Review: Corsair One a200

by Parm Mann on 13 April 2021, 14:01

Tags: Corsair, AMD (NYSE:AMD), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

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Conclusion

...excellent all-round performance and a forward-looking feature-set makes this the firm's best gaming PC to date.

The Corsair One has evolved into a formidable small-form-factor PC. Now armed with a 12-core Ryzen 9 5900X processor and GeForce RTX 3080 graphics, the One a200 raises an already-high bar and delivers on just about every front.

PCIe 4.0 storage? Check. Front-facing USB-C? Check? Fast 2.5GbE and Wi-Fi 6 networking? Check. Corsair has ticked all the relevant boxes, and the combination of excellent all-round performance and a forward-looking feature-set makes this the firm's best gaming PC to date.

There are still a few important considerations - One's compact profile isn't easily upgraded and the 12-core CPU runs warm - but these are expected trade-offs for a petite, 12-litre tower that looks terrific sat on the desk. Ongoing semiconductor shortages are such that availability remains a genuine concern, but if you can somehow get your hands on one, the a200 is unlikely to disappoint.

Bottom line: feeling the urge to splash out on a new PC? Treat yourself to Corsair's One a200, it is a stunning piece of kit.

The Good
  
The Bad
Sleek, space-saving chassis
Ryzen 5900X and RTX 3080 a potent mix
Front USB-C, rear 2.5GbE and Wi-Fi 6
High-quality 4K gaming credentials
Excellent all-round performance
Keeps noise levels down to a minimum
  
CPU can get toasty under load
Faster Pro SSD not used
Small form factor limits upgradeability



Corsair One a200

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Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH - Tue 13 Apr 2021 14:03
One of the few prebuilt PCs I would actually buy(if I had the dosh).
Posted by Jonj1611 - Tue 13 Apr 2021 14:17
Looks a tidy system, wouldn't mind one myself. Would have liked to see inside though.

Edit : Wow its tight : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCJHXsBvu1k

Thats an older model but will be similar internally
Posted by Tunnah - Tue 13 Apr 2021 16:44
Yup same CAT if I was going for a prebuilt it'd be one of these, they're really tidy.

Good specs and not an unreasonable price considering not just the parts but the engineering involved. I'd have to be proper minted to buy one, as I'll always fall back to building better for less, but if I had silly money I'd get one
Posted by Iota - Tue 13 Apr 2021 17:24
I still wish they would sell the case / cooling separately. It's one of the tidiest cases for the form factor I've seen.
Posted by Spreadie - Tue 13 Apr 2021 18:30
CAT-THE-FIFTH
One of the few prebuilt PCs I would actually buy(if I had the dosh).

Corsair, makers of iCue rainbow puke everything with crap keyboards and plasticky over-priced mice…

..and yet, they turn out these formidable little beasts and reliable PSUs. Mind blown. Gotta be vastly separate divisions, or something.

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