Originally Posted by Pilgrim
Sorry but cost to performance ratios suck on these rigs.
You pay WAY too much and don't get all that much outa them.
Maximum PC reviewed it about 2 months ago, and said that while spiffy, it's better to save 5 grand and build your own. You'll get much better performance for the coin you put in.
So save those pennies boys and girls and build custom, or if that's too tough get one from Falcon NW.
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Falcon NW is way overpriced and has the worst costumer service I've ever seen. My friend and I are comp competitive and we HAVE to be one step ahead of eachother. He has no knowledge of comps and goes by what stupid people say is good.
His system matches mine, in fact, is a bit slower. I built mine for around $1800 and he paid ~$2300 for a BASIC falcon NW package. That excludes all the extra "bang". No custom case, no nothing. Not even a monitor or speakers. So he then bought a cheap LCD monitor and some ok speakers. Alltogether he spent like ~$2500. He got his computer and as soon as he booted it shut down...again...and again. I had to come over to his house after he called Falcon NW's tech support about 15 times to fix it. (Dumbasses didn't have HD plugged in, they said it "fell" out during shipping.). Anyhow...he has it going for about a week (without internet might i add, so no viruses) then it just dies on him. I had to reformat his HD for him and reinstall windows just to get the damn thing to boot.
In conclusion, Falcon NW is overpriced, and from what I've seen...not much more reliable then a god damn e-machine.