There are plenty of companies out there… but Falcon's got an Ace There are plenty of companies out there making custom built gaming and creative machines. Many of them are very talented at what they do, and FalconNorthwest is no different. Rest assured, you will get a machine made from your choice of a good spread of hardware options, and it will look clean and excellently assembled, from the paint, to the cable management, to every screw. Shipping materials are carefully designed to make sure your machine gets there safe and sound. No bloat-ware at all to worry about like some other builders either. What makes Falcon truly stand out from the rest of the pack, is their service and commitment to their machines. I have had a few issues with one of mine, a TLX laptop. On all occasions, Falcon did their best to quickly help over email, and when the issue needed the machine to be sent in, they cover overnight shipping both ways and get it back as soon as possible. When my TLX model was nearing the end of its warranty and had a reoccurring fan issue show up again for the second time, Falcon went out of their way to send a brand new TLX machine, of the current generation parts and chassis, completely free of charge. You can buy a great computer anywhere, but you cannot buy the piece of mind you get with Falcon Northwest's support team.

Shockingly cheap construction. What has happened to Falcon Northwest?! I have been a customer and fan of Falcon Northwest for over about 15 years. My builds were always essentially maxed out in every area of performance and quality. When I decided to buy a high end gaming laptop for my son I went back to FNW, hyping them up to him as the best of the best. I explained that even though it might be a little more expensive, we could get a monster of a laptop that has a quality on a different level then the mass produced machines of the regular companies. Unfortunately, when I received the laptop I was shocked at the cheap construction. The whole thing is made of flimsy plastic. The screen is supported by a thin piece of plastic and noticeably flexes when it is opened and closed. In most laptops, when you tilt the screen back to it's limit, it tips the laptop back. This feels like if you open it to fast, you will literally snap the screen off. The keyboard feels like some Chinese generic knockoff of a better keyboard. I felt so bad for my son because it looked and felt so cheap. I just started apologizing and getting him to focus on it's performance rather than it's looks. From the beginning I had concerns about its durability. Plastic pieces fell off the hinges in the first month. And then the laptop tipped off a coffee table onto the carpet and landed open on the keyboard and screen. In any other laptop this would have absolute non-issue. But with this laptop it kind of came unglued and all the plastic pieces unsnapped. Seeing the inside where the hinge is glued to the plastic leaves me shaking my head at the design choices. I am an professional engineer who has appreciated Falcon Northwest for the quality of their computers for a long time. I have no idea what happened in the company for them to think that this was the kind of product they wanted to represent their business. The protection plan doesn't cover accidents, and this was clearly caused by an accident. But the extent of the damage is due to the incredibly poor build quality. Even though this is a brand new computer, I honestly don't know if it is even worth sending back to be fixed.

Horrible sales support Horrible sales support. No support for military, veterans, contractors, or government personnel who are stationed overseas. The sales person told me Falcon will not ship to an APO address, period. My credit card address is my APO address and the sales person authenticated that address passed your systems authentication, but he could not use it, because you do not ship to APO addresses. UPDATE: I have contacted Falcon again and they still state they will not ship to an APO address, but they are "looking" into it again, but it is unlikely to be allowed. Also, the only other available way to pay is a direct wire transfer, which takes away any possibility of the buyer to refute a purchase, or get their money back in the case of an undelivered, broken, or substandard system. A wire transfer is not even a slightly good way for a customer to pay for anything anymore.

Top Tier Support and Service! I've had myTalon for about 4 years now. From start to finish the process was seamless and quick. I've run into 2 small issues with the cooler failing on my CPU but support has been top tier. Both times they responded quickly, helped me troubleshoot my issues, sent parts overnight so there was minimal downtime and helped me get up and running within a couple days. Shout out to Brett and Jonathan for helping me out!