Tom's Hardware: "Most system-builder CEOs are probably much busier running their shops than designing cases and testing fans, but that’s why I like keeping Falcon Northwest a boutique. I’m an enthusiast at heart, and Tiki is our first product that literally could not be built by anyone but an enthusiast. If the wiring isn’t bound perfectly, Tiki doesn’t fit together. It’s only quiet if you use exactly the right fans. It doesn’t even work in a CAD model. But I built the system I wanted on my own desk. I firmly believe that, with the recent advancements in power efficiency and miniaturization, micro-towers will become the new mid-tower in a few years. I hope Tiki becomes a showcase of what can be done in this form factor."
Peter Graham: "For the launch of the Oculus Rift head-mounted display (HMD), Oculus VR collaborated with several PC manufacturers including Dell and Asus to make it easy to purchase a computer with the right specifications for virtual reality (VR). Oculus Ready PC Program delivered eight PC from the various manufacturers at different price points and today Oculus VR has announced a new addition in the form of Falcon Northwest."
Maximum PC: Ask a civvie what a gaming PC is and they’ll say it's a machine slightly smaller than an HVAC system that breathes fire. That, gentle readers, is no longer the case. Alienware planted the seeds of a revolution with its first X51 by shoehorning a real GPU into a machine the size of a VCR. And in the year-and-change since then, interest in micro-towers has exploded (partly due to the looming Steam Machines, no doubt).
Ha ha I especially liked the part about the Granite Base. That is what I do for a living and I have personally run both of the machines in slides 33 & 34. This little PC would be an amazing little beast to have hooked up to a giant HDTV.