http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/ Engadget Comments for Intel Core i7-equipped Falcon Northwest Mach V gaming desktop hands-on http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/02/acer-aspire-predator-gaming-pc-and-matching-g24-lcd-now-on-sale/]]>Nov 3rd 2008 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/
and then there's this famous blooper:

"640 K [of ram] ought to be enough for anybody."
-- Bill Gates, 1981

As for the case being typical, square, cliched case:

While it is square (well, a rectangle, but a rectangle is just a type of square, right?? Actually wouldn't it be a box?), I certainly don't think it's typical or cliched. I, who in general don't give a rats ass about a computer's case, have to admit that thing is pretty beautiful, and if not ground breaking design wise, it is pretty hot. While I agree that it's cool the Acer people tried a new design idea, that doesn't change the fact that it looks like a stylized industrial trashcan from "The Fifth Element".]]>Nov 3rd 2008 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/
A square is a type of rectangle :p]]>Nov 4th 2008 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/
You dumb shit.]]>Nov 4th 2008 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 4th 2008 1:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 4th 2008 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/
32-bit versions of Vista can only support upto 4GB of ram

64-bit versions on the other hand can support more:
- Home Basic: 8GB
- Home Premium: 16GB
- Business, Enterprise, Ultimate: 128GB
]]>Nov 4th 2008 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/
Also, if you don't like square cases, feel free to get an Antec Skeleton. It's your ears that will pay the price.]]>Nov 4th 2008 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 4th 2008 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/First of all, the graphics cards DO NOT take up 3 slots. They take up two. Secondly, they are not inefficiently designed, they are about the same size as nVidia's 280 graphics card and they have TWO GPUS on board each.

Yes, so taking up two slots for two GPUs just as high-end single GPU graphics cards take up two, is totally inefficient. Clearly you're running some fucking mainstream, mid-range, Intel integrated piece of shit or something. Either that or you don't understand efficiency.]]>Nov 4th 2008 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/
First off, my bad about the 3 slots. Those tight looking cables looked like they extended the fan outwards and so taking up the far end of the 3rd slot, which is why I said EFFECTIVELY. Most cards (for example my 12-port RAID controller) aren't nice and low profile so they won't be able to squeeze in.

Secondly, graphics cards are the only cards getting bigger and are now producing more and more heat.

It's obvious that somewhere along the line, the more powerful the chips became, the more heat they started to produce. Instead of dedicating time to coming up with an innovative way to ensure a normal future for video cards (i.e. without slapping on a mega-sized fan) they decided rivalry to get faster cards out into the market first was more important.

Even if multiple GPUs were necessary, I highly doubt that sticking a 2-slot card on a motherboard and rendering one of them useless is any better than getting to use any two slots OF YOUR OWN CHOICE for Crossfire/SLI mode. I lost two single lane PCI-E slots on my last motherboard because of two dual-slot cards and left with one PCI -- NOT COOL, because I needed one PCI-E single lane slot and not PCI.

The only reason I have mid-range graphics (HD4850 single slot) is because of SCUM LIKE YOU that give manufacturers a nod and the impression it's okay to make over-sized, overheating junk like the HD4870 X2 or the GeForce 280 series.]]>Nov 4th 2008 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/
Now i can play awesome games on a 40" Full HDTV!!!

If only I had the money :(]]>Nov 3rd 2008 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/
you know you want to :D]]>Nov 3rd 2008 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/
that's what she said]]>Nov 3rd 2008 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/
on a slightly related note, great fu**ing scott!!!]]>Nov 3rd 2008 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/
Thanks Engadget!!!,
I love the 9 GB of RAM. Some people are still dumbfounded by my whole 2.5GB of RAM]]>Nov 3rd 2008 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/
or better yet some MTron Pro SSD's in RAID - just for programs and the OS, of course.

Otherwise it's like having a cockroach places on your ridiculously expensive birthday cake]]>Nov 3rd 2008 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Haha]]>Nov 3rd 2008 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/As for SSDs - you want the price to become $2000+ higher? That would be totally awesome.]]>Nov 3rd 2008 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Holy S#*T!

but....
Utterly Boring?
is my sarcasm meter off or something...]]>Nov 3rd 2008 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/
Oh God. That's a lot. I mean, I always presumed gaming desktops saved more money than highest-end gaming laptops.... But that's like 2X the new "overpriced" Alienware highest end gaming laptop with Core 2 Quad Extreme, Dual 512 ATI..... 4GB.... etc.

And in the end of the day, developers are steering away from PC game developing because of piracy.]]>Nov 3rd 2008 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/
If only Fallout 3, Dead Space, Left4Dead, COD6 were coming out for the PC.

RIP PC Gaming. You will be missed!]]>Nov 3rd 2008 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/
To be honest, i cant blame them.

PC gaming will never die, because there are way too many big players like Nvidia, ATI/AMD, and Intel who have way too much invested in this field to just have PC game makers back out of this field.

Without games, no one will buy high end cards. And high end cards/processors help pay the bills.]]>Nov 3rd 2008 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/
"cool"... hehe :D]]>Nov 3rd 2008 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-equipped-falcon-northwest-mach-v-gaming-desktop-ha/Nov 3rd 2008 8:50PM