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  • 11-14-2008 11:22 AM

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    HotHardware Holiday Sweepstakes!

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    It’s that time again folks!  Time for another giveaway here at HotHardware!  We’ve teamed up with our friends at AMD and will be giving away prizes--including a complete small form factor PC--to three lucky winners. Instead of a straightforward sweepstakes, however, we wanted to have a little fun and get all of your creative juices flowing this time around.

    We’re going to keep this one fairly open ended.  We want you all to stretch your legs, be as creative as you can be, and design the AMD / ATI powered PC (or PC component) of the future!  If you want to draw up a mini-super computer with an over-the-top graphics configuration--go for it!  Maybe you’ve got an idea for an awesome looking GPU heatsink? Or a funky new graphics card design? That would be cool too! Our main goal here is for everyone to have FUN, so anything goes!  And don't think you need to be an expert in 3D modeling to win. Like we said, we want you all to have fun, so just do your best with Paint if you have to!

    In the end, the most impressive and creative designs take the cake, or components in this case!










    First Prize
     



    Second Prize


    Third Prize




    First Prize:

    • 1 x Fully Configured Micro PC
    •  Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2
    • CPU: AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core 9350e, 2.0GHz
    • Graphics: PowerColor Radeon HD 4670
    • Chassis: Thermaltake LANBOX Lite VF6000BWS
    • Memory: Patriot Extreme Performance DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz 4GB (2x2GB)
    • Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar (WD6400AAKS) 640GB SATAII 7200 RPM 16MB Buffer
    • CPU Cooler: Scythe SHURIKEN
    • PSU: Enermax ETK500AWT Tomahawk 500W
    • Optical Drive: LG GBC-H20L Blu-Ray / DVD
    		 Second Prize



    • PowerColor Radeon HD 4830
    Third Prize



    • PowerColor Radeon HD 4670

    Please submit your entries to hh.contest@hothardware.com and post them in this discussion thread as well, so the community can check them out. The contest will run through the 2008 holiday season and we’ll announce the winners Wednesday December 31, 2008.  We're accepting entries from anyone across the globe for this giveaway--this one is not limited to US residents only.  As always, participation in the various HotHardware forum and news community discussions will have the contest gods smiling upon you, so get in there and chat it up.  Good luck everyone!  Have Fun!
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  • 11-14-2008 12:09 PM In reply to

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    RE: HotHardware Holiday Sweepstakes!

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    another great contest sweet!

    i wish i had some intresting ideas... i cant wait to see what some members come up with... :-)


    EDIT- YAY! NOT U.S. ONLY CONTEST!!!  
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  • 11-14-2008 12:18 PM In reply to

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    SWEEET! I can enter this one, ok I'm on it this time. I even have a cool idea I have been beating around for a while too.

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  • 11-14-2008 12:18 PM In reply to

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    This is great looks lie fun. I dont know that I have the ability and or software to perform this task but it sounds like a lot of fun!Thanks to HH and its sponsers as always.I,ll have to sit back and watch all of you geniouses here and see what you use in the form of software to perform this task.Even if I come up with an idea, Im not going to be as techniclly inclined as most of you but Im going to try anyways!

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  • 11-14-2008 12:22 PM In reply to

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    @ ender.... cool idea.... beating around for a while? i hope you dont plan to make a penis case :p

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  • 11-14-2008 12:33 PM In reply to

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    @ ender.... cool idea.... beating around for a while? i hope you dont plan to make a penis case :p

     

     

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  • 11-14-2008 12:37 PM In reply to

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    Indifferent 
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  • 11-14-2008 1:18 PM In reply to

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    lol guys... Yeah, this is a very cool HH sweepstakes. May the most creative win!
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  • 11-14-2008 2:25 PM In reply to

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    Hey Good luck to everyone. When I build my girlfriend's SFF PC I wanted to get her this case. It's very nice. Not quite as small as a Shuttle. She had her heart set on the qpack though.

     
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  • 11-14-2008 2:51 PM In reply to

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    LOL, no not a penis case.... however...  I might be able to work that out, and plam it off as a second entry, just requires a few different strokes of the mighty ...  ahem ... pencil.(what did you think I was gonna type there)

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  • 11-14-2008 3:03 PM In reply to

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    Sweet!!!

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  • 11-14-2008 3:03 PM In reply to

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    LOL, no not a penis case.... however...  I might be able to work that out, and plam it off as a second entry, just requires a few different strokes of the mighty ...  ahem ... pencil.(what did you think I was gonna type there)

     

     LOL it dont matter!! if you dont mind calling it a pencil we dont,  personally though Id keep that to myself  Confused LOL

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  • 11-14-2008 3:40 PM In reply to

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    Awesome contest, too bad I'm famished by school and too lazy to do make a drawing ha!

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  • 11-14-2008 4:19 PM In reply to

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    Good luck to all entrants! That case looks pretty badass.

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  • 11-14-2008 4:32 PM In reply to

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     This should be interesting. hmm, I am sure I could come up with something orignal here. Are you guys just looking for a sketch of an idea or full blown blueprints with like dimensions and specs and all?
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  • 11-14-2008 4:48 PM In reply to

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    Re: RE: HotHardware Holiday Sweepstakes!

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    Let's heat this thread up with good submission, folks!  And the other comment/threads too!   Big Smile

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  • 11-14-2008 4:49 PM In reply to

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    Whatever you're up for doing Nelson, is fine by us. The more details the better, but we're not expecting all of you to be Da Vinci's :)

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  • 11-14-2008 5:27 PM In reply to

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    OK do you guys want it simply posted here, or sent somewhere...curse me if I missed it uptop.

     

    ***edit*** ok, nevermind I reread it.

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  • 11-14-2008 7:47 PM In reply to

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     man I think the hardest part of this is coming up with something original. A quick google search and so far someone has already done a similar version of what I had already brainstormedSad
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  • 11-14-2008 8:20 PM In reply to

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    well, i dont know i think reflective glass for inside of case, with a mirror finish on the outside of the case too, with a big window... ? i know its probably not too original, but that is something i wish they had. 

    also, perhaps project frostbite could count as a submission :p  

    edit.... perhaps i missed this but what are points?!
    ohh, and mines over 9000!  
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