Forums » General Discussions » The Lounge - General Discussion - Off Topic » HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!
Sign in | Join | Help
in
Latest post 06-04-2008 9:23 PM by Marco C. 246 replies.
Page 1 of 13 (247 items) 1 2 3 4 5 Next > ... Last »
Sort Posts: Previous Next

  • 05-12-2008 9:24 AM

    HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact

    We've just finished hammering out the details and are ready to announce our next sweepstakes!  In conjunction with our good friends at Diamond Multimedia and Smooth Creations, we’ve got one patriotic rig to give away this month!  This time around, you could win a full AMD Phenom X4 9750-based system, complete with dual Diamond Multimedia Radeon HD 3850 512MB graphics cards running in a CrossFire configuration, and an awesome, custom painted Smooth Creations case emblazoned with the good ol' Stars and Bars!  And two runners up will also win AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ processors.

    As you can see, this machine is definitely a head turner, and it could be all yours!  As we've done with previous sweepstakes, we’ll be giving away this rig away to a randomly selected contributor to our on-line forum and discussion systems, but this time there's a twist (see below). The complete break-down of components in the system includes:
     

     

    		 Processor: AMD Phenom X4 9750

    Graphics: Diamond Radeon HD 3850 512MB (2)

    Case: Smooth Creations CM Cosmos 100

    PSU: Silverstone 850 Watt

    Memory: 4GB G-Skill DDR2 Memory

    Motherboard: Abit AX-78

    Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar 500GB

    Optical Drive: Lite-On DVD-R / RW

    Miscellaneous: Zalman Cooling, Windows XP


    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. You can also increase your chances of winning by signing up for our HotHardware RSS News Alerts.  Finally, to coincide with the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, we're going to give extra credit to anyone who makes a charitable contribution to the Disabled American Veterans Fund.  Make a donation - of any size - and forward a copy of your receipt to this e-mail address for another chance to win.  Donations are NOT a requirement to win, but with Memorial Day coming up we thought this was a good opportunity to give something back to the military.  We here at HotHardware will be making a contribution to the DAV fund as well.  The winner of the rig and runners up will be announced Monday, June 2.

    This is a great chance for to you to win a custom, powerful new system and to help out the many men and women who have selflessly served in the U.S. military. Now go make some new friends in the forum and get in the running!  Good Luck!

  • 05-12-2008 12:50 PM In reply to

    • ice_73
    • Top 75 Contributor
    • Joined on 02-14-2005
    • new york city
    • Posts 1,061

    Re: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact

    another great give away. very patriotic!  also nice to see an added bonus for donations. my friend got sent off to boot camp (marines) just last month. this is a great computer, but then again what else do you expect from hh and smooth creations :-). this reminds me alot of this laptop http://www.smoothcreations.com/gallery.asp?specific=17 :-) this definantly is another show stoper.

    good luck every one.

    also, i think this is the shortest contest so far (under a month)

  • 05-12-2008 2:00 PM In reply to

    Re: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact
    That rig makes me proud to be an American! It is so damn beautiful
    AMD Athlon 64 x2 6000+| Asus M2N-E | XFX Geforce 8800 GTS 320MB | 4 GB Crucial Ballisticx DDR2 800 | Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme Gamer | Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit | Hard Drives: 160GB (System) 250GB 320GB 750GB 120GB (external)

  • 05-12-2008 2:04 PM In reply to

    Re: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact

    This is just one more reminder of why I love this place.  And kudos to the kind folks at Diamond and Smooth Creations for once again giving away a high performance system.  I'm such a fanboy of all AMD system too, so I'm glad to see that.Smile

    The American flag case is a really nice idea.  It's actually rather touching.  That's a case no one in our country cannot be impressed by it.  I've gone ahead and made a small donation.  Really good idea there guys.  I usually don't think of Disabled Veterans, but it's a good wake up call to look above yourself and do something good for people who truly deserve it.Yes

    Good luck all!

    Hello

  • 05-12-2008 2:18 PM In reply to

    Re: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact

    As usual... nice system! Great paintjob.

    Good luck guys.

    Coolermaster 830 SE w/ 1000 PSU EVGA 680i 122ck-A1 E6600 @ 3.0 GHz w/ Zalman 9700 EVGA 8800 GTX 768mb Superclocked 4 x 1GB Corsair PC-8500 Dominator w/ fan 2 x WD 150GB 10,000 RPM HDs

  • 05-12-2008 2:30 PM In reply to

    • Lev_Astov
    • Top 200 Contributor
    • Joined on 04-30-2007
    • United States, Maryland
    • Posts 293

    RE: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact
    Nice! I am so tempted to buy a system from them right now.
    ><((((">Lev Astov

  • 05-12-2008 2:32 PM In reply to

    • ice_73
    • Top 75 Contributor
    • Joined on 02-14-2005
    • new york city
    • Posts 1,061

    RE: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact
    you should buy one if you can afford it :-)you get the option to have them paint the ipod, keyboard, monitor, everything! how sweet is that!

  • 05-12-2008 2:37 PM In reply to

    • Der Meister
    • Top 25 Contributor
    • Joined on 11-23-2004
    • United States, California/Arizona
    • Posts 3,643

    RE: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact
    Wow Nice deal!

    "Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window."

    E6600 @ 3.28 (35c/54c)
    Evga 680i
    Evga 8800GTX
    4gb 2x2gb Gskill 6-6-6-18
    Sesonic S12
    Zalaman 9700Led

  • 05-12-2008 3:16 PM In reply to

    • vhall
    • Not Ranked
    • Joined on 04-24-2008
    • Posts 20

    Re: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact

    Wow another giveaway already! Way to go HH.Great looking rig.

    AMD 5000+Black Ed @3.0ghz  2gigs gskill  MSI MB  EVGA 8800GT Thermaltake 430w

  • 05-12-2008 4:18 PM In reply to

    Re: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact

     I must say you guys again impressed me. As a veteran myself, i really get excited to see those who remember our military men and women. I am not a disabled veteran but I am still gratefull for HH push for the disbaled veterans and their contribution as well. This was not something I was expecting and it only furthers my deep respect that I have for the guys running the show here. I really can't put into words how awesome this is.

    Oh and the giveaway of course is top notch yet again. Thanks HH and smooth creations.

  • 05-12-2008 4:40 PM In reply to

    • SqUiD267
    • Top 150 Contributor
    • Joined on 05-08-2008
    • Worcester, MA
    • Posts 480

    RE: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact
    Looks great. Whoever wins this should be proud!

    AMD Athlon X2 5000+ (Thanks to HH)

    DFI Lanparty DK 790 FX

    EVGA 8800 GT 512 mb

    2 GB of G.Skill RAM

  • 05-12-2008 5:53 PM In reply to

    RE: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact
    Good going HH!! I too appreciate what you're doing with supporting those in uniform.

    I have no idea what you're going to do now for Independence Day but I can't wait! Good luck topping this baby!

  • 05-12-2008 5:58 PM In reply to

    • 1nteljunki3
    • Top 500 Contributor
    • Joined on 02-26-2008
    • Oregon, United States
    • Posts 91

    RE: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact
    Wow, that's one cool looking machine...

    ASUS Rampage Formula; Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9650 @5.13GHz; 4GB Buffalo Firestix PC2-9600 DDR2; Thermaltake Armor w/ Bigwater SE; XFX Geforce 9800 GTX 'Black Edition'; Corsair HX620 Power Supply 620W

  • 05-12-2008 6:05 PM In reply to

    Re: RE: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact

    Another Amazing contest. I'll try to come an join some conversations as much as I can over this month, because things are getting a bit calmer now. Good luck everybody! :)

    Intel Core 2 Duo Q6600 @3.43Ghz ASUS P5E3 WS Professional 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3-12800 XFX Geforce 8800GTS G92 512MB Ultra X3 1000Watt Modular Power Supply

  • 05-12-2008 6:23 PM In reply to

    • higgamo
    • Top 200 Contributor
    • Joined on 03-24-2008
    • newark nj
    • Posts 234

    Re: RE: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact

    nice rig =O love the american theme

  • 05-12-2008 6:25 PM In reply to

    RE: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact
    The Independence Day machine will have a fireworks device built in (:-p) But yes, this time's machine is nice though

    And I notice AMD again, and no Vista (not that I mind XP)...any reason why?

  • 05-12-2008 6:28 PM In reply to

    Re: RE: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact

    XP is good, although I got used to Vista Ultimate now. lol. Probably because everything runs better on XP, that's why they include it with this system. Also the majority of the people use XP still. That's my guess.

    Intel Core 2 Duo Q6600 @3.43Ghz ASUS P5E3 WS Professional 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3-12800 XFX Geforce 8800GTS G92 512MB Ultra X3 1000Watt Modular Power Supply

  • 05-12-2008 8:47 PM In reply to

    • ice_73
    • Top 75 Contributor
    • Joined on 02-14-2005
    • new york city
    • Posts 1,061

    Re: RE: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact

    hopefully no gaming comas for the winner.

    xp is best for dx9 gaming (most titles) but vista is the future (unfortunatly).  

  • 05-12-2008 11:19 PM In reply to

    Re: RE: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact

    I prefer XP right now.  DX10 doesn't seem that great right now anyway, especially considering the performance hit. 

    Hello

  • 05-13-2008 7:39 AM In reply to

    • ^Bad_Boy^
    • Top 10 Contributor
    • Joined on 05-10-2000
    • Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
    • Posts 7,574

    RE: HotHardware Memorial Day Sweepstakes!

    Reply Contact
    WahWahWeehWah!!!

    Thumbs Up HH Crew :D
    Dammit! What's My Age Again???
    Click Here 4 My System Specs
Page 1 of 13 (247 items) 1 2 3 4 5 Next > ... Last »

Content and Graphical Elements - Copyright 1999 - 2008 HotHardware.com, LLC