If you haven’t heard of Falcon Northwest, you’ve been missing out. The small boutique, which has been around since the early 90s, has built a reputation for carefully crafted, heavily customized PCs. The Tiki is the company’s shrunken-down gaming computer, just four inches wide and 13 inches tall. Yet it uses every inch to its fullest and supports a wide range of configurations.
Our review unit was equipped with an octa-core Intel Core i7-5960X, which had been overclocked to a speedy 4.3GHz. That was backed up by 16GB of RAM and a GTX 980 Ti video card. For storage, the Tiki included a 512GB m.2 SSD alongside a 6TB mechanical data drive. All of which was packed into a case not much larger than an Xbox One.
The specifications make it clear this isn’t your average small form-factor PC. Falcon Northwest is trying to bundle an enthusiast computing experience into a case that looks like home theater equipment. But can a computer this small really compete with larger desktops?
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