{"id":2385,"date":"2015-10-27T18:24:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T07:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/?p=2385"},"modified":"2015-10-27T18:24:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T07:24:28","slug":"valkyrie-custom-gaming-pc-evatech-vs-millennium-origin-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/valkyrie-custom-gaming-pc-evatech-vs-millennium-origin-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Valkyrie Custom Gaming PC [Evatech] vs Millennium [Origin PC]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hot on the heels of our recent popular comparison post which compared a gaming PC offered by Harvey Norman to a PC that we offer<\/a> – here’s a detailed write-up comparing us to Origin PC! Let’s get into it then.<\/p>\n

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I’ve picked the Millennium series of PC that is offered by Origin PC as it seems to be roughly the closest sized case to what the majority of our cases are.<\/p>\n

Once you start customising the Millennium system, you’re greeted with the choice of how you want the motherboard mounted, which admittedly is something we don’t offer, but also a fairly pointless choice at the same time. The next option is picking a colour of the case, the colours offered to me is red, black, and white, something that is usually an option with the cases we offer as a lot of the cases come in 2 or more colours direct from the manufacturer. If you want it in a metallic paint you stand to pay an additional $571, or you can upload your own artwork for an undisclosed price, but at least starts at $571. On the second step I’m also given an estimated ship date for my system, which is 3 weeks away from today, or 15 business days – that’s without even selecting ANY hardware yet. In contrast to all of Evatech’s PCs, unless you select a pre-order item during the build process, after getting payment for your order the maximum days until shipping is 10 business days, but we usually get orders out within 5 business days! We also offer express options if you can’t wait to get your gaming started.<\/p>\n

Going ahead, the next step has me select which chipset I want in the PC, I’m going to select the Z170 (Skylake) so we can compare it to our Skylake system. At the top of step 4 we find out that, although the domain suggests it’s Australian with the .com.au address, that all Origin PCs are built and supported in the United States. Hopefully you don’t have any hardware or warranty issues! They also mention they use name brand, non-proprietary components which means optimal performance and maximises upgrade-ability, which is the same as what we do.<\/p>\n

For the component selection I’m going to try and match up our version and the Origin PC customised systems as much as they allow. That means keeping it as simple as possible in terms of aesthetic choices, but a healthy PC in terms of gaming and processing performance. While putting the Origin PC together, I got to the end and wanted to change a selected option, there\u00a0doesn’t seem to be a way to go back or re-customise based on what you already made, so I hit the browser’s back button and it took me all the way back to the beginning with how I wanted the motherboard orientation and case colour choices.<\/p>\n

The Evatech Valkyrie custom gaming PC<\/a><\/strong> I put together is as follows:<\/p>\n

CPU: Intel Skylake i5 6600K 4-Core 3.9GHz
\nMotherboard: Intel Z170 Chipset ATX Gaming Edition
\nRAM: 16GB DDR4 Quad Channel Blue Series
\nCase: NZXT Source 340 Black & Blue Full Tower
\nPower Supply: 700w ATX 80 Plus Gold
\nPrimary Storage Device: 120G SATA3 SSD
\nSecond Storage Device: 1TB 7200RPM Hard Drive
\nGraphics Card: Nvidia GTX 980 4GB
\nCPU Cooler: Cooler Master Liquid Cooler 120mm Seidon 120V Plus
\nOperating System: Windows 8.1 64bit – Free Upgrade to Windows 10*
\nPackaging: Heavy Duty Packaging & Internal Packing Foam – Required for all courier shipped custom PCs
\nCustom PC Warranty: 12 Month On-Site Nation Wide System Warranty
\nService: Full Assembly, Burn in Testing & Setup
\nTotal: $2,610<\/p>\n

The Origin Millennium<\/strong> is as follows:<\/p>\n

Standard Millennium
\nThe ORIGIN Difference: Truly Custom PC’s. Want a component that is not on our site? Call or email us and we will include it in your system.
\nVariable Mounting: Standard
\nCase Lighting: Remote Controlled Multi-Colored LED-Millennium
\nCase Fans: ORIGIN High-Performance Ultra Silent Fans – Black
\nMotherboard: MSI Z170 Krait Gaming
\nSystem Cooling: ORIGIN FROSTBYTE 120 Sealed Liquid Cooling System
\nProcessors: Intel Core i5 6600K Quad-Core 3.5GHz (3.9GHz TurboBoost)
\nCRYOGENIC Tubing Color: None
\nPower Supply: 650 Watt Tough Power 80+Gold
\nCRYOGENIC Liquid: None
\nGraphic Cards: Single 4GB NVIDIA GTX 980
\nORIGIN Professional Graphics Card Overclocking: None
\nMemory: 16GB ORIGIN PC APPROVED DDR4 RAM 2400Mhz (2 x 8GB) – Z170
\nOperating System: Genuine MS Windows 8.1 64-Bit Edition
\nRAID Controllers: None
\nOperating System RAID Configuration: None
\nOperating System Drive #1: 120GB ORIGIN PC Approved Solid State Drive
\nOperating System Drive #2: 1TB SATA 6.0Gb\/s, 7200RPM, 32MB Cache
\nHotSwap Drives RAID Configuration: None
\nHot Swap Bay Drive #1: None
\nHot Swap Bay Drive #2: None
\nHot Swap Bay Drive #3: None
\nHot Swap Bay Drive #4: None
\nHot Swap Bay Drive #5: None
\nHard Drive Cage: 5 Bay Hot-Swap Cage
\nOptical Drive One: None
\nOptical Drive Two: None
\nPlayback Software: None
\nMedia Card Reader: None
\nAudio: On Board Audio
\nNetworking: Onboard Network Port
\nCapture Cards: None
\nORIGIN Maximum Protection Shipping Process: ORIGIN Wooden Crate Armor
\nWarranty: 1 Year Part Replacement and 45 Day Free Shipping Warranty with Lifetime Labor*
\nORIGIN Recovery: ORIGIN Recovery Media
\nFree ORIGIN T-shirt: ORIGIN PC G8 T-Shirt XXL
\nKeyboards: None
\nMouse: None
\nMouse Pad: None
\nPrimary Display: None
\nSecondary Display: None
\nGaming Eyewear: None
\nHeadsets: None
\nSpeakers: None
\nSecurity Software: None
\nProductivity Software: None
\nWebcam: None
\nTotal: $3,797<\/p>\n

Sorry for the walls of text!<\/p>\n

Basically they are the same systems hardware wise, and probably quite similar visually speaking too.<\/p>\n