Stumbled upon Origin PCs

[redhat]

I recently stumbled across Origin PCs. I never heard of them before, but after reading a lot on them, I think they're a brand I'd definitley like to consider when I purchase a gaming laptop this fall.

WOW the amount of customizable options are plentiful.

In an Origin PC, I have already decided upon:
15" EON15-S
Core i7-4810MQ
16GB RAM
GTX 870M

Hard drive configuration is where I'm having a tough time trying to decide. I'm coming from a 120GB Cherryville SSD with a 2TB RAID 0 comprised of two 1TB WD Blue drives.

I'm thinking a 250GB (either an Origin Approved SSD or Samsung 840 EVO) mSATA SSD for the OS and other small apps and then a 750GB 7200 RPM Mechanical hard drive.

Maybe do another mSATA as a cache SSD for the Mechanical hard drive? Even worth it? Or possibly just a 1TB hard drive with SSD cache and no OS SSD all together?

Also, are mSATA drives any slower? They're still SATA III, right?

Thanks.

 

[simple_gifts]

Nice. I prefer custom assembled PCs from places like this (system76 and jncs are others) rather than commodity glued together machines.

 

[redhat]

That's what I'm starting to think is my best bet laptop wise. I'd build a desktop all day long, and to match that level of expertise and quality, I don't think I'd be happy with a cookie cutter build.

 

[ClutchDisc]

Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
Nice. I prefer custom assembled PCs from places like this (system76 and jncs are others) rather than commodity glued together machines.

My next computer will either be from system76, or I will build it myself. System76 is a great company.

 

[901Memphis]

Have you cross shopped Falcon Northwest?

 

[SwampSurvivor]

System 76 seems to be super expensive for what they are. I can buy a Dell laptop and throw Debian on it for much less.

With that said, I have considered buying one of these whitebox company desktops. I tried building a computer once ... very expensive project that ended up with me throwing most of it out.

 

[Y_K]

WS - workstations beat white boxes IMO. Cablefree, easy access, high quaity everything, even sound DAC and PSU.

Speaking of exotics, I just threw away a SUN Ultra 2 Quad, which is a collectible, but I have no patience to sell, package and ship.