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Post Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:46 am   
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Hey guys, thought I would let you in on a Competition going on at a PC site I am a member of.

They are giving away 3 custom built high end gaming rigs. All you have to do to enter is go to the site at the link below, and scroll to the bottom of the page and put in your basic info.

They are going to pick 3 people at random. You do not have to join the site but it is a pretty good site for PC stuff.

Just thought I would let you guys in on the competition, would be nice if one of our members would get one of the rigs.

I would upload some of the CrapTube videos here of the competition and each rig build, but I am currently boycotting that video sharing site, but go to the link below and you can see the videos of each of the rig builds (which are 1st 2nd and 3rd place prizes, each more powerful than the last) and scroll to the bottom of same page to enter.

(if someone else wants to embed the videos on this thread that is fine, I just cant do it)

Tim, the guy that runs the site did say that by entering you would be getting 1 single email from each of the vendors that have donated a component to the rigs, so one from the Mother board manufacturer, one from the Ram people, etc. But he promised just 1 each and they wont be selling off your info or anything.

you only have to give your name, email and what country you live in.

The competition is open to everyone, the whole world, but if you live outside of mainland UK you have to arrange for the shipping yourself, Such as paying for shipping and arranging for a courior to pick the rig up from Tims house/office.

Anyway, if anyone is interested here is the link http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/misc_hardware/snow_white_2011_competition/1

Good luck, Mostly to me, but you can have what ever luck is left over.




First Prize

RAM...6GB Custom White Mushkin Ridgeback
MOBO...Gigabyte X58A-UD7 Motherboard
CPU...Intel i7 970 Hexcore - 200x21 4.2GHz
SSD...Kingston V+ 100 256GB SSD
PSU...NZXT Hale 1000w
GPU...HIS HD6970
CPU COOLER...Noctua NH-D14
CASE...NZXT Phantom


Second Prize

RAM...6GB Custom White Mushkin Ridgeback
MOBO...Gigabyte X58A-UD3R V2
CPU...Intel i7 950 - 200x21 4.2GHz
SSD...Kingston V+ 100 128GB SSD
PSU...NZXT Hale90 850W
GPU...HIS HD6950
CPU COOLER...Noctua NH-D14
CASE...Fractal R3 Arctic White



Third Prize

RAM...4GB Custom White Mushkin Ridgeback
MOBO...Gigabyte P55A-UD4
CPU...Intel i5 760 - 200x22 4.0GHz
SSD...Kingston V+ 100 64GB SSD
PSU...NZXT Hale90 650W
GPU...HIS HD6870
CPU COOLER...Coolink Corator DS
CASE...Fractal R3 Arctic White


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Post Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:16 am   
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Well I signed up for it. I wouldn't complain about winning it Very Happy

Any reason why they are doing this? I mean it would make sense if it was for members, but not just random people.

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dartht33bagger wrote:
Well I signed up for it. I wouldn't complain about winning it Very Happy

Any reason why they are doing this? I mean it would make sense if it was for members, but not just random people.


For the web site, they get to post CrapTube videos of the builds that link people back to their site so they get not only some cool content and forum stuff to talk about but pull in more members.

As for the manufacturers, they are donating all the parts for the competition, in return they get all the exposure on Youtube and on the guys site, They donate a couple cases or 3 video cards and they get exposure of thousands of views from Tims youtube videos and forum discussions, Its not a bad return on cost/views per part.

Also when you enter the contest, each manufacturer gets to send you an email to advertise their product and get the word out. so you dont have to be a member for that.

Its not just tims contest, its a deal with the manufacturers, they have a say in how the contest works, I think it may be a rep for the manufacturers that runs the program that picks who wins rather than Tim drawing a name out of a hat.

So basically the parts for the PC's cost Tim Nothing, and if by donating 3 video cards the manufacturer gets enough exposure from the contest to sell even just 5 or 6 cards, they are already ahead.

No one loses other than those of us that do not win and have a few emails to delete.


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nice gx0, checking it out now man.. Glad to hear its open to all users worldwide.. oh, and good to hear your sticking to your youtube boycott.
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forahobby wrote:
Glad to hear its open to all users worldwide.. oh, and good to hear your sticking to your youtube boycott.



Yep, and no withdrawals yet, I think I will survive my Y**tube detox period. Actually they do not really give a dang about the "You" since google took over, So now People are calling it GoogleTube. lol


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not long to go now i guess till they draw the prizes for this competitions.. woot Competition ends 00:00 14/02/2011 Good luck everyone, im just going to check for updates now.
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Ya, heard they had something like 22,000 entries last year.


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