$8000 Disaster Prebuilt PC - Corsair & Origin Fail Again
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Date: 2025-05-16
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boba1024
For your mod mats, I see you have the ultimate in picky inspectors. I was thinking as you were talking about how amateurish that loop looks, I've never water cooled a computer, but I got to thinking that even this old fart could do a better job. I mean, sure cut the hose a bit long, but carefully cut it down to fit how you want it to look, I would need extra tubing for foul-ups. I don't know, but if you could make the return line come closer to the reservoir and then go straight down, that may look and work better. As I said though, I've never tried it. My Ryzen 7 5700G is perfectly cooled with a Hyper 212 and was fine on the stock air cooler. But it tells me a lot about their QA if an amateur, like myself, could find ways to make it better and personally, I would probably drain the system, find better tubing, and redo it all myself. Scary.
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For your mod mats, I see you have the ultimate in picky inspectors. I was thinking as you were talking about how amateurish that loop looks, I've never water cooled a computer, but I got to thinking that even this old fart could do a better job. I mean, sure cut the hose a bit long, but carefully cut it down to fit how you want it to look, I would need extra tubing for foul-ups. I don't know, but if you could make the return line come closer to the reservoir and then go straight down, that may look and work better. As I said though, I've never tried it. My Ryzen 7 5700G is perfectly cooled with a Hyper 212 and was fine on the stock air cooler. But it tells me a lot about their QA if an amateur, like myself, could find ways to make it better and personally, I would probably drain the system, find better tubing, and redo it all myself. Scary.
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El_Naphtali
Steve, I don't know if GN has videos for this topic, but have you guys ever done best practices tutorial type material before Like, what are the types of settings you should be using in BIOS, fan curve stuff, etc. You can see where Origin F'd up in the video from the thermal charts, but how would you guys fix this (for someone who did buy it, in example) Looking at this config myself, I can see probably increasing the fan curve for the front facing fans should help feed more air to the GPU, but I'd like to know what you guys would have done.
Also, what was the issue with the CPU water block exactly
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Steve, I don't know if GN has videos for this topic, but have you guys ever done best practices tutorial type material before Like, what are the types of settings you should be using in BIOS, fan curve stuff, etc. You can see where Origin F'd up in the video from the thermal charts, but how would you guys fix this (for someone who did buy it, in example) Looking at this config myself, I can see probably increasing the fan curve for the front facing fans should help feed more air to the GPU, but I'd like to know what you guys would have done.
Also, what was the issue with the CPU water block exactly
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awilliams1701
I recently built a computer with a 4000D. Hands down the best case I've ever used. If corsair does one thing right it's the case! 10/10 will build more computers with a corsair case in the future. I don't know the differences. I mostly got it because it was cheap. I was trying to build a server on the cheap. The CPU is an old AMD 3600x I had laying around. The motherboard is a B550 that I was forced to buy to get my 3070 for my gaming PC. It's a decent B550, but I have an X570. The downside is I didn't have a USB-C header so that port doesn't work.
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I recently built a computer with a 4000D. Hands down the best case I've ever used. If corsair does one thing right it's the case! 10/10 will build more computers with a corsair case in the future. I don't know the differences. I mostly got it because it was cheap. I was trying to build a server on the cheap. The CPU is an old AMD 3600x I had laying around. The motherboard is a B550 that I was forced to buy to get my 3070 for my gaming PC. It's a decent B550, but I have an X570. The downside is I didn't have a USB-C header so that port doesn't work.
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giggles42zero
Got an over $5k Origin Genesis when they 1st opened after selling Alienware that was total shitshow. They couldn't even install Win7 proper. Just like here, the water line was tight and pushing on the GPU (wish I noticed sooner) causing it to rub almost all the way through. Hot swap bay was known to be faulty and made an almost impossible to find error that took 3 months to figure out. there were dented panels that they tried to blame on me. So many more issues, I don't want to write a book about it... NEVER BUY ORIGIN PC's
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Got an over $5k Origin Genesis when they 1st opened after selling Alienware that was total shitshow. They couldn't even install Win7 proper. Just like here, the water line was tight and pushing on the GPU (wish I noticed sooner) causing it to rub almost all the way through. Hot swap bay was known to be faulty and made an almost impossible to find error that took 3 months to figure out. there were dented panels that they tried to blame on me. So many more issues, I don't want to write a book about it... NEVER BUY ORIGIN PC's
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ldisc66
I've bought a few Corsair products and they're basically cool looking junk. If there is one good thing I could say about them, is their RMA process. Take my Virtuoso headphones, the padding falls apart and I get a zero grief exchange. The replacement headphone padding is coming apart, again. Their K70 keyboard which is suppose to have Cherry blues, but half the numpad are browns. Exchange went without a hitch but the replacement had ONE brown switch in their Cherry blue keyboard (the numpad 2 key). I quit.
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I've bought a few Corsair products and they're basically cool looking junk. If there is one good thing I could say about them, is their RMA process. Take my Virtuoso headphones, the padding falls apart and I get a zero grief exchange. The replacement headphone padding is coming apart, again. Their K70 keyboard which is suppose to have Cherry blues, but half the numpad are browns. Exchange went without a hitch but the replacement had ONE brown switch in their Cherry blue keyboard (the numpad 2 key). I quit.
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macktheinterloper
I got lazy in my old age and decided to go with Corsair and iCue when updating my last build. Got the fans, the cables, the controllers, the whole lot. Lasted all of six months. Back on Aquasuite. Yes, the cabling is a mess, yes, you need a dozen little controllers littered all over your case - but by God, the control, the monitoring, the granularity. I still haven't figured out what to do with all the Corsair stuff I bought, though. I'd feel bad about cursing anyone with it.
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I got lazy in my old age and decided to go with Corsair and iCue when updating my last build. Got the fans, the cables, the controllers, the whole lot. Lasted all of six months. Back on Aquasuite. Yes, the cabling is a mess, yes, you need a dozen little controllers littered all over your case - but by God, the control, the monitoring, the granularity. I still haven't figured out what to do with all the Corsair stuff I bought, though. I'd feel bad about cursing anyone with it.
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wehavetogoback369
Have had a lot of Corsair cases, power supplies and memory in the past. I feel like I remember a time when I started seeing them start offering more and more in the computer realm and thinking it was strange. It sucks to see that a name I always thought of so reliable has not been doing so great for the last few years.
Are the power supplies and memory still as good as they were I'm due to work on a new build at some point in the not too distant future.
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Have had a lot of Corsair cases, power supplies and memory in the past. I feel like I remember a time when I started seeing them start offering more and more in the computer realm and thinking it was strange. It sucks to see that a name I always thought of so reliable has not been doing so great for the last few years.
Are the power supplies and memory still as good as they were I'm due to work on a new build at some point in the not too distant future.
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UndercoverPirate69
So finally prebuilds are becoming too expensive and DIY becomes an option again for the lazy Muppets. Less scalping by prebuild companies as well There's a pretense that it's random individuals scalping the markets but the increase of scalping went along with the popularity of these prebuild companies with DIY fighting over what is left. The pandemic is over so there should technically not be a problem anymore but for some reason it continues
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So finally prebuilds are becoming too expensive and DIY becomes an option again for the lazy Muppets. Less scalping by prebuild companies as well There's a pretense that it's random individuals scalping the markets but the increase of scalping went along with the popularity of these prebuild companies with DIY fighting over what is left. The pandemic is over so there should technically not be a problem anymore but for some reason it continues
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MikkoRantalainen
Why pay insane margin to Origin to put together fully standard parts Where I live, local supplier will build your full computer from the parts you selected (any parts that physically fit in the system!) and that service only costs 170 EUR including Windows (OEM only) install and comes with all the drivers for all the components preinstalled and configured. And even that service has 2 year warranty support!
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Why pay insane margin to Origin to put together fully standard parts Where I live, local supplier will build your full computer from the parts you selected (any parts that physically fit in the system!) and that service only costs 170 EUR including Windows (OEM only) install and comes with all the drivers for all the components preinstalled and configured. And even that service has 2 year warranty support!
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DKTAz00
Most motherboards wont allow you to tie fans speed to more than one source, which is suuuuper annoying in custom loops where you have both a cpu and gpu. Even the most highend boards with Pump and dual temp sensor inputs. Corsair probably should've tied fans to GPU temp, as that setup would likely be able to keep temps down on the cpu while idling.
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Most motherboards wont allow you to tie fans speed to more than one source, which is suuuuper annoying in custom loops where you have both a cpu and gpu. Even the most highend boards with Pump and dual temp sensor inputs. Corsair probably should've tied fans to GPU temp, as that setup would likely be able to keep temps down on the cpu while idling.
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Alex-se3uy
As someone who bought an EK prebuilt years before all the drama and still spent way too much, Im shocked at this price. I paid under $4k (after tax) and had dual radiators, cpu AND gpu water blocks, custom hard acrylic tubing and a nice distro plate all in a Lian Li case.
Btw, my ek prebuilt is somehow still going strong. Somehow..
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As someone who bought an EK prebuilt years before all the drama and still spent way too much, Im shocked at this price. I paid under $4k (after tax) and had dual radiators, cpu AND gpu water blocks, custom hard acrylic tubing and a nice distro plate all in a Lian Li case.
Btw, my ek prebuilt is somehow still going strong. Somehow..
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gamersnexus
I remember (I think it was) Cooler Master had at computex or CES, a GPU that was a custom air cooler that you could put off the shelf 120mm fans on but they were only putting it in Pre Builds. Would love to see a CM pre build with that in it and then possibly testing the cooler and maybe different fans in that cooler if it is out now.
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I remember (I think it was) Cooler Master had at computex or CES, a GPU that was a custom air cooler that you could put off the shelf 120mm fans on but they were only putting it in Pre Builds. Would love to see a CM pre build with that in it and then possibly testing the cooler and maybe different fans in that cooler if it is out now.
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teaser6089
8000 dollars, with a custom water loop, yet for that price they didn't even custom water cool the GPU.
This is an insane scam.
There is no reason to custom water cool the CPU, if you also don't do it for the GPU.
The GPU is the hotest componant, so should benifit the most of such an expensive cooling method....
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8000 dollars, with a custom water loop, yet for that price they didn't even custom water cool the GPU.
This is an insane scam.
There is no reason to custom water cool the CPU, if you also don't do it for the GPU.
The GPU is the hotest componant, so should benifit the most of such an expensive cooling method....
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NickChamberlain980
$8000.... For that loop and what looks like a budget/midrange motherboard.... I have two words for Corsair/Origin but I can't say one of them here.
I was debating going watercooling again and maybe using Corsair parts seeing as EK have had a bad rep lately, maybe I should just stick with air cooling
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$8000.... For that loop and what looks like a budget/midrange motherboard.... I have two words for Corsair/Origin but I can't say one of them here.
I was debating going watercooling again and maybe using Corsair parts seeing as EK have had a bad rep lately, maybe I should just stick with air cooling
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kirkanos3968
The water cooling tube's looks it is made too glow in the dark. Even at 6500 that is as much as my used car. It drives great and can fit mine and the wife's mountain bike inside with lots of room to spare. FFS over 8k could get my bathroom remodeled or almost pay for a new roof for the house.
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The water cooling tube's looks it is made too glow in the dark. Even at 6500 that is as much as my used car. It drives great and can fit mine and the wife's mountain bike inside with lots of room to spare. FFS over 8k could get my bathroom remodeled or almost pay for a new roof for the house.
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xforcepc
We sell a similar PC, but we included a 9950X3D, 96GB of ram with CL30, and an 8TB SSD and we sell it for under $7K. Oh, we also use an X870 mobo. My first reaction when I saw the PC was that's a cheap mobo!. I actually said it out loud to myself.
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We sell a similar PC, but we included a 9950X3D, 96GB of ram with CL30, and an 8TB SSD and we sell it for under $7K. Oh, we also use an X870 mobo. My first reaction when I saw the PC was that's a cheap mobo!. I actually said it out loud to myself.
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marktackman2886
That tubing looks like it came from 2007 via Aliexpress, used for 10 years, put back on the shelf to be resold then used as part of some bong for 5 years then repurposed as water cooling tubing once again for unknown reasons...2 years ago
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That tubing looks like it came from 2007 via Aliexpress, used for 10 years, put back on the shelf to be resold then used as part of some bong for 5 years then repurposed as water cooling tubing once again for unknown reasons...2 years ago
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b9bot148
First look and those hoses look like something you find in a hardware store for siphoning fluid, not as something used in a PC for liquid cooling. It looks like a disaster waiting to happen with those cheap hoses above that 5090.
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First look and those hoses look like something you find in a hardware store for siphoning fluid, not as something used in a PC for liquid cooling. It looks like a disaster waiting to happen with those cheap hoses above that 5090.
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forbidden1086
The price of that system is beyond criminal. What a complete dumpster fire. To think theyre charging over 8k for that absolute trash can of a pc is beyond anything reasonable. They should be absolutely ashamed of themselves
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The price of that system is beyond criminal. What a complete dumpster fire. To think theyre charging over 8k for that absolute trash can of a pc is beyond anything reasonable. They should be absolutely ashamed of themselves
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toddhall8892
I blame Corsair iCue software. I have a dual loop computer with 13 fans. When iCue does a software update, it resets the fan curves and Custom settings, Fortunately, it no longer overwites the names of each fan (location)
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I blame Corsair iCue software. I have a dual loop computer with 13 fans. When iCue does a software update, it resets the fan curves and Custom settings, Fortunately, it no longer overwites the names of each fan (location)
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