HotHardware's Labor Day Gaming System Giveaway!

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Just in time for Labor Day, HotHardware.com and our friends at NZXT, NVIDIA, EVGA, Asus, Intel, Gigabyte and Patriot have teamed up to put together one heck of monster give-away! This time around we're giving you a chance to win an Intel Core i5-2400S-infused, custom-built gaming rig with 8GB of Patriot DDR3 RAM, a Patriot Pyro SSD, dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti graphics cards by EVGA, all wrapped up in an NZXT Phantom case with an NZXT Hale 90 PSU providing the power.

The complete parts list and breakdown for this custom built gaming rig are listed below:

Chassis: NZXT Phantom Mid-Tower (Winner's Choice of Color!)
Exterior Finish: Winner's Choice!
Processor: Intel Core i5-2400S
Processor Cooling: NZXT HAVIK 140
Motherboard:  Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 Motherboard
Memory: 8GB Patriot DDR3 Memory 
Graphics and GPGPU Accelerator: 2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Power Supply: NZXT Hale 90
Storage: Patriot Pyro SSD
Secondary Storage: Seagate 3TB HD

To be entered into this sweepstakes, please follow these quick and easy guidelines below. If you're brand new here, there might be a few more steps, but otherwise it's pretty simple!

1) - First: Make sure you're registered at HotHardware.com. You can also login with Facebook or Twitter accounts.
2) - Be active in the discussion and community here at HotHardware.com to get noticed
3) - Become a fan of HotHardware’s official Facebook fan page
4) - Become a fan of NZXT's official Facebook fan page
5) - Become a fan of Patiot Memory's official Facebook fan page
6) - Comment on the contest post on any of the respective Facebook fan pages
7) - Share any of the posts on your personal Facebook page--Spread the word!
8) - Take a screenshot of your facebook page with the shared story
9) - Submit the screenshot to contest@hothardware.com with the subject “HotHardware Labor Day Giveaway”

The contest will run through September 30, 2011, at which point we'll announce the winner. Get in early and post here in the HH news discussions often!

** Please note, this one is for U.S. or Canadian residents only. The winner, if selected and located at a Canadian ship-to address, will assume all duties / taxes associated with delivery.  Any/all winners are responsible for any taxes associated with contest prize.

This is a great chance for to you to win a custom, powerful new gaming PC. Good Luck!

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FreeJet replied on Mon, Sep 5 2011 2:30 PM

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Looks like a great build

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Lets go everyone! Join the fun we have all been having with HH!

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Aggiton replied on Mon, Sep 5 2011 3:53 PM

what a sick looking case

I wonder what mobo it will include to accompany that SLI setup

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awesome guys

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You guys have done it again. What a nice rig to give away.

Thanks to HotHardware and all of the sponsors of yet another fine giveaway.

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Aggiton:
what a sick looking case  I wonder what mobo it will include to accompany that SLI setup

Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 Motherboard

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

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AGorski replied on Mon, Sep 5 2011 4:14 PM

I really want this, all I got is a crappy laptop that lags in Minecraft LOL

Thanks for the contest HotHardware!

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Wow, another sweet hothardware build. Plus I am sure it will be professionally inspected by Izzie :)

Oh btw I agree with Iyaz Red is the way to go... Plenty of Redrum could be committed in game with this system.

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eunoia replied on Mon, Sep 5 2011 4:52 PM

When the weak link is the i5-2400S, I say this rig is pretty hot.

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haven't used any patriot ssd's before i'll have to check them out i don't know if i could use 3 tb of storge on the seagate.

damn nice case i like it to (or should i say wild case) have to read some about it to.

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eunoia replied on Mon, Sep 5 2011 5:04 PM

Oooooh, forgot the "get noticed" portion...

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rrplay replied on Mon, Sep 5 2011 5:36 PM

yep this one nice rig . That NZXT Phantom chassis is a fav of mine. I just like it ! Really appreciate the way the sponsors generously stepped up to offer nice a nice rig ! and for the HH team to provide such a great community to participate in .

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AKwyn replied on Mon, Sep 5 2011 6:55 PM

*shudders*

Well... Here we go again.

*logs into facebook account*

*likes pages and sends a screenshot to HH*

*feels dirty*

 

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CDeeter replied on Mon, Sep 5 2011 7:20 PM

Totally bad ass system, make mine white!

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TaylorKarras:

*shudders*

Well... Here we go again.

*logs into facebook account*

*likes pages and sends a screenshot to HH*

*feels dirty*

ROFLMAO!!!

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Manduh replied on Mon, Sep 5 2011 7:38 PM

WOW HH Big Smile what another amazing rig giveaway!!  Is it just me or do they seem to get bigger and better with each one?  Will we get another build vid too?

If I won, (*fingers crossed*), I'd have a hard time choosing the colour, it will be sweet looking no matter what!

psst, white would look the best on my white desk!! Stick out tongue

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lol why the hate on facebook, people :D

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shaun a replied on Mon, Sep 5 2011 8:18 PM

Very Nice Rig.

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Need one; love to win one.

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AKwyn replied on Mon, Sep 5 2011 8:28 PM

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lol why the hate on facebook, people :D

Cause facebook is a stupid social network. Seriously, I know lots of people use it and I have an account that I never use but it seems like the focus seems to be turned away from friendship and more towards likes and those stupid games like Farmville. I even wrote a detailed article about it after the last Facebook-related HotHardware contest ended, check it out.

Seriously, what's the point of becoming a fan of these pages, sharing these pages and doing all these other things when these companies already have the recognition. I mean I've barely used half of the products listed (except for EVGA and Seagate.) So why should I go around becoming a fan and sharing the word for them just so I can enter a contest?

 

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 Way to go HH i just found out about this from a friend i would love the red case *crosses fingers*

i hope i win ive never had a gaming rig before. just a basic labtop that never worked for games really. 

 

ill definitely let everyone know about this! 

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Manduh replied on Mon, Sep 5 2011 8:37 PM

TaylorKarras:

So why should I go around becoming a fan and sharing the word for them just so I can enter a contest?

 

So you can win a kickass rig... it's a small price to pay in my opinion :P

 

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slugbug replied on Mon, Sep 5 2011 8:38 PM

Another awesome giveaway.

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Dugg: http://digg.com/news/technology/hothardware_s_labor_day_gaming_system_giveaway

Email with screenshot sent.

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