Corsair Platform:6 Gaming Desk Review

A Closer Look – Components & Assembly

The desk is going to be a big job to build. Three boxes of products, all very well packaged, just getting it out is going to take some time and quite a lot of space to work in. What I do love, however, are the steps. Each bag is clearly labelled with Step 1, Step 2, Step 3, etc. You open the first bag, and you don’t open bag 2 until you’ve used all those parts, so you’re spending less time looking for the right screw or clip.

I would have liked a nicer manual though, the pictures are “OK” and are in black and white, but for the size and cost of the desk, a larger glossy colour book with clearer images would have been preferred. However, there are online resources on how to build it too.

You start with the Step 1 bag of components and one of the largest items, in this case, the actual desktop. It comes with a steel sub-frame pre-assembled, so it’s already going to be far stronger and more rigid than a lot of standard hard-wood desktops.

It comes with all the tools you need too, Allen keys mostly.

However, there’s also this awesome ratchet Allen key, and that helps speed things along.

There are a lot of bolts though, this desk is designed to support some extremely heavy components, monitor mounts and more, so seeing that it bolts together so rigidly is no bad thing, but it is time-consuming work, so be sure to clear your afternoon for assembly.

Next up, you add some of the supplementary brackets, such as these which will hold the cable routing tray under the desk.

It’s fully adjustable, and there are holes cut all over it, allowing you to deploy cable ties throughout, and there’s a quick-release lock on the back too. Then even more bolts to hold it firmly onto the brackets so nothing rattles around.

It’s, uhm, MASSIVE.

There are some receiver bolts built into the top already, ready to accept the screws for the motor control panel. These are on both sides too, so you can choose left or right, and unlike cheaper desks, you don’t have to screw into the wood, which is great.

The control panel looks great, a totally custom design, unlike the bulk of electric desks that use the same off-the-shelve component. It also has an Elgato theme and font, so it matches other Corsair products.

Once screwed in place, there’s a built-in controller cable that will hook up to the motor controller.

Again, that’s another large box that fits onto the base of the desk between the support rails.

The cables need routing, but there are adhesive clips to deal with that too.

And there you have it, that’s phase one done, and we have a desk! But that’s not all folks! It is huge, it is a whopping 6 feet wide, electronically height adjustable, and the desktop is a chunky boy at 25mm thick, while most electric desks feature a standard 18mm top.