans on the other side of the room was louder than the one sitting right beside me and under load the one becomes audible but the pitch of the fans makes the Machine very easy to tune out so that it's all great news right go buy a 1x2 well no ignoring the overplayed one name in spite of Corsairs long enthusiast history the one is not officially user upgradeable and when talking to corsair about disassembly they basically said like they discouraged end-users from doing it to avoid voiding their warranty and damaging it and as for us well in short guys we put a lot of love into the course everyone please don't break it so of course we took it apart to find out just how complicated it was and of course we did break it but just a little bit the one is actually very easy to open removing just two screws on either side of the top allows you to access the graphics card or the motherboard and CPU and reveals a few fun and noteworthy things the video card uses extension cables to reach the front and back and features an extra fan to take care of vrm cooling while the radiator is responsible for only the GPU core but mere 400 watt power supply uses thinner gauge custom cables in order to minimize cable clutter and while Corsair did include an MDOT to slot on the mini ITX MSI branded motherboard it's actually on the back of the board and they don't offer them from the factory so you'll pretty much be stuck with SATA 3 and odd move though at least that end Ram are relatively easy to get at so line men although literally everything in the system is possible to upgrade so a plus Corsair for using standard components I can only recommend removing their cooling solution if you don't care about your warranty and you know what you are doing there are a lot of subtle but important bits of engineering that they put into this to make the product work as well as it does I mean thankfully for us the lead product designer was able to figure out the dumb stuff we had done and get us back up and running in a few minutes but since we can't tell our whole audience to call Jimmy from Corsair at one triple eight four two four four six two two our recommendation for most folks who would buy a prebuilt is to err on the safe side and let them or an authorized service center take care of it for you but should you buy one how much does it cost well ignoring of course that this is a very high-end build and therefore doesn't come with a bargain-basement price tag they've actually done a pretty good job of keeping the price reasonable building an identically Specht system on Newegg came in about two hundred dollars less than the one but that machine used a lesser case it obviously doesn't include assembly service and any warranty issues will need to be addressed with individual component manufacturers leading me then to say this thing is pretty darn sweet if you're willing to make the usual expandability compromises that come with compact gaming rigs and you want something that is screaming fast with I'd say pretty reasonable wife appeal the Corsair one is an outstanding option and you know what else is a great option FreshBooks if you're a small business owner or a freelancer and you want a cloud 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