But once again, Falcon Northwest goes further. For basics, you get all of the extras that would normally come with the parts in the machine - extra SATA cables, antennas for the Wi-Fi, etc. I normally don’t cover the extras included with gaming PCs, but the Tiki includes too many goodies to ignore. What’s in the box? Jacob Roach / Digital Trends As I’ve said, using the Tiki feels like using a full-sized desktop, and a lot of that comes down to its thermal performance. The Asus ProArt PD5, for example, is much louder than the Tiki despite using less powerful hardware and a case that’s more than double the size. The Tiki certainly ramps up under load, but it manages to stay quieter than even a lot of mid-towers. Even with a 240mm all-in-one liquid cooler on an open-air test bench, I saw the exact same peak temperature with the Ryzen 7 5800X3D on its own. The CPU was a bit hotter, going up to 86 degrees during an all-core Cinebench run. The Tiki manages to stay quieter than even a lot of mid-towers. There is a bevy of small touches, like captive thumbscrews that are leveled by a spring and a metal plate inside the case that shows your name and manufacturing date, that make the Tiki feel a step above other small form factor options. ![]() It’s an expertly designed black box, though. The Falcon Northwest logo on the front lights up with bright RGB, but the case is otherwise a black box. And unlike the Corsair One, opening the Tiki case won’t void your warranty.Īesthetically, the Tiki strikes a nice balance. It still uses an SFX power supply and a mini-ITX motherboard, so you can upgrade in the future. The Tiki is even smaller than a PlayStation 5.ĭespite being so small, nothing in the Tiki is proprietary. By comparison, the Tiki’s most direct competitor, the Corsair One i300, is nearly 8 inches wide, 15 inches tall, and 7 inches deep. ![]() Hogwarts Legacy PC: best settings, ray tracing, DLSS, and moreįor specifics, the Tiki is 4 inches wide, 13 inches tall, and 13.6 inches deep - minus the hefty base plate. The most demanding PC games that push your rig to the limit The best processors for gaming: AMD and Intel face off
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