New Custom System Maker Origin Enters Fray with Genesis, EON18

Posted 11/18/2009 at 7:00am | by Paul Lilly

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Move over Alienware, Voodoo PC, Hypersonic, Maingear, BFG, Widow PC, Falcon Northwest, Velocity Micro, Vigor Gaming, Apple (sike!), Overdrive PC, Digital Storm, and any other vendor of high-end gaming PCs we may have left out, and make way for Origin, the newest custom gaming PC maker on the block.

Origin makes its debut with a pair of flashy looking systems, the Genesis desktop and EON18 notebook. To set the systems part, Origin has teamed with Killer Paint to offer custom paint jobs and airbrushed designs, including custom requests. Cost of entry for the desktop starts at about $1,600 for an AMD Phenom II-based system, $1,700 for Core i5, or about $2,000 to jump up to Core i7. That buys you a 750W Corsair power supply, EVGA GTX 260 videocard, 4GB of DDR3-1333 memory, a 320GB hard drive, and a few other odds and ends.

The EON18 notebook, on the other hand, starts at $2,576 and includes an 18.4-inch glossy LCD screen, GeForce GTX 280m graphics, an Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 processor, 2GB of DDR3-1333 memory, 250GB hard drive, 8X DVD burner, Wi-Fi, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

Upgrade options abound for both setups, nearly all of which are name brand parts. And resurrecting a name we've been quite content not to see in the headlines as of late, Origin has apparently teamed with Fatal1ty for select branded components.

"I have known the founders of Origin for several years and have selected them as my premier gaming PC partner," said Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel. "With Origin, I want to focus on what true, hardcore gamers and enthusiasts want from their gaming PC: high-performance, personal customization, and a PC that delivers the best gaming experience in collaboration with my licensed partners."

Take from that what you will.

If you want to see more, Origin's already all over the web:

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Image Credit: Origin