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Opinions on OriginPC? Are they reliable?
- Jun 6, 2013 5:34 am GMT
So after some digging for new gaming computers, I stumbled across OriginPC, apparently the remenants of Alienware (The good one though, not the Dell Alienware).
http://www.originpc.com/gaming/desktops/genesis/
So I was wondering if anyone had dealt with them before, because I hadn't heard of them, and was wondering if they are reliable?
Also, if they are reliable, can someone that knows more than me tell me what parts to put in it if I want a zippy gaming computer on a $3000 budget?
Keep in mind it has to have a fairly long life expectancy, I'm blowing my gaming budget on this, so it'll have to last a long while.
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- Jun 6, 2013 9:15 am GMT

They will still be more expensive than building it yourself, or buying the parts yourself and paying someone to build it.
I can't tell you anything other than that though since i haven't personally dealt with them.
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- Jun 6, 2013 10:19 am GMTWell then, assuming I can find all of these on my own, would the following be a good gaming PC? ----> Internal LED lighting (Not sure if I can do this myself or not?) High-Performance Ultra Silent Fans ASUS Maximus VI Extreme FROSTBYTE 120 Sealed Liquid Cooling Systems Intel Core i7 4770K Quad-Core, 8MB Cache 1050 Watt Corsair HX1050 (Really not sure how much power I need, so I aimed high) 3GB EVGA GTX 660 Ti+ (x2) <--I'm assuming two of these can run together, correct? 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1866Mhz (2x8GB) Genuine MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Edition 1TB SATA 6.0Gb/s, 7200RPM, 32MB Cache 12X Blu-ray Reader and DVD Combo 40-in-1 Media Card Reader Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D PCIe D-Link Wireless DWA-566 PCI Express Desktop Adapter Case: Corsair 650D (Anyone have any opinions on this case? It looks cool, and I love the side window, but does it vent heat well?) (I know I still need a mouse and keyboard and moniter) I'm really iffy on the graphics cards, I don't have enough money for Dual cards of anything else higher up sadly... Is having 1 powerful card better than dual mid power cards? For ex: My dual cards vs 1 GTX 770? My friends swears by Corsair btw, which is why so much of my stuff seems to be Corsair : /
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- Jun 6, 2013 10:35 am GMT

[QUOTE="Hellfire-1"]Well then, assuming I can find all of these on my own, would the following be a good gaming PC? ----> Internal LED lighting (Not sure if I can do this myself or not?) High-Performance Ultra Silent Fans ASUS Maximus VI Extreme FROSTBYTE 120 Sealed Liquid Cooling Systems Intel Core i7 4770K Quad-Core, 8MB Cache 1050 Watt Corsair HX1050 (Really not sure how much power I need, so I aimed high) 3GB EVGA GTX 660 Ti+ (x2) <--I'm assuming two of these can run together, correct? 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1866Mhz (2x8GB) Genuine MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Edition 1TB SATA 6.0Gb/s, 7200RPM, 32MB Cache 12X Blu-ray Reader and DVD Combo 40-in-1 Media Card Reader Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D PCIe D-Link Wireless DWA-566 PCI Express Desktop Adapter Case: Corsair 650D (Anyone have any opinions on this case? It looks cool, and I love the side window, but does it vent heat well?) (I know I still need a mouse and keyboard and moniter) I'm really iffy on the graphics cards, I don't have enough money for Dual cards of anything else higher up sadly... Is having 1 powerful card better than dual mid power cards? For ex: My dual cards vs 1 GTX 770? My friends swears by Corsair btw, which is why so much of my stuff seems to be Corsair : / [/QUOTE]
I will run through your ideas in order:
- Lighting is do-able, either LED fans, individual LEDs or LED strips
- Fans you can pick what you want
- Motherboard and CPU are fine, but you'd probably be fine with the i5-4670k
- That power supply is more than you need, a good 850w will be fine even for a dual card setup
- Personally I would choose a GTX 770 instead of two cards, you can then add a second later (770 is the best value high end card atm)
- Ram is fine, but you might want low profile depending on CPU cooler
- Windows you can buy
- Hard drive is fine, you have plenty of choice for good 1TB HDDs
- You probably don't need a blu-ray reader, but that's up to you of course
- Sound card is up to you again
- You can use a wireless adapter, but for competitive gaming wired is much better
- I like the 650d, but I hear stock cooling isn't amazing, maybe adding more/better fans would help
Corsair are great.
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- Jun 6, 2013 12:19 pm GMT[QUOTE="kraken2109"]
[QUOTE="Hellfire-1"]Well then, assuming I can find all of these on my own, would the following be a good gaming PC? ----> Internal LED lighting (Not sure if I can do this myself or not?) High-Performance Ultra Silent Fans ASUS Maximus VI Extreme FROSTBYTE 120 Sealed Liquid Cooling Systems Intel Core i7 4770K Quad-Core, 8MB Cache 1050 Watt Corsair HX1050 (Really not sure how much power I need, so I aimed high) 3GB EVGA GTX 660 Ti+ (x2) <--I'm assuming two of these can run together, correct? 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1866Mhz (2x8GB) Genuine MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Edition 1TB SATA 6.0Gb/s, 7200RPM, 32MB Cache 12X Blu-ray Reader and DVD Combo 40-in-1 Media Card Reader Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D PCIe D-Link Wireless DWA-566 PCI Express Desktop Adapter Case: Corsair 650D (Anyone have any opinions on this case? It looks cool, and I love the side window, but does it vent heat well?) (I know I still need a mouse and keyboard and moniter) I'm really iffy on the graphics cards, I don't have enough money for Dual cards of anything else higher up sadly... Is having 1 powerful card better than dual mid power cards? For ex: My dual cards vs 1 GTX 770? My friends swears by Corsair btw, which is why so much of my stuff seems to be Corsair : / [/QUOTE]
I will run through your ideas in order:
- Lighting is do-able, either LED fans, individual LEDs or LED strips
- Fans you can pick what you want
- Motherboard and CPU are fine, but you'd probably be fine with the i5-4670k
- That power supply is more than you need, a good 850w will be fine even for a dual card setup
- Personally I would choose a GTX 770 instead of two cards, you can then add a second later (770 is the best value high end card atm)
- Ram is fine, but you might want low profile depending on CPU cooler
- Windows you can buy
- Hard drive is fine, you have plenty of choice for good 1TB HDDs
- You probably don't need a blu-ray reader, but that's up to you of course
- Sound card is up to you again
- You can use a wireless adapter, but for competitive gaming wired is much better
- I like the 650d, but I hear stock cooling isn't amazing, maybe adding more/better fans would help
Corsair are great.
[/QUOTE] Thanks for the input! :) If I plan on eventually upgrading to using Dual cards of something with some oomph in the future, should I keep the power supply what it is? Or is it stupid to have a 1 kw Power Supply? Furthermore, am I going to damage anything by having it? Also, this may be a stupid question, but I have wireless internet at my house, and wired internet at my uni apartment, do I need something special to be able to use Wired Internet? I know I need the wireless card for Wireless, but what do I need for Ethernet?- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Jun 6, 2013 12:46 pm GMTAX850 from Corsair is plenty for you, and I would also advice a 770 over dual 660Ti... If you still want dual card, wait for 760Ti. Also don't blow 3K right away on a computer, 1000-1200 now or so and then spend the rest on upgrading over the years.
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- Jun 6, 2013 1:30 pm GMT
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[QUOTE="horgen123"] Also don't blow 3K right away on a computer, 1000-1200 now or so and then spend the rest on upgrading over the years. [/QUOTE] Agree strongly with this.
You can get a nice set of parts ($130 powersupply, nice case, 3570K with a very nice motherboard, 8gigs ram, dvd drive/harddrive, copy of windows, GTX 770 SC) along with labor cost ($150-200 to pay someone to put it together) and still only spend half your budget ($1500).
You can then save the $1500 for future upgrades (for example if you want more GPU power in a year, you can buy another 770 or sell your 770 and pay a couple hundred out of pocket for a highend 800 series GPU).
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- Jun 6, 2013 1:39 pm GMT[QUOTE="mastershake575"]
[QUOTE="horgen123"] Also don't blow 3K right away on a computer, 1000-1200 now or so and then spend the rest on upgrading over the years. [/QUOTE] Agree strongly with this.
You can get a nice set of parts ($130 powersupply, nice case, 3570K with a very nice motherboard, 8gigs ram, dvd drive/harddrive, copy of windows, GTX 770 SC) along with labor cost ($150-200 to pay someone to put it together) and still only spend half your budget ($1500).
You can then save the $1500 for future upgrades (for example if you want more GPU power in a year, you can buy another 770 or sell your 770 and pay a couple hundred out of pocket for a highend 800 series GPU).
[/QUOTE] Alrighty then, back to the drawing board! :) Btw, I asked it earlier, but it was in the bottom of a post, do I need to buy anything special like a card or something to let me use wired internet (ethernet)? I know I need a wireless card for wireless though, yes?- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Jun 6, 2013 2:26 pm GMT
[QUOTE="Hellfire-1"][QUOTE="mastershake575"][QUOTE="horgen123"] Also don't blow 3K right away on a computer, 1000-1200 now or so and then spend the rest on upgrading over the years. [/QUOTE] Agree strongly with this.
You can get a nice set of parts ($130 powersupply, nice case, 3570K with a very nice motherboard, 8gigs ram, dvd drive/harddrive, copy of windows, GTX 770 SC) along with labor cost ($150-200 to pay someone to put it together) and still only spend half your budget ($1500).
You can then save the $1500 for future upgrades (for example if you want more GPU power in a year, you can buy another 770 or sell your 770 and pay a couple hundred out of pocket for a highend 800 series GPU).
[/QUOTE] Alrighty then, back to the drawing board! :) Btw, I asked it earlier, but it was in the bottom of a post, do I need to buy anything special like a card or something to let me use wired internet (ethernet)? I know I need a wireless card for wireless though, yes?[/QUOTE] All motherboards have an Ethernet port for wired internet. I would go for an 850w power supply. 1050w won't damage anything other than your wallet however, so you could if you wanted. GPUs are getting more efficient though, so I wouldn't bother.- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.





