Women are making history both on and off the silver screen.From first-time wins to fighting for equal pay, women are helping lead changes in representation.In 2024, Lily Gladstone became the first Indigenous woman to win best actress at the Golden Globes.Women in film have created some of the most recognizable characters, costumes, and songs in history. But so many of them have had to push back against sexism, racism, and ageism in the industry.Even after historic Academy Awards wins, actresses like Hattie McDaniel, Rita Moreno, and Miyoshi Umeki were left with stereotypical roles like maids and submissive housewives, demonstrating how even those at the top of their game could be relegated to caricatures.And decades later, actresses like Octavia Spencer have had to speak on the same topic, as well as the issue of pay equality, not only in relation to male co-stars but to white actresses, too.Despite the issues that persist in the industry, there's been great progress. Just look at stars like Michelle Yeoh and Lily Gladstone and the success of female-led and female-made movies like "Barbie," which smashed box-office records when it was released in 2023 and brought in more than $1.4 billion in global ticket sales, according to Box Office Mojo data.In honor of Women's History Month, here's a look at 25 iconic women who've made movie history and continue to inspire younger generations to do the same.Hattie McDanielHattie McDaniel won the Academy Award for best supporting actress in 1940. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images In 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first Black person to win an Academy Award. McDaniel won the award for best supporting actress for her role as Mammy in "Gone with the Wind" but she couldn't even attend the Atlanta premiere.The role drew both criticism and praise from the Black community, Vanity Fair reported, as some feared it perpetuated harmful, racist stereotypes.McDaniel disagreed and, in her acceptance speech, said, "I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race and the motion picture industry My heart is too full to tell you how I feel."The "Mammy" is one of several stereotypical depictions of Black women seen in films, alongside tropes like the "Jezebel" and the "Angry Black Woman," and is often characterized as an overweight, asexual woman who maintains a strong commitment to care for the white family she serves, the BBC reported.McDaniel was pigeonholed into accepting representation as it was allowed, an issue that's only recently begun to be addressed as the industry recognizes that representation for the sake of representation alone is simply not good enough.She died in 1952 at the age of 59.Sophia LorenSophia Loren was the first performer to win an Oscar for a foreign-language film. Archive Photos/Stringer/Getty Images Named "one of the world's most iconic movie stars" by the Oscars, Loren made history in 1962 when she became the first actor to win an Oscar for a role in a foreign-language film but she wasn't there to accept it.Per People, in her 2014 memoir, "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: My Life," Loren, wrote, "After much procrastination, I decided I would not go to the ceremony. If I lost, I'd faint. If I won, I'd faint anyway. I couldn't allow myself to do that in front of that audience, and before the eyes of the whole world."Throughout her career, Loren has won an extensive list of international awards, including two Oscars, five Golden Globes, seven David di Donatello awards for best actress, and a BAFTA.Her most recent David award came in 2021 at the age of 86 for her role as Madame Rosa in "The Life Ahead," Variety reported."It's hard to believe the first time I received a David was more than 60 years ago," she said during her acceptance speech, per Variety. "But this evening, it seems like the first time again, though the emotion is even greater," she added.Some of her famous films include "Two Women," "Marriage Italian Style," "Nine," "Grumpier Old Men," and "A Special Day."Viola DavisViola Davis is the only Black actor to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage/Getty Images Viola Davis is a prolific actor best known for her roles in "The Help," "Fences," "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," and "How to Get Away with Murder."She is the only Black actor to win the Triple Crown of Acting: a competitive Oscar, Emmy, and Tony award in acting categories.Davis won the Academy Award for best supporting actress in 2017 for her role in "Fences," an Emmy for lead actress in a drama in 2015 for her role as Annalise Keating in "How to Get Away with Murder," and two Tonys for best featured actress in a play and best lead actress in 2001 and 2010 for "King Hedley II" and "Fences," respectively.In her Oscars acceptance speech, Davis gave a testament to "the stories of the people who dreamed big and never saw those dreams to fruition, people who fell in love and lost.""I became an artist, and thank God I did because we are the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life," she said.Davis is also one of just 21 people to achieve EGOT status, winning a Grammy in 2023 for best book audio, narration, and storytelling recording for her memoir "Finding Me."Rita MorenoRita Moreno is the first and only Latina to achieve EGOT status. Silver Screen Collection/Contributor/Getty Images In 1962, Rita Moreno's role as Anita in "West Side Story" made her the first Latina to win an Academy Award, but her success failed to yield any exciting new movie roles.In 2008, she told the Miami Herald, "Before 'West Side Story,' I was always offered the stereotypical Latina roles. The Conchitas and Lolitas in westerns. I was always barefoot. It was humiliating, embarrassing stuff. But I did it because there was nothing else. After 'West Side Story,' it was pretty much the same thing. A lot of gang stories."Instead of film, Moreno turned to theater and television, where she would go on to win the Triple Crown of Acting and achieve EGOT status the first and only Latina to do so for her roles in "The Ritz" and "The Electric Company" and her appearance on "The Muppet Show."Throughout her eight-decade career, Moreno has also been awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a Peabody Award, and the Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Artistic Achievement award.Kathryn BigelowKathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win best director at the Oscars. GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images The Oscars have a long record of failing to recognize women directors, but in 2010 81 years after the Oscars began and 33 years after the first female director was nominated Bigelow won the award for "The Hurt Locker."The Iraq war drama, which also won best picture, starred Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, and Brian Geraghty and told the story of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team and war's impact on people.Bigelow's other works include "Point Break," "Zero Dark Thirty," "Detroit," and "The Loveless."She is also the first woman to win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for best director twice, winning first for "The Hurt Locker" in 2009 and again for "Zero Dark Thirty" in 2012.Edith HeadEdith Head won eight Academy Awards throughout her career. Mark Sullivan/Getty Images Costume designer Edith Head won more Oscars than any other woman in history, and is best known for creating the beautiful clothes seen on movie stars like Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, and Elizabeth Taylor, the Oscars reported.She won eight Oscars from 35 nominations, placing her among the most awarded people in Academy Awards history.Famous films she designed for include "Roman Holiday," "Sabrina," "A Place in the Sun," and "All About Eve."Head died in Los Angeles in 1981, at 83 years old.Zoe SaldaaZoe Saldaa has starred in two of the highest-grossing franchises of all time. Frederic J. Brown/Contributor/AFP via Getty Images It's rare for an actor to star in one of the highest-grossing films of the year let alone of all time.And, if you're Zoe Saldaa, make that four.Saldaa has starred in "Avatar," "Avatar: The Way of Water," "Avengers: Infinity War," and "Avengers: Endgame" as Neytiri and Gamora, respectively.Each of these films grossed more than $2 billion at the global box office for a collective total of more than $9 billion.And in February 2025, Saldaa won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in "Emilia Prez." She is the first American of Dominican descent to win an Oscar.Barbra StreisandBarbra Streisand was the first woman to win the Golden Globe for best director. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images Barbra Streisand is a multi-talented star best known for her roles in "Funny Girl," "Hello Dolly!," "A Star is Born," and "Yentl." She also is one of the most successful singers of all time.In 1984, she became the first woman to win the Golden Globe for best director for her work on the musical "Yentl," in which she also starred and won the Golden Globe for best actress (musical or comedy)."This award is very meaningful to me. I'm very proud because it also represents, I hope, new opportunities for so many talented women to try to make their dreams become realities, as I did," she said in her acceptance speech.In 2021, when Emerald Fennell, Regina King, and Chlo Zhao were all nominated for best director at the Golden Globes, Streisand told the Hollywood Reporter, "I never thought I'd see the day when three out of five nominated directors would be women. It brings a huge smile to my face."Streisand, too, is one of the few people to achieve EGOT status, although not all of her awards were in competitive categories: She has won four Emmys, 10 Grammys, two Oscars, and a special Tony award for Star of the Decade in 1970, ABC News reported.Michelle YeohMichelle Yeoh became the first Asian woman to win the Academy Award for best actress in 2023. Mike Coppola/Staff/Getty Images Best known for her roles in "Tomorrow Never Dies," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Memoirs Of A Geisha," and "Everything Everywhere All At Once," Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian woman, and just the second woman of color, to win best actress at the Academy Awards in 2023 for her role as Evelyn Quan Wang.In her acceptance speech, Yeoh said, "For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. This is proof that dreams dream big and dreams do come true, and ladies, don't let anybody tell you you are ever past your prime. Never give up!"In addition to her Oscar, Yeoh also won an Independent Spirit Award, a Golden Globe, and three SAG awards for her work in "Everything Everywhere All At Once."She is set to star in upcoming "Avatar" sequels, as well as "Wicked: For Good" alongside Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.Halle BerryHalle Berry is the first Black woman to win best actress at the Oscars. David LEFRANC/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Halle Berry is the first woman of color and the only Black woman to win the Oscar for best actress. She won in 2002 for her role as Leticia Musgrove in "Monster's Ball."Through tears, Berry accepted the award and said, "This moment is so much bigger than me. This moment is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, and Diahann Carroll. It's for the women that stand beside me, Jada Pinkett, Angela Bassett, Vivica Fox, and it's for every nameless, faceless woman of color that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened."However, no Black actress has won the best actress award since. In 2017, reflecting on how no Black actresses had been nominated in the category that year, she told Teen Vogue of her win, "That moment really meant nothing. It meant nothing. I thought it meant something, but I think it meant nothing."Berry is also known for her roles in the "X-Men" series, "Catwoman," and "Die Another Day."Meryl StreepMeryl Streep is the most nominated actor of all time. John Salangsang/Golden Globes 2024/Golden Globes 2024 via Getty Images Miranda Priestly. Donna Sheridan. Joanna Kramer. Florence Foster Jenkins. Margaret Thatcher.Meryl Streep deeply embodies each and every character she's played throughout her career, becoming the most Oscar-nominated and most Golden Globe-nominated actor of all time, with 21 and 33 nominations, respectively. Streep also has 15 BAFTA nominations.She's won eight Golden Globes for acting, the most recent being in 2012 for best performance by an actress in a motion picture drama, for "The Iron Lady."Streep has also won three Academy Awards, two BAFTAs, three Emmys, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award.Miyoshi UmekiMiyoshi Umeki was the first Asian actor to win an Oscar. Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images Miyoshi Umeki was the first Asian actor to win an Oscar; she won the award for best supporting actress in 1958 for her role as Katsumi in the film "Sayonara," starring Marlon Brando.She would later destroy her Oscar after the death of her husband, Randall Hood, in 1976, Entertainment Weekly reported in 2018, scratching out her name and throwing away the trophy.Her son, Michael Hood, told the publication that she said, "I know who I am, and I know what I did.""It was a point of hers, to teach me a lesson that the material things are not who she was," said Hood.Umeki died in 2007 at the age of 78.Ariana DeBoseAriana DeBose is the first queer, Afro-Latina actress to win an Academy Award. Mike Coppola/Staff/Getty Images Sixty years after Rita Moreno became the first Latina to win an Academy Award, DeBose became the first queer, Afro-Latina to win an Oscar for the same role: Anita in "West Side Story."In her speech, she thanked the "divine inspiration that is Rita Moreno.""I'm so grateful your Anita paved the way for tons of Anitas like me, and I love you so much," she said."So to anybody who has ever questioned your identity, ever, ever, ever, or you find yourself living in the gray spaces, I promise you this: There is indeed a place for us," DeBose concluded.Katharine HepburnKatharine Hepburn won a record four Academy Awards. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images Katharine Hepburn holds the record for actress with the most Academy Awards, winning four throughout her career, all for best actress.She received 12 nominations in the category and won for her roles in "Morning Glory," "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," "The Lion in Winter," and "On Golden Pond," spanning from 1934 to 1982, according to the Academy Awards Database.Her win for "The Lion in Winter" marks one of just six ties in Oscars history, as Hepburn shared the award with "Funny Girl" actress Barbra Streisand, Collider reported.Hepburn died in 2003 at the age of 96.Chlo ZhaoChlo Zhao is the only woman of color to win the Oscar for best director. Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Images In 2020, Chinese-born director Chlo Zhao became the first woman of color to win best director at the Oscars for her film "Nomadland," which also won best picture.In her acceptance speech, Zhao said, "This is for anyone who have the faith and the courage to hold on to the goodness in themselves, and to hold on to the goodness in each other, no matter how difficult it is to do that."For "Nomadland," Zhao also won directing awards at the Golden Globes, British Academy Film Awards, and the Directors Guild of America Awards.More recently, she directed the 2021 Marvel film "The Eternals," and is working on a film adaptation of "Hamnet" starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley.Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn starred in iconic films like "Breakfast at Tiffany's." Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Audrey Hepburn is an iconic figure in film and fashion history, with starring roles in classics like "Roman Holiday," "Sabrina," "My Fair Lady," and "Breakfast at Tiffany's."She achieved EGOT status in 1994, having won the Academy Award for best actress in 1953 for "Roman Holiday," the Tony for best actress in a play in 1954 for "Ondine," the Emmy for outstanding individual achievement informational programming in 1993 for "Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn: Flower Gardens," and the Grammy for best spoken world album for children in 1994 for "Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales."In addition to her career as an actress, Hepburn was well known for her humanitarian work, serving as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador from 1988 until her death in 1993 at age 63.Greta GerwigGreta Gerwig's "Barbie" grossed more than $1 billion. Sarah Morris/Staff/WireImage/Getty Images Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" was the highest-grossing film of 2023, with more than $1.4 billion earned worldwide.With this accomplishment, Gerwig became the first solo female director to have a movie earn $1 billion and one of just five female directors to gross more than $800 million.Although she was snubbed by the Oscars in 2024 for best director, all of her directorial projects "Lady Bird," "Little Women," and "Barbie" have been nominated for best picture.Octavia SpencerOctavia Spencer won the Academy Award for best supporting actress in 2012. Jason Merritt/Staff/Getty Images Octavia Spencer is the first Black woman to receive consecutive Oscar nominations. She was nominated for best supporting actress in 2017 and 2018 for her work in "Hidden Figures" and "The Shape of Water."She previously won the award in 2012 for her role as Minny Jackson in "The Help," which was also her first Oscar nomination.Spencer has been outspoken about the issue of pay equality in the industry, especially as a woman of color.In a 2023 interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Spencer said, "Women and women of color have always lagged. When they start casting movies, they put all the money on the white male or Black male leads. They come to you when they've given out all the dollars and they only have cents. I don't need you to tell me how much you love me and how much you want to work with me.""Love is not going to take care of my godkids. So, I've always been a proponent of making sure that there's equal pay. It's still not equal, but it's certainly getting better," she added.Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe starred in films like "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Murray Garrett/Getty Images With her platinum-blonde hair, beauty mark, and elegant fashion, Marilyn Monroe is easily one of the most recognizable women in film history.Born as Norma Jeane Mortenson, Monroe would go on to star in films like "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," "Some Like It Hot," and "The Seven Year Itch."Embodying the role of the "blonde bombshell," her image and life story have been the subject of intense scrutiny, with documentaries, biopics, and even AI chatbots seeking to capture her essence, raising issues and concerns around consent and the public's unwillingness to let the memory of some celebrity figures rest.Lily GladstoneLily Gladstone is the first Indigenous actress to win a Golden Globe. ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Lily Gladstone played Mollie Burkhart in Martin Scorsese's historical crime drama "Killers of the Flower Moon," becoming the first Indigenous woman to win best actress at the Golden Globes.Gladstone spoke Blackfeet during her acceptance speech in 2024 and said, "I'm so grateful that I can speak even a little bit of my language, which I'm not fluent in, up here because in this business, Native actors used to speak their lines in English, and then the sound mixers would run them backwards to accomplish Native languages on camera. This is an historic win."She added, "This is for every little rez kid, every little urban kid, every little Native kid out there who has a dream who is seeing themselves represented and our stories told by ourselves, in our own words, with tremendous allies and tremendous trust from within and from each other."Ruth E. CarterRuth E. Carter has won two Academy Awards for costume design. Jeff Kravitz/Contributor/FilmMagic/Getty Images Costume designer Ruth E. Carter is the only Black woman to have won multiple Academy Awards.She first took home the award for best costume design in 2019 for her work on "Black Panther," and she won again in 2023 for its sequel, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."After her second win, Carter told reporters, "I dealt with adversity in the industry that sometimes didn't look like me and I endured. I feel that this win opens the door for other young costume designers that may not think that this industry is for them and hopefully they'll see me, and they'll see my story and they'll think they can win an Oscar, too."Throughout her career, she has also designed costumes for other award-winning films like "Selma," "Malcolm X," and "The Butler."AwkwafinaAwkwafina was the first Asian woman to win a Golden Globe for best actress. David Crotty/Contributor/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images In 2020, Awkwafina became the first Asian woman to win a Golden Globe for best actress.She won the award for best actress in a musical or comedy for her performance as Billi in Lulu Wang's "The Farewell." The film focuses on Billi and her family's return to China to say goodbye to their matriarch, Nai-Nai, who isn't aware that she has terminal cancer.Awkwafina's other acting credits include her sitcom "Awkwafina is Nora from Queens" and box-office hits like "Crazy Rich Asians" and "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings," which grossed $239 million and $432 million, respectively, per Box Office Mojo.Thelma SchoonmakerThelma Schoonmaker has won three Academy Awards for film editing. Amanda Edwards/Contributor/Getty Images Over the course of her nearly 60 year career, Thelma Schoonmaker has won three Academy Awards for film editing from nine nominations, all for her work on movies directed by Martin Scorsese.Her first win came in 1981 for his film, "Raging Bull." She told the Academy's A.frame, "The direction, camera work, acting, and music were pure gold for me to edit."Since then, Schoonmaker has edited all of Scorsese films, winning her second and third Oscars in 2005 and 2007 for "The Aviator" and "The Departed," respectively.In her 2007 acceptance speech she said, "Working with Marty is quite something. It's tumultuous, passionate, funny, and it's like being in the best film school in the world."Schoonmaker's nine nominations, the most recent of which came in 2024 for "Killers of the Flower Moon," make her the most-nominated film editor in Academy Award history.Jane CampionJane Campion has been nominated for best director twice at the Academy Awards. Alessandro Levati/Contributor/Getty Images While directors like Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Christopher Nolan have amassed multiple Oscar nominations for best director, the only woman to receive more than one nomination in the category is Jane Campion.Her first nomination came in 1994 for "The Piano" and her second came in 2022 for "The Power of the Dog," which she won.Though Campion lost the Oscar in 1994, she still made history with "The Piano," as she became the first woman to win the Palme d'Or, awarded to the director of the best film at the Cannes Film Festival.Hildur Gunadttir

The return of Jon Bernthal as the Punisher has been one of several selling points for Daredevil: Born Again. That excitement only grew when we learned the antihero was getting a spotlight all to himself, and now Bernthals teasing out what fans can expect from Frank Castles little one-off. While doing interviews forThe Accountant 2at SXSW, the actor said he was really grateful that Im gettig the opportunity to tell the story that I think the fans deserve. Were giving it our all, and were trying to tell a Frank Castle story that were going to turn out back on the audience. Its not going to be light, and I think its the version that this character deserves. Tone-wise, he promised this special wouldnt be Punisher-lite. Its going to be dark; Frank has no interest in breaking out of the darkness. Its not going to be easy. Even before we learned hed come back, Bernthals always been open about his affection for the Punisher, and the special takes on more significance since hes cowriting it with Reinaldo Marcus Green.Born Againsfirst season also brings in characters who looooove Frankspecifically, police whove bought into his shoot first, ask never mentality. Showrunner Dario Scardapane recently told IGN that story has been begging to be told, and will run throughout the shows two seasons. Without spoiling anything, the show eventually puts Frank in the orbit of those cops, and in a place where his special can pick up on that thread.Itll be interesting to see how that links up withBorn Againssecond season, and how much more Frank we be getting afterward. They brought him back for a reason, and this show and special likely wont be the end of the line for him. [via The Hollywood Reporter] Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, whats next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.

When people hear the words desktop computer, many think of a massive behemoth. The visual gets a heaping helping of RGB when you throw the word gaming into the mix. But not all gaming desktops have to be massive. Want proof? Take a look at the Falcon Northwest Tiki, a compact powerhouse that can hold its own with the big boys. In the slim confines of the Tiki awaits an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor and a Nvidia RTX 5080 GPU waiting to unleash hell upon your enemies, be they computer generated or flesh and bone. Its the perfect solution for those who want maximum gaming power but are short on space. The only problem? The price. Falcon Northwest Tiki The Falcon Northwest Tiki crams a load of powerful components into a seriously svelte chassis Pros Cons Pricing and Configurations Despite its small frame, Falcon makes sure youre spoiled for choice on the configurations for the Tiki. However, Falcon and every other OEM are being hit with tariffs, which means theyre passing it on to you, dear reader. At the time of this writing, its a 5% price increase. Which doesnt seem like much. But if youve ever built your own PC, you know that sourcing components can quickly become a pricey affair. So that means the Tiki base model outfitted with an Intel Core Ultra 7265 processor costs $5,407. It also has an Intel Laminar RH1 Cooler, a pair of 16GB Kingston Fury Beast RGB DDR4 6,000MHz RAM, a Asus ROG Strix Z890-E Gaming WiFi Motherboard, a Kingston Fury Renegade 2TB PCIe M.2 SSD, a Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 GPU with 16GB of VRAM, and a SilverStone SX SFX-L Platinum 1,000W PSU. The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X CPU base model is a little cheaper at $5,354. Outside of the processor swap, you also get the Noctua NH-L9a-AM5 Chromax Black Air Cooler. And theres my actual review build, which costs $5,740, has a 2.5-GHz Intel Core Ultra 9285 CPU, a pair of 32GB Kingston Fury Beast RGB DDR4 6,000MHz RAM, and a Crucial T705a 2TB PCIe M.2 Gen 5.0 SSD. My configuration also has an RGB-backlit Falcon emblem along with a three-sided custom UV print. Each build uses Microsoft Windows 11 Pro as an operating system and has a 3-year parts & labor warranty. Design/Build Quality I love a good SFF (Small Form Factor) system, and Falcon Northwest makes some of the best. The compact chassis is made from black anodized aluminum, with a thick base that ensures the system isnt tipping over or sliding away easily. As the pictures show, I dont have a regular-schmegular design. Falcon hooked me up with one of its custom UV prints, which are available for $149 for the front or a single side panel or $399 for all three sides. The company prides itself on having the highest resolution UV printer in the industry at 600 dpi. Just send over your image idea and the company can print on your systemjust make sure its a high-resolution image for the best result.Photos: Charles Anthony Davis/DreamSmith LLC My Tiki has one of the companys pre-made prints. Available in several colors, the print mimics a massive circuit board. The green paint that makes up the circuits is semi-glossy, giving a cool embossed look. And of course, theres the companys titular Falcon mascot on both sides looking menacing and badass. And like I mentioned in the configurations section, the cut-out emblem of the mascot on the PCs front panel is RGB backlit. The top panel is almost all geometric vent cutouts. But theres also a USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 port and two USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 ports. You also have the power and fan buttons. Take a gander around the back of the Micro-Tower, and you have the usual gathering, such as a pair of Thunderbolt 4 ports, a USB-C 3.2 port, two USB-A 2.0 ports, two USB-A 3.0 ports, and a pair of USB-A 3.2 ports. Theres also an HDMI 2.1 port, an Ethernet jack, a pair of connectors for a Wi-Fi antenna, and the AC input jack for the thick power cord.Photo: Charles Anthony Davis/DreamSmith LLC Opening the case is a breeze. You simply unscrew the two large screws holding the right-side panel in place and slide it off to reveal the heavily feng shui-ed components. The GPU takes up the top quarter of the space leaving the rest to the CPU, motherboard, and glowing RGB RAM. Not an inch of space is wasted, and surprisingly youve got enough slots to increase the RAM to 96GB if you so desire. Measuring 4 x 13.6 x 13 inches, the Tikis slim frame is the answer to many apartment dwellers prayers, or anyone who doesnt have a lot of space to spare. It can easily slide into a tight spot and still be the epicenter of your gaming experience. Just be sure to lift with your knees, as the case starts at 18 pounds with the base. The weight can change drastically depending on what components are included in the build. Gaming/Graphics In many ways, the Tiki has a lot in common with boxing legend Tommy The Hit Man Hearns. They both have smaller frames but pack a hell of a punch. Armed with a Nvidia RTX 5080 Founders Edition GPU, there isnt much that the Tiki cant do. Despite that slim frame, its not to be trifled with. And while I was really tempted to spend inordinate hours playing through the new Hades 2 update, I was an adult and played some more taxing fare. Then I went and played inordinate hours of Hades 2.Photo: Charles Anthony Davis/DreamSmith LLC I started things off with another game that Ive died in time and time again: Black Myth Wukong. For these benchmarks, I kept the game running at its highest setting, Cinematic, and adjusted resolution and effects accordingly. So when I ran the game at 1080p, I saw an average frame rate of 76 frames per second. Turning on DLSS raised the frame rate to 116 fps, while bringing ray tracing in the mix dropped it to 89 fps. Compare that to the CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme I recently reviewed which also has a RTX 5080, only its an MSI Ventus 3X OC card. On that same run of tests, I saw results of 83, 127, and 92 fps, respectively. The Falcon continues having a good showing at 4K with 69 fps without DLSS, 108 fps with the feature, and 84 fps with ray tracing enabled. Those are great numbers, but not a match for the Gamer Supreme, which gave me 74 fps sans DLSS 118 with and 95 fps with ray tracing.Photo: Charles Anthony Davis/DreamSmith LLC Next up, I ran the Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark on Ultra settings, which is notoriously taxing. But the Tiki, powerhouse that it is, handled it gracefully. For our 1080p results, I got an average 189 fps with no effects, a ridiculous 371 fps with DLSS, and 361 fps with ray tracing. This was a closer race with the Gamer Supreme, as it only reached 187 fps without effects, 211 fps with DLSS, and 202 fps with ray tracing added. At 4K, the Falcon Tiki got 143 fps on the non-effects run, 270 fps with DLSS, and 267 with ray tracing on top. Meanwhile, the Gamer Supreme produced 114, 143 and 139 fps, respectively. Photo: Charles Anthony Davis/DreamSmith LLC And finally, I ran the Hitman 3 Dartmoor Benchmark on High at 1080p. Sans special sauce, the Tiki notched 122 fps, which rose to 327 fps with DLSS enabled and only gained a frame with ray tracing added to the mix. The Gamer Supreme chewed up the benchmark, starting with 190 sans effects, launching into an unheard of 427 fps with DLSS and 420 fps with ray tracing.Cranking things up to 4K, the Tiki produced 159, 190, and 191 fps to the CyberPowerPCs 121, 225, and 224 fps. Performance There comes a time in every gamers life when they have to put down the controller and use that mouse for something other than headshotting their foes. When that time comes, know that Tiki has you covered with its 2.5-GHz Intel Core Ultra 9285 processor and its 64GB of RAM. The svelte system seemed to give a sarcastic snort as I unleashed my 70 Google Chrome tabs with an unruly mix of G-Suite apps, social media pages, news sites, and videos. It even kept its cool when I started editing loads of videos. Did the fans get a little loud? Sure, but not so much it was a distraction. Photo: Charles Anthony Davis/DreamSmith LLC So lets get into some synthetic benchmarks where the Tikis Intel CPU duked it out with the CyberPowerPCs AMD Ryzen 9800X3D processor. It was a close fight on the PCMark 10 test, but the Gamer Supreme inched out a narrow victory at 9,981 to 9,819. The fight continued on the Geekbench 6 tests, with the CyberPowerPC snatching the win on the single-core round 3,142 to 3,045. However, the Tiki staged a comeback on the multi-core 21,753 to 17,148. The Tiki earned decisive wins on both aspects of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark. And when it comes to transcoding video, the Tiki is your huckleberry, taking only 2 minutes and 31 seconds to transcode a 4K video to 1080p. The Gamer Supreme took 3:07. The Falcon was also faster on both the CPU and GPU portions of the Blender tests, with times of 1:19 and 1:29 compared to its competition (1:45 and 1:42).Verdict Thins been in for a while over at Falcon Northwest and with good reason. The company has consistently managed to gracefully fit some of the most powerful components into a seemingly impossible space, without sacrificing power. And while you might be tempted to shuffle the SFF PC off into a tight space never to be heard from again, I implore you to treat it better than that. I got so many comments on how good it looked from the Gizmodo staff, youd be doing yourself and the Micro-Tower a disservice. My configuration performed above and beyond expectations and reminded me that everything doesnt have to be massive to be good. I just wish the pricing were as slim as the Tikis dimensions. The Tiki was already expensive, but adding tariffs on top means that only the deepest pocketed gamers can enjoy this slim fatales allure. But if you can afford it, the svelte Falcon Northwest Tiki is an awesome pre-built system just waiting to turn heads and kick ass.

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