Falcon Northwest Mach V 3200+
This month’s issue of PC Magazine has a review of the top of the line Falcon Northwest Mach V, which sports an AMD Athlon XP 3200+. Its front side bus runs at 400MHz and it comes complete with DVD burning, DVD-ROM, and CD-RW. That’s right, the tower has three CD drive bays. The PC Mag tested machine has two 36GB 10,000 RPM hard drives and one 250GB 7,400 RPM hard drive. For video, it comes with the ATI Radeon 9800, 128MB of beauty. That comp is a monster.
The only problem is that it costs $3,595 direct. Ouch. Maybe I’ll build my own instead.
I’ve always like Falcon Northwest although their systems are expensive and now Dell’s tech support is so bad in my opinion that Falcon Northwest might be worth the price. Gateway’s tech support is equally poor compared to Dell and Apple just doesn’t have enough software options to suit my needs. Alienware is another good alternative to Falcon Northwest but their machines are being sold at Best Buy, which means that inevitably, Alienware’s quality will start to decline just like the trend with Dell.
4 comments
(5 years, 6 months ago)
(whipes of drool) Dude that thing is so sweet!
(5 years, 6 months ago)
Nice features, built to game…or control a fusion reactor…which ever you do…not too bad of a price although it could be at least in the higher-2K’s instead of the mid-3K’s
Support better be free for life!!!!!
(5 years, 6 months ago)
HAHAHAHA, “Alienware is another good alternative to Falcon Northwest but their machines are being sold at Best Buy, which means that inevitably, Alienware’s quality will start to decline just like the trend with Dell.” Thats so funny but yet so true.
(5 years, 6 months ago)
I just purchased a 3.2Ghz Falcon NW Mach V. I haven’t even received the computer yet and already my experience is amazing. The sales department was astounding! The price was a little high, but nothing bad, especially for the incredible service you receive. If anyone has any questions, please email me. Alec