Origin's Omega home theater PC starts at $999

Today Origin officially unveiled their new line of living-room minded gaming PCs. The Origin Omega is designed with a minimalist home theater receiver aesthetic on the outside with the innards of a high-end gaming machine, starting at $999.

Hardware-wise, the machines are highly customizable. You can choose from a variety of home-theater PC cases, processors ranging from an Intel Pentium dual-core to a Core i7 4790K quad-core, and power supplies from 450 to 1050 Watts. Memory starts at 8GB (2x4GB) 1600Mhz and ranges up to 32GB (4x8GB) via Corsair Dominator Platinum 2133Mhz. Naturally, Origin's offering a serious range of mechanical, hybrid, and SSD storage options as well.

For graphics, the low end starts with a single 2GB Nvidia GTX 960 but can be configured for up to 12GB VRAM via a single 12GB GTX Titan Z, dual 6GB Titan Blacks, or 3x 4GB GTX 980s. That's a whole lot of power for the living room.

The case pictured above is one of Origin's beefier HTPC options, meant to conjure up the black boxy profile of a receiver. A couple of the other options, pictured below, are more compact, though they won't be able to hold three GTX 980s.

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