Corsair Vengeance a5100 Black/Silver 2025
Equipped with an RTX 5090 and 32GB of VRAM, this system delivers top-tier AI and 4K gaming performance via DLSS 4 and NVIDIA Studio drivers. Its dual-chamber case showcases nine iCUE LINK RX120 fans and a liquid-cooled CPU, maintaining quiet, concentrated airflow under load. This desktop is best for AI researchers and high-end gamers who need maximum frame generation and multi-threaded rendering without thermal throttling.
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 9800X
RAM 64 GB
Storage 4 TB
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
form factor mid-tower
psu w 1200
OS Windows 11 Pro
73 Overall Score
Price £5,931
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong storage (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong ram (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong gpu (89th percentile) 89th
Cons
- Below average reliability (32th percentile)
What owners think
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Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X |
| Cores | 8 |
| Frequency | 4.7 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 96 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 |
| Type | discrete |
| VRAM | 32 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 64 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage 1 | 2 TB |
| Storage 1 Type | NVMe SSD |
| Storage 2 | 2 TB |
| Storage 2 Type | NVMe SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | mid-tower |
| PSU | 1200 |
| Weight | 16.6 kg / 36.5 lbs |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 1 |
| USB Ports | 2 |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6E |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| Ethernet | 2.5G Ethernet |
System
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Corsair Vengeance a5100 | Lenovo Legion 34IAS10 | HP Omen GT22 | ASUS Republic of Gamers GM700TZ-BS978 | MSI EdgeXpert EdgeXpert-11SUS | Dell Tower Plus EBT2250 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X | Intel Core Ultra 9 | Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | NVIDIA GB | Intel Core Ultra 9 285K |
| RAM (GB) | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 128 | 64 |
| Storage (GB) | 4096 | 3072 | 8096 | 2048 | 4000 | 12096 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | NVIDIA Blackwell Architecture | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Form Factor | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower | Desktop | mini | mid-tower |
| Psu W | 1200 | 1200 | - | 850 | 240 | - |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | NVIDIA DGX OS | Windows 11 Pro |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corsair Vengeance a5100 | 42.5 | 88.9 | 98 | 38.1 | 98.5 | 32.2 |
| Lenovo Legion 34IAS10 Compare | 97.8 | 87 | 96.7 | 91.9 | 96.6 | 70.2 |
| HP Omen GT22 Compare | 97.8 | 87 | 95.6 | 98.1 | 99.4 | 70.2 |
| ASUS Republic of Gamers GM700TZ-BS978 Compare | 98.7 | 76.9 | 94.4 | 97.5 | 91.6 | 37.5 |
| MSI EdgeXpert EdgeXpert-11SUS Compare | 99.6 | 94.8 | 98.8 | 87.5 | 98 | 37.5 |
| Dell Tower Plus EBT2250 Compare | 97.8 | 80.6 | 94.4 | 84.7 | 99.9 | 70.2 |
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