Falcon Northwest Talon (Core i7-950) – Updated Gamer Version Review

Falcon Northwest Talon (Core i7-950) – Updated Gamer Version

If you want to own one of the most hard core gamer PCs of the year? You better take a look at the Falcon Northwest Talon (Core i7-950), that is built with high five star quality and blasting performance.

This PC for gaming holds the latest Intel over clocked core i7-950 processor (Gaming Pc), the case also includes a 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 graphics card, a 500GB hard drive, and a DVD burner. The branded ASUS motherboard can accommodate additional an GTX 285 card or a PCI card one at a time and three more DIMMs with maximum supported memory of 12 GB. Now that is serious computing power that any PC gamer can use. The power supply is a monster 700 Watt unit so you there is plenty of juice. The Falcon can add on a secondary graphics card, and you can pop up to four more hard drives in the case if you use the three open 5.25-inch optical-drive bays. They do provide an extra single 3.5-inch hard drive bay for convenience but serious PC gamers will need the extra room.

Talon offers effective 3D performance in playing Crysis (98 frames per second at 1,280 by 1,024) and World in Conflict tests (123 fps at 1,280 by 1,024 and 56 fps at 1,920 by 1,200), as just one graphics card is sufficient to perform at these resolutions with the Talon.

With such excellent performance, the over clocked Core i7 processor is hunted by all hard core gamers and multimedia lovers. Little more expensive than the Acer Predator, and Polywell Poly 790GX3, Talon never compromises quality and performance and has been rated the best. With a sticker price at just around $2,500 it is a hard price to beat. Talon is at the top notch of gaming system when compared to others in the market.

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