Millenniumby Origin

TECHWALLA
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Clearly above average. Only a couple of issues keep this from being best in class.
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PROS

  • The internal components are top notch, which result in good performance.
  • While other PC OEMs are offering less and less custom options, the Origin PC allows you to customize the Millennium's appearance, performance, and cooling.
  • Five hot-swappable hard drive bays are just inside the front door, making it ultra convenient to upgrade storage.

CONS

  • The Millennium is loud and the fan controls don't seem to make much of a difference in reducing noise.
  • For an ATX mid-tower PC, the Millennium is heavy. The steel chassis adds rigidity and passive cooling, but also contributes to its heft.
  • Although the Millennium starts at about $1700, the price can quickly jump to several multiples of that.
The Origin PC Millennium gaming PC is Origin's ATX mid-tower offering. This highly customizable build-to-order gaming platform supports four motherboard mounting options. Behind the front door are five 5.25-inch drive bays and five hot-swappable hard drive bays. The enclosure can be configured with multiple color, finish, and lighting combinations. The front I/O panel includes four USB 3.0 ports, headphone jack, mic jack, fan mode button, fan controller, reset switch and a power button. Nvidia and AMD graphics cards can be configured in a 4-way SLI inside the Millennium and up to 64 GB of DDR3 or DDR4 memory is supported. Choose between high performance AMD or Intel processors, and water-cooling is available.
Name Millennium Erazer X315 Eclipse X51 R3 (2015) Alienware Alpha
Manufacturer Origin Lenovo Digital Storm Alienware Alienware
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If you can afford it, you would be hard pressed to build a better gaming desktop than what ORIGIN PC has assembled here today.

If you can afford it, you would be hard pressed to build a better gaming desktop than what ORIGIN PC has assembled here today.

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Access to the interior is easy for the most part. Both side doors swing open without the need for tools, and you can lock the latches to pre…

Access to the interior is easy for the most part. Both side doors swing open without the need for tools, and you can lock the latches to prevent unauthorized access.

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While going triple-SLI is of questionable value given that three cards don’t result in triple the performance, it’s clear that the multi-car…

While going triple-SLI is of questionable value given that three cards don’t result in triple the performance, it’s clear that the multi-card setup can dominate any single video card.

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...you'll have access to the Blu-ray drive as well as to the five available hot-swappable drive bays, one of which was occupied by a 3TB har…

...you'll have access to the Blu-ray drive as well as to the five available hot-swappable drive bays, one of which was occupied by a 3TB hard drive in our review system.

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Under the plastic, however, is what Origin PC calls a "server-grade steel frame." The metal frame helps with heat dissipation, especially im…

Under the plastic, however, is what Origin PC calls a "server-grade steel frame." The metal frame helps with heat dissipation, especially important in this high-powered setup.

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The PC sports both automatic and manual fan modes for adjusting noise, but most of my gaming sessions were accompanied by a fair amount of w…

The PC sports both automatic and manual fan modes for adjusting noise, but most of my gaming sessions were accompanied by a fair amount of whistling no matter which one I used.

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