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CrzyChinook
01-04-2014, 17:42
Found this on the interwbz.. always wanted one..way too Baller for me!!

As Microsoft and Sony get ready to launch their next generation game consoles (http://www.neowin.net/news/origin-pc-is-definitely-looking-at-adding-next-gen-consoles-inside-big-o-pc#) in less than three months, much has been made of the fact that both the Xbox One (http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-50-games-currently-announced-for-xbox-one-new-sizzle-trailer-released) and the PlayStation 4 (http://www.neowin.net/news/sony-ps4-to-launch-on-nov-15-in-us-nov-29-in-europe) are using hardware co-designed by AMD. The processors inside both consoles are based on x86 architecture, the same design that processors use for most Windows PCs.

http://www.neowin.net/images/uploaded/features-main.jpgThere's already a company out there that makes a very high end gaming desktop PC that includes all of the hardware of Microsoft's current game console (http://www.neowin.net/news/origin-pc-is-definitely-looking-at-adding-next-gen-consoles-inside-big-o-pc#), the Xbox 360. That's the Big O from ORIGIN PC (http://www.neowin.net/news/interview-we-chat-with-the-ceo-of-origin-pc) which the company introduced in September 2010. The company doesn't list a price for the Big O on its website (http://www.originpc.com/gaming/desktops/big-o/) (you have to email them for that info) but when it was first launched three years ago, the starting price was $7,669 and went up to $17,000.
With the Xbox 360 (http://www.neowin.net/news/origin-pc-is-definitely-looking-at-adding-next-gen-consoles-inside-big-o-pc#) now nearly eight years old and with the Xbox One and PS4 now getting close to release, we wondered if ORIGIN PC had plans to launch a new version of the Big O with a PC combined with the hardware in Microsoft's or Sony's consoles. We contacted ORIGIN PC's CEO Kevin Wasielewski, and he told us,"We will definitely be looking into next gen consoles for the Big O."
And has the PC-Xbox 360 version of the Big O been a success for ORIGIN PC (http://www.neowin.net/news/origin-pc-is-definitely-looking-at-adding-next-gen-consoles-inside-big-o-pc#)? Wasielewski says, "It has done well for us, going undefeated winning CPU’s Dream Machine competition two years in a row, it was featured in the Bellevue Microsoft store, and has been custom built for many customers." As expected, he did not reveal specific sales numbers.
So if you want to wait to get a PC that also has the hardware of the new generation of game consoles included, you might want to wait; ORIGIN PC might have something for you sometime in the future ... if you have the cash.
Image via ORIGIN PC
http://www.neowin.net/news/origin-pc-is-definitely-looking-at-adding-next-gen-consoles-inside-big-o-pc

iamthesgt
01-04-2014, 21:27
$8000??? I think I'll just build my own kick-ass PC for that...and have a few thousand left over.

ssandersjr
01-05-2014, 18:25
Origin PC also signed on to the SteamMachine initiative.


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Valve's Steam Machines (http://www.engadget.com/tag/steammachines) initiative is supported by a first-party box (http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/04/valve-steam-machine-hands-on/) that 300 beta users have right now (http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/15/steam-machines-beta-testers-start-receiving-hardware/), but 2014 is all about third-party Steam Machines taking that reference box and running with it. Thus far, the only third-party we know of that's making a Steam Machine is iBuyPower (http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/25/commercial-steambox-prototype/) (pictured above) -- today, that all changes. Alienware, Falcon Northwest, iBuyPower, CyberPowerPC, Origin PC, Gigabyte, Materiel.net, Webhallen, Alternate, Next, Zotac and Scan Computers are among the first companies signed on to support Valve's initiative, Engadget learned this afternoon.
The entire lineup will be on display this week at CES 2014 (http://www.engadget.com/ces2014), and we'll have many more details in the coming days. Beyond the dozen companies above, it's totally possible that there are other third-parties signed on for Steam Machines -- we'll have to wait and see when Valve unveils everything at its press conference tomorrow afternoon.

SOURCE http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/05/valve-steam-machines-third-party-support/