8.2 / 10
SCORE Corsair Vengeance A7500 Air Desktop $5,499 at Corsair Pros Extreme performance (naturally)
Can be whisper quiet Cons Some prebuilt mistakes
Underwhelming cooling
Sub-par case
Unimpressive airflow and cable management
With the Vengeance A7500 Air, Corsair has assembled an extremely powerful system, featuring an RTX 5090 and a liquid-cooled Ryzen 9 9950X3D. It is undeniably fast, consistently ranking near or at the top on many of our standard benchmark tests. It's what you should expect for a $5,499 gaming PC. However, it still doesn't hit quite like a winner because the rest of it just feels mediocre.
The case is bland and flimsy. The cooling design, while quiet, will likely keep you dusting regularly. Add in the OK-but-limited upgrade options and conveniences, as well as Corsair's tame choice in radiator setups, and it all feels a lot more mid-tier than it should.
The fact that it falls short in design and features and still has a roughly $1,200 premium over a DIY configuration really hurts the Vengeance A7500 Air.
Corsair Vengeance A7500 Air Price as reviewed $5,499 Size 55.5 liter ATX (9.4 x 19 x 19 in/239 x 483 x 483 mm) Motherboard MSI Pro X870-P WIFI (MS-7E47) CPU 4300MHz AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Memory 64GB DDR5-4800 Graphics Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 SOLID OC Storage 2TB Corsair MP700 Elite (boot drive); 2TB Corsair MP600 Core XT Networking 5GbE, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4 Connections USB4 Type-C (x1 rear), USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C (x1 rear), USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (x1 front), USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A (x2 front, x2 rear), USB 2.0 Type-A (x4 rear), USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A (x2 rear) 3.5mm audio connector (x2 front, x3 rear), 5Gb Ethernet, HDMI 2.1 (x1 on GPU, x1 on motherboard), DisplayPort 2.1b (x3 on GPU) Operating system Windows 11 Home
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