CES 2014 Origin's Genesis and Millennium PC cases take customization

http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/08/origins-genesis-and-millennium/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DrmT9UPBvV4

Origin has made it possible to mount a motherboard in one of four different orientations: standard ATX, inverted ATX, rotated 90 degrees or rotated 90 degrees and inverted

OMG I want one in aluminium.

Necere where are you XD M2

Tell Kevin we would like to mod one for origin

Just like Maingear, they won't sell the case alone.
It's apart of the whole Origin blah blah experience nonsense.

If it will make you money, then make it available.

Hope they got the license from Silverstone to produce the case in 90* implementation.

Kaos_Drem said:

Hope they got the license from Silverstone to produce the case in 90* implementation.

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One of their other case was a Silverstone variant if I recall.

The case is very impressive and I wish them all the best, but when you're designing something, there are always compromises between specialization and generalization.

I personally prefer to find a case that has a more specialized use case such as the FT03 which has been one of my favorite cases ever due to it's extremely small footprint, vertical orientation and ability to maintain a very powerful system with minimal noise.

i want more inverted atx.... only if lian li will bring back the V2000

1) I'm only interested in their genesis case. If they don't sell it, does any1 knows a source of a "origin genesis clone" from china? As they all made from the factories of china anyway?

2) How exactly does those 33 x 2.5" hard drive connects?

i) is the wiring long enough to connect from the PSU to the 33 x 2.5" drives?
ii) Where on earth do you have a PSU w/ that many SATA connectors?
iii) You would need a few RAID controller to connect the SATA cables, assuming they are even long enough to reach to the bottom?

3) it seems they rely their business solely on a case. That the motherboard, drive are all the same, but if you need that case, you have to buy the PC from them.

If any1 knows a way to buy just the genesis case, please post here

For the money that Origin and Maingear charge anyway... doesn't CaseLabs basically offer something close to this at the moment on some of their cases? You can pick whichever orientation you wish etc.. I know they offer Inverted as an option if I recall, and there may be more? If they don't have quite as many options, it seems like they easily could do so with how configurable their gear seems to be, with a new panel or mobo bracket somewhere.

I don't care about those fancy inverted stuff. What's the difference that the motherboard is on the right side vs. the left? As to having the rear end of the motherboard facing up, it's useless to me

I only need to spec. out a case that has all those drives in case some client is looking for it

http://www.caselabs-store.com/the-magnum-tx10/

how on earth can a case be $900? And I still don't see a case that support a row of 33 x 2.5" drives

Happy Hopping said:

http://www.caselabs-store.com/the-magnum-tx10/

how on earth can a case be $900? And I still don't see a case that support a row of 33 x 2.5" drives

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That's two STH10 cases in one.

Instead of buying two CL cases that will cost more, that person can run both systems in one case.
Also, you can fill this case up with whatever you want. 33x2.5 drives would be easy.

A simple metal case is only $78. How do you justify the material cost jump to $900 knowing it's 2 case in 1?

A lot of material (in this case aluminium) goes into making a case akin to the TX10. It is not just the dimensions, panel thickness plays a large roll as well, and CaseLabs uses thick panels in their cases. You may be able to get a (mostly) steel case or a thin-paneled aluminium case for $78, but mass production cases using thick aluminium, such as those made by Lian-Li, are rather pricey as well.

That said, material costs alone aren't what get you to a final price of $900. Every business out there has overhead, and businesses producing at smaller volumes are less able to temper that overhead, meaning that there are fewer units to spread the cost of overhead over. So if Lian-Li has an overhead cost of $100,000 and ships 10,000 units, each unit needs $10 of the purchase price to cover overhead. But if CaseLabs has $50,000 overhead and ships only 500 units, each unit would need to cover $100 of overhead in its pricing.

Obviously, the numbers above are just examples, but the fact remains that small companies producing physical goods are not going to be able to compete on price with much larger companies, which are often able to buy raw material at a more advantageous bulk pricing and etc..

In the end, Caselabs offers highly configurable cases (lending towards small production runs) with impeccable quality. But they are able to do so by charging a premium, and it is up to an individual to decide if its worth it or not.

I can get an Antec proto case for $60. In that sense, we are talking about 15X the cost.

http://www.amazon.com/Antec-Sonata-...F8&qid=1395641773&sr=1-1&keywords=antec+proto

say you use double the thickness of material compares to Antec case above. And say the size of the CaseLabs is double the size of an average Antec Mid Tower case.

so for material dimension x thickness $60 x 2 x 2 = $240

What you wrote in your 2nd paragraph reminds me of people who bought a Ferrari.

Yes, some people buy Ferraris. And enjoy them. You do not have to. Nor does anyone else. And I personally would never get one, irrespective of my financial situation, yet I love that they exist and would never wish otherwise.

I do not own a CaseLabs case, and it might be that I never will. I have considered it, but there are so many other items on my list ahead of it. Even so, I love that I have the choice should I wish to make it.