Who to let build; Falcon or Puget?

[dgsg]

Not concerned about the $$$. Looking for the best build quality, performance, and reliability. Talon is @ +$300.00 to Puget & Mach is @+$600, but comes with standard (3) year warranty. Have not yet decided on XP PRO or VISTA HOME PREMIUM.

Puget System;

Motherboard: Asus P5WDH Deluxe Wireless Edition
Case: Antec P180 Mid Tower Case (black) or Lian-Li PC7H
Power Supply: Seasonic 550W High-Efficiency Power Supply
CPU Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper L3 Cooler
Additional Cooling: Case Fan Upgrade Kit
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.40 GHz, FSB1066, 4 MB L2)
Ram: 2 x Kingston HyperX DDR2-800 1024MB
Video Card: Asus GeForce 7600GT 256MB Silent
Sound Card: Onboard Sound
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATAII
CD / DVD Rom: Lite-On 16x DVD-ROM (black)

Falcon Talon

TJ-04 - Black Anodized
Silverstone 600Watt Strider - Modular
nVidia nForce 680I - SLI
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz
Zalman CNPS7000B-ALCU LED
2GB Corsair TwinX 6400C4
nVidia GeForce 7600 GT 256MB
Sony 3.5in. Floppy-Black
Western Digital 250GB 16MB Cache SATA 2
Lite-On 20X DVD+-RW W/Lightscribe
Integrated On-Board Audio
Windows XP Pro - 32 Bit
Microsoft Keyboard 500 Black

Falcon Mach V

ICON - Brushed Aluminum
ICON Standard Solid
Silverstone 750Watt Strider - Modular
Intel D975XBX - Crossfire
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz
Zalman CNPS7000B-ALCU LED
2GB Corsair TwinX 6400C4
nVidia GeForce 7600 GT 256MB
Integrated On-Board Audio
Western Digital 250GB 16MB Cache SATA 2
Lite-On 20X DVD+-RW W/Lightscribe
Sony 3.5in. Floppy-Black
Microsoft Keyboard 500 Black

[Jason_Wall]

If you have the chance to get a Mach V, it's damn hard to pass up. Even if you upgrade down the line, that laser-cut chassis has an incredible presence.

Build quality, performance, reliability - I'd also look at Overdrive PC, especially if you're willing to spend a little more.

[Lamont Cranston]

As far as specs go, i think i would go with the talon.....but my question is why would you get a crossfire board and put an NVIDIA card in it?

[stevo.k]

Do some more research before spending that kind of money. Did you consider AVA?

[Mons]

If you can afford it, Falcon NW Mach 5.

[PinataUT]

More to the point - why a 7600 GT?

[hafnium911]

Northwest falcon all the way! They make nice computers but are expensive(but they are top quality and their tech service is in US and not in India like dell...) I heard AVADirect is pretty good too. Anyways... Your money your choice, just a suggestion.

[Pkirk618]

yeah why 7600?

At least get something that's dx10

[hyt3k9]

Go for Falcon Mach V..

[0mega]

OverdrivePC for a better looking case, and better prices. not to mention balls out guaranteed overclocking :D

[dgsg]

Mach V configured as shown; 2599.00
Talon configured as shown; 2333.00

Price includes XP Pro.
Interesting that if you add the (3) year warranty to the Talon, it costs more then the Mach V, which comes with a (3) year standard.

Now if someone can just tell me how loud a Mach V or Talon is. :confused:

[Jason_Wall]

Never had a Talon in the office. We had a Mach V - it had sound dampening pads installed on the interior. Rather quiet.

As Josh mentioned in another thread, it's really not that difficult to quiet down a PC.