Win the BEAST! HotHardware Skulltrail Give-Away!

recoveringknowitall:

No disrespect to anyone , but I vote we drop the subject of how it sucks to not be eligable.

So sushrukh... welcome! What do you think of HotHardware so far? What are the specs of your PC and what do you use it for?

^brutial, looks like it could use a dusting...lol 

Humm if i were to win i would take out the vid cards sell them off, then sell off my rig and get two 9800GX2's and run them in SLI...ahahah that would be sweet!!! 

I like your idea Der! It is nice as is, but why not go all out!!!

BTW: sush ~ my last cpu was a D820... not the fastest in the world, but coupled with a 7800GT I was able to play all my games at max settings.

What a "BEAST"! of a system. I wouldn't mind being entered in for chance for this system at all!

Is it any wonder? lol

Crisis Causer:

I'd get some pretty good use out of that

What apps do you use?

sushrukh:

I'm running a Pentium D 820 + at 90C (yes you've read it right, 90C) & 1 Gb Transcend Value ram with no heat spreader.Also worth mentioning about the world's most crappiest case with "zero" ventilation.

Link to the screenie :- http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/2201/0000132wz8.jpg

Atleast you have a dualcore =(...I'm on a 3.2 prescott single..lol. But that is a bit hot...You might want to reset your heatsink with some new thermal paste. Or is that how hot they get? my 3.2 prescott is at 52 load with this tuniq tower I have on it, but that's during cold days..During hot days I'm around 58-60. =(..They are indeed hotty buggers. 

Kamrooz:

sushrukh:

I'm running a Pentium D 820 + at 90C (yes you've read it right, 90C) & 1 Gb Transcend Value ram with no heat spreader.Also worth mentioning about the world's most crappiest case with "zero" ventilation.

Link to the screenie :- http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/2201/0000132wz8.jpg

 

Atleast you have a dualcore =(...I'm on a 3.2 prescott single..lol. But that is a bit hot...You might want to reset your heatsink with some new thermal paste. Or is that how hot they get? my 3.2 prescott is at 52 load with this tuniq tower I have on it, but that's during cold days..During hot days I'm around 58-60. =(..They are indeed hotty buggers. 

That temperature is way too hot. Are you overclocking? I got creeped out when I overclocked my dads Core 2 Duo with the stock cooler and it went up to 80C. I just shut down the test after that.

 Nice giveaway!  I'll put my down for a 0.025% chance of being the lucky one.  Though, at this point, odds are highly stacked against me.

Awesome count me in 

Cpt.Planet:

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 .... [:'(]

"... with our powers combined..."lol 

Der Meister:

"... 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

Very nice piece of hardware, I for one would certainly like to take this home to play with.......

Only thing I can say is WOW.

That is one hell of a system.  Definatly die to get that under my desk for some 3D Animation work.  Might actually make me get back into doing that as Dual core system can only do sooo much at one time.  Thats insane.

Mmmmm Power

recoveringknowitall:

When the contest 1st came about I thought that randomly chosing a winner was fair enough, but had an idea of my own that I think is actually great considering the magnitude of the prize.

Have users write a short essay(maybe 500 words or so)explaing both why they think they should win and what they would do with the rig if they won.

If you think this is a great idea too, say so and maybe... just maybe the admins might take notice. If they stick with their original plan though I'll totally understand because the contest is already in motion and changing the format now might come off as kinda sketchy if you know what I mean. Still I think my idea has merit and could possibly be implemented in a future contest because after all... forums are all about communicating by writting.

I'd agree that something along a short essay might be ideal for contests like this.  Not that the essay would win the overall contest but writing an essay and it being on the subject would be idea for an entry point to the contests.

peti1212:

Kamrooz:

sushrukh:

I'm running a Pentium D 820 + at 90C (yes you've read it right, 90C) & 1 Gb Transcend Value ram with no heat spreader.Also worth mentioning about the world's most crappiest case with "zero" ventilation.

Link to the screenie :- http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/2201/0000132wz8.jpg

 

Atleast you have a dualcore =(...I'm on a 3.2 prescott single..lol. But that is a bit hot...You might want to reset your heatsink with some new thermal paste. Or is that how hot they get? my 3.2 prescott is at 52 load with this tuniq tower I have on it, but that's during cold days..During hot days I'm around 58-60. =(..They are indeed hotty buggers. 

That temperature is way too hot. Are you overclocking? I got creeped out when I overclocked my dads Core 2 Duo with the stock cooler and it went up to 80C. I just shut down the test after that.

That tempature is definatly quiet warm.  At that temp it should be near throttling the CPU.  Surely this moster of a system under load will probably get into the mid 60's and low 70's quiet easily though.

Thanks for acknowledging my idea death and welcome to HotHardware!

I noticed you're from Wisconsin... I got family in Milwaukee!!!

recoveringknowitall:

Thanks for acknowledging my idea death and welcome to HotHardware!

I noticed you're from Wisconsin... I got family in Milwaukee!!!

NP Yeah I'm located in the Milwaukee area.  Haven't left yet but would love to move somewhere just a bit warmer :)

Everyone just wrap it up! the winner just registered 

jparker:

Everyone just wrap it up! the winner just registered 

Is that so?

Welcome to HotHardware jp!