- Over 300 followers contributed funds and received nothing in return
- Falco Prime A2S price of $ 799 is in conflict with the cost of premium parts
- Promising eight SSD -Slots challenged Processor Rail Limitations Significantly Significantly
Falco Prime A2 appeared on a crowdfunding platform in 2024 with bold promises to serve multiple roles at once.
It was described as a dice-shaped mini-PC with specifications that suggested both raw computing power and extensive storage capacity.
Almost a year later, the project seems to be collapsed, leaving more than 300 supporters out of pocket, with reports now estimating losses to over $ 170,000.
A mini -pc too good to be true?
At the launch, Falco Prime A2 was presented as a 20-centimeter cube that looked like a subwoofer.
Inside it should carry an AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX processor with 16 cores and 32 threads, supported by up to 64 GB DDR5 memory.
Graphics are supplied by either an RTX 4060m or RTX 4070m, depending on the version selected.
Storage highlighted prominence with support for multiple NVME slots, including a front-facing module offering space for eight SSDs Configured in RAID 0, 1 or 10.
These specifications suggested a hybrid system that served as both a NAS and a game-compatible PC, something rarely seen in mainstream design.
The crowdfunding campaign stated the ENTRY-LEVEL MODEL for $ 799 with 32 GB of RAM and 1 TB SSD storage and rose to $ 999 for the higher end.
On paper, the figures looked competitive, although the component costs and technical requirements made pricing difficult to believe.
In fact, observers pointed out discrepancies between the system’s promises and the capacities of its processor.
The Ryzen 7940HX supports a limited number of PCIe courses, but the design still required far more to run discreet graphics, SSDARAYS and more network gates -which means the setup without reducing the benefit seemed technically impossible.
There was also concern about the small development team behind the project, which reportedly only consisted of a handful of engineers and marketers.
Some of the backers of this project were not aware of these red flags, while others simply ignored them.
Now, without official updates for months, the campaign has been effectively the campaign, which has left backers without product or refund.
The last update, back in April 2025, said the company would spend two weeks completing the final assembly and installing SSD, RAM and Windows before the shipment would begin.
However, it is over 20 weeks since the last update and everything has become silent.
This result once again highlights the risk of investing in ambitious crowdfunding projects that promise features in relation to resources.
Unlike traditional retail purchases, it is not a guarantee of receiving a finished product.
While the idea of an all-in-one-nas-mini PC with extensive SSD storage was exciting, the reality of many followers has become a financial loss.
Via mini -machines (originally in French)
