Falcon Northwest Mach V desktop

Falcon Northwest has never disappointed us with its custom paint jobs, and this Mach V is no different. The hand painted Zen theme features iridescent Koi, water lilies, and clouds of sand and silt. Falcon Northwest told us its in-house painter used nine layers of paint to get the realistic image depth and mirrored finish. After I set this system up, co-workers were stopping in their tracks just to check out the paint job. On the interior, the Mach V is packed with cutting-edge hardware, including 4GB of Corsair Dominator DD3-1600 memory, two 64GB Memoright SSDs, and a Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty sound card. An Asetek LCLC is used to liquid-cool the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 (overclocked to 4GHz). Falcon Northwest mounted the radiator at the top of case, which helps keep the watercooling loop out of the way. To keep the rest of interior streamlined, nearly all the cabling is run behind the motherboard or motherboard tray. The SATA and IDE cables are organized behind the drive cages and positioned so they run straight across to the motherboard. The Mach V is definitely one of the tidiest PCs of the bunch. A LG GGW-H20L covered our BD burning needs, and a Lite-On DH20-A4H provided 20X DVD burning speed. Although we dont usually mention mice and keyboards, the Logitech MX Revolution mouse and G15 Gaming keyboard were also painted to match the systems Zen theme. We appreciate these extra luxuries. Falcon North-west padded the bottom of the case and one of the side panels with acoustic dampening foam, but the Mach V didnt seem any quieter than the PCs without sound-reducing options. With 22fps in Crysis and 59fps in World in Conflict, the Mach V put up high numbers in our gaming benchmarks that put it near the top of the pack. And its 9987 Overall PCMark Vantage score was  second-best among the Dream PCs. You can see the speed benefits of the 64GB Memoright SSDs in the 8059 PCMark Vantage Memories score, as well as in the 1:27 WinRAR time. We also thought the SSDs made a noticeable difference in the Mach Vs boot time vs. the other Dream PCs. The combination of eye-catching design and solid performance leaves no doubt that the Mach V is a magnificent system. The Mach V Zen theme also scores points for originality and creativity.

Specs:
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 @4GHz;
Motherboard: Evga nForce 790i Ultra SLI 775 (790i chipset);
RAM: 4GB Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600;
HDD: 64GB Memoright SSD (2x; RAID 0), 1TBHitachi Deskstar;
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 (3-way SLI);
PSU: Silverstone SST-ST1200 (1,200W)

Brand new Falcon Northwest Mach V (Extreme PC) ! !