Win the BEAST! HotHardware Skulltrail Give-Away!
We’ve got some exciting news for you all today! To coincide with Intel’s official Skulltrail announcement that hit the news wire the other day, we’re announcing a sweepstakes of our own where you could win a full Skulltrail-based system, complete with dual graphics cards and a super-fast 10,000 RPM hard drive. We’re talking eight-cores of benchmark busting performance here, and it could be all yours!
HotHardware has partnered up with Intel to assemble a complete Skulltrail rig that we’ll be giving away to a randomly selected contributor to our on-line forum and discussion systems. The complete break-down of components in the system includes:
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Processors: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775 x 2 Motherboard: Intel D5400XS ‘Skulltrail’ Memory: 2GB DDR2 FB-DIMM Memory Graphics: GeForce 8800 GT 512MB x 2 (SLI) Optical Storage: Lite-On 20X DVD-RW with Lightscribe Hard Drive: Western Digital Raptor 150GB Power Supply: Ultra X3 1000 Watt Case: Gigabyte 3D Aurora (Black) |
To be entered into the sweepstakes, you’ve got to be a registered, active member of our forum and a resident of the United States. If you’re not already a member, you can sign up quickly and easily (and for free), right here.
From this point forward, we’ll be monitoring discussions on the site and will be randomly selecting a winner based on community involvement and contribution. To increase your chances of being a winner, sign up for our HotHardware RSS News Alerts and we'll toss your name into the mix for double credit! The sweepstakes will run through to the end of the month at which point we'll pick the winner (Feb. 29).
This is a huge opportunity for to you to win Intel's BEAST of a system. Good Luck!
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Yeah... slappin a HH case badge on it would deffinately accentuate it! Whoever wins it should consider donating their old computer to someone who really needs one or maybe a school or something!!! |
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All I can say is WOW!!! |
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yahh wow is about the only thing anyone can say |
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Count me in. |
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This is one impressive PC. Only thing really lacking is 4 memory sticks. That would really open up the performance. |
Umm... sorry, you're just a tad ineligible... |
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Heck with 3D or CAD software...I bet Doom plays real fast on this one....
Seriously, this would put my 4 OCed Q6600 rigs to shame. This would be the ultimate Distributed Computing rig. Throw an extreme cooling system on it and crank up the clock. |
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Sweet...count me in as well. So all we have to do is post for our chances to win? I'm already signed up for the Feed Blitz so I'm in twice? Awesome! Not to be a stick in the mud...but I just hope a regular forum user wins and not someone that signed up just to win the contest... |
Agreed. It is nice to see new people joining though... hopefully they'll realize they've found a good site and stick around awhile! |
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Hi All, I agree too. This Site has some of the Nicest folk around. |
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I agree with enter that someone who has actually been here a while should win the contest and not someone that just joined the forums in order to win this. But accroding to Davos post its going to be randmoized so i guess everyone has a equal chance Anyway, Good luck to all.
HH always has the most awesome contests. Giving away the new ATi video card back in the day was nice as i remember smashing the refresh button waiting for you guys to reveal the winner. hahaha. For those of you just joining the site and are sceptical about you actually recieving this prize, believe me, if you are the winner you will NOT be dissappointed at your winnings!
*Crosses Fingers*
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Awesome count me in |
Awsome name!...That was the best show ever! Although I have some sad memories as well..When my big bro took my captain planet action figure and hurled it into the pool with all his strength. It hit the concrete side and it shattered into 6 piehces .... [:'(] |
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"... with our powers combined..."lol |
hahaha.. I feel sorry for Quami man, he had the jankiest power of them all. There was wind, fire, earth, and water....he gets heart?...He can speak with animals?..aaaahahahaha. But I must admit, if he was a assassin...it'd be a bad ass ability. Talking with posion critters, sending them into the mark's house..MWHAHA...I could have a army of black mamba's >D |
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Nice contest, But I'll pass as I'm not a forum regular here(I otherwise qualify though as I was born in the USA and I still live there), I'd just use It as a cruncher for Seti/Boinc 24/7 under the PC Perspective Killer Frogs. It would be just a 4th PC, the other 3 are all quad core PCs I've built(a QX6700ES cpu @ 3.3GHz, a QX6700 cpu @ 3.2GHz and a Q6600(B3) cpu @ 2.6GHz). |
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OK, so WHY did you bother to register and post here? So you could pump your affiliation with the PC Perspective Killer Frogs? I know Ryan very well, good man, solid site. I don't see why you have to drop in and be down on things here though. |
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I'm only affiliated with the Seti team there(Not the website), The rest of the time I hang out at the Seti Forums at Berkeley. I'm a disabled person(I suffer from anxiety, concentration, depression, joint problems(Legs and Hip), back pain, weight, under performing thyroid & osteoarthritis, and so It's just Me and I survive on SSI, Do I think I'd win? Not likely as this will be the last post I make here as I like the website and the reviews(This place gets visited by Me everyday). Would It be nice? Sure, But like I said on berkeley thread below I doubt I will, As I've entered before elsewhere and not won a thing. In any case I've not mentioned this contest over on the Boinc Bar and I don't work for anybody, So I'm free to go where I want on the web. Besides I don't know If I could pay for more electricity than I do for My present 3 PCs and the summer cooling(swamp cooler only) costs are coming and I live in a Desert in Yermo CA. I don't mean any offense of course. I have bigger problems to worry about. |
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Nice to see you here, JokerCPoC, if I don't win, I hope you do. |
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Wow, what an amazing contest, and surly one that many people will enter. Many people might know me from other forums ,but I know that I still don't know many of you guys here. I will try my best to contribute to this forum as much as I can, although time from school and other work make it a bit hard. I take many classes at College at the moment that has to do with Designing and 3D Animation, although sometimes we get projects that contain very high number of polygons and subdivision for high detail, and many textures on objects make it impossible to render some scenes. Many times I have to turn down on quality and disable AA to increase rendering time so I could make it to school with a rendered file. With this system I would be able to create great Designs, Animations, and Movies in time and I would not have to worry about rendering times as much. I also like to game a lot and play the latest games that are out, like Crysis, Call of Duty 4, Need For Speed Pro Street, and much more. Please pick me as a winner, and good luck to others as well in this competition. I will try to contribute as much as I can, and maybe I can fulfill my dream to continue the study of 3D Design and Animation with a great passion for the future. |
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For all the people just looking to crunch this bad boy, i suggest you to rethink that! |
You do realize that this is one of the most amazing peices of machinery that ive seen in a while|
My p5b dlx has a blown cap I would give a toe for this setup :) possibly 2 rofl...
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I admit, I will probably crunch with it, but I would game on it as well. Anything for an excuse to play COD4, Prey and Medal of Honor again. I'd also like to see what Need For Speed would be like on it. That rig, with my Logitech G25 steering wheel, would be the next best thing to actually owning a Mustang GT500. |
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This contest has sparked alot of activity here in the forums which is a deffinate plus! I just hope things don't die down when the contest is over. I also hope people that joined for an opportunity to win realize what a great site this is and continue to participate to enrich our growing community!!!
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^thats what i was thinking... |
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Yeah, what he said!
Seriously, we're going to do more of this sort of thing moving forward but you folks ALL have to stick around and hang with us now no matter what!
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I usually stay on a website once I get to know it very well. A few posts and I get very addicted to a site. I am starting to like this site more and more as we speak. :) There are some very kind people around here. |
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Welcome... make yourself at home! |
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Dude, I check this site several times a day during work - especially when I'm in meetings... |
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Good gawd now this is a contest... |
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Winning this would be like winning the lottery. Well, not quite but you catch my drift. What a sweet treat that would be. |
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What an awesome giveaway! But only open to residents of the United States? Being Canadian, I can only stare with envious eyes at the prize...sigh...maybe next time? |
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Here I am from Seti@Home, Francois sent me. I want what he's got. Where can I get skull stickers? |
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I'd love to see how many F@H Points would I get on a daily base with this monster!! I'm still in shock!! Freaking Awesome Giveaway.. :$ Whoever wins it has to promise to run 8 Folding@Home threads for the HH team :) |
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Haha, I know I would. I am already folding for the HotHardware team with my 2.3Ghz Dual-Core Core 2 Duo. :) |
I don't see why not! |
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I would only run it on 6 cores, that way I could still game easily with the last 2. :) |
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Davo is pulling out all of the stops!!! He's a mad man!!! |
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Indeed, what a dream system...........;)
I'd die for something like this. |
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Outstanding contest! Please count me in...this is something desperately needed at our house! |
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Hey man, not to break your heart or anything...but this contest is over. : ) |
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I'm Davo knows where he lives, He had to ship it to him :P . So es it would be possible to burn his house down lol. But htat would be very mean IMHO.
Ok people read the topic and the date of the contest. ITS OVER. |
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No dont burn the house down, thats not right! Let me sneek in and get the Skulltrain then yall can burn the house down.I would appreciate the Skulltrain and HH more than he did.Course I might want to keep it to.But Ill give you this Rig! LOL |
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LOL. Can we all go to jail for mentioning burning someone's house down on a website? |
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Uhh.. yeah, and it's not very nice either but I KNOW you were all just kidding. |
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BTW, I've emailed and PMed him as well, just now. |
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Just curious Davo Did you get a response? |
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Nil at this point... does anyone want to point me in the direction of the "other" forum he's on? :) |
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Davo if you dont contact him by tonight Ill join one of the forums and remind him dont brag on another site about his Skulltrain hit and run! |
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