Falcon Northwest Fragbox 2

Compact gaming case. More gaming performance for much less money than our last FragBox 2. Good hardware mix.

Still a lot of money for a system without a monitor.

Though it's certainly not a bargain system, the Falcon Northwest FragBox 2 gives gamers exactly what they want—blistering gaming performance for a price that doesn't require a trust fund.

Transportable chassis saves space. With 600GB of hard drive space, plenty of room for video files. Optional extras improved from previous FragBox.

Pentium 4 Extreme Edition is expensive for the performance gained, thus this version of the FragBox 2 is, too.

At almost $6,000 as tested, the FragBox 2 does cost a pretty penny. While the 300GB hard drives ($600 upgrade), 20-inch LCD (about $950), and GeForce 6800 Ultra ($450 upgrade) certainly contribute to that price, the 3.466-GHz P4EE chip adds a...

Faster than big, bad gaming desktops and almost fits under an airplane seat

Slightly noisy and could use faster disk I/O for the price

It is, however, smaller and faster than a lot of the gaming machines we’ve seen recently. Heck, it’s even cheaper than some of them too.

High-end components and fast performance; conveniently luggable form factor; cool-looking design; great display.

Expensive; noisy fans; overclocked parts not offered; poor warranty options; small-form-factor chassis precludes dual graphics cards.

Featuring the latest bleeding-edge components in a luggable form factor, the Falcon Northwest FragBox 2 aims for the well-heeled LAN-party gamer who doesn't want to compromise performance for portability.