Corsair One ELITE Review (W/ i7-8700K and GTX 1080 Ti)

To test the Corsair One Elite, we have pushed it through a broad array of benchmarks and tests. We have tested CPU performance, GPU performance, drive performance, thermals, power usage and battery life to give a comprehensive view of the laptop.

Here are the benchmarks you can expect to find in this review:

• Cinebench R15
• SPECviewperf 12.1
• CrystalDiskMark
• 3DMark Fire Strike
• VRMark

We also ran the following games to test the One Elite's gaming prowess.

• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
• Witcher 3
• Middle Earth: Shadow of War

The Corsair One Elite is a system designed for gaming, productivity and everything in between, and this broad remit means a rig that’s got plenty of rivals. Because of that, we’ve compared the Corsair with a wide variety of top-end systems.

The PC Specialist Apollo X01 is a productivity and gaming machine that uses Intel’s eight-core i7-7820X and a GTX 1080 Ti – and it costs a competitive £2,149.

The Armari Magnetar V25R-RA750G2 has a Ryzen 7 1800X processor and an AMD Radeon Pro Duo graphics card, so you’ve got plenty of rendering and graphical power inside a small case – in that respect, it’s similar to the Corsair. It costs £3,118.

MSI’s Trident 3 is a £1,699 machine that offers console-sized design alongside a Core i7-7700 processor and GTX 1070 graphics, so it’s a good option for living-room gaming.

The Mesh Liquid P3 KG has a Core i7-7700K and a GTX 1080 Ti inside a stunning and outrageous build – so it’ll tackle most tasks and look good doing it. It costs £2,599.

The PC Specialist Vulcan Pro is the closest specification we’ve seen to the Corsair rig, as it’s got an i7-8700K processor and GTX 1080 Ti graphics. It’s a conventional, understated desktop that costs just £1,749.

We’ve also compared this machine to last year’s Corsair One to see how things have improved for this diminutive desktop.