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Review: Corsair One Pro i200

by Parm Mann on 27 February 2020, 14:01

Tags: Corsair, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

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Conclusion

...there's no denying Corsair's One Pro i200 is the trendiest high-end workstation that money can buy.

The Corsair One is ideally positioned to make the transition from gaming PC to fully-fledged workstation.

With its sleek and stylish form factor, the compact machine is well suited to an office environment, and the diminutive footprint doesn't come at the expense of performance. The presence of a 14-core Intel Core i9-10940X processor, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics, 64GB of DDR4 memory and a 2TB NVMe SSD bode well for workloads where time is of the essence.

Shoehorning such hardware into a 12-litre chassis while keeping temperatures and noise levels in check is an impressive feat, however there is still room for improvement. The addition of 10GbE and Thunderbolt 3 connectivity would serve as a genuine attraction for the target audience, and Corsair's list of officially supported upgrades remains restricted.

Bottom line: there are limitations by going small, yet there's no denying Corsair's One Pro i200 is the trendiest high-end workstation that money can buy.

The Good
 
The Bad
Sleek and stylish form factor
14-core HEDT performance
Keeps quiet most of the time
Liquid-cooled CPU and GPU
64GB of DDR4 memory and 2TB SSD
 
Limited official upgrade paths
No Thunderbolt 3
10GbE would have been nice



Corsair One Pro i200

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This but with AMD Ryzen 9 3950x + 10Gb + Thunderbolt 3 (yes AMD can use it now)
I suspect we have the Corsair One to thank for the X-Box Series X design.
You'd save money, power, and heat by going Ryzen, not to mention the inclusion of PCIe 4 and updated USB3.

They must be contracted to have to use Intel or something because this thing seems like such a massive waste of potential.
If it doesn't support ECC memory it's not a workstation. It's as simple as that. And yes, I agree, this PC should've come with Ryzen 3000 instead. That would also alleviate my initial statement.
Agreed. ECC is a must for a workstation, and the I/O seems a bit limp. I've just spec'd a set of HP workstations with HP Quad Z Turbo drives, which is effectively RAID-0 across x4 M.2 cards, for less than the Corsair (albeit, no RTX card).

I mean, the case on this is pretty, but that's about the only selling point it seems.