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

[Crashman]

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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[envy14tpe]

But that price tag. Yikes!

 

[sbudbud]

Price is stupid, kill it with fire!!!

 

[Kingpin007]

great one would love to have one... if i had the money

 

[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.

 

[bemused_fred]

21+73=94.That's a 94c peak CPU temp! Jay-soos! I'm pretty sure that's not a good thing.....

 

[Crashman]

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.

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

 

[outlw6669]

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

 

[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.

 

[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.

 

[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.

 

[bemused_fred]

Ah, but 17+73=90. It never reached max fan speed

Did you post that the room temp is kept at 17, or did I just miss it?

 

[Iggledude]

Awesome Machine.The "perceived" heat in that cramped space would bug me to no end however. Still though... again, Awesome Machine.

 

[frannymaccy]

[strike][/strike]WTF? For 300 dollars cheaper, you could build:

4930KRampage IV Black
16GB 2400 CL10 Trident X
GTX 780 Windforce OC in Sli
840 Pro 512 GB
2 x 1TB WD Caviar Blue
Storm Trooper
Seasonic 1250W 80+ Gold
LG Blu Ray Writer
Windows 8.1 Pro

This is a vastly faster, more versatile, and more robust system... Literally every single component of this system will run better on stock, OC'able components will OC much better and with way more headroom, will be more reliable and stable, will last significantly longer as games use more hyperthreading and cores and faster RAM, and that's with 300 quid left over and splashing out easily 250 extra bucks on a super overkill PSU and Blu Ray Player and shipping costs... !

The remaining money of 300-550 would probably cover a switch of components to the next gen of 5930K processors, Rampage V, DDR4 memory and sli GTX 880s before the year's out!

 

[Immaculate]

OR! you could do this same setup with the EVGA dual bios classified 780Tis with a custom water loop cooling nearly every component. Cheaper than the Chronos and well you don't really have to worry about warranty with your parts being so frosty.

EDIT

mATX: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2JekD

ATX: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2JdJl

 

[Crashman]

Ah, but 17+73=90. It never reached max fan speed

Did you post that the room temp is kept at 17, or did I just miss it?

Sorry, I thought I mentioned it was cold without stating the temp. Measured temp was 17 when that CPU temperature was recorded.

Compared to our $2550 build, that same 66% price increase gets the Chronos a 29% gaming performance lead. We’ve come to expect a 2:1 cost-to-benefit relationship in high-end hardware comparisons, so we might have expected a 29% performance gain to cost 58% more or so. Yet, Origin PC’s build quality and warranty are easily worth the 8% difference between expected and actual price differences.

Really? Anyone can throw components in a PC case and use zip ties. What did Origin do that makes this computer so special that build quality is a feature? I don't see anything custom nor special here. This comment is suspect at best....

Your analysis of the statement is questionable, since the article statement is a consideration of labor and shipping cost involved with assembly and warranty support.

 

[Crashman]

Any 12 year old kid could assemble this computer. There is absolutely nothing special or proprietary about it. Most of the individual parts have a 3+ year warranty on them, so your warranty claim doesn't really hold weight.

Great! If you want to pay a 12-year old kid who lives across the country $15 an hour to build your PC, then pay him up front for 3 years of back-and-forth shipping, go for it. But that only implies that my warranty claim does hold weight.

 

[Junit151]

There is an error. The TX850M is semi-modular, not full modular.

 

[HeyyScott]

Looks beautiful and insane spec but I'm not rich.

 

[Doug Lord]

You guys need to do a better job of fitting your review to the tasks that a person that might buy a product is likely to perform. You do not buy 2x780ti to play Battlefield 3 at 1080p with medium settings. If you are going to buy 2x780ti you are ONLY interested in 3x1080p or 4k with the highest possible settings that will still generate a 30fps minimum. Why is it you have no 4k???

 

[cinnamon cider]

I wonder how this would cost if I'll just build it on my own with the same parts.

 

[JOSHSKORN]

I'd buy one of those...at 70% off.

 

[Crashman]

You are still dodging the question and keeping talking about the warranty. I'm glad this computer has a 3 year warranty, as it should for the price. But a good warranty doesn't have any reflection on the build quality. I'm simply asking, "Why was build quality specifically mentioned in the conclusion." It is obvious that you stand by your wording in the article. I'm asking you to explain it without deflecting to their warranty.

It's well assembled, as opposed to the Lenovo machine that was sloppily assembled. You pay an extra hour of labor for that, or at least my build experience says it takes an extra hour to do a "standard" rather than "substandard" installation.

So you add the labor, you add the support cost including shipping, you forget the value of the parts in the warranty since most of those parts have factory warranties, and you're still looking at a bag of money the boutique must have on hand in addition to the cost of parts.

There is an error. The TX850M is semi-modular, not full modular.

Thanks!

You guys need to do a better job of fitting your review to the tasks that a person that might buy a product is likely to perform. You do not buy 2x780ti to play Battlefield 3 at 1080p with medium settings. If you are going to buy 2x780ti you are ONLY interested in 3x1080p or 4k with the highest possible settings that will still generate a 30fps minimum. Why is it you have no 4k???

Please ask Chris to buy three 4k displays for Paul, Don, and myself. Thanks!

 

[bemused_fred]

Please ask Chris to buy three 4k displays for Paul, Don, and myself. Thanks!

"But why is the budget gone?"

 

[Crashman]

Where does all the money go? Hmmm...