Origin PC Millennium

An overabundance of drive bays, customization options, and general beastliness

- Joanna Nelius

Origin PC’s millennium gaming rig has a ridiculous number of drive bays and other features that can take it to workstation-class levels—four horizontal bays for optical drives or extra USB ports, and five optional hot-swappable hard drive bays below. These have an interesting access mechanism: Pull up on the top lever of the bay cover, then pull down to reveal the hard drive; pull far enough, and the hard drive pops out. The aluminum door can be adjusted to open from either side, too.

The case also has two hinged tempered glass side panels that attach to the chassis with magnets, so accessing the interior on either side is easy. The unit we received also has a custom printed panel on one side, with Origin’s Vice logo, inspired by Miami, FL, in the ’80s, with white RGB components set to match the blue and pink color scheme of the logo.