• Falcon Northwest wins Maximum PC Magazine's Best Gear of the Year
    Maximum PC
    December 2001
    The Mach V wins the Gear of the Year award

    The MACH V is the most fan-bloody-tastic system we've seen all year

  • PC Gamer
    PC Gamer
    December 2001
    Falcon Sets a New High-Water Mark With its Best-Ever PC

    Final Verdict: 95%

    If you've ever dreamed of playing games on a computer that meets the maximum system requirements, MACH V is where it's at. Bottom Line: We're smitten.

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  • Maximum PC
    Maximum PC
    December 2001
    The Mach V scores a Perfect 10 at Maximum PC and receives the "KickAss Product" award!

    Falcon Mach V: the definition of air superiority

    Like a freshly declassified fighter-bomber, the system swooped in and precision-bombed nearly every benchmark record in existence.

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  • PC World
    PC World
    December 2001
    The Mach V & the Talon take the #1 AND #2 spots in PC World's 18 system benchmark competition!

    The Mach V game machine from Falcon Northwest is the unrivaled speed champ in this lineup.

    The value category Talon speeds past every power category PC! This Talon posted a stunning PC WorldBench 4 score of 116, second only to another Falcon, the 1.5-GHz Athlon-equipped Mach V.

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  • ComputerSource Magazine
    ComputerSource Magazine
    December 2001
    ComputerSource Magazine Scores the MACH V a 9

     the pinnacle of PC performance

    The Mach V system continues in the grand tradition of gaming PC flair by incorporating the best in current hardware technology into a package that exemplifies the pinnacle of PC performance, form and function.

  • The tuned-for-gaming Talon left a similarly configured system in the dust
    Computer Shopper
    December 2001
    A Gamer That Soars For an Earthbound Price

    The tuned-for-gaming Talon left a similarly configured
    system in the dust

    "The Talon 3.1 doesn’t include all the extras of the Mach V, but it’s clearly built with the same level of care. The tuned-for-gaming Talon left a similarly configured system [HP] in the dust in our benchmark tests."

  • c|net
    c|net
    November 2001
    The Mach V wins c|net's Editor's Choice Award!

    The result: the fastest PC we've tested so far.

    "This iteration of Falcon Northwest's signature Mach V gaming PC ups the ante with a laundry list of absolute top-of-the-line components. The result: the fastest PC we've tested so far. This system runs games at a ludicrous speed."

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  • Sharky Extreme.com
    Sharky Extreme.com
    November 2001
    Performance

    The Falcon Northwest MACH V system's performance is about as good as it gets.

    Moving to 3D/gaming performance, this system is easily able to get the highest score we've yet to see any setup get in 3DMark2001. The Falcon Northwest MACH V system's performance is about as good as it gets.

  • ExtremeTech.com
    ExtremeTech.com
    November 2001
    Score: 9/10

    They've also built a reputation for excellent customer support

    Through the years, Falcon Northwest has stayed focused on the gamers market. Their fanatical devotion to gaming enables them to build systems tailored not just to gamers, but actually tailored for those who focus on a single genre or even a single game. They've also built a reputation for excellent customer support, resulting in a lot of return business

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  • Computer Shopper Top 100 Products of 2001
    Computer Shopper
    November 2001
    The Falcon Mach V is named one of Computer Shopper’s TOP 100 products of 2001!

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