![]() ![]() It’s easy to remove and, once out of the way, you’ll have easily access to all video cards, the RAM, the processor, and the motherboard. The only interior obstruction is a metal airflow guide that separates video cards from the processor. Replacing or adding components is simple. And if you haven’t, any guide you find online should be relevant to the Mach V. If you’ve ever upgraded or built a PC you’ll be instantly familiar here. Everything else is exactly as we’d expect. With that out of the way, both side panels fall away with the flick over a lever, and can be re-attached just as easily.Īs mentioned, the Falcon Northwest builds this rig with the motherboard rotated 90 degrees so that the I/O panel faces upwards, but that’s the only unconventional design trait. The top I/O panel must first be removed, which may mean taking out two screws – however, we think most users won’t replace them once removed because gravity does the job of keeping this panel in place. That’s similar to most competitors but some, most notably Origin’s Millennium, offer four front-facing USB ports and, in some cases, physical fan speed or LED case light controls. There are two USB 3.0 ports, a headphone jack, and a microphone jack. It’s good the rear ports are accessible, as the front connectivity is mundane. It works equally well no matter if it’s placed on top of, under, to the left, or to the right of your desk. Owners have the option of either routing cables through a cable catch, or removing the cover entirely for quicker, easier access. ![]() A removable, vented cover protects the ports. Falcon has tilted the motherboard 90 degrees clockwise, placing the I/O panel on the system’s top instead of the back. We love neat little touches like this.The Mach V’s enclosure remains among the best in the business. These captive screws are integrated into the panels with metal retainers that keep hold of the screws when loosened so you can't misplace thesm. We’d also like to point out the nifty little thumb screws that secure the side and top panels to the case. However, most buyers won’t need to make use of these two ports when the beefy GeForce RTX 4090 offers one HDMI 2.1 port and three DisplayPort 1.4a hook-ups.Īside from the ports, Falcon Northwest hides a little bit of bling on the back of the FragBox in the form of a custom polished plate bearing the buyer’s name. The motherboard’s port selection also includes one HDMI 2.0 port and one DisplayPort 1.4 port, both of which are driven by the Core i9-13900KS’ integrated graphics. Between eight USB Type-A ports and two USB Type-C ports of various types, buyers should hopefully have all of their USB needs met. Having been impressed by these systems over the years, we were eager to finally get our hands on a FragBox for review.įalcon Northwest FragBox Features & SpecificationsĪn even larger selection of ports sits around back, including two jacks for a dedicated antenna for wireless connectivity. That said, we’ve reviewed and given away multiple versions of Falcon Northwest’s Tiki and Talon gaming rigs. Despite this history, we’ve somehow never reviewed one of these systems over the similarly lengthy run of our publication. The FragBox dates back decades, with Falcon Northwest’s marketing material proudly displaying images of the FragBox in PC hardware magazines from the early 2000s. Pair those two powerhouses with 32GB of DDR5 RAM, a 2TB PCIe 4 M.2 SSD, and a 1000w power supply, arange it all into a portable chassis, and you’ve got one potent package primed for some serious LAN party action. The FragBox we tested features not only the best consumer-class processor that Intel has to offer, but also NVIDIA’s top of the line GeForce RTX 4090. We broke cover on our FragBox review unit to give folks a taste of what the Core i9-13900KS coul do, but now we’re back with our full review of this impressive little machine. As we revealed on the day Intel officially launched the world’s first 6GHz CPU, the Core i9-13900KS, the folks over at Falcon Northwest had hooked us up with one of their compact FragBox PCs bearing this hot new processor.
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