HH and CyberPower Independence Day Sweepstakes!

give me the precious ...... Precious

Nice giveaway, and I hope I win.

I actually have a pretty decent rig that, even though it's somewhat outdated by enthusiasts' standards, it can still handle anything I throw at it at good resolutions and speeds. But after I got it, I noticed how my dad is still on his 10 year old Dell laptop, and made me feel really guilty. He's stubborn about buying a new one (500MB of RAM IS PLENTY!! WHY DO I NEED MORE??), and we live in different states so we can't share mine, so it'd be nice if I could win a nice new one for myself and give him mine.

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Rattler/

ddayjason:

Nice giveaway, and I hope I win.

I actually have a pretty decent rig that, even though it's somewhat outdated by enthusiasts' standards, it can still handle anything I throw at it at good resolutions and speeds. But after I got it, I noticed how my dad is still on his 10 year old Dell laptop, and made me feel really guilty. He's stubborn about buying a new one (500MB of RAM IS PLENTY!! WHY DO I NEED MORE??), and we live in different states so we can't share mine, so it'd be nice if I could win a nice new one for myself and give him mine.

Well then, get to posting. You're not going to win standing where you are.

That may be true.  But I'm not as knowledgeable as most other people around here, and I'm not going to spam the forums with "hey guys what videogames do you like" topics or advice on things I don't know much about ('u need to dld moar RAMs') to get my post count up.  So, maybe it'll mean my post count will go up slow and I won't win this one, but at least I got a start at being an accepted member of the forums rather than someone who just spams hoping to win contest.  I'd like to think in the long run that helps more.  (this isn't aimed at you or anybody else, just my own personal philosophy when joining a new forum)

sackyhack:

That may be true.  But I'm not as knowledgeable as most other people around here, and I'm not going to spam the forums with "hey guys what videogames do you like" topics to get my post count up.  So, maybe it'll mean my post count will go up slow and I won't win this one, but at least I got a start at being an accepted member of the forums rather than someone who just spams hoping to win contest.  I'd like to think in the long run that helps more.  (this isn't aimed at you or anybody else, just my own personal philosophy when joining a new forum)

Well you got a general idea on how this works, but here's how you can probably win.

1. Post in every news article of which you have leave an opinion. Spamming the forums will not win you the computer, the guys actually look at the posts you know. If you're able to distinguish yourself with your opinions and your posts then you're pretty much in the running.

2. Don't rush, take your time. Take the time to make your post look informative and contributive, don't go around to every post saying "Hi, I'm Charlie Brown!".

3. Try to help out a fellow user in need. Tech support has lots of threads but really quick contributors, if you can manage to help out a fellow user in need then that may increase your chances of being noticed.

4. Tag your stuff. 3vi1, a previous winner, tagged mostly every post he made. I think tagging your posts will help in your quest to get noticed.

Any more questions?

Another great contest open to Canadians too. Awesome! I'd love to have an i7.

LOL taylor, you have to tag yo post "Hi, I'm Charlie Brown!" as well :P... lol

Also its quality over quantity so one nice post can count for 5-10 lame post!

Again good luck :)

So...I should not have stopped what Rapid1 Started?

"Hi, I'm Charlie Brown"

Wow I missed out on the eyefinity contest, I did not even know it was a contest. I assumed when I first saw it that it was an article on the Eyefinity cards, and never looked further. Oh well I learned my lesson. I have been pretty busy as of late so never looked further into it. Well good luck to everyone on this one :)

great prize! the inclusion of the SSD demonstrates that the performance of the machine wasn't a mere afterthought; it would have been very easy to just stop at the 1 TB conventional diskI was wondering when the next contest would happen, as we have not had one in a while. As far as I can remember this has been one of the longer breaks between contests. The specs on this machine seem nice, and I also know CyberPower does good work inside a case.

As far as these components directly this looks like a very nice mix. The Motherboard is sweet with some enhanced features as expected on an ASUS board. It also has a very nice layout. The other products all seem to be quality, and I especially like the case.

Good luck to everyone :)

Sweet looking rig here I am really digging the Cooler Master case.

Sweet, an other contest! You guys rock!

animatortom:

So...I should not have stopped what Rapid1 Started?

"Hi, I'm Charlie Brown"

Why stop here, I created a whole thread dedicated to "Hi, I'm Charlie Brown"

http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/t/49487.aspx

Yes; Lonewolf, it looks like a nice case for sure. The one thing I have to say around here other than the fact it is the best tech forum, that I have found in several years as far as a forum goes, are the contests, and the leadership of our two leaders Marco and Dave. They really focus this forum very well.

The cases used on most of the contest systems are top end performance wise, while some are more so with the addition of external graphics etc. As far as cases go I must say my Thermaltake Elements S is one of the best I have seen with airflow management. The components all around on the contest systems are top notch to me a case, MB, and PSU are the most important components in a computer. The contests systems are always top notch as far as those components go.

Yes some other components such as GPU etc can be important. But without a top end backbone to the system it takes out half of the power of it from the start. These (contest) machines are very researched, and well put together piece by piece from what I have seen as well as another thing we have to thank Marco and Dave for!

I also like reading there articles in CPU as far as it goes, both there writing styles, and width of grasp are great. I think that is a great part of why this site does as well as it does.

Am I correct in assuming the cpu cooler might be a Corsair H50? They seem to use that a lot in their systems.

Looks like another killer system, as usual. Good luck everyone!

Thank you AMD and HH :D, my weekly prize from the last contest came! I got a AMD laptop backpack and a amd travel mug :D. I still really want to win a new computer... lol

Lets get these post coming everyone! Good luck! :)

Sweet prize!

slugbug:

Am I correct in assuming the cpu cooler might be a Corsair H50? They seem to use that a lot in their systems.

You assume wrong, but ask the pertinent question about an overclocking system that everyone else seems to have missed.  I linked to the Cyberpower Rattler above, it's an Asetek 570LX with a 240mm rad.

I think this system is going to be air cooled... According to the past few contest by cyberpower it is air cooled (The system is the same as the one here, taken form their facebook fan page.) Although the information there could be wrong... Only way to confirm it is ask the winner when they get this rig! :D

O.K. that came off as harsh, sorry slugbug, you or inspector could be right.  I can't prove it will be the Asetek.

(But it will! d&r )

Yay!  Canada is included!  I'll take a crack at this.

I'm all lovey dovey on Facebook and Twitter as well as HH updates to feed my unhealthy hardware obsession.  I also didn't know that CyberPower had a Facebook page so thanks!

As for liquid cooling the H50 is available from Cyber Power as well as from what I can see more competent coolers, although the H50 seems to be a good one as well. I will tell you this if you want to make any changes at Cyber Power you need to ok it with Dave and Marca the day that you win the system. Cyber Power is very quick on shipping. I will also say another thing about Cyber Power the wiring work inside is very good so cooling wise (Air or Water) there systems seems to run very cool. I cannot speak for all systems they make of course, but from personal experience they do great work. I can tell you this my Element S system I got from them (i7 930/6Gb ram 1366), while overclockable is almost pointless to do so. Yes; I have OC'd everything in it, but the gains I saw were negligible really. The system runs very fast stock as is (it is slightly turned up, but most of it besides memory is automatic, which is thanks to the Intel auto OC there processor/board does on it's own). The relevance of doing it myself as I said does speed it up a little, but does the same for the heat aspect of it as well. Of course my memory is oc'd a bit.