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Falcon Northwest (Custom computers)


Sex

2012-02-21 03:49:12

http://www.falcon-nw.com/

Pretty cool, eh? Pricey though..

YoHoJo

2012-02-21 03:55:24

These guys do same kinda stuff:
http://www.ibuypower.com/

They sponsor a lot of big Starcraft II tournaments :D.

I think it's always cheaper to buy own, unless they are cheaper somehow due to wholesale and shiz.
Guess it's a nice thing to do if you don't know how/want to build own and have the cash for it, definitely better than factory built computer :D.

Sex

2012-02-21 03:57:12

From: YoHoJo
These guys do same kinda stuff:
http://www.ibuypower.com/

They sponsor a lot of big Starcraft II tournaments :D.

I think it's always cheaper to buy own, unless they are cheaper somehow due to wholesale and shiz.
Guess it's a nice thing to do if you don't know how/want to build own and have the cash for it, definitely better than factory built computer :D.
No, I was more referring to the paint jobs that they can do. They use car paint my dad said (he got this information from his professor).

YoHoJo

2012-02-21 03:58:02

Oh D: sorry.
What your dad learning in school?!
Out of a job so went back to school :/

Sex

2012-02-21 04:06:18

From: YoHoJo
Oh D: sorry.
What your dad learning in school?!
Out of a job so went back to school :/

Well for a long time he worked as every type of manager in a number of hotels and spent most of the years as a General Manager of Marriot (in Livermore, since I know you're in Tracy) and Hampton (in Stockton or Modesto?)…however, after 9/11 the hotel industry has not been the same and when he got laid off it was hard for him to find a job. He is a double amputee missing his left hand and foot. He is now going to school to get his Masters in Social Work so that he can be a counselor or something for disabled people and others :).

P1nky

2012-02-21 08:35:24

Goodness man, I googled the prices; The laptops are running $4500+…

Is it really hard to build a custom laptop?

Sex

2012-02-21 08:56:56

From: P1nky
Goodness man, I googled the prices; The laptops are running $4500+…

Is it really hard to build a custom laptop?
I was playing around and I managed to get one of the desktops up to $22k+. Laptop max around $5-6k.

Ashaman88

2012-02-21 09:08:52

From: Sex
I was playing around and I managed to get one of the desktops up to $22k+. Laptop max around $5-6k.


Wow, wonder if anyone every buys for that high

shadowmarkus

2012-02-21 09:30:05

Seems like they charge A LOT for the work itself…

[XoL]

2012-02-21 23:38:02

Don't buy from there, you are paying 100's of EXTRA money just for the brand name. You can buy the cases from somewhere else for prob $200, which is still a lot cheaper.

Sex

2012-02-22 06:19:18

From: R4nd0m
Don't buy from there, you are paying 100's of EXTRA money just for the brand name. You can buy the cases from somewhere else for prob $200, which is still a lot cheaper.


Okay, I build my own computers too, I know these are ridiculously overpriced.

Their cases are custom made so you can't buy them somewhere else. Go look at the gallery. That is the main reason I posted this because I thought that was neat that you could get cases painted like that :).

This company has been around since 1992, and if you look in their FAQs they even state that if you know how to build your own then they probably aren't for you..

[XoL]

2012-02-22 21:15:45

From: Sex
Okay, I build my own computers too, I know these are ridiculously overpriced.

Their cases are custom made so you can't buy them somewhere else. Go look at the gallery. That is the main reason I posted this because I thought that was neat that you could get cases painted like that :).

This company has been around since 1992, and if you look in their FAQs they even state that if you know how to build your own then they probably aren't for you..


I wish I could just buy the cases >.<

Sex

2012-02-23 19:25:15

From: R4nd0m
I wish I could just buy the cases >.<


This.