Origin's Genesis: Flagship Bling
by Dustin Sklavos on April 2, 2011 2:00 PM ESTApplication and Futuremark Performance
We've had the opportunity to take an overclocked Intel Core i7-2600K for a spin before, but Origin's 4.5GHz overclock is the highest we've seen from a boutique system thus far. The Intel 510 series SSD is also very fast and should placate PCMark, so let's see how the Genesis stacks up.
Much to the surprise of no one, the Origin Genesis hangs out at the top of every chart. It boasts the highest overclock on Sandy Bridge (already a performance-per-clock demon) and has among the fastest SSDs on the market along with one of the fastest graphics solutions we've ever tested. The key word, really, is "fast."
Amusingly, the only 3DMark not tied up in being as heavily CPU-bound is 3DMark03. All of the other tests show the SLI'd GeForce GTX 560 Ti's powering the Origin Genesis beating up on faster graphics solutions. We've been questioning the value of the 3DMark suite for some time, and while it makes for easier comparisons in notebooks, desktop machines are so incredibly fast now that these results are much less useful. What are you supposed to do when an ostensibly independent benchmark is so easily skewed by a single component it's not even expressly designed to test, as is the case when the PCMark scores inflate on account of an SSD or 3DMark gets hung up on processor power?
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KoolAidMan1 - Monday, April 4, 2011 - link
I am too, I own an 800D myself. That said, the 600T is also a good case. It has quite a few of the features of the 800D, things like its cable management, and it is very well built. It is a pretty great deal given that you can find it for around $140 on Amazon.bigboxes - Saturday, April 2, 2011 - link
I'm tired of this kind of posts. You know this is not geared to the normal pc builder on AnandTech. It's geared towards those that can't or won't do it them selves. Yeah, I'm one of them, but egads the horror that someone may actually make a profit on putting together a computer. Why would they make their own parts. They put together the computer with quality parts. What else could you ask for? Your complaint that they don't make the motherboard? The cpu? The case? I'm at a loss to understand your complaint. I just checked out their website. You can choose a windowless design. Still got complaints? Then nothing is going to satisfy you. I am with you, but I do not make stupid posts knocking others for doing so. Why? Because I'm the exception. I'm the builder. Most are not. I would have more respect for someone who bought one of these than a Dell or HP. Not everyone is an idiot because they don't build their own pc.ArKritz - Saturday, April 2, 2011 - link
Lift with your legs, man! :ptacobff - Saturday, April 2, 2011 - link
Starts at 1337$Awesome.
Ninhalem - Saturday, April 2, 2011 - link
Took a look at the options they offer for all the different components and frankly it is overwhelming the number of options they have. I haven't seen anything like that ever before. If I was going to do something like that, I would need to sit down with the Anandtech GPU bench system to choose the correct gpu configuration because there are so many options.As for what other case I could choose? The Cooler Master Cosmos case comes to mind. Personally I think that case is a lot better than the Corsair case, but that's a personal preference.
Xorp - Saturday, April 2, 2011 - link
Anyone know the make and model of that SATA Hot-swap bay?Dustin Sklavos - Sunday, April 3, 2011 - link
I don't have the model number offhand, but it's a Lian-Li dual drive hot-swap bay if that helps.ooiman92 - Saturday, April 2, 2011 - link
Starting at $1,337I LOLed :P
skyshiro - Saturday, April 2, 2011 - link
Where on Earth did they get the side panel? No one is selling one, I'd love to get a 600T if I could get my hands on a side panel for one.JarredWalton - Sunday, April 3, 2011 - link
"Origin is also in a privileged position with Corsair and as a result are among the first to get their hands on the new windowed side panel which they make use of by illuminating the internals with strips of white LED lights."I'm guessing Corsair will make the window available at retail at some point, but right now you'd have to roll your own.