ORIGIN PC

[TechHelp]

i was looking at the origin pcs and im really attracted to them, im not going for self built.

What i would like help with is; When i go onto the site i get given a heap of options, going for the midtower i selected some options and found my $$ going up incredibly fast, since i dont know whats essentially for brilliant gaming, i was curious if you could help me out?
If there are other options for custom pc building (no self builds) then i'd love that

Budget: under $3000

thank you very much, i appreciate it.

[Guest Kloaked]

Do you need any peripherals? I recommend not buying them from Origin and just buying them from Newegg or something if you do.

 

Reason I ask is to figure out if your budget needs to include those things or not.

[Curufinwe_wins]

Please for the love of god... you will probably be wasting a thousand dollars on prebuilt.

[Guest]

The component with the largest impact on gaming is your graphics card. For your processor you need something that will keep and not slow it down (AKA bottle necking). SSDs make your games load a bit faster and as long as the games have enough ram, memory really doesn't affect that much. That's the basic breakdown of gaming components, let me know if you need more info.

[TechHelp]

Do you need any peripherals? I recommend not buying them from Origin and just buying them from Newegg or something if you do.

 

Reason I ask is to figure out if your budget needs to include those things or not.

Not really, ive got a mouse keyboard and screen already.

[Whorax]

I absolutely refuse to help you spend more money than you're getting in return value wise. As far as I'm concerned it's like taking your car to the stealership to change the oil when you could do it yourself for half the price. Is the reason you aren't building because you think it's hard? If so I'd like to let you know that building a computer is literally easier done than said.

[TechHelp]

Please for the love of god... you will probably be wasting a thousand dollars on prebuilt.

Ik, and i realise this but im going with prebuilt.

[Amazingasian]

Not really, ive got a mouse keyboard and screen already.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($439.95 @ B&H) 

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($89.90 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($153.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($96.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($147.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($649.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($649.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($139.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($121.11 @ Amazon) 

Total: $2599.89

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-23 23:41 EST-0500

 

Probably completely overkill for anything you will do.  Feel free to drop one of the 980ti's.  You should really build this yourself.

[TechHelp]

I absolutely refuse to help you spend more money than you're getting in return value wise. As far as I'm concerned it's like taking your car to the stealership to change the oil when you could do it yourself for half the price. Is the reason you aren't building because you think it's hard? If so I'd like to let you know that building a computer is literally easier done than said.

Understandable, and i'd probably be willing to build a pc myself, however there are many factors keeping me from doing so, while I appreciate youre trying to help, as i mentioned before there are many factors keeping me from building one myself, some of which is personal. If you can help me then great but i cant do a "build your own"

[Guest Kloaked]

Not really, ive got a mouse keyboard and screen already.

 

Ight.

 

So what you want to do is go with the Intel Z170 platform. Get the 6600k CPU whenever you get to the CPU selection. Do not pick the option to have them overclock it for you unless you are just so totally not wanting to worry about having to do it. Overclocking is really simple and we can help you do that.

 

For the cooling option, I recommend their 240mm liquid cooling option, as 120mm isn't worth having in my opinion. Plus it's not much to step it up to 240mm.

 

For a video card, and with your budget, I recommend getting a 980 Ti GPU. Other than that, you shouldn't have to change anything else.

 

They already have a 120 GB SSD selected for your first storage option. This will be the drive that they install Windows onto for you. I recommend also getting a 1TB or a 2TB mechanical drive for your second storage option (labeled "Hot swap bay drive" on the configuration tool") .

 

They already have most of the stuff you'd want already selected, other than those four things I mentioned. Plus, some of the other stuff are just extra bells and whistles that will just do nothing more than eat your money.

 

Please for the love of god... you will probably be wasting a thousand dollars on prebuilt.

 

Please for the love of god, go away if you don't want to help. Thanks.

[TechHelp]

Ight.

 

So what you want to do is go with the Intel Z170 platform. Get the 6600k CPU whenever you get to the CPU selection. Do not pick the option to have them overclock it for you unless you are just so totally not wanting to worry about having to do it. Overclocking is really simple and we can help you do that.

 

For the cooling option, I recommend their 240mm liquid cooling option, as 120mm isn't worth having in my opinion. Plus it's not much to step it up to 240mm.

 

For a video card, and with your budget, I recommend getting a 980 Ti GPU. Other than that, you shouldn't have to change anything else.

 

They already have a 120 GB SSD selected for your first storage option. This will be the drive that they install Windows onto for you. I recommend also getting a 1TB or a 2TB mechanical drive for your second storage option (labeled "Hot swap bay drive" on the configuration tool") .

 

They already have most of the stuff you'd want already selected, other than those four things I mentioned. Plus, some of the other stuff are just extra bells and whistles that will just do nothing more than eat your money.

 

 

Please for the love of god, go away if you don't want to help. Thanks.

Thank you so much!!!!

i really appreciate it

[Curufinwe_wins]

But falcon northwest is another prebuild that makes nice stuff (even if massive waste of money.)

 

https://build2.falcon-nw.com/Configurator/Configurator?s=14#

 

For 3k on their tiki system (which is at least really nice looking), you can get a 6600k/16GB DDR4-2400/AIO cpu cooling/reference 980ti/1TB m600 ssd/3TB hdd/windows 10 pro/slot load dvd.

 

Seriously though, you can build the same system for less than 2k...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($254.99 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($54.99 @ Micro Center) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z170M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($128.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: PNY Anarchy 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 960GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($79.95 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($610.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Inwin 901 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Rosewill 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 

Optical Drive: LG BT30N Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($62.00 @ Amazon) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($85.98 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: Acer G257HU smidpx 60Hz 25.0" Monitor  ($259.99 @ B&H) 

Total: $1997.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-23 23:48 EST-0500

 

I literally grabbed stupid expensive overkill beautiful parts for half of this, and STILL HAD ROOM for a 1440p IPS monitor WHILE BEING $1000 Dollars cheaper.

 

Fuck man if you are in the US, I'll build your system for 500 dollars and it will look better than anything you will get from system integrators while still being way cheaper.

[Curufinwe_wins]

Please for the love of god, go away if you don't want to help. Thanks.

Yes... Encourage people to waste thousands of dollars...

 

Fuck as I've said above, I'd be willing to build that shit for less and it would look better than what origin produces without any issue.

[Guest Kloaked]

Yes... Encourage people to waste thousands of dollars...

 

Fuck as I've said above, I'd be willing to build that shit for less and it would look better than what origin produces without any issue.

 

Bullshit.

[Curufinwe_wins]

Bullshit.

Without any issue whatsoever.

[Guest Kloaked]

Without any issue whatsoever.

 

Are you able to offer the OP over-the-phone tech support, a warranty on their entire system, a case that is very modular like the one OriginPC exclusively makes for their own builds, and above all else, still feel like you made a profit?

 

I've been there and done that - still doing it. There's no money in it unless you make deals with distributors and form your own shop. Even then, if you don't charge a premium like these pre-built boutique places do, you will not stay open for long.

 

And it's not like they just throw these parts together. I've seen some of the builds that people do and they almost always neglect to do proper cable management, thermal testing and so on.

[TechHelp]

Without any issue whatsoever.

 

 

Yes... Encourage people to waste thousands of dollars...

 

Fuck as I've said above, I'd be willing to build that shit for less and it would look better than what origin produces without any issue.

can you go away, Kloaked actually gave me an answer.

I dont really care how many people tell me to go for a self built, because even though ii'd probably love to, i cant.

I've already got my answer and im extremly happy with it, dont start flaming him because he actually responded with an answer i WANTED.

Ive been on 3 other forums and out of them, Kloaked was the first to actually give me an answer.

[Guest Kloaked]

can you go away, Kloaked actually gave me an answer.

I dont really care how many people tell me to go for a self built, because even though ii'd probably love to, i cant.

I've already got my answer and im extremly happy with it, dont start flaming him because he actually responded with an answer i WANTED.

Ive been on 3 other forums and out of them, Kloaked was the first to actually give me an answer.

 

Sorry you had that problem. Seems to be an issue with the PC community for whatever reason.

 

But there's more people who think prebuilts are fine, so don't worry. They're not all stuck up.

[Curufinwe_wins]

Are you able to offer the OP over-the-phone tech support, a warranty on their entire system, a case that is very modular like the one OriginPC exclusively makes for their own builds, and above all else, still feel like you made a profit?

 

I've been there and done that - still doing it. There's no money in it unless you make deals with distributors and form your own shop. Even then, if you don't charge a premium like these pre-built boutique places do, you will not stay open for long.

 

And it's not like they just throw these parts together. I've seen some of the builds that people do and they almost always neglect to do proper cable management, thermal testing and so on.

There is literally 1500-1700 dollars of fat on that build. (and yet it's one of the better ones I've seen)

 

Yes indeed, I can do better. I do do better (although I up to this point have only ever made for family/friends, mainly because I don't generally charge much for my services. I do it because I don't like them getting ripped off and regardless of who they buy shit from, I'm already 24/7 phone tech support...)

[Curufinwe_wins]

can you go away, Kloaked actually gave me an answer.

I dont really care how many people tell me to go for a self built, because even though ii'd probably love to, i cant.

I've already got my answer and im extremly happy with it, dont start flaming him because he actually responded with an answer i WANTED.

Ive been on 3 other forums and out of them, Kloaked was the first to actually give me an answer.

You know I did actually also post an alternate solution, but that's perfectly fine. In fact, I tend to believe the relative value is a bit better, because itx builds like that would almost have to be made custom.

 

 

 

But falcon northwest is another prebuild that makes nice stuff (even if massive waste of money.)

 

https://build2.falcon-nw.com/Configurator/Configurator?s=14#

 

For 3k on their tiki system (which is at least really nice looking), you can get a 6600k/16GB DDR4-2400/AIO cpu cooling/reference 980ti/1TB m600 ssd/3TB hdd/windows 10 pro/slot load dvd.

 

[TechHelp]

You know I did actually also post an alternate solution, but that's perfectly fine. In fact, I tend to believe the relative value is a bit better, because itx builds like that would almost have to be made custom.

 

Please for the love of god... you will probably be wasting a thousand dollars on prebuilt.

[Guest Kloaked]

There is literally 1500-1700 dollars of fat on that build. (and yet it's one of the better ones I've seen)

 

Yes indeed, I can do better. I do do better (although I up to this point have only ever made for family/friends, mainly because I don't generally charge much for my services, I do it because I don't like them getting ripped off and regardless of who they buy shit from, I'm already 24/7 phone tech support...)

 

No, there's maybe a $500-$600 difference, if that.

 

Just like with Apple, you're paying a premium for their warranty and their tech support.

 

No, I'm not equating OriginPC to Apple, but I am equating their business model the same way because that's how it works with products like this.

[Curufinwe_wins]

 

And? Both points are completely valid.

 

A super compact itx system like that is harder to approximate than mid/fulltower builds without custom case (not that honestly it's too hard to custom build computer cases, just time inefficient). I was refering to the tiki vs the origin pc midtower.

 

On the other hand, I believe it was quite easy to show the value difference (well over 1500 dollars, even if you went for premium parts).

 

While the prices won't end up being much different other well viewed system integrators are Xidax, Maingear, Velocity Micro, Digital Storm, Puget Systems, and FX Custom PC.

 

Xidax would probably be the cheapest.

[stconquest]

$3000 is an i7 6700K(or 5820K) + dual 980Ti + decent peripherals... if OP is getting less than that... too bad for op *cough... I mean mommy's bank account. 

[Curufinwe_wins]

No, there's maybe a $500-$600 difference, if that.

 

Just like with Apple, you're paying a premium for their warranty and their tech support.

 

No, I'm not equating OriginPC to Apple, but I am equating their business model the same way because that's how it works with products like this.

 

Not helpful to OP ofc. The previous post may be however. At least just spend the time to shop around prebuilts...

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($254.99 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler: LEPA AquaChanger 240 103.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($77.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: PNY Anarchy 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 960GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($79.95 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($610.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($134.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($86.99 @ Newegg) 

Optical Drive: LG WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($46.98 @ OutletPC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($85.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $1873.83

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-24 00:25 EST-0500

 

Closest equivalent I can get to on the millennium line (which in numerous parts literally uses the most generic cheapest stuff possible. And I say that having inspected an origin pc before, although in fairness, it was never "bad" stuff, just stupid.

 

Same configuration 3200 dollars. Sorry 1300 dollars with those particular choices...