It's been seven years since Corsair introduced its first pre-built gaming PC. small With a stunning column design. While more traditional gaming desktops followed, the company is back with a new one, dubbed the i500. It's packing a bunch of new features and updated components, and there's some wood on it, too.

Although it's still small, the One i500 is clearly larger than the original design, going from a Mini ITX motherboard base to a Micro ATX. (Yes, micro is bigger than mini in this context, don't look for consistency in PC part names.) Thinks there's a redesigned chassis to accommodate today's much larger GPUs. You can still see design elements from the original flash, with large, in-your-face vents at the top and bottom. The 21.7-liter case is 39.1 cm long, 30 cm deep, and 18.5 cm wide (or 15.39 x 11.8 x 7.28 inches).

The front panel is now adorned with two wood accents in black or light options, matching the gray or white side panels respectively. Apart from the addressable color logo and two lighting strips, you get two USB 3.1 gen 1 and one 3.2 Gen 2 Type C port. The rear motherboard I/O panel includes a total of seven USB-A ports and one more Type-C, plus integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth antennas.

Inside you'll find the latest Intel Core i9-14900K on a custom B760 motherboard, 2TB of SSD storage (no word on what to drive specifically, but with this chipset it maxes out at Gen 4 will be), and either 32GB or 64GB of DDR5-6000 memory. An integrated liquid cooling system is implemented on both the CPU and GPU, the latter of which comes in Nvidia RTX 4080 Super or 4090 flavors. Tying it all together is a 1,000 watt power supply.

The design is cool as always, but I can't help but notice that the promo video and photos highlight “upgradable memory and storage.” This tells me that they are an integral part of all custom cooling case designs for CPUs and GPUs. While upgrading the CPU, graphics card, and motherboard may not be impossible, it seems like it would be more difficult than a regular gaming PC and would require some serious part selection.

That custom graphics card without an air-cooled shroud is a particular sticking point — at just 300mm deep, the One i500 case can't fit a regular RTX 4080 Super off the shelf. So if you buy it, note that your upgrade options will be limited right out of the gate. The best you can hope for is that Corsair offers some upgraded custom parts, and there's certainly no warranty.

Speaking of which, what's the price? It's likely higher, even for pre-built gaming PCs. Base configuration with 32GB RAM and RTX 4080 Super A full is $3,600.With 64GB and an RTX 4090 upgrade Going for $4,700.. This is at least double the original price.