The ‘Big O’ is the ultimate gaming PC and it’s not for sale (2024)

The ‘Big O’ is the ultimate gaming PC and it’s not for sale (1)

I have now seen gaming nirvana thanks to Origin PC, which is celebrating its 10-year-anniversary. Not letting the moment pass by without something epic, the boutique builder constructed a custom system that combines the best of all worlds: a high-end gaming PC, a PlayStation 4 Pro, and Xbox One X, all neatly assembled in single tower. What about the Nintendo Switch? There's a front-mounted dock for one of those as well.

It's called Big O, because let's face it, this is an org*smic build. Not entirely unique, Origin PC actually built a Big O several years ago, though it 'only' incorporated an Xbox 360 alongside traditional PC components.

The ‘Big O’ is the ultimate gaming PC and it’s not for sale (2)

This modern evolution of the Big O steps things up in a big way.

"The amazing games and the incredibly beautiful, ridiculously powerful, and totally custom machines like the Big O keep me just as excited and passionate about gaming PCs today than I was 20 years ago when I started in this industry," said Kevin Wasielewski, Origin PC CEO and co-founder. "We are very proud to celebrate our 10-year anniversary with the launch of the Big O and to share our passion and creativity with the world."

Let's talk specs. The PC portion alone is drool-worthy, consisting of the following components:

  • Case: Custom Origin PC Genesis with RGB lighting
  • Motherboard: MSI Meg Z390 Godlike
  • CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K
  • GPU: Nvidia Titan RTX w/ 24GB GDDR6
  • RAM: 64GB Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR4-3200
  • Primary Drive: 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 NVMe SSD
  • Storage Drive 1: 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 NVMe SSD
  • Storage Drive 2: 14TB Seagate Barracuda
  • PSU: 1,000W EVGA SuperNova G3
  • OS: Windows 10

There's also an Elgato 4K60 Pro capture card to go along with all that hardware decadence, and of course hardline liquid cooling is part of the package.

The ‘Big O’ is the ultimate gaming PC and it’s not for sale (3)

The Xbox One X and PS4 Pro are both liquid cooled as well. Origin PC also upgraded the storage on both consoles, each of which sports its own 2TB Seagate Barracuda SSD (SATA). All combined, you're looking at 22TB of storage throughout the Big O.

The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals

Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.

Being a one-off system, Origin PC built this as a showcase rather than a SKU that is available to purchase. So go ahead and rip up that blank check (though if you reached out to Origin PC, the company would probably be willing to take your money on one of these at a price I don't even want to think about).

While not for sale, the lone build was sent off to Unbox Therapy, which posted an unboxing. Check it out:

It's pretty neat that there's an output selector on the front that allows for seamless switching between the different game systems.

I priced out a similar system on the PC side using Origin PC's Genesis configuration and came to around $8,000, which didn't include a 14TB hard drive or Elgato 4K60 Pro. Some of the part selections in the Big O are not offered by Origin PC (I didn't see an MSI Meg Z390 Godlike, for example), but the $8,000+ price tag is a rough approximation before factoring in the custom modded consoles and dock, which itself is custom designed as well.

Anyway, these kinds of things check bang-for-buck at the door, and Origin PC still gets a hat tip for assembling what's arguably the best gaming PC on the planet.

The ‘Big O’ is the ultimate gaming PC and it’s not for sale (4)

Paul Lilly

Paul has been playing PC games and raking his knuckles on computer hardware since the Commodore 64. He does not have any tattoos, but thinks it would be cool to get one that reads LOAD"*",8,1. In his off time, he rides motorcycles and wrestles alligators (only one of those is true).

More about gaming pcs

Qualcomm is actually releasing a Snapdragon X Elite desktop PC on June 18 and dammit I want oneIs this the perfect $1,500 gaming PC? Maybe not, but it's pretty darn close

Latest

New Windows AI feature takes screenshots of your desktop 'every few seconds' and I can't imagine wanting that
See more latest►

See comments

Most Popular
The world's largest chipmaker could flip a kill switch and remotely disable its machines in the event of an invasion
'The designer will never answer any rules questions': Upcoming solitaire board game requires you to codebreak its rulebook, which is written in a language that does not exist
PC user annoyed about Task Manager jumping around gets told how to fix it with one button—by the developer that built the application 30 years ago
Qualcomm is actually releasing a Snapdragon X Elite desktop PC on June 18 and dammit I want one
FromSoftware drops another story trailer for Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC—giving us a glimpse at the fiery rampage that made Malenia's golden boy flee the Lands Between
OpenAI pauses use of GPT-4o 'Her' voice due to similarity to Scarlett Johansson: 'so eerily similar… my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference'
Bethesda won't make a game as cool as Morrowind ever again, so thank god an original dev has come back 20 years on to make quest mods for it
Starfield player jury-rigs 100+ Star Wars mods together to make a convincing Boba Fett simulator: 'I basically added every single Star Wars mod out there on Nexus'
Noctua's newest products will keep you, and your consoles, cool
All the big laptop makers are embracing Qualcomm's Snapdragon X, here are all the 'PC reborn' models available for pre-order now
The ‘Big O’ is the ultimate gaming PC and it’s not for sale (2024)

References

Top Articles
Latest Posts
Article information

Author: Carlyn Walter

Last Updated:

Views: 6402

Rating: 5 / 5 (50 voted)

Reviews: 81% of readers found this page helpful

Author information

Name: Carlyn Walter

Birthday: 1996-01-03

Address: Suite 452 40815 Denyse Extensions, Sengermouth, OR 42374

Phone: +8501809515404

Job: Manufacturing Technician

Hobby: Table tennis, Archery, Vacation, Metal detecting, Yo-yoing, Crocheting, Creative writing

Introduction: My name is Carlyn Walter, I am a lively, glamorous, healthy, clean, powerful, calm, combative person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.