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Old 04-24-2011, 04:21 PM   #1

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Falcon Computer

I just discovered Falcon Northwest computers. I did a search in Trader's Laboratory and found a few posts about Falcon computers, but the posts were from a few years ago. If you are interested, just search on "Falcon Computers" and you will find their site. I like the look of their "Frag Box".

Does anyone own a Falcon computer? How would you rate it?
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Re: Falcon Computer

The Falcon Mach V uses either the ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard

Newegg.com - ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard

or the:
ASUS P8P67 DELUXE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Newegg.com - ASUS P8P67 DELUXE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

I could just buy either of those myself, and use the same CPU's as they do. I wonder how much I'd save in labor costs. The thing is, Falcon has surely worked out what all the BIOS settings, compatibility issues, etc should be.
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Re: Falcon Computer

The Falcon Frag Box uses the:

ASUS P8P67-M PRO (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Newegg.com - ASUS P8P67-M PRO (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

It looks like Falcon is using Kingston HyperX Memory for the hi end option.

Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX
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Re: Falcon Computer

Falcon seems to prefer the Silverstone power supplies:

Newegg.com - SILVERSTONE ST1000-P 1000W ATX 12V v2.3 & EPS 12V 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
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Re: Falcon Computer

I've always been a fan of Custom Trading Solutions. I won't give a URL here since I don't want to appear promotional (promise no affiliation!) but years back I used to use "off the shelf" systems from the usual assortment of characters - Dell, HP, etc... always ended up with serious issues. Switched to these and haven't looked back. Just find them much more stable and better tuned to the needs of a trader.
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Re: Falcon Computer

I can find a company named Cobra Trading Computers, which is in the U.S. I also found a computer company named EZ Trading Computers.
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Cobra is right - I think they did some rebranding but same company.
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