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Games like Forza Horizon 5, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider performed similarly on AMD as on NVIDIA’s top-of-the-line gaming graphics. Far Cry 6 performed at 95 FPS on the Radeon, or roughly 5% better than the RTX 3090 Ti. Gaming performance is similarly strong, with high frame rates when played under 4K resolution and maximum game settings. Manipulating photos in Adobe Photoshop, editing videos, and working with large spreadsheet files never slowed down the system. Transcoding performance using Handbrake with a large 4K video file took the same amount of time on the Radeon as it did on the RTX 3090 Ti. As typical on most modern PCs, the Tiki was agile at multitasking, and we never experienced any lags or delays launching apps, opening large files, or loading webpages. The Radeon RX 6950XT’s strong performance in synthetic benchmarks also translated very well to real-world usage. The Ryzen pulled ahead with a much stronger PCMark 10 score. Even though the Ryzen 5950X trailed its Intel competitor on the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the two silicon stayed in lockstep with the CPU-Z test and Cinebench R23’s multi-core score. We opted for a more plain finish on the Tiki.įalcon Northwest Talon (Intel Core i9-12900KS, NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti)īut despite the Tiki’s handsome build quality, the real fun is under the hood, where Falcon Northwest’s engineers packed in full-size cards into a pint-sized package, figuratively speaking, giving this bantamweight desktop a heavyweight punch.Ĭompared to our review configuration of the larger Talon with a 16-core Intel Core i9-12900KS processor paired with NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti graphics, the all-AMD configuration managed to keep up and beat out its larger rivals in a few key benchmarks.

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We used the company’s UV printing service to emblazon Windows Central’s logo on the Talon’s glass doors, which is stunning. While we loved the minimalist black finish, if the Tiki’s design is too plain for you, Falcon Northwest also offers optional custom UV printing on the sides, front, and top for an entirely custom touch. For gamers who don't have experience with Falcon Northwest's luxurious desktop builds and are stepping up from cheaper rigs, handling the Tiki is like upgrading from a Hyundai to a Mercedes G-Wagon. This means that Tiki weight is slightly more than half of its larger sibling, but it's just roughly a quarter of Talon's size. With its 11.6-liter size, the Tiki comes in at 25 pounds, of which a solid 6 pounds is dedicated to the solid base. It’s designed to outlast you.įor comparison, the Talon, a mid-size tower that clocks in shy of 40 liters, weighs about 44 pounds. Simply put, the Tiki isn’t built to last. Given the thicker metal construction, Tiki’s compact size, and the densely packed internal components, there’s no flex. Tiki’s metal plates appear thicker than the thin sheet metal used on many competing desktops. To get things down to a more compact footprint, Falcon Northwest swapped out the Talon’s thick, extruded aluminum plates in favor of thinner metal sheets for the bulk of Tiki’s case. Like the bigger Talon desktop, Tiki benefits from Falcon Northwest’s industrial engineering expertise. Still, the advantages - whisper-quiet fans, discrete black finish, powerful performance, and tank-like durability - negate any drawbacks, provided you have space for a compact tower.ĭespite its small stature, Tiki’s build quality is, as expected, exceptional. The only downside with using Tiki as an HTPC is that you can’t set the Tiki down horizontally on its side, as this would block the vents.

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Home theater PC (HTPC) enthusiasts can set up this desktop in the living room to stream photos, music, movies, and TV shows and keep all their files on hand. Tiki’s compact size allows it to also serve as a powerful home entertainment PC. On Tiki, this means you’re getting a performance-packed gaming PC in the form of a living room console.

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Corsair’s One series tops out with an RTX 3080 Ti.

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Those desktops come in a squircle-shaped tower - rather than Tiki’s more traditional rectangular compact tower form factor - making it more similar to Apple’s now discontinued “trash can”-styled Mac Pro.

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The closest size rival to the Tiki would be Corsair’s One gaming PCs and One Pro workstations.