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Origin Chronos (February 2012)

Origin Chronos (February 2012)
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Price $799 to $1,028 at 2 stores $1,199 at 1 store $899 to $1,122 at 8 stores
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Editors' choice 4.0 stars Excellent
    Overall score: 8.2 (4.0 stars)
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Average user rating 0 stars No reviews, write one! 4.5 stars out of 3 reviews 0 stars No reviews, write one!
Release date December 04, 2012 February 01, 2012 November 29, 2012
The Bottom Line The Origin Chronos shows the strength of small boutique vendors with a fast, affordable, and compact little desktop that I can recommend to any PC gamer.

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Audio Output Integrated - 5.1 channel surround
Integrated - 7.1 channel surround
Integrated - 7.1 channel surround
Type Personal computer
Personal computer
Personal computer
Video Memory 2 GB
1 GB
GDDR5 SDRAM
2 GB GDDR3 SDRAM
Product Description - 3rd Gen Core i7
Acer Predator G3620-UR308 i7-3770 3.4 GHz - Monitor : none.
Chronos (February 2012) - 2nd Gen Core i5 4.7 GHz
Origin Chronos i3-2100
- 3rd Gen Core i7
ASUS CM Series CM6870 i7-3770 3.4 GHz - Monitor : none.
Storage Controller Serial ATA
Serial ATA
Serial ATA ( Serial ATA-600 ) ; Serial ATA ( Serial ATA-300 )
Optical Storage (2nd) None
None
Info unavailable
Optical Storage DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM
DVD±RW (±R DL)
DVD-Writer / BD-ROM
Processor 3rd Gen Core i7
1 x Intel 3 i7-3770 / 3.4 GHz ( 3.9 GHz ) ( Quad-Core )
Intel 2nd Gen Core i5 4.7 GHz ( Quad-Core )
1 2 i3-2100
3rd Gen Core i7
1 x Intel 3 i7-3770 / 3.4 GHz ( 3.9 GHz ) ( Quad-Core )
RAM 12 GB (installed) / 16 GB (max) - DDR3 SDRAM - 1600 MHz - PC3-12800
8 GB
16 GB (max) - DDR3 SDRAM - Non-ECC - 1600 MHz - PC3-12800
16 GB (installed) / 16 GB (max) - DDR3 SDRAM - 1600 MHz - PC3-12800
Hard Drive (2nd) None
Info unavailable Info unavailable
Cache Memory 8 MB L3 cache
3 MB L3 cache
8 MB L3 cache
Dimensions (WxDxH) 7.1 in x 17.2 in x 16.5 in
Info unavailable 6.8 in x 16.5 in x 16.1 in
Hard Drive (3rd) None
None
Info unavailable
Weight Info unavailable Info unavailable 19.8 lbs
Monitor none.
Info unavailable none.
Hard Drive 1 x HDD 2 TB - Serial ATA-300 - Serial ATA
750 GB
1 x HDD - Serial ATA-600 - Serial ATA
1 x HDD 2 TB - Serial ATA-300 - Serial ATA
Packaged Quantity 1
1
1
Graphics Controller PCI Express 2.0 x16 - NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16 - NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
Storage Removable None
None
Info unavailable
Networking Bluetooth
IEEE 802.11a
Fast Ethernet
Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet
IEEE 802.11b
IEEE 802.11n
IEEE 802.11g
Fast Ethernet
Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet
Fast Ethernet
Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet
IEEE 802.11b
IEEE 802.11n
IEEE 802.11g
Product Form Factor Tower
Tower
Tower
Operating System Windows 8 64-bit Edition
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Windows 8
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