Corsair acquires specialist PC builder Origin PC

[WYP]

Expect tight integration between both companies.



Read more about Corsair acquiring Origin PC.

 

[Giggyolly]

To be fair, origin's cases have been looking a bit dated the last few years, so they could only benefit form this.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Darn origin was one of the few good ones. Now they will just be a Corsair only brand soon enough

 

[Bhebhe]

oh really. Corsair keeps on expanding.

 

[Warchild]

Darn origin was one of the few good ones. Now they will just be a Corsair only brand soon enough

Expect quality to decline too.

 

[Excalabur50]

Expect quality to decline too.

Took the words right out of my mouth!

 

[g0ggles1994]

Expect quality to decline too.

It's a shame. Plus since Corsair sponsor a lot of eSports and whatnot, people will flock to them in droves. Dark times ahead

 

[Bartacus]

Who's buying Origin PCs and why would this worry anyone? LOL! No nerd with any self respect is buying that crap. Corsair can ruin this just like they ruined themselves and I suspect very few people will actually care.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Who's buying Origin PCs and why would this worry anyone? LOL! No nerd with any self respect is buying that crap. Corsair can ruin this just like they ruined themselves and I suspect very few people will actually care.

Umm... most people in the world? DIY builders are a very small minority.

 

[Dicehunter]

Expect quality to decline too.

Yep, As much as I like Corsairs designs etc... Their quality has gone down severely since the majority of shares were bought by EagleTree Capital, I expect Origins quality to go down too, Cases will become very cheap chinesium, Glass will be the cheapest they can find, Paint jobs will be outsourced to the cheapest they can find.


Basically, RIP Origin.

 

[Bartacus]

Umm... most people in the world? DIY builders are a very small minority.

Agreed about the DIY minority, but those people tend to be happy with Best Buy / local-nerd-store built PCs, so they wouldn't even know what Origin is (and I don't either). But I did see a video about a PC they released with a water cooled PC / XBOX1 / PS4 Pro all in one case. It was a laughable horribly built overpriced pile of crap, not unlike most Corsair products these days.

 

[NeverBackDown]

I should clarify. Most gamers are not DIY and buy pre-built gaming PCs from dealers such as Origin or Alienware and other similar dealers. So they would know what it is and they would buy from them as the majority do.

It couldn't be an overpriced POS if they won't sell it, which they aren't. I did see the video, it was a for-fun project because they could. That's it.

 

[Warchild]

Maybe we are being too hasty with hating on Corsair. Its out of our hands anyway but lets see what they do with Origin.

 

[Bartacus]

I should clarify. Most gamers are not DIY and buy pre-built gaming PCs from dealers such as Origin or Alienware and other similar dealers. So they would know what it is and they would buy from them as the majority do.

It couldn't be an overpriced POS if they won't sell it, which they aren't. I did see the video, it was a for-fun project because they could. That's it.

According to the vid I saw, it was indeed for sale, for $17,000USD (lulz). Plus every gamer I know builds his own, and none would ever buy pre-built. Gaming is what got most nerds I know into PC building in the first place. It sure as hell wasn't productivity they were concerned about at age 18-20. Alienware made very cool stuff, that was only available to wealthier people. Where I came from, everyone built their own since no one could afford that stuff. I guess it really depends on what kind of economy you grew up in.

Warchild: no sir, we are not. If we keep giving those clowns the benefit of the doubt, and NOT whining, they'll keep releasing crap products. Let's be honest, we all know they will anyway. They stopped listening to consumers years ago. It's sad how far they've fallen in quality terms.