Get It Together, Corsair | $4,700 Pre-Built Gaming PC Review (Corsair ONE i500)

Sponsor: Antec C8 with fans on Newegg - and without fans on Newegg 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: Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: Watch our CPU fab tour documentary! 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: If you want to DIY, consider these: Lian Li A3-mATX Wood on Newegg: AMD R7 7800X3D CPU on Newegg: AMD R7 7800X3D CPU on Amazon: 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: f: w: Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: Steve Burke: Host, Test Lead, Writing, Editing Jeremy Clayton: Testing, Writing Vitalii Makhnovets: Camera, Editing Andrew Coleman: 3D Animation