Corsair ONE - standard parts?

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Since I first saw the MAC 'trashcan' PRO, I always wondered how an actual PC would look like in that form factor. There have been attempts from different manufacturers, but most of them were ugly and/or extremely underpowered, so it was a pleasant surprise to see the Corsair ONE with a remarkably simple architecture, yet powerful enough for the average gamer:
As you can see it uses a standard mini-ITX motherboard, 400W SFX power supply, two slimmed down (but considered standard) water cooling systems for the desktop CPU and desktop video card. The Corsair One has one larger fan on the top, which pulls air through the side mounted radiators, but there's also a smaller fan in the SFX power supply.
The way the video card is installed it needs a relatively long riser cable/slot extension, but this is the only compromise they needed to make, in order to fit everything inside this form factor case. Theoretically they could have rotated the mainboard 90 degrees so the video card's PCI-Express connector would be right next to the mainboard's PCI-Expres slot, but then the mainboard's ports would face down or up.
The size of the Corsair One is 380 x 176 x 200mm, basically half of an average gaming mini-ITX case. To the dimensions you have to add a few centimeters in each direction, as the cooling system needs to breathe on the sides, but that matters less, because you'd most likely put it on the desk, next to the monitor, with lots of space around it.

1799.99 USD SPECIFICATIONS:

  • Intel Core i7-7700, liquid cooled 
  • nVidia GTX 1070 (air cooled) 
  • 16GB 2400MHz DDR4 
  • 240GB SSD + 1TB HDD
  • 400W SFX 80 PLUS Gold
  • Windows 10 Home

2199.99 USD SPECIFICATIONS:

  • Intel Core i7-7700K, liquid cooled 
  • nVidia GTX 1080, liquid cooled  
  • 16GB 2400MHz DDR4 
  • 480GB SSD + 2TB HDD
  • 400W SFX 80 PLUS Gold
  • Windows 10 Home
2299.99 USD SPECIFICATIONS:

  • Intel Core i7-7700K, liquid cooled 
  • nVidia GTX 1080, liquid cooled  
  • 16GB 2400MHz DDR4 
  • 960GB SSD
  • 400W SFX 80 PLUS Gold
  • Windows 10 Home
2599.99 USD SPECIFICATIONS:

  • Intel Core i7-7700K, liquid cooled 
  • nVidia GTX 1080Ti, liquid cooled  
  • 16GB 2400MHz DDR4 
  • 960GB SSD
  • 400W SFX 80 PLUS Gold
  • Windows 10 Home
Find out if the Corsair One is already available on amazon.com.
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