5000T Millennium
Corsair recently released its 5000T gaming PC chassis to favorable reviews, so it’s only fitting that subsidiary company Origin is now selling pre-built systems that utilize the shiny new case.
Origin’s team recently sent over a beast of a unit for testing, valued at a whopping $5,484, and it’s filled with all the cutting edge tech you’d expect for such an astronomical asking price:
5000T Millennium
Let’s talk chassis first. It’s quite a departure from the last Corsair-related system I covered, the sleek i300, which fit snugly in the SFF market with its miniature Xbox Series X-esque stature. The 5000T takes a decidedly non-SFF turn with a much larger footprint and more ostentatious presentation.
Corsair and Origin are marketing this rig as a mid-tower, but after breaking it out of the literal box crate they sent it in, I have some opinions. The shipping crate with the PC inside weighed in at 79 pounds, and once I got the 5000T out of its wooden sarcophagus and saw how imposing it truly was, I came to the conclusion that it was more of a mid-tower… plus?
The 5000T is noticeably bigger than, say, any of NZXT’s mid-tower offerings. This means that there’s plenty of room for components and airflow, all of which (including the case itself) boast RGB that is controllable through Corsair’s iCue software. Also customizable is the LCD screen on the H150i Elite AIO, where you can display everything from system temperatures to the latest dank meme.
You can also get the 5000T in white.
Here’s some honestly about cooling: There are lots of fans (10 in total, not counting those on the GPU) on this system and these fans were loud upon first boot-up. Or rather, they were too reactive/sensitive to whatever was happening with the CPU and GPU.
Even on the ‘quiet’ iCue preset, the curves were ridiculously aggressive. I didn’t dare move the options to ‘balanced’ or ‘extreme’ for fear that the machine would somehow take flight. Any time the CPU or GPU did literally anything, the whole system ramped up like a jet engine and just as quickly fell back into silence.
The good news is that I was able to work with the Origin/Corsair team to address this issue, which seemed to be a problem with the fan controller and how it was communicating with the CPU. After a couple simple changes, the fans began behaving normally. I’m hoping they can incorporate this fix into iCue in the coming weeks or months. Because let’s face it — most people buying a pre-built aren’t going to want to mess with minutiae like this.
Temperatures on this Millenium rig in general have been quite solid. The CPU has been idling around 35C and peaking at around 91C under full synthetic load, and this was with the ‘balanced’ fan curve selected. A couple more degrees were typically added if I kept the machine at ‘quiet’.
Comparatively, the GPU sat idle at around 29C and reached around 66C during various synthetic stress tests. While gaming, that peak temperature was considerably lower, even in 4K at max graphics settings.
The insides of the case can be accessed through either the tempered glass side panel or the opposite solid aluminum panel, both of which are hinged and popped into place rather than magnetically held. The same goes for the top panel housing the I/O and top dust filter. I would have much preferred a magnetic solution, as pulling and pushing the panels feels clumsy and inelegant, requiring too much force to operate. At least the front dust filter and panel are magnetic, so they come off easily.
On that note, front I/O was a pleasant surprise. The 5000T has more ports than I’m used to seeing on mid-towers, featuring a luxurious four separate USB 3.0 inputs, a USB-C port and a combo headphone/microphone jack. It borders on USB hub territory, something I very much appreciate.
Storage is simply adequate. You’ve got a 1TB NVMe SSD on the motherboard, which I filled up with games in about ten seconds. At least Origin included a 2TB SATA HDD for dumping photos, videos or games you don’t play as often.
Speed test for the OS NVMe SSD.
The 32GB of 4800MHz Dominator Platinum RAM (or Dom Plats, if you’re cool like that) is more than enough memory horsepower to play just about any modern game with a couple dozen Chrome tabs open. I would have preferred higher speeds here, though, since DDR5 is now reaching into the 6000MHz realm. DDR5 is still hard to come by for reasonable prices, so I can’t complain too much, though.
Predictably, having an RTX 3090 paired with Intel’s top-of-the-line i9-12900K, this machine effortlessly pumps out insane visuals in all the latest games. Elden Ring was the only straggler, probably because it’s a console port and predictably locked at a (for now) immovable 60 FPS:
It’s difficult to imagine any gaming content (or creative content, for that matter) that these components wouldn’t be able to handle. With its Alder Lake configuration, plus one of the best graphics cards on the market, you won’t need to upgrade this thing anytime soon.
If you’ve got $5000 to blow on a brand new gaming pre-built system, then you can’t go wrong with Origin’s new Millennium configuration. Personally, I’m a bit more partial to smaller rigs, so the similarly priced i300 makes a slightly better case for such an investment, though at the noticeable drawback of less upgradeability.
When it comes to gaming, you’re not going to get much better than this, hands-down. The machine can also double as a solid productivity rig, though you may want to spring for some more powerful (and more abundant) RAM if you go down such a route. That said, I don’t know how you’ll get anything done when games look and play so well here.
Disclosure: Origin provided review product for coverage purposes.
