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Falcon have chosen to use an Aerocool Xpredator X3 White case for this system. This is a fairly decent mid-range gaming case which offers an exciting design and an interesting set of features. For more information on this case, please check out our in depth review over here.
There is a generous selection of connections on the front of the case which are easily accessible. There are three USB 2.0 ports, one USB 3.0 port, one eSATA port and headphone and microphone jacks. We also find the power button and two fan speed controllers on the front panel.
Moving round to the rear of the case we can see there is a plentiful selection of rear I/O connections. From top to bottom we find a four USB2.0 ports, two USB3.0 ports, two eSATA ports, Displayport, HDMI and S-PDIF outputs, an RJ-45 Ethernet jack, two further USB3.0 ports and six 3.5mm audio connectors.
The Aerocool Xpredator X3 is painted entirely white inside which is pretty attractive and complements the components well. This system is based around an Asus Sabertooth Z87 Motherboard. Cable routing is not the best we have seen however it won't cause any airflow issues.
Falcon have chosen to use a Cooler Master Seidon 120M liquid CPU cooler which should offer a decent compromise between acoustic and thermal performance. The CPU in this system is a 4770K which has been boosted to 4.2 GHz with overclocking. We are also impressed with Falcon’s choice of graphics card – the Asus Geforce GTX 770 Direct CU II which features a very good quality custom cooler.
All of the parts used in the system seem to be good quality, and each one carries a familiar brand name. We were very impressed by Falcon's choice of memory, with two 16 GB sticks of 1866 MHz Corsair Vengeance memory being supplied.
Falcon has chosen to use a Samsung 840 Series 120 GB solid state drive for the OS, with a supplementary 1 TB Western Digital Blue Hard Drive for storage.
Even though the power supply doesn't have braided cables, it's a Cooler Master model so we're pretty confident in the quality.
never heard of these guys, but I do like that case, its pretty cool looking.
the price isn’t bad really considering they have to build it. can’t be much money in system building today to cover staff, heating, premises etc.
the only systems that someone could build better than me would be the 8pack ones at OverclockersUK. but they are much too expensive for my tastes. ill continue to build my own, but this one isn’t too bad. at least they didnt use a chinese PSU in it, like mesh. that was shocking 🙁
I’m quite concerned…
On page two you have an image of the system internals (http://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2991.jpg): that Graphics card seems like it is twisting horribly, or are all the cool kids using curved Graphics cards now?
I can see that there is a back-plate but I suspect shipping the system with a Graphics card that is that heavy could damage the PCI-e Port if not damaging the card itself? Is the back-plate made from a plastic, it looks like it flexes a lot more than it should?
Arrangements should be made to support the card in the configuration, maybe the chassis should be swapped for one that supports a Graphics card support bracket?
This would have to be the case if the system was configured to ship with a SLi configuration.
I’m sorry for my rant, I’m sure that if the fault lies with anyone it would be ASUS (The vendor for the supplied GPU). However, arrangements should be made by the system builder if they choose to offer the card.
On the whole, a well balanced system by The Falcon Computers, well done gents.
Well written as always Henry!