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LABS BENCHMARK RESULTS Multimedia performance CINEBENCH R15 (INDEX) CORSAIR ONE PRO 987 <strong>APC</strong> LABS TEST PC 970 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 TECH ARP X264 (FPS) CORSAIR ONE PRO 21.93 <strong>APC</strong> LABS TEST PC 21.75 0 05 10 15 20 25 PCMARK 8 CREATIVE (INDEX) CORSAIR ONE PRO 7,675 <strong>APC</strong> LABS TEST PC 8,732 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 CRYSTALDISKMARK 4K READ (MB/S) CORSAIR ONE PRO 54.85 <strong>APC</strong> LABS TEST PC 38.25 0 10 20 30 40 50 PC $3,149 | WWW.CORSAIR.COM Corsair One Pro System integrator Corsair. Wait... what? CRYSTALDISKMARK 4K WRITE (MB/S) CORSAIR ONE PRO 171 <strong>APC</strong> LABS TEST PC 128.5 FAR CRY PRIMAL (FPS) CORSAIR ONE PRO 76 <strong>APC</strong> LABS TEST PC 108 3DMARK FIRE STRIKE (INDEX) CORSAIR ONE PRO 15,026 <strong>APC</strong> LABS TEST PC 17,997 0 50 100 150 200 250 0 40 60 80 100 120 0 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 Corsair has long been a trusted brand in the PC building world, known for its quality and high-end components and peripherals. But until recently, the company hadn’t jumped into the arena of complete, prebuilt systems. With the One, Corsair is looking to change all that. It’s a triumph of excellent performance, clean design and small-form-factor engineering. Measuring 20 x 17.6 x 38cm, the One stands only a little taller than a Mac Pro. Both the CPU and GPU are cooled by their own individual 240mm radiator. But rather than outfitting each of those with their own fans, the entire system is cooled by a single 140mm maglev fan up top that through convection, draws cold air in through the radiators and exhausts it out the top. The result is a well-cooled system with a minimal footprint that runs whisper quiet. The overall design is impressively compact. There’s no doubt that you could build and even buy Mini-ITX systems that are smaller than this beast, but there’s no wasted space here and no add-ons just for the sake of having frills. The One takes the best that Corsair has to offer and distills things down into a very svelte machine. Did we mention it’s powerful? Packed inside is an Intel Core i7 processor, an Nvidia 10-series GPU, as well as plenty of storage, varying by tier — the One starts at $2,499 for an i7-7700, GTX 1070, 240GB SSD and 1TB HDD, and goes up from there. The ‘Pro’ unit we tested featured an i7-7700K, GTX 1080 and 960GB SSD, for a retail price of $3,149. The One punches out some serious performance, too, hot on the heels of much larger, beefier systems. Gaming performance fell short of setups with dual- GPU loadouts, but the One’s single GTX 1080 beat almost all of the other single-card systems we’ve tested in the last year. The Corsair One more than delivers on the promise of excellent gaming in a small package. Even better, it does so without relying on large, loud fans. For most small form factor systems, heat management is often their Achilles’ heel. Not so with the One: performance remained stable even after running our high-load benchmarks. Pre-built systems are well known for adding a small price premium over the cost of building the rig yourself. However, if you add together the individual cost of everything packed inside the One, you reach a price not massively cheaper than the cost of the complete system, especially when you add in Windows and building time. Either way, Corsair brings decent value to the table here. Small form factor systems are especially tough to build inside, and the innards of the One are manicured with precision. Similarly, the One’s custom chassis isn’t the kind of thing you can easily recreate yourself. There’s also the added benefit of a manufacturer’s warranty — two years of parts and labor covered. But the ease of having a plug-and-play gaming system that looks great and performs even better is priceless for some. The One is nothing short of a major milestone for Corsair. Having made components and accessories for decades, the company is now in a position to fuse all of its strengths together into one beautifully designed tower of power. Bo Moore Verdict Features Performance Value Excellent gaming performance with a small, sleek design. Difficult to access the interior but that’s to be expected. www.apcmag.com 29