Origin PC on Wednesday introduced its new gaming laptop aimed at customers looking at mid-range designs. The new EON15-S notebook comes in a sub-1-inch thick chassis and is equipped with a six-core Intel CPU, a GTX 1060 GPU, plenty of storage space, and a 15.6-inch Full-HD display.
The Origin PC EON15-S is based on Intel’s Coffee Lake-H platform and will use Intel’s six-core Core i7-8750H or Core i9-8950HK processors, with optional overclocking. Origin PC will traditionally offer its customers to build their EON15-S systems to order, and can integrate up to 32 GB of DDR4-2667 memory as well as up to two M.2/NVMe SSDs featuring 4 TB of storage in total. As for graphics, the laptops will be offered with NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1060 GPU with 6 GB of GDDR5 memory.
One of the key selling points of the EON15-S is its “hybrid” mechanical keyboard featuring individual key RGB lighting as well as WASD and arrow keys covered with a protective layer to improve their durability.
The EON15-S notebook comes with a 15.6-inch Full-HD display, which is good enough considering the installed GPU and positioning of the system as a relatively thin and cost-effective gaming machine. Meanwhile, the laptop also has two mini DisplayPort 1.3 and one HDMI output, therefore supporting up to three external monitors.
When it comes to general I/O connectivity, the EON15-S is outfitted with Intel’s Wireless-AC 9560 CNVi 802.11ac Wi-Fi solution (up to 1.73 Gbps), a GbE port, three USB Type-A connectors (two USB 3.1, one USB 2.0), one USB 3.1 Type-C header, a 2-in-1 SD card reader, and two 3.5-mm audio jacks for input and output. The latter is enhanced with Creative’s Sound Blaster Cinema software to please gamers looking for a more advanced audio subsystem.
Despite being a gaming laptop, the Origin PC EON15-S weighs only 1.54 kilograms (3.4 pounds) and can work for up to eight hours on one battery charge under office workloads.
| General Specs of the Origin PC EON15-S | ||
| Specifications | ||
| Display | Diagonal | 15.6″ |
| Resolution | 1920×1080 | |
| Type | IPS (?) | |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-8750H or Intel Core i9-8950HK |
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| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB | |
| RAM | Capacity | up to 32 GB |
| Type | DDR4 | |
| Storage | SSD | up to two M.2 SSDs with 4 TB capacity |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11ac Wi-Fi module (Intel Wireless-AC 9560) |
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| Bluetooth | 5 | |
| USB | 1 × USB 3.0 Type-A 2 × USB 3.1 Type-A 1 × USB 3.? Type-C |
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| Other I/O | 2 × mDP 1.3, HDMI, webcam, 3.5-mm connectors for speakers/headphones, microphone | |
| Dimensions | Width | ? |
| Length | ? | |
| Thickness | less than 25.4 mm | 1 inch | |
| Weight | 1.54 kg | 3.4 lbs | |
| Battery Capacity | ? | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 10 | |
| Price | Varies |
Origin PC will start selling its EON15-S PCs starting August 1st with top-of-the-range machines powered by Intel’s Core i9 coming a bit later. Traditionally, systems from Origin PC can feature custom paint jobs for extra personalization.