July Contest Details

Here in July we are trying to combat the lazy days of summer by giving away some new gear for your rig. In an effort to at least get you up and back in front of your monitor for some explosive gaming action...With your new MSI N560GTX TI TWIN FROZR II OC

STORY COMMENT CONTEST:

This month in an effort to open this contest up to as many loyal members as possible we are going to take every person with at least 40 comments (400 Comment Score) and throw them in the mix to win. At the end of the month a random winner will be chosen among all qualifying members, and that member will walk away with a brand new MSI GeForce GTX560 1 GB DDR5 Graphics Card. So comment and then pray Lady Luck is with you this month.

One more thing with this contest is leave your Computer's specs in the comment section of this blog. It will have no bearing on who is selected as the winner but will be a cool way to see which members could REALLY use an upgrade...Or a way to groan as the guy with the Carbon Fiber, Nitrogen cooled rig wins a card they probably don't need. Either way it will help us gauge if MORE computer components need to be given out in the future.

CONTRIBUTOR CONTEST:
Submit news and get a top 2 News ranking in July and you can win $50. 
The prizes are:
1. $50
2. $50

- Single post wonders, spammers, rude or offensive remarks all result in a DQ.
- Contests are NOT limited to the US/NA.
- You have to be willing to provide a valid address in order to claim prize. At the end of the month winners will be contacted on TechSpy via PM.

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Syko4673d ago

My Setup:
- SILVERSTONE GRANDIA GD04B Micro ATX Media Center / HTPC Case
- CORSAIR Professional Series HX650
- MSI Z68MA-ED55 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel Z68
- Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge
- G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)
- XFX HD-697A-CNFC Radeon HD 6970 2GB
- 2x 2TB in RAID0 (Storage Drive)
- Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC064MAG (Boot Drive)

It's brand new and by far the nicest rig I have constructed so far. Thing absolutely beast's everything thrown it's way.

toaster4673d ago

FINALLY wow it feels like forever ago you told us about this HTPC build.

Syko4673d ago (Edited 4673d ago )

@Toaster, Ya man I was waiting forever for the Z68 Intel boards to drop and it really postponed my build. Then with the overall cost I have been slowly piecing it together. The thing is an absolute beast.

@Mr_Anderson, Ya 2.69TB left to fill it is an XBMC with everything you could imagine.

halocursed4673d ago

Here's my setup -
Lian Li Lancool PC-K7B
Intel D97XBX2 LGA775
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800 (2.93ghz)
Kingston ValueRAM PC2-5300 4GB (2 x 4GB)
ATI Radeon HD 6750
Western Digital VelociRaptor 150GB (Primary)
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB (Storage)

toaster4673d ago (Edited 4673d ago )

OH boy here we go..

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (OC 3.0GHz)
NVIDIA 9800GT 512 MB
ASUS M2A-VM
Corsair 2GB DDR2 800
Corsair VX550
1x 1TB WD Caviar Black, 2x2TB WD Caviar Green
Cooler Master Ammo 533 chassis

Good luck everybody!

MisfitSmurf4673d ago

I disagree toast, i disagree.

toaster4673d ago (Edited 4673d ago )

Someone disagreed with my specs? D: wat

I see how it is. I see now..
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MisfitSmurf4673d ago

You arent allowed to have specs.

Speed-Racer4672d ago

You aren't allowed to have alloweds.

fatstarr4671d ago

I miss my old gpus 9800gt was so nice.

MisfitSmurf4673d ago

CASE: CoolerMaster HAF 922
MOBO: Asus M4A87TD EVO AMD
GPU: GIGABYTE Geforce GTX 460 1GB
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 B.E. @ 3.4
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaw 4GB DDR3
PSU: CORSAIR 650TX
HDD:500GB WD black

Syko4673d ago

So what do you guys think about more component giveaways in the future? Any particular components you would like to be up for grabs? Components are a hard thing to give away due to all the different builds. Things such as CPU's and Memory are hit or miss? What do you guys think? Cases? PSU's? MB's?

toaster4672d ago

I think SSDs would be great, something like a 60GB SSD would pretty much benefit anyone with a computer. Cases would be another good one.

Syko4672d ago

Nice toaster, I agree a SSD would be a welcome addition to any rig.

fatstarr4671d ago

CPUS, the site would become a battle ground for the latest i7. hahah
id prolly skip work for a month to keep up.

definitely ssds
and coolers

and psu's are nice aswell

toaster4671d ago

I think CPUs would be too complicated as people might need to get a whole new core system (mobo+RAM) to take advantage of a new CPU. I agree that PSUs are good, everyone can use a bigger PSU.

fatstarr4671d ago

lol there are tons that need a whole system upgrade. if i got a free i7 ill have more money for the board :D haha but thats just my oppinion

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