Corsair Just Launched Its First Prebuilt Gaming PC and It Is Entirely Liquid-Cooled


“Fast. Quiet. Compact.”

So reads the new marketing campaign for the Corsair One, the first complete gaming computer released by the company best-known for its PC parts and components. Initially announced back in February of 2017, this week saw the svelte machines actually start shipping, and the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. It is a beautifully built machine for having such a small footprint, and even in its most basic form can handle most any gaming power you throw at it. While it looks like any other PC tower from the front (albeit, a more aesthetically pleasing one than you’re probably used to), one reviewer commented that from the side, it looked as if “someone ate two-thirds of it.” At just 15 inches high, 7 inches wide, and 8 inches deep, it would be easy to incorporate its slim frame into just about any cramped space. Plus with four models available, the Corsair One, Corsair One Pro (webstore exclusive), and Corsair One Ti (also a webstore exclusive), you can find the “One” that best suits you.

In addition to its sleek aesthetics (the word most often used to describe the models being “understated” – it really is a thing of beauty), the Corsair One is incredibly quiet. According to the company, a professional lab actually measured the One’s acoustics at idle, and it output at just 20dB, or roughly the equivalent of someone whispering about three feet away. Measuring the rig while the CPU and GPU are in full swing is a whole other animal, but Corsair assures that the noise would still be virtually unnoticeable under standard gaming conditions. Helping to achieve this is a custom design that calls for the liquid cooling of both the CPU and the GPU; a huge step up from the majority of small-form-factor gaming PCs currently available, which liquid cool the CPU but leave the GPU to air cool. According to Corsair, this makes the PC “virtually inaudible in any environment.”

All four models are housed within a sleek black aluminum chassis, and come 4K and VR ready. The base Corsair One comes with an Intel Core i7-7700 CPU and GTX 1070, while all other models are powered by an unlocked Core i7-7700K and NVIDIA GTX 1080 (with the Cosrair One Ti boasting the GTX 1080 Ti). Storage ranges from 240GB SSD and a 1TB HDD in the base model up to a 960GB SSD in the Ti, and each model comes pre-loaded with Windows 10 Home. The use of dongles to route the GPU’s outputs to the back of the system are particularly clever, while included ports are, for the most part, what you would expect from a VR-ready machine. Of particular note for VR gamers is the front-mounted HDMI 2.0 port, which is housed opposite of the rest of the ports on the back of the rig.

As you probably guessed, even the base model will cost you a decent chunk of change. The Corsair One starts at $1,799.99, going all the way up to $2,599.99 for the Corsair One Ti and, well, to infinity and beyond from there – as any good gamer knows, you can never have too many mods and add-ons. Not that you’ll need any – they’re practically perfect just as they are.

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