Corsair Platform:6 Creator Edition review

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Furniture is expensive, right? You want a good sofa and it can cost a bomb. Hell, even plain ol' gaming chairs are pricey. So should I be surprised that Corsair's Platform:6 gaming desk costs an unholy amount of money? Probably not. But still, that $1,800 sticker price for this top-of-the-range Creator Edition is spit take money.

The Platform:6 is Corsair's first gaming desk, and after creating some of our favourite gaming chairs I've had high hopes for its desk. And I do love a motorised sitting/standing desk. The gentle whirr of the motor, the slow ascent to a comfortable standing position, not having to be sat on my rapidly expanding posterior all day. They're great. 

And Corsair is really aiming high with the Platform:6, though there are three distinct tiers within this model: The Standard, Elevate, and Creator Edition. The first is a straight sitting desk, but it still comes with power extensions, cable tidying, cubby holes, a modular rail system and monitor arms. That's the $1,000 version, but you can also pick up the Elevate, which brings in motorised legs to give it that sitting/standing functionality for $1,400.

Then finally you have this Creator Edition which comes with everything. Most obvious is the multi frame system bolted onto the desk, offering you extra shelving and mounting points for Elgato gear, as well as a peg board to hang peripherals from when they're not in use. You also have extra expansion boards or further peg boards to bolt on to the side of the desktop itself.

Desk size: 72-inch x 30-inch (180cm x 76cm)
Desk height: 29-inch to 48-inch (74cm — 122cm)
Desktop thickness: 1-inch (2.5cm)
Power: 1x loose strip (6x plug, 2x USB-A), 1x fixed (3x plug, 1x USB-A, 1x USB-C)
Height memory: Two slots
Weight capacity: 330 lbs (150kg)
Monitor arms: Dual arms included
Elgato multi frame: Included
Price: $1,800 | £1,800

I will admit it's a little overwhelming to get to grips with at first, owing to the fact it comes in eight separate boxes all of quite