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Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by jeffbee »

wmf wrote: post #13
nemothekid wrote: post #5

40% of the revenue is from selling RAM? I assume they aren't fabbing their own chips, so are they just reselling Samsung/Hynix memory?

Besides Crucial/Micron, it seems like consumers can't buy DIMMs from Samsung or Hynix; you have to get them from some gamer brand. And clearly a lot of people are buying from brands that they recognize.

What makes you say this? I always buy Samsung DIMMs. They are always in stock at Newegg and on the shelf at Central Computer (SF Bay Area brick and mortar computer store).

Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by outworlder »

gouggoug wrote: post #20
cgriswald wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you ever built one? I'm curious how they compare to something I might build myself. They are my go-to for power supplies and memory, and of my three main keyboards and mice, two sets are Corsair (K95 RGB Platinum and Scimitar Pro) used on Linux systems with ckb-next; one is Razer (Blackwidow Chroma v1 and Ouroboros) with their in-house software on Windows for a gaming rig. I much prefer the Corsair stuff.

I never built my own gaming PC. Teenager me had the knowledge and patience to build one and would have loved too, but didn't have the money at the time. Adult me doesn't have the patience, nor the knowledge anymore, but has the money. I'm also less interested in those huge, full of fancy glowing RGB lights, gaming rigs and more interested in something small, silent and discreet. So, in so many words, I can't compare,…

Maybe if you need the exact aesthetics of the Corsair this would be difficult.

But, if your only experience in building your own PC was from years ago, you'd be in for a pleasant surprise. Nowadays there's very little to worry about. No jumpers, easy cable management, even the front panels are no longer the mess they used to be. You can even avoid dealing with ANY cables at all for your SSD, if you go with the M2 form factor.

You can build from start to finish in less than one hour. It takes longer to install the OS (if it's Windows), than it takes to assemble the machine.

Of course, then there's part selection. Which is now exceedingly easy, thanks to the likes of https://pcpartpicker.com/

Don't know what to pick? Well, there's plenty of builds by other users. Pick one, modify to taste. The site will let you know if there are incompatibilities. In my case it even warned me that a GPU I wanted was too big and might not fit.

You can even have 'parametric filters'. For instance, say you want 16GB of system memory and you don't care about brand. You can say "I want 16GB, in either 1x16GB or 2x8GB, rated 3 stars or above, pick the cheapest". And it will pick one, usually linking straight to the product page(those may be affiliate links, not sure but I'm ok with that).

> I'm also less interested in those huge, full of fancy glowing RGB lights, gaming rigs and more interested in something small, silent and discreet.

I got a PC that's only slightly larger than a PS4. No RGB lights or anything. That's entirely up to you, even more so if you are choosing your own parts.

Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by ex3ndr »

gouggoug wrote: post #20
cgriswald wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you ever built one? I'm curious how they compare to something I might build myself. They are my go-to for power supplies and memory, and of my three main keyboards and mice, two sets are Corsair (K95 RGB Platinum and Scimitar Pro) used on Linux systems with ckb-next; one is Razer (Blackwidow Chroma v1 and Ouroboros) with their in-house software on Windows for a gaming rig. I much prefer the Corsair stuff.

I never built my own gaming PC. Teenager me had the knowledge and patience to build one and would have loved too, but didn't have the money at the time. Adult me doesn't have the patience, nor the knowledge anymore, but has the money. I'm also less interested in those huge, full of fancy glowing RGB lights, gaming rigs and more interested in something small, silent and discreet. So, in so many words, I can't compare,…

Building PC in 2020 is so easy - like two cables, chase, cpu, ram and video. Drive is probably just m2. So much easier than back in the day.

Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by gouggoug »

gouggoug wrote: post #20
cgriswald wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you ever built one? I'm curious how they compare to something I might build myself. They are my go-to for power supplies and memory, and of my three main keyboards and mice, two sets are Corsair (K95 RGB Platinum and Scimitar Pro) used on Linux systems with ckb-next; one is Razer (Blackwidow Chroma v1 and Ouroboros) with their in-house software on Windows for a gaming rig. I much prefer the Corsair stuff.

I never built my own gaming PC. Teenager me had the knowledge and patience to build one and would have loved too, but didn't have the money at the time. Adult me doesn't have the patience, nor the knowledge anymore, but has the money. I'm also less interested in those huge, full of fancy glowing RGB lights, gaming rigs and more interested in something small, silent and discreet. So, in so many words, I can't compare,…

Interesting, I didn't know things were so easy now; well, maybe I'll build my next gaming PC then!

Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by nscalf »

joshgachnang wrote: post #16

Is it weird that 3 tech companies (Palantir, Corsair, AirBnB) are IPOing or starting the process to IPO at the same time?

I imagine a lot of people are expecting the economy to go through a prolonged, rough recovery from the beating that has been most of 2020. The Trump administration has done just about everything possible to kick the can down the road. Might as well IPO now while you can take advantage of a strong stock market, before reality sets in.

Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by pvg »

fireattack wrote: post #14
pvg wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's discussed in the document starting at page 10 under 'The Reorganization and the Acquisition Transaction'.

If I understand it right, "CORSAIR COMPONENTS, INC." no longer existed since 2017? Weird they haven't updated their website then.

The legal names of a business don't always match the names they operate under or that of their branding. They seem to have changed names while keeping their existing branding for now.

Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by morelikeborelax »

wmf wrote: post #13
nemothekid wrote: post #5

40% of the revenue is from selling RAM? I assume they aren't fabbing their own chips, so are they just reselling Samsung/Hynix memory?

Besides Crucial/Micron, it seems like consumers can't buy DIMMs from Samsung or Hynix; you have to get them from some gamer brand. And clearly a lot of people are buying from brands that they recognize.

You can buy DIMMs from all three just rare to see in most retail channels for consumer stuff. Obviously Micron have crucial, but you see Micron non-server DIMMs in OEM systems.

Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by dogma1138 »

cgriswald wrote: post #17
gouggoug wrote: post #12

Sort-of-ish related: A few years back they started making gaming PCs. I was looking for something slick, discreet, but still fairly powerful. I bought a Corsair One, and I've been super happy since then. It's exactly what I wanted and I haven't had any issues with it. So if you were looking at their gaming PCs, you now know 1 random HN reader is super satisfied and recommends them.

Have you ever built one? I'm curious how they compare to something I might build myself. They are my go-to for power supplies and memory, and of my three main keyboards and mice, two sets are Corsair (K95 RGB Platinum and Scimitar Pro) used on Linux systems with ckb-next; one is Razer (Blackwidow Chroma v1 and Ouroboros) with their in-house software on Windows for a gaming rig. I much prefer the Corsair stuff.

The One is actually a pretty good deal if you want something of that form factor that isn’t a laptop in a box.

It’s completely water cooled and the majority of the parts are reusable/pc compatible.

Building something of that small factor will cost you a lot in exotic and custom parts.

For what it is the markup isn’t actually terrible it’s pretty cheap considering it costs about as much or even less than some standard tower gaming PCs from big brands and it comes with better hardware.

You can build a mini-ITX for cheaper but nothing of that size that and an SFF build will cost you more.

Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by TylerE »

compscistd wrote: post #15
codetrotter wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a Corsair mouse pad that covers most of my desk. In part because the mouse pad is huge and in part because my desk is small. The mouse that sits on top of it is Corsair too. I like this mouse pad and the mouse a lot, and like you, the quality of those things that I own are the reason I clicked on this post. As for keyboard, I use a different brand (all black programmable mechanical keyboard ErgoDox EZ Shine wi…

Look up desk pads, I have one that covers the majority of my 5’x30” desk! My Corsair PSU is an old 750W and they were synonymous with accessible modular power supplies for a while. Made them last longer by design when that wasn’t a given design choice. All in one heatsink units are more popular now, but they used to be the only option in that category too.

Wow, that seems kinda huge.

I've got a "big" one that has served me well for a long time. Not sure of the exact size but it's like roughly 4x the area of a standard mousepad. Maybe 24" x 15", something like that? I actually have it oriented portrait because I actually don't need that much width.

Basically just wanted coverage from the right edge of my keyboard to the edge of my desk.

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