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Origin Genesis Z87 review: Boutique PC bliss in a (slightly) more affordable package

August 30, 2013

Today’s best gaming desktop computers are universally fast, powerful, and sexy. They’re a lot like high-end sports cars, complete with flashy lights and sleek metal chassis. Origin takes the sports car analogy one step further with its Haswell-powered Genesis Z87 system: It offers the option of a semi-custom paint job or a totally custom laser etching on its case—provided you’re willing to open your wallet wide. Otherwise, a basic Genesis system with an AMD processor can be had for as little as $1791. Our review model, however, sports a fourth-generation Intel Core CPU and costs a cool $6555 as of this writing. It’s not the most expensive gaming machine on the block (hello, $9500 Primordial Medusa), but it’ll put a sizable dent in most bank accounts. ROBERT CARDIN While the Genesis Z87 comes in an OEM enclosure, it sports a very splashy paint job. The Genesis Z87 has all the components you’d look for, plus a few extras. Housed in a large Corsair 800D chassis painted “Shredder Red” (a black paint job that looks like the case has been skinned to reveal a red undercoat), the Genesis sports an unlocked Intel Core i7-4770K processor (overclocked to 4.7GHz), 16GB of DDR3/1866 memory, and three Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 graphics cards. It also has two 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSDs running in RAID 0; a 1TB, 7200rpm hard drive; and Wi-Fi 802.11a/c (along with Bluetooth and a gigabit ethernet port for connectivity). The system also features all the other goodies you expect to see on high-powered gaming systems, including a 1200-watt power supply, six USB 3.0 ports, a 40-in-1 card reader, a Blu-ray burner, interior LED lighting, and 7.1-channel surround sound. Each video card has two DVI ports, one HDMI-out, and one DisplayPort to support multimonitor setups. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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