Origin PC Chronos: Two GeForce GTX 780 Tis In A Mini Gaming Cube

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Origin PC proves you can get two GeForce GTX 780 Tis and a heavily overclocked Core i7-4770K into a microATX form factor using BitFenix's popular Phenom M chassis. Yes, the combination is expensive, but it's also oh-so fast. We deconstruct it for you.

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Test Hardware Configurations
Row 0 - Cell 0 Origin PC Chronos AVADirect Mini Gaming PC Lenovo Erazer X700 ASRock M8 $1535 Build SBM $2550 Performance PC
Processor (Overclock) Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5 GHz, Four Physical Cores O/C to 4.70 GHz, 1.17-1.28 V Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5 GHz, Four Physical Cores O/C to 4.20 GHz, 1.15-1.25 V Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2 GHz, Six Physical Cores O/C to 3.90 GHz, 1.41 V Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5 GHz, Four Physical Cores O/C to 4.10 GHz, 1.08 V Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20 GHz, Six Physical CoresO/C to 4.20 GHz, 1.25 V
Graphics (Overclock) 2x Nvidia GTX 780 Ti: 889-941 MHz GPU,  GDDR5-7000, O/C to 1078 MHz, GDDR5-7400 Asus GTX 780: 889-941 MHz GPU,  GDDR5-6008 AMD Radeon HD 8950: 925 MHz GPU, GDDR5-5000 EVGA GTX 760: 980-1033 MHz GPU, GDDR5-6008 O/C to 1200 MHz GDDR5-7200 3x EVGA GTX-760: 980-1033 MHz GPU,  GDDR5-6008 O/C to 1130 MHz GDDR5-6680
Memory (Overclock) 16 GB Corsair DDR3-1866 CAS 9-10-9-27, 1.50 V 8 GB Kingston DDR3-1600 CAS 9-9-9-27, 1.50 V 16 GB Hyundai DDR3-1600 CAS 11-11-11-28, 1.50 V 8 GB Kingston DDR3-1600 CAS 9-9-9-24, O/C to DDR3-1600 8-9-8-21, 1.50 V 16 GB Mushkin DDR3-1600 CAS 9-9-9-24, Not Overclockable
Motherboard (Overclock) MSI Z87I: Mini ITX, LGA 1150 Intel Z87 Express, Stock 100 MHz BCLK MSI Z87I: Mini ITX, LGA 1150 Intel Z87 Express, Stock 100 MHz BCLK Lenovo 10122: Micro ATX, LGA 2011, Intel X79 Express, Stock 100 MHz BCLK ASRock Z87 M8: Mini ITX, LGA 1150, Intel Z87 Express, Stock 100 MHz BCLK ASRock X79 Extreme6: ATX, LGA 2011, Intel X79 Express, Stock 100 MHz BCLK
Optical None LG BH16NS40: 16x BDR / DVD±R PLDS DH12B2SH 12X BDR 16x DVD±R Lite-On DC-8A2SH 8x DVDRW Pioneer BDR-2208: 15x BD-R
Case BitFenix Phenom-M Lian Li PC-Q28B Lenovo X7 series Mid Tower ASRock M8 Lian Li PC-9NA
CPU Cooler Origin Frostbyte 120 Cooler Master Seidon 120M Asetek 120 x38 mm Closed Loop Liquid Cooler Xigmatek CAC-EXAI6-U01 With Noctua NF-F12 Fan Noctua NH-D14 SE2011
Hard Drive Samsung 840 MZ-7TE1T0BW 1 TB SATA 6Gb/s SSD 2 x Kingston HyperX 3K 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s SSD Samsung 830 MZ7PC128HAFU 128 GB SATA 6Gb/s SSD Samsung MZ-7PD256BW: 256 GB, SATA 6Gb/s SSD Mushkin Chronos Deluxe DX 240 GB, SATA 6Gb/s SSD
Power Corsair 850TX: 850 W Modular, ATX12V v2.3, 80 PLUS Bronze Corsair 650TX: 650 W Modular, ATX12V v2.3, 80 PLUS Bronze AcBel FS8003: 625 W, 80 PLUS Gold FSP450-60GHS(85)-R: 450 W, SFX, 80 PLUS Bronze Corsair HX850: 850 W Modular, ATX12V v2.3, 80 PLUS Gold
Software
OS Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64
Graphics Nvidia GeForce 331.82 Nvidia GeForce 331.65 AMD Catalyst 13.9 Nvidia GeForce 320.49 WHQL Nvidia GeForce 326.80 Beta
Chipset Intel INF 9.4.0.1017 Intel INF 9.4.0.1017 Intel INF 9.3.0.1026 Intel INF 9.4.0.1017 Intel INF 9.3.0.1026
Thomas Soderstrom
Thomas Soderstrom
Thomas Soderstrom is a Senior Staff Editor at Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews cases, cooling, memory and motherboards.
35 Comments Comment from the forums
  • envy14tpe
    But that price tag. Yikes!
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  • sbudbud
    Price is stupid, kill it with fire!!!
    Reply
  • Kingpin007
    great one would love to have one... if i had the money
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  • outlw6669
    Ouch, that is expensive!
    Loving the small form factor and performance though.

    How loud does this system have to get to handle all that heat?
    I am guessing that it will be pretty noisy; probably the biggest downside to putting so much performance in such a small package.
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  • bemused_fred
    21+73=94.That's a 94c peak CPU temp! Jay-soos! I'm pretty sure that's not a good thing.....
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  • Crashman
    12551434 said:
    Ouch, that is expensive!
    Loving the small form factor and performance though.

    How loud does this system have to get to handle all that heat?
    I am guessing that it will be pretty noisy; probably the biggest downside to putting so much performance in such a small package.
    Nope, it's quiet. The reason it's quiet is that it uses GeForce 780 Ti's. They use what's probably the best GPU cooler ever devised.

    12551444 said:
    21+73=94.That's a 94c peak CPU temp! Jay-soos! I'm pretty sure that's not a good thing.....
    Ah, but 17+73=90. It never reached max fan speed :)
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  • outlw6669
    12551478 said:
    Nope, it's quiet. The reason it's quiet is that it uses GeForce 780 Ti's. They use what's probably the best GPU cooler ever devised.

    Quiet, powerful and a small footprint.
    That is a great combination in my book :)
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  • Zeh
    I'd rather not have a 1 TB SSD. It's expensive as it is and 256gb is more than enough, at least for me. Heck, I have a 60gb and I'm fine with it.
    Reply
  • quilciri
    I have a pair of 120gb ssd's in raid0, and it's nearly full with about 1/4 of my steam library, I'd like a 1tb ssd, but really don't want to shell out for one. the Hybrid drives are looking prety good, though. I'm suprised, with all the other money they dumped into this system that the storage drive wasn't a hybrid.
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  • larsoncc
    The internals are just amazing. Look at how beautifully compact it all is. I bet it's surprisingly heavy for its size; those 850W power supplies have some heft to them.
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