Origin's Genesis: Flagship Bling
by Dustin Sklavos on April 2, 2011 2:00 PM ESTBuild, Noise, Heat, and Power Consumption
Before anything else, it's really just nice to see a boutique builder opt for a quality case. It's true that I may harp on cases too much, but the enclosure can play a big part of the overall experience and it's the first thing you see when you get a new tower. None of the cases Origin offers their towers in are chintzy, and their close relationship with Corsair means access to nice cases like the Obsidian series or in the case of this build, the Graphite 600T.
The component choices across the board are strong and I can't really split hairs in those respects, but it looks like the Intel Core i7-2600K in this machine may have drawn the short straw. Even with the Asetek liquid cooler running full bore (and oh how it runs full bore), you'll see temperatures are really quite high compared to other machines. At first it looked like my old nemesis, the Viscount von Lazyoverclocking, was rearing his ugly head, but a quick trip into UEFI revealed a fairly tuned overclock, complete with offset voltage. If anything it just looks like this particular chip needs a healthy amount of voltage pumped into it to hit high speeds; it idles at a higher voltage than my desktop i7-930 does. Under those circumstances I'm not liable to ding Origin for this.
On the other hand, what I will ding them for is just how damn loud this tower is. The Graphite 600T's fan controller isn't the greatest in the world, but everything else in the case completely overpowers the noise of the two 200mm fans at high speed. Honestly, the culprit seems to be the Asetek 570LC liquid cooler, which draws all kinds of attention to itself and even seems to smother the coolers on the well-spaced GeForce GTX 560 Ti's. Most damningly, you'll see it doesn't have a whole lot to show for itself either.
Those peak temperatures on the CPU aren't horrible, but they're not big winners either, especially not for a Sandy Bridge processor. The voltage this i7-2600K requires to hit 4.5GHz doesn't really make up for the mediocre cooling performance of the Asetek cooler or the overpowering fan noise. And with all that voltage...
Yeowch. I'm still inclined to chalk this up to a bad chip. The idle power consumption is really out of character (although the two GTX 560 Ti's don't help), and under load it's downright brutal. iBuyPower's system may have a lower overclock ("just" 4GHz), but that seems to help it keep power consumption down. CyberPower's system has a 4.4GHz overclock and it still manages to keep idle power low by requiring 0.7V less to hit its overclock than the Origin Genesis does.
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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.