Corsair’s Vengeance gaming desktops use the same proprietary components you buy when building a luxury PC. The difference, of course, is that the Vengeance system comes professionally assembled, so you get all the performance without any manual labor. Starting at $2,149.99 ($3,949.99 as tested), the Vengeance i7400 is a mid-tower with all the hallmarks of an elite build, including a Corsair RGB-themed case, liquid cooling, and extremely high gaming frame rates. Its Intel Core i9-13900K and his Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 smash benchmarks, 64GB of DDR5 memory means extreme multitasking is no problem, and you’ll also find this tower’s quiet operation and standard his 2 I also like the year warranty. The super-expensive Falcon Northwest Talon is still in the upper class, but it’s hard to argue the comparative value of the Vengeance i7400. This Corsair has earned its own Editors’ Choice award for relative value in a high-end gaming desktop.
Outside: Aftermarket from factory
The Vengeance i7400 is housed inside a Corsair 4000D case. At 18.4 x 9.1 x 17.8 inches, it’s right in mid-tower territory.
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The case made of metal and tempered glass exudes a sense of luxury. Especially when viewed from the front, it shows that three of his RGB fans mean business.
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A sparse selection of ports on the top edge includes one USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A port, one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port, and an audio combo jack. Naturally, the power and reset buttons are also here.
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On the back, we have the MSI Pro Z690-A Wi-Fi.(opens in new window) The motherboard has 7 USB Type-A ports (2 versions of 3.2 Gen 1, 1 3.2 Gen 2 and 4 legacy 2.0), 1 USB-C 3.2 Gen 2×2 port, PS/2 port, 2.5Gbps Ethernet, and surround audio jacks. The Core i9-13900K CPU has onboard graphics, so HDMI and DisplayPort video outputs work.
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MSI motherboards have built-in Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2. To get the best wireless range, you need to connect the two short antennas shown above. On the other hand, the power supply is mounted on the bottom in a modern way, so there is no dangling power cable.
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A removable and washable dust filter facilitates maintenance. One slides under the power supply, the other attaches magnetically to the top panel of the tower (not pictured below) and when you pull the front he panel he reveals a third panel.
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Inside: Rich RGB lighting
Corsair’s Vengeance i7400’s tinted tempered glass side panel comes off by loosening two thumbscrews. The panel needs some persuasion before releasing. This is my only complaint about this case.
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The blacked out interior shows off Corsair’s professional cable management. The GeForce RTX 4090 GPU is the best component ever. Corsair didn’t specify which models were included, but the PNY XLR8 edition shown here is quite huge at over 13 inches long and requires two power connectors. .
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Other top-of-the-line Corsair components inside include the H100i RGB Elite.(opens in new window) 240mm liquid cooling solution on the processor and two 32GB sticks of Dominator Platinum DDR5-5600(opens in new window) sheep. 1,000 Watt Fully Modular Corsair RM1000x(opens in new window) A power supply is also included.
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Corsair has six 120mm RGB fans all inside the case. They’re audible, but put out just enough bass to blend in with background noise in your living room and don’t add much while you’re gaming. User friendly and easy to create lighting profiles.
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Storage on the test unit is limited to a single 2TB PCI Express 4.0 solid state drive (SSD) in the motherboard’s primary M.2 slot. MSI motherboards have 3 more, 4 total. The Corsair 4000D case also has bays for two 3.5-inch drives in front of the power supply, accessible by removing the other side panel.
Corsair Vengeance i7400 test: Out for Revenge
The $3,949 Vengeance i7400 is the best-equipped model in the series, featuring a Core i9-13900K processor (8 performance cores, 16 efficient cores, 32 threads), a GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card, and a 64GB Memory, 2TB SSD, and Windows 11 Pro. It comes with a 2 year warranty instead of the usual 1 year warranty.
Comparing the Maingear MG-1 mid-tower for $4,626, the Digital Storm Velox for $4,980 and the Alienware Aurora R15 (see similar Aurora R13 review) for $5,344, the Corsair is a good deal for the price. . It is included.
Even with a cool 4 grands lying around, you hardly need to spend that much to enjoy modern gaming. The base Vengeance i7400 gets the job done at $2,149 with an advanced combination of a Core i7-13700K and a GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. The next step up is steep, with the RTX 4080 configuration at $3,299.
Corsair’s Vengeance i7400 faces the fastest gaming rig we’ve tested in our benchmark comparison. MSI’s Infinite RS is similarly equipped with a Core i9-13900K and a GeForce RTX 4090. The aforementioned Falcon Northwest Talon pairs an RTX 4090 with a 16-core AMD Ryzen 9 7950X processor. Also included are the Origin PC Millennium 5000T and Velocity Micro Raptor Signature Edition, both of which house previous generation graphics (GeForce RTX 3090 and RTX 3080 Ti respectively). Let the brawl begin!
Productivity and content creation testing
Like some other ultra-high-performance systems, the Vengeance i7400 failed in UL’s PCMark 10 office productivity benchmark, which measures the performance of everyday apps like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Top honors in PCMark’s storage test.
The other three benchmarks focus on the CPU using all available cores and threads to assess a PC’s suitability for processor-intensive workloads. Maxon’s Cinebench R23 uses the company’s Cinema 4D engine to render complex scenes, and Primate Labs’ Geekbench 5.4 Pro simulates popular apps ranging from PDF rendering and speech recognition to machine learning. Finally, I use the open source video transcoder HandBrake 1.4 to convert the 12 minute video clip from 4K to 1080p resolution (shorter is better).
The ultimate productivity test is PugetBench for Photoshop from Puget Systems.(opens in new window), using Creative Cloud version 22 of Adobe’s renowned image editor to evaluate PC performance for content creation and multimedia applications. This is an auto-enhancement that performs a variety of common GPU-accelerated Photoshop tasks, from opening, rotating, resizing, and saving images to applying masks, gradient fills, and filters.
As expected, Corsair’s Core i9-13900K stayed at the forefront of the herd in our CPU tests, with the fastest HandBrake times and highest Photoshop scores. AMD-powered Falcon Northwest and Velocity Micro (not to mention MSI Infinite RS No) has proven to be very good on Geekbench and Cinebench. (If you want a Corsair with Team Red under the hood, the nearly identical Vengeance a7300 has Ryzen chips available for him.(opens in new window).)
Graphics and game testing
For Windows PCs, we run both synthetic and real game tests. The former includes two DirectX 12 game simulations from UL’s 3DMark, Night Raid (more discreet and suitable for systems with integrated graphics) and Time Spy (more demanding and suitable for games with discrete GPUs). rig) is included. Also included in this group is the cross-platform GPU benchmark GFXBench 5, which we use to measure OpenGL performance.
Our real-world gaming exercises are in-game benchmarks for F1 2021, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and Rainbow Six Siege, representing simulation, open-world action-adventure, and competitive/esports shooters respectively. On desktop, I ran Valhalla and Siege with the highest quality presets and F1 2021 at various resolutions, comparing Nvidia’s performance-boosting DLSS anti-aliasing enabled and disabled.
3DMark Time Spy clearly shows the power of Corsair’s GeForce RTX 4090, which is also used by MSI and Talon. The Vengeance has some of the highest frame rates we’ve seen, beating these two in real game testing. The system doesn’t have trouble maxing out 4K or higher games right off the bat, that’s for sure.
Verdict: A New Benchmark for High-End Gaming Desktops
Corsair’s Vengeance i7400 is what you get when you put the company’s top-notch components in the hands of professional system builders. This mid-tower impresses with its build quality and thanks to Corsair for being confident enough to back it with double the usual warranty. The GeForce RTX 4090 is overkill for most gamers, but if you’re looking for one of the fastest gaming desktops money can buy, it won’t disappoint. What’s more, this PC is considerably priced compared to other boutique gaming rigs and Alienware’s Aurora line. The Corsair Vengeance i7400 is a great gaming desktop in any configuration available and deservedly earns our Editors’ Choice honor.
Conclusion
Corsair’s Vengeance i7400 is an elite gaming desktop that shows what aftermarket professionals with good skills (and a big budget) can build themselves.
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