HotHardware's Summer Sweepstakes! Win a new Rig!

*orgasm*

wow thats a dream system. the winner will be sooooo lucky.

good luck every one.

though, i dont quite understand the psu :-p.

Yeah heres a review of that PS from da egg I'm sure 4870's x2 takes more than the video cards he's running (7800 GTS rofl)


Pros: Good power supply, however I overlooked at certain things that I needed to look even deeper when I was going into SLI world. I needed at least 18A within each of the +12 v rails. this thing only had 15A going through each rail. I tottaly overlooked at this. I called evga and they told me NEVER go by the wattage rating on the PSU, always look at the amperage going through the +12v rails, especially in SLI Enviroment.
Cons: I had this originally running 2 evga's 7800 gt's. then i was getting unsuspected crashes,hangs,etc left and right and called evga and told me its the amperage that wasnt enough through the rails. I then talked to a buddie of mine at the computer shop, he told me to switch the cards around, so far not a dhang problem yet. But I switched to an antec 550 psu for extra stability due to higher amperage through the +12v rails. I couldnt return it cause one of the sata connecter had a crack on one of the outer housing. But new egg gave me a discound on shipping. overall alright experience. never really had any problems with new egg.

rapid1:

Yeah heres a review of that PS from da egg I'm sure 4870's x2 takes more than the video cards he's running (7800 GTS rofl)


Pros: Good power supply, however I overlooked at certain things that I needed to look even deeper when I was going into SLI world. I needed at least 18A within each of the +12 v rails. this thing only had 15A going through each rail. I tottaly overlooked at this. I called evga and they told me NEVER go by the wattage rating on the PSU, always look at the amperage going through the +12v rails, especially in SLI Enviroment.
Cons: I had this originally running 2 evga's 7800 gt's. then i was getting unsuspected crashes,hangs,etc left and right and called evga and told me its the amperage that wasnt enough through the rails. I then talked to a buddie of mine at the computer shop, he told me to switch the cards around, so far not a dhang problem yet. But I switched to an antec 550 psu for extra stability due to higher amperage through the +12v rails. I couldnt return it cause one of the sata connecter had a crack on one of the outer housing. But new egg gave me a discound on shipping. overall alright experience. never really had any problems with new egg.

I always try but I'm never able to sign up for the RSS for AIM. Oh well. How much space on the hard drive?

Don't sweat the PSU. If the system is buggy, we won't ship until a suiteable replacemaent is found. As for the HD, we're still waiting on WD to see what they can send, but we didn't want to push the contest off any later.

Here is an interesting article entitled HOW TO DISCOVER YOUR POWER SUPPLY'S REAL MANUFACTURER!

Super Dave:

Here is an interesting article entitled HOW TO DISCOVER YOUR POWER SUPPLY'S REAL MANUFACTURER!

thanks for the read super dave,


psst- use the edit button :-p

ice_73:

psst- use the edit button :-p

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Super Dave:

ice_73:

psst- use the edit button :-p

Edited posts don't show-up in email alerts!

true, but us regulars always check up on new posts :-)

 Wow that is my dream system.

Any chance we get to see some bench numbers on this beast before the end of the contest ?

wow  looks sweet. i've bought from ibuypower before

LOL why did you bump a 2 year old thread? did you hope to win it? :( lol

BigWop:

Don't sweat the PSU. If the system is buggy, we won't ship until a suiteable replacemaent is found. As for the HD, we're still waiting on WD to see what they can send, but we didn't want to push the contest off any later.

Though it probably wouldn't be that good as a primary drive, I'm really happy with their Green Power line of hard drives as a storage drive. It would be awesome if they could stick a Green Power HDD and a Raptor in that rig.

WOW what a nice rig... this will be one for the record books!!!!

mmmm space heater for the coming winter...
plus counterstrike.

Tempest69:

mmmm space heater for the coming winter...
plus counterstrike.

am i the only one who finds irony in this? counter strike is about 8 years ago. any pc right now can run it. having a pc like this you need to get source at least. and source right now is a bit outdated compared to requirments. this pc can handle crysis like a walk in the park.

Im sorry my brain just froze! Explain

amdcrankitup:

Im sorry my brain just froze! Explain

 well i was making reference to him saying he wants to use the computer to play a game 8 years old, which any new computer can play.

 Oh I got it! Da

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Wow,  this awesome machine!  I would love to win this one. 

Good Luck!

I heard some lucky soul was gonna win this dreamsickle soon :)

is it my imagination or has the configuration changed a little bit in this contests run time???? Either way is sweet as He?? something I'd love to own for sure :))))))))))))))))))

What do you mean?

edit nevermind? I don't think it has.

Fortron Source - Great PSUs...