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A review of the Falcon Northwest Mach V (Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770) gaming configuration has been posted over at CNET. ‘Falcon Northwest's latest Mach V ($6,957, as reviewed) remains true to the company's reputation of high performance and best-of-breed craftsmanship. But for a few exceptions, its parts offerings remain on the cutting edge, and its smart system building philosophy results in outstanding performance. If your goal is to build the best possible system with no thought to cost, we can think of a few options we wish Falcon Northwest would add to its configurator. But for anyone looking for a fast PC in the $7,000 price range, the Mach V is as well-built and as capable as any other high-end gaming PC out there.’

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Joel Santo Domingo over PC Mag.com reviews the highly desirable but somewhat out-of-reach feature-rich Falcon Northwest Mach V with Core 2 Extreme Desktop PC. 'After getting my hands on and testing the shiny new Falcon Northwest Mach V ($6,995 direct, $8,095 with 20-inch widescreen LCD monitor) powered by Intel's cutting-edge Core 2 Extreme (aka Conroe) processor, all I could say was, "Wow." This rig smokes my current set of benchmark tests, significantly raising the bar for any system that comes after it. If this performance is any indication of what to expect from the average Core 2 CPU, AMD should be very worried. Besides its phenomenal processor, the Mach V test machine came equipped with a full 2GB of system RAM, two 150GB, 10,000-rpm SATA drives in a RAID 0 array, and two ATI X1900 3D cards linked in a CrossFire configuration.'

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