Origin Gaming PCs - Any good?

[octoberhungry]

Anyone ever bought a PC from them? They seem pretty good and they look like a better company than IbuyPower for example. Thanks.

 

[octoberhungry]

Please provide a link to the "Origin" site.

Here you go; http://www.originpc.com/

 

[octoberhungry]

Mainly gaming. Got a budget of around 2.5K. That being dollars.

 

[hapkiman]

Origin is actually IMHO one of the better boutique vendors, and was founded by a group of four guys from the orginal Alienware company [read: pre-Dell].

Yes they're pricey, but super high quality and they back all their products superbly with great customer support and warranties.


http://www.originpc.com/the-origin.asp

Buy if you have the time, try to build yourself. You'll save a lot of $$$.

 

[bdbeall]

You could try digitalstorm.com, avadirect.com, or custompcandrepairs.com. I am sure if you email any of them directly they will probably beat whatever price you can show them elsewhere. I live in Akron,OH and avadirect and custompcandrepairs both quoted me better prices when i gave them the price from cyberpowers site. I ended up going with the custompc one and its been a champ so far. My advice is to shop around for your price.

All of this only if you wont build it yourself. This will be the cheapest route.

 

[zakattak80]

Intel Core i5-2500K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

ASRock Z77 Extreme6
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157295

Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 8GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226296

CORSAIR H100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181017&Tpk=corsair%20h100

HIS IceQ H795Q3G2M Radeon HD 7950 3GB x2 CrossfireX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161407

SILVERSTONE Strider Gold ST85F-G 850W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256067

Crucial M4 CT256M4SSD2 2.5" 256GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148443

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

COOLER MASTER CM Storm Series Trooper
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119245

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

Hanns-G HZ281HPB 27.5'' 3ms Full HD 1920 x 1200
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254052

$2400 before rebates.

i don't think he would be able to go crossfirex if he has a 77 board with a sand bridge chip. i heard that sli or crossfire well not work if you have a sandy chip in

 

[bdbeall]

i don't think he would be able to go crossfirex if he has a 77 board with a sand bridge chip. i heard that sli or crossfire well not work if you have a sandy chip in

I have seen it done, and i know it works. It just wont be pci-3.0 speeds which are unnecessary anyways. Even Quad Fire cards dont saturate pci-2.0 lanes yet.

 

[zakattak80]

ok i'm not sure where i heard it from but i think it was said on someones overview of the z77 chipset. i might have misunderstood what the host meant, but thought i put it out there.

 

[octoberhungry]

Hey thanks for the info guys. Very helpful. I'm tempted to build my own but in past experience (this was 10 plus yrs ago mind) I had major headaches with it and I had more time on my hands back then. Now I haven't really got the time so that's why i'm thinking of going with a prebuilt system. I've got the cash and it'll be my last present to myself before I have to pay for my wedding! After that it's game over!

 

[octoberhungry]

The build i did for you is pretty much the bees knees...

Yeah it certainly looks it...What about cooling though? Does that case have adequate fans u think? Seems liquid cooling is the rage these days. Is that not really necessary with your build do you think? Thanks again.

 

[octoberhungry]

There is a H100 liquid cooler in there..

The case plenty big and has lots of airflow.

Oh nice! Didn't notice that. Cheers.

 

[octoberhungry]

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