By Nick Pino
Introduction and design
The Origin Omega isn’t like most other Steam Machines which, if you’ve never heard that term before, are defined as the initiative launched by Valve in 2013 that intended to bring more console-like PCs to the living room.
Most of the Steam Machines we’ve seen so far, like the Alienware Alpha and Syber Steam Machine, aren’t really what I’d call high-powered gaming rigs. They play games at 1080p, come with a built-in GPU and are rather limited by some custom, proprietary parts that make customizations a real pain in the motherboard.
The Omega is different in the sense that it brings true power to the living room. This monster is capable of delivering 4K, 60 frames-per-second (fps) gameplay from inside your entertainment center.
Now, to deliver that kind of power, the Omega couldn’t be a dainty, little black box. No, Origin’s mighty foray into the world of home theater PCs (HTPCs) is a fairly sizeable, power-guzzling beast, pure and simple.
And though it looks similar to the Origin Chronos Z, with which it shares an external chassis, it’s a quieter machine overall with nary a noise and only a few of the same nagging issues.
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Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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