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• lucasdclopes - Friday, January 24, 2020 - link

  "AMD B540" What?

• valinor89 - Friday, January 24, 2020 - link

  On Corsair's page it says "B450 Micro-ATX" on the specs. Must be a typo.

• alphasquadron - Friday, January 24, 2020 - link

  "In fact, the large number of RGB LEDs are a defining feature of this product family..."
  
  You know sometimes when you see really dumb things like Candy Crush and your like, haha what a dumb idea no one is going to buy this shit and then the developer drives past you in a Lamborghini and you are like: "But how???" This is one of those moments.

• jtd871 - Friday, January 24, 2020 - link

  Apparently, there *is* a sucker born every minute.

• id4andrei - Friday, January 24, 2020 - link

  Lambo is for peasants. Activision bought it for 8 billion. In 2018 the outfit brought 1.5 billion in revenue. Nothing made by "serious" developers brought as much.

• Korguz - Saturday, January 25, 2020 - link

  " Lambo is for peasants. Activision bought it for 8 billion " huh ???

• dgingeri - Sunday, January 26, 2020 - link

  I think he meant Activision bought the company that made Candy Crush.

• Korguz - Sunday, January 26, 2020 - link

  ahhhhh i thought he meant the car maker for some reason... hehehehe

• deepblue08 - Monday, January 27, 2020 - link

  That reason is poor writing style.

• PeachNCream - Friday, January 24, 2020 - link

  Price is pretty salty.

• Dragonstongue - Friday, January 24, 2020 - link

  not available for retail
  
  CORSAIR Crystal 280X RGB
  
  can buy at Amazon right now
  (not that I would)
  
  I not understanding then, cause it looks identical to the one listed there (among other places)

• patel21 - Friday, January 24, 2020 - link

  Can someone say how much would a system assembled manually with the same components cost ?

• PeachNCream - Friday, January 24, 2020 - link

  You can check a site called pcpartpicker.com to go through the hardware and get a pretty fair idea of what a DIY project with similar components would cost.

• flyingpants265 - Friday, January 24, 2020 - link

  Or build it yourself for like $999? Half the price...

• Sukiyucky - Friday, January 24, 2020 - link

  3700X $324
  RT 5700XT $400
  280X RGB Case $170
  Vengeance LPX 16GB 3200 DDR4 $72
  MP510 480GB SSD $100
  RM650 PS $110
  2TB SATA $50
  B540 Micro ATX Mobo $80
  Corsair Liquid AIO $130
  Win 10 Home $110
  
  Total $1546
  
  $1999 - $1546 = $454 markup minimum (+29%).
  
  Too steep Corsair. Most people are going to buy the parts and put the system together themselves. For $454+ one can use the money to get a gaming monitor, mouse, and keyboard. They'd have to fork up another $400+ for a decent GPU as well.

• mdriftmeyer - Friday, January 24, 2020 - link

  Assembled and tested by Corsair. That's a reasonable price.

• lane42 - Saturday, January 25, 2020 - link

  Total $1546, I think Corsair pays far less then the price's you have listed.

• patel21 - Saturday, January 25, 2020 - link

  They buy in bulk, assemble in china and then sell it here with minimal support.

• yetanotherhuman - Monday, January 27, 2020 - link

  Really glad to see some Micro-ATX love. It needs to be the mainstream standard, not ATX. Who needs so many expansion slots these days

• Korguz - Monday, January 27, 2020 - link

  um...no

• Qasar - Tuesday, January 28, 2020 - link

  you may not need atx sized boards, yetanotherhuman, but seems most others do...