THE
CORSAIR ONE
A
s much as many of us
would like to believe that
building a customized
high end computer is the
ultimate expression of a
PC DIY enthusiast, the truth is there
is a sizeable demographic that simply
isn’t interested in building a PC, but
are interested in PC gaming. Oddly
enough, I’d like to consider myself
one of those people, or at least partial
to this demographic.
While I can appreciate those who
are able to build beautiful machines,
spending weeks if not months on
a single project, I neither have the
ability nor the patience for such
highly detailed and meticulous
work. While I am able to appreciate
it, I’m well aware of the fact that it
is not something that I would ever
undertake. Not only because I doubt
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I’d ever have the willingness to put
such time and effort into it, but more
importantly I simply do not have the
skills required to build such a PC.
So what does one do when you’re
fully capable of appreciating a well-
crafted and configured machine, but
find yourself not only lacking the
time and energy to invest into such
a build, but the ability to do so? Well,
you could either commission any one
talented individual or team to build a
machine for you, or you could turn to
any number of boutique PC builders.
If you want an even simpler solution,
you could just turn to an off the shelf
PC from any one of the major PC
vendors.
All these are viable and equally
valid options. Your options are largely
going to be determined by how much
you’re willing to spend on said PC and
how long you’re willing to wait for it to
be built.
If you’re anything like me and
patience is a word that’s only a
recent addition to your vocabulary,
then for the most part you’re going
to end up with an off the shelf PC.
It’ll work and deliver mostly what you
expect, but it is unlikely to ever give
you the satisfaction that you’d get
from a truly customized PC. Well, at
least that used to be the case until
the CORSAIR ONE showed up.
In a rather obvious or perhaps
inevitable move, CORSAIR has finally
decided to pull all its various product
experts together and come up with a
machine that hopefully caters to this
kind of individual and many others as
well. In particular those that seek a
well built, well-crafted and powerful
machine, but couldn’t be bothered