Gamers Nexus | Get It Together, Corsair | $4,700 Pre-Built Gaming PC Review (Corsair ONE i500) @GamersNexus | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
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The Corsair ONE i500 pre-built gaming PC, for which we paid $5,000 after tax, is woefully insufficient in its cooling design, power configuraiton, and even assembly quality. Corsair's choices make no sense to us. The company custom-designed the chassis for this build, and yet somehow didn't bother adding a couple millimeters to accommodate a larger radiator or adding built-in metal cable tie points (instead deferring to adhesive that peels off from the heat exposure). The Corsair ONE i500 is not worth it. There are better pre-builts you could buy in similar form factors for less of a rip-off.
We buy these pre-builts for our reviews to ensure we get the true customer experience. To support this work, please consider buying something from our store or supporting us on Patreon.
The best way to support our work is through our store: store.gamersnexus.net
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Watch our CPU fab tour documentary! youtube.com/watch?v=IUIh0fOUcrQ
RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links]
If, for some reason, you still want this computer that we think you shouldn't buy, you can get the Corsair ONE i500 on Newegg: howl.me/cnbvUAtMp3r
If you want to DIY, consider these:
Lian Li A3-mATX Wood on Newegg: howl.me/cnbvSPm5aSh
AMD R7 7800X3D CPU on Newegg: howl.me/cnbvTlbnTyz
AMD R7 7800X3D CPU on Amazon: geni.us/8YGIb
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Corsair ONE i500 Pre-Built Review
02:41 - Price & Specs Comparison vs DIY
06:37 - GPU Thermals
08:18 - Liquid Temperature
08:37 - All System Thermals
09:47 - Bad Fan Configuration
10:50 - Tear-Down
13:25 - There's Your Problem
17:04 - Cable Management
21:00 - GPU Frequency
21:18 - CPU Power Behavior
21:48 - Frequency Comparison
22:40 - Airflow Animation
24:54 - BIOS Inspection
26:35 - Packaging
27:48 - Software
28:53 - Acoustics Testing
30:45 - Conclusion
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Jeremy Clayton: Testing, Writing
Vitalii Makhnovets: Camera, Editing
Andrew Coleman: 3D Animation
Sponsor: Antec C8 with fans on Newegg howl.me/cmXtq5tnNJ7 - and without fans on Newegg howl.me/cmXtsXoSlzL
The Corsair ONE i500 pre-built gaming PC, for which we paid $5,000 after tax, is woefully insufficient in its cooling design, power configuraiton, and even assembly quality. Corsair's choices make no sense to us. The company custom-designed the chassis for this build, and yet somehow didn't bother adding a couple millimeters to accommodate a larger radiator or adding built-in metal cable tie points (instead deferring to adhesive that peels off from the heat exposure). The Corsair ONE i500 is not worth it. There are better pre-builts you could buy in similar form factors for less of a rip-off.
We buy these pre-builts for our reviews to ensure we get the true customer experience. To support this work, please consider buying something from our store or supporting us on Patreon.
The best way to support our work is through our store: store.gamersnexus.net
Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: patreon.com/gamersnexus
Watch our CPU fab tour documentary! youtube.com/watch?v=IUIh0fOUcrQ
RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links]
If, for some reason, you still want this computer that we think you shouldn't buy, you can get the Corsair ONE i500 on Newegg: howl.me/cnbvUAtMp3r
If you want to DIY, consider these:
Lian Li A3-mATX Wood on Newegg: howl.me/cnbvSPm5aSh
AMD R7 7800X3D CPU on Newegg: howl.me/cnbvTlbnTyz
AMD R7 7800X3D CPU on Amazon: geni.us/8YGIb
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Corsair ONE i500 Pre-Built Review
02:41 - Price & Specs Comparison vs DIY
06:37 - GPU Thermals
08:18 - Liquid Temperature
08:37 - All System Thermals
09:47 - Bad Fan Configuration
10:50 - Tear-Down
13:25 - There's Your Problem
17:04 - Cable Management
21:00 - GPU Frequency
21:18 - CPU Power Behavior
21:48 - Frequency Comparison
22:40 - Airflow Animation
24:54 - BIOS Inspection
26:35 - Packaging
27:48 - Software
28:53 - Acoustics Testing
30:45 - Conclusion
** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! **
Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage.
Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates:
t: twitter.com/gamersnexus
f: facebook.com/gamersnexus
w: gamersnexus.net
Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements
Steve Burke: Host, Test Lead, Writing, Editing
Jeremy Clayton: Testing, Writing
Vitalii Makhnovets: Camera, Editing
Andrew Coleman: 3D Animation
