Corsair Vengeance a8100 Series Gaming PC - Liquid Cooled AMD Ryzen 9 7950X CPU - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPU - 4TB (2X 2TB) M.2 SSD - 64GB Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5 Memory - Black

I never ever want to leave it

This PC has been an up and down battle many times. Out of the box, the 4090 was struggling to work for more than 5 minutes at a time, the PC STILL takes 5x longer to boot than my O L D PC with only Harddrives, not Solid State Drives, and for the price, I can't say I'm overly happy with it. I definitely feel like I got a bit ripped off in some ways, yet the performance does much to mollify those annoyances. I'll start with the problems. This thing will make your heart drop everytime you turn it on. It takes, quite literally, 1 full minute to even get off a blackscreen. That time can go up to an entire 3 minutes of raw darkness for absolutely no apparent reason as the thing boots, and I can't find a single thing about why that may be. This makes the process of testing and rebooting abhorrently agonizing. The PC I had immediately before this would boot in about 5 seconds. The reason I got a new prebuilt is so that my partner could get that one as a very solid starter rig, and because I just didn't want to deal with building one myself again. Despite this seeming like it would make getting into the Bios easier, it actually makes it even harder since you're just staring at the screen for a very long time waiting for the veritable blip of a moment to buttonmash f12. It's an issue. Everything about booting this PC is an issue. It's slow, nerve-wracking, and honestly just a pain that shouldn't be. The 4090 constantly would disconnect for a single second at a time. That single moment would cause everything to crash and the monitors to flicker fiercely. Making sure it was snug in the slot didn't fix it, but oddly, forcing maximum performance did. Found that solution online, and it thankfully worked. Not a great thing to face immediately, as I thought my card was basically DOA. This also doesn't come with a brace for the massive hunk of metal that is the 4090, which is really annoying since for almost 5k, you'd expect a 10$ addition like that to prevent sag. The thing is also so much larger than I thought. I usually think wheels are a bit silly on a case, but this monster needs them. Moving this thing is a nightmare, as there are no grips, no wheels, and plenty of places that are anything but secure to hold. But that's really it for the flaws. They're very big problems given the price, but that aside? God, what a gorgeous rig. It absolutely devours games and taxing Adobe programs like nothing at all. I'd say there's nothing it can't handle, but it's sadly not even enough for modern games anymore. Looking at you, Stalker 2. If you're getting this for a good Stalker 2 experience, or even a MH Wilds, that's just not going to happen. It was shell shocking to go from 400fps without DLSS in Doom Eternal to 30 in Stalker 2. That's not the fault of the rig, but proof of just how powerful this thing really is, and how awful modern games are being optimized. This thing could devour anything pre-2024 that I threw at it and scoff in the face of 1080p. I finally upgraded to 1440p because of this beast, and it STILL didn't break a sweat for most things. A few games could make it dip beneath 144fps, but just a few. This rig is a beast, and once you get it working, BOY does it work! Sadly, the glass is on the side I can't see, but it has a very gorgeous interior. The cable management is also fantastic, and the temps are right where they should be. All in all, I don't regret my purchase, but I'm just a bit miffed by its flaws. This should have been a much better experience than it was.

Recieved the product with minor exterior damage (a dented front vent) Booted up the computer and the graphics card is completely busted. Unable to recognize any display with it installed. Now I have to keep jumping through hoops to try and either fix this card or buy a new one. (UPDATE) After a few days of back and forth with Corsair’s tech support, they gave me the option to replace it, which is appreciated. If the new one is up and running out the box as I should I’ll update the rating. Update 2 New one is up and running fine. Had a faulty motherboard that was the root of the issues. New one runs fantastic.

First, the RGB is really nice on this unit. I know that is not what anyone is looking for in a review, but, it is very nice eye candy. Received with no shipping issues, on time, and identification was required at delivery so it was certain to be received by the appropriate person. Unpacked, then set up, update drivers, all went very well. The fps on many games I was playing was amazing. I got the a8100 and not the i8100 as there are still outstanding issues with the intel gen 13 and 14 cpu's. Pricey, but, that MSI Nividia Gforce 4090 makes everything I have thrown at it so far smooth, even at 3840x2160. *update* 9 months later... and the system has no issues no matter what I throw at it. Pushing maxed settings on Minecraft, Skyrim, etc. Performs well on all on 4K LG large tv monitor. Not a complaint in the world with this unit, very impressed.

Purchased this computer twice and both computers crashed. Contacted Corsair and they claimed it would take up to 2 months before they could look at it. Ridiculous.