Origin brings PC gaming to the living room with its Omega HTPCs

By Kevin Lee

After teasing its lineup of home theater PCs at CES 2015, Origin has launched its new Omega series.

Starting at $999 the Omega series consists of five different models with different cases and configurations. The base model is built on a H97 chipset mini-ITX motherboard and comes packing a 4.5GHz Intel Pentium processor and Nvidia GeForce GTX 960.

Onboard there’s also a 500GB hard disk drive and 8GB of RAM. It might not sound like the most tantalizing list of parts, but even the lowest spec Origin HTPC should give the Xbox One and PS4 some stiff competition.

Users will can also configure a high-end system to rival the most extreme of gaming PCs with up to three Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 setup in triple SLI.

Futureproofing

Origin’s Omega machines come running Windows 8.1, but the boutique gaming PC maker says it will support Windows 10 for its upcoming release and Steam OS when it eventually launches. Gamers will also have the option of booting their Origin Omega into Steam Big Picture Mode for immediate access to their game library.

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Source: techradar.com – Gaming