Origin’s The Big O gaming rig builds in an Xbox 360

September 7, 2010 By Geoff Duncan

Origin's The Big O high-end gaming PC doesn't just have awesome graphics and overclocked performance...it has an Xbox 360 inside, too.

Origin PC has introduced The Big O, its latest high-end gaming rig that not only offers liquid-cooled, over-clocked processors, high-end graphics, and a case that looks like it could have escaped from a special effects shop: it blurs the lines between PC and console gaming by including an Xbox 360…built right in.

“The Big O will satisfy the demands of even the most power hungry gamer, but when you create the ultimate personal computer system it has to be designed to go above and beyond gaming” said Origin PC co-founder and CEO Kevin Wasielewski, in a statement. “To have the best you have to build using the latest in computer technology that guarantees unmatched performance and that is exactly what you get with the Big O.”

The Big O incorporates a liquid-cooled Xbox 360 slim directly into the computer, so gamers no longer have to laboriously switch between console gaming and PC gaming. The Xbox 360′s ports are all accessible from The Big O’s case, and the Xbox can run separately from the PC: if the computer is tied up encoding video or rendering your greatest 3D masterpiece, the Xbox 360 console stands ready to meet all your fragging needs.

As with all high-end gaming rigs, The Big O is highly customizable, and the more options customers add, the higher the price tag becomes. The stock configuration features a liquid-cooled Intel Core i7 930 processor overclocked to 4 GHz, dual Nvidia GTX480 graphics cards, 6 GB of RAM, dual 50 GB SSD drives and a 2 TB RAID, a 12× Blu-ray burner, integrated 5-port Ethernet switch, Creative’s Fatal1ty sound card, and a 1,500 Watt power supply—and did we mention Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit and the LED strip lighting with remote control? Users can crank up The Big O considerably, including jumping to Intel Xeon X5680 processors overclocked to 4.3 GHz, quad SLI Nvidia GTX480 graphics cards, and dual kilowatt power supplies.

But be prepared to spend some money: the stock configuration starts at $7,669.00, while the high-performance CPU Magazine configuration comes in at a cool $16,999.00.

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Smiga at 7:27pm 19th October 2010 Random guessing and criticizing must be so easy. Yea you can get this system cheaper when you custom build it yourself, but 3k$? The 2 processors are worth more then 3k. 2 x Intel Xeon X5680 - $3500,- EVGA SR-2 Classified motherboard - $680,- 4 x EVGA GTX 480 Hydro Copper FTW - $2500,- 4 x OCZ Vertex 2 50 GB - $600,- 2 x 2 TB WD Caviar Black - $375,- LSI Raid Card + Blue Ray - $510,- 2 x PSU - $500,- Add another 1-1.5k for a high end water cooling system, plus all other controllers/fans and the xbox, thats another 1k. Custom case and their extended warranty's are also included in the price. Brings us to a total of $11.000+. Lowest internet prices rounded down for price estimates. Now goodluck with your 3k estimate.
iamvincent at 12:31am 8th September 2010 as long as Xbox 360 cannot utilize the PC power, I see no point of doing this, even if you do, folks will do it better by just tearing apart a Xbox 360 and self mod it
TDILLA at 12:22pm 7th September 2010 Holy !@#$, this thing is way more expensive than my car was new. Changing between console and pc is so laborious though.
Aron at 11:11am 7th September 2010 I don't think that's quite accurate, I just checked out Origin's website and configured a couple of machines. already out of the box, just having a core i7 system, was 1700 dollars. this is before configuring it to have any decent sort of specs. tuning the specs up to just having a Radeon 5770, 6gb of memory, and a 320gb hard drive, we're already at 2600 dollars. while I don't agree with JoeShmo, that you could build the Big O, for 3 grand. they definately inflate the price as bad as Alienware.
1. aufshnitt at 11:54pm 7th September 2010 Yeah I agree with you Aron, and you are correct. Anyone can build a mega machine like this for three grand easy. Prices are always inflated. You can go to best buy and buy a computer for 2000 when it will only cost 1000 to build.
  1. Kyle R. at 6:39am 8th September 2010 Are you guys talking about building the 17 Grand system for 3 or the 8 Grand system for 3. I did go to their website, and now realize that they are a company building PCs. I thought it was a magazine doing their yearly monster system build. So, yeah, they are going to inflate prices because they do all the work. If you were indeed talking about the 8 grand system, yeah, you could possibly do it for 3, but since Joe was specifically talking about doing the 17 grand system for under 3....give me a list of the same parts and the prices you have found, otherwise I am calling BS.
  2. Kyle R. at 6:49am 8th September 2010 Alright...So go to Origin's website and look at the monster configuration for 17 Grand....take the first 4 line items (motherboard, processors, ram and video cards). In my original post, I said that those alone might be 3 grand. Well...I was a little off. Those alone are worth almost $6500 (going by current New Egg prices). I understand the notion of being able to build a pretty sweet system for 3 grand. I've done it for far less. But when I made my original post, I was saying you couldnt build a system that could match the 17 grand system for under 3 grand. If Joe would have said that he could build a solid system for 3 grand and not compare it to the monster system, I wouldnt have commented.
Kyle R. at 10:57am 7th September 2010 @ JoeShmo: I don't think you can build this yourself for 3k. The point of this in magazines is to build an outrageous system. The price tag is never inflated. It is the cost of parts alone (no labor or other crap are factored in). They always use the top end components that most home users would never get (IE the dual processor motherboard, w/ 4 of the top end video cards). I would imagine the processors, motherboard, video cards, and RAM alone are worth about 3k (or close to it). You could absolutely build a very good system for 3k, but you would get nowhere near this beast. The intent is not to sell this to people, its just to show what you get for the best parts out there.
JoeShmo at 10:25am 7th September 2010 really awesome machine, but rediculously expensive. Don't see many gamers forking out 17K for a PC that you could build yourself for around 3K. and buy the 360 seperate like everyone else. Cool factor <<<<<<<<< $14,000
ioman at 9:40am 7th September 2010 That thing is humongous! It should have a built in PS3, Microwave and ATM machine at that size. I just wonder how loud it gets!?