Even though Corsair acquired Origin PC last year, it still intends to build and market its own branded gaming desktop product line, including the Vengeance series. In fact, a powerful AMD configuration has just been added to the Vengeance lineup.

These are part of the company's new Vengeance 6100 series, which includes the 6180 and 6182. There is not much to complain about when it comes to parts selection. Both setups combine AMD's 8-core/16-thread Ryzen 7 3700X processor with a Radeon RX 5700 XT graphics card. This is built on a strong foundation.

The CPU is mounted under Corsair's Hydro H100i RGB Platinum liquid cooler, a self-contained unit consisting of a 240mm radiator and two 120mm fans. It is the largest size that will fit in the relatively compact Crystal Series 280X RGB enclosure.

Both systems also feature 16GB (2x8GB) of DDR4-3200 RAM (Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro), a 2TB HDD (7200 RPM), Corsair's RM650 80 Plus Gold PSU, Wi-Fi 5 connectivity. [6180 is configured with a B450 motherboard and uses a Corsair Force MP510 480GB SSD as primary storage.

Here is where things get strange. Both systems are available now, the 6180 for $1,999.99 and the 6182 for... also listed at $1,999.99. These prices are consistent with the information in the press release, but why the same price when the 6182 is a higher-end setup? That is a good question and one we would be happy to answer once we get an answer from Corsair.

In the meantime, I did a quick price comparison on Newegg using both configurations and the same parts. The only difference is the motherboard, and since Corsair does not state which model they use, I assigned $100 for the B450 model and $200 for the X570 model (some less expensive, some more expensive), including the cost of Windows 10, 6180's parts cost came to $1,588 and 6182's to $1,772.

Playing with the exact parts selection could make these prices even lower, but as far as comparing apples to apples, the 6180 is about $410 more expensive than building the same configuration yourself, and the 6182 is about $228 more expensive.

Whether it is worth it depends on how you feel about building your own PC, the hassle of cable management, and how much value you place on having a central company handle your warranty needs should they arise (Corsair offers a Vengeance 6100 series 2-year warranty). Also, Corsair seems to have made a pricing mistake, and the 6180 should be cheaper than the 6182, since there is no point in buying the 6180 when the 6182 is the same price. Likewise, a $228 premium is easier to swallow than a $410 premium. Perhaps there will be an adjustment.

I can say that Joanna reviewed the Vengeance 5180 last year, which combines an Intel Core i7-8700 CPU and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 GPU, and was generally impressed with its build quality and performance She said that she was generally impressed with the build quality and performance. She will also be posting a review of the 6182 later this week, so stay tuned.