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Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by WrtCdEvrydy »

tylerhou wrote: post #47
gouggoug wrote: post #20

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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,…

I recently bought this case: https://formdworks.com/products/t1-black You can build in this case pretty easily as long as you don't try to do fancy things, like custom loop. It's smaller than the Corsair One, and you get better upgrability. It's small and discreet. Silent depends on what parts you pick. There are many other cases that are similar, but not quite as space-optimized. Popular ones include the Ghost S1, a…

Yikes, and now that's on my to-buy-list.

Edit: What I really need is a 5.25" slot on one of these so I can stick in a 3.5" hard drive toaster for forensics work :(

Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by WrtCdEvrydy »

DaiPlusPlus wrote: post #35
Something1234 wrote: post #33

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Guess what building a pc is not worth it. It's not worth it in frustration or anything else. It's better to buy a commercial business grade desktop with a support contract. They always have some kind of weird power issue or something. However, I might just be butthurt about my desktop that randomly reboots and was built by a friend, and I can't figure out what is wrong with it.

> Guess what building a pc is not worth it. It's not worth it in frustration or anything else. That depends on how much you value the learning-opportunity provided by building your own machine. I certainly do! > It's better to buy a commercial business grade desktop with a support contract. If you're a self-employed SWE who needs a reliable dependable backup machine that you can use the support-contract to get fixed…

Also, fully modular power supplies are a must for most builds for me.

Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by phendrenad2 »

LargoLasskhyfv wrote: post #49
VectorLock wrote: post #41

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>So they do actually manufacture the modules in-house. Someone has to put the RGB on.

JEDEC should do something about that. Maybe something like BBCB (Bling Bling Control Bus)

$5 says they put it in a strange order like BRG

Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by papaf »

Something1234 wrote: post #33
cgriswald wrote: post #17

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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.

Guess what building a pc is not worth it. It's not worth it in frustration or anything else. It's better to buy a commercial business grade desktop with a support contract. They always have some kind of weird power issue or something. However, I might just be butthurt about my desktop that randomly reboots and was built by a friend, and I can't figure out what is wrong with it.

Guess what building a pc is not worth it.

I am not sure that going to a site calling itself "Hacker" News and writing such a comment is not blatant trolling. Or maybe this is a sad side effect of developers using Macs.

I am useless at building things and I built a PC that has never given me problems. I even bought the wrong case!

The fix for some kind of weird power issue is to roughly calculate what kind of power you need and buy a decent power supply -- it will probably be better than the commercial grade desktop and give some headroom for future upgrades.

Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by jdietrich »

smabie wrote: post #31
gouggoug wrote: post #24

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

Also, you can choose much better quality components for cheaper. Even with economies of scale, it seems like OEMs can't build a high end gaming PC for cheaper than what you can do yourself.

Self-build is only meaningfully cheaper if you don't pay for a Windows license. If you place any real value on your time, just buy a system from Puget - their support is first class and they understand the real needs of power users.

https://www.pugetsystems.com

Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by LargoLasskhyfv »

phendrenad2 wrote: post #63
LargoLasskhyfv wrote: post #49

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JEDEC should do something about that. Maybe something like BBCB (Bling Bling Control Bus)

$5 says they put it in a strange order like BRG

Brightness Reset Guard?

edit: Hrrmpf, No! BURN REALLY GLARING!

Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by ddlutz »

I must be the odd one out heree. Lot of people saying good things about their hardware. I've had problems with two of their keyboards, two of their mice, and 2 of their headsets. I've stopped going with them. Have had better luck with Logitech, at least in the mouse department no issue. Have had some issues with headset though.

Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by esgwpl »

ericd wrote: post #50
genocidicbunny wrote: post #37

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That was when Corsair was rebranding Seasonic PSUs, which were some of the best on the market at the time. I still have the 750W Corsair PSU I put into my first gaming rig over a decade ago. It's still perfectly usable and produces good power, even after years and years of heavy usage.

Do you know if they make their own in-house now? For example: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Power-Supp...

As far as I know Corsair only design PSUs, the actual manufacturing are all outsourced to Chinese or Taiwanese OEMs. Edit: as for the unit you linked, it's manufactured by Flextronics[0]

[0] https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-ax1600i-psu,540...

Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by shasts »

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.

Can Corsair One run Linux? I have heard that water cooling software for example does not have Linux support.
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