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My Turning Point Gaming Rig
MATTFOO | 6:56 PM on 05.16.2008 49 comments


Remember me? I'm mattFOO mothafucker, don't forget that shit.

I am the winner of the Turning Point Gaming Rig. There were hundreds of entries from gamers all over the world, but I am the lucky winner. You can check out the winning blog here. Basically my laptop is a piece of shit, and I won a beast of a computer in a random drawing my gaming community hosted. All I had to do is take a picture of my rig. That's it. This is why Destructoid.com has the best contests.

I'm terribly sorry I didn't post about the rig as soon as I got it. I was so excited. I just wanted to unwrap it, set it, up and play some games. Here's a list of the winnings.

ICON Exotix – Custom SOF artwork w/ bullet holes
ICON Standard Solid
Silverstone 1000Watt Strider - Modular
EVGA nVidia nForce 680I - SLI
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0GHz
Zalman CNPS7000B-ALCU LED
2GB Corsair Dominator 6400C4
2x nVidia GeForce 8800GT 512MB
Creative Labs X-Fi
Raid 0 - Requires 2 Identical Drives
Seagate 500GB 16MB Cache SATA 2
Seagate 500GB 16MB Cache SATA 2
Lite-On 20X DVD+-RW W/Lightscribe
Mitsumi Flash Media & Floppy Drive
Windows Vista Home Premium - 32 Bit
Logitech G-15 Gaming Keyboard
Logitech MX-518 Gaming-Grade Opt. Mouse
Samsung 22" - 1680x1050
Logitech X-240 2.1
Falcon Northwest T-Shirt (LG)
Falcon NorthWest coffee mug & coffee bean?
Falcon Northwest hat



LoL WTF? I don't drink coffee, but its pretty cool. Anyways, lets take a look at this monster of a machine...






The artwork is on both sides of the rig. The front has two doors that swing open. The top door gives you access to the Mitsumi Flash Media & Floppy Drive, and the Lite-On 20X DVD+-RW W/Lightscribe tray. The bottom door opens up to a big fan and 4 USB ports. The Power button and the Reset button both have blue LED lights. The top door has the Falcon Northwest logo built into it with a bright white light. The top of the rig has a grate. You can look into the computer through it. The inside is lite up beautifully. Mostly blue lights, but there are also red, green, and yellow lights inside. Complete with surround sound input, 4 monitor outputs, 10 USB ports, 2 Firewire ports, S/PDIF Digital audio out, S/PDIF optical audio out, and I wont forget to mention the secondary Front Speakers and Microphone inputs, this computer is BADASS!

And now the accessories.

Ladys and gentlemen, I present to you the Samsung SyncMaster 2243BWX Black 22" Widescreen TFT-LCD Monitor. With fast response time (5ms) and Dynamic Contrast 8000:1, I'm pretty much guaranteed a enjoyable experience every time I sit in front of it. Even my monitor has USB ports and a Firewire port. You can raise, lower, rotate and lean the monitor. Perfect for a gamer.



Can you image sitting back, playing your favorite shoot em up on this?


This is the Logitech G-15 keyboard. I'm still trying to figure out all of its functions. Illuminated key Characters with three levels of brightness makes it easily visible in all lighting conditions. With the "GamePanel" LCD you can keep track of emails, game stats, or important system information. The G-15 has 6 programable "G" keys with 3 Mode keys. There is even 2 USB ports.



To go along with the epic G-15 keyboard Destructoid gave me the Mx518 mouse.
It has 8 buttons, three sensitivity levels, and the most comfortable thumb groove to fit you right hand. 1800dpi!



What do you think of my new mouse pad?


They even hooked me up with a sound system. The Logitech X-240 turns my bedroom into a theatre, or just pisses off my old neighbors...I must say playing Exception with the volume high made me a very happy man.



Falcon Northwest gave me this cool little book to organize all of my PC information, drivers, and extras.





Stait Faces: Standing next to a pile of boxes taller than me.


So here's the temporary setup... (im moving on the 21st) So all of this gets put back into boxes soon.





also, GameDog not sleeping this time.



I want to thank every one at Destructoid, Sandbox, and Falcon Northwest for making this possible. This is by far the best gift I've ever received. Let me thank each and everyone of you personally by owning your face with my Turning Point Gaming Rig. My steam name is MattFoo.
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197995236867/home
THANK YOU DESTRUCTOID. I LOVE YOU.



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Red TheHaze Veron's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:01
Red TheHaze Veron
You have no idea of how much I---
Buster's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:02
Buster
oh hey, you actually did play the games i told you to
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:02
MrSadistic
who are you again??

The Falcon Fuel looks like it could be bird urine.
Y0j1mb0's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:03
Y0j1mb0
Sexy.
Spartacus's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:04
Spartacus
Hey, turns out MATTFOO is a pretty cool guy. That computer is 20 times more epic than I could imagine.

Also, better you than King.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:07
Tubatic
Grats again dude!!!! very sexy system
tazarthayoot's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:08
tazarthayoot
I fucking hate you.

Congratulations dude!
Takeshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:08
Takeshi
You don't drink coffee?? Then I'm I'm sorry to inform you that your rig is won by someone else. To be more precise, this Dutch bastard.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:17
Aaron Mxy Yost
You bastard. Congrats!
ZekeThePlumber's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:18
ZekeThePlumber
I'm just glad the winner wasn't a lurker. Congrats.

Also, I'm severely disappointed your mouse doesn't also have USB ports.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:19
king3vbo
I have that same monitor at work, and I love it
Magesx's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:30
Magesx
ur a maget





;o;
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:31
MechaMonkey
Tazar, I'd like to remind you of your all-expenses paid trip to a foreign land. You don't have the right to hate.

But I do.

Congrats, epic computer is epic.
cjpkiller's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:31
cjpkiller
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/
go get firefox
itll help mildly in protecting that baby from virus'
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:32
Samit Sarkar
I am quite jealous.
MATTFOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:33
MATTFOO
lmao zeke my mouse has this button i keep pushing on accident..its a vista thing. Shows all open windows...I wish the mouse only had 7 buttons.
CypherVR's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:35
CypherVR
has anyone heard from meepjeep? (i doubt it >_>)
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:36
Darren Nakamura
Hotness. Have you played Turning Point on it yet?
Puppetpallmich's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:38
Puppetpallmich
hey look over there matt. imunna take ur comp
Excel-2011's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:42
Excel-2011
You're like two months late.
IceMax's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:43
IceMax
@Matfoo

if you installed the driver for the mouse, you should be able to change the function of the button (I'm assuming its the buttons under the scroll wheel with the two boxes that you keep hitting.)

also, welcome to PC gaming. Now open that baby up and give of some pics of the inside! :)
CypherVR's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:46
CypherVR
"Now open that baby up and give of some pics of the inside! :)"

@Icemax: Do you read/look at hustler, by any chance? XD
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:46
bleep
God! damn you... err .. I mean Congratulations!
Def JM's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:49
Def JM
Thats a one badass puppy.
Colette Bennett's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 19:55
Colette Bennett
Holy balls, it's even better than expected!

Congrats MattFoo! I hope you enjoy the hell out of that thing. ^__^
mid3vol's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 20:05
mid3vol
sooooo hot, want to touch the hardware
MATTFOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 20:08
MATTFOO
you better bet my holy balls will enjoy this
Dead Movie Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 20:09
Dead Movie Star
I. Want. That. Monitor.
van's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 21:13
van
i would try to sell it if i were you.
Schmo0zle's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 21:33
Schmo0zle
Congratulations.

You winning made me spend $300 on new computer parts that I wouldn't of had to spend if I won, by the way.

Just thought you might like to know that...So that when I am starving to death, you know who I will be thanking.

Right?

...RIGHT?!

Mother fucker.

*Ahem* Congratz. :)
Ascythopicism's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 22:17
Ascythopicism
Floppy Drive? What the fuck for?

And what are you going to do with your two-dozen USB ports?

Hint [url=http://www.usbgeek.com/index.php]hint[/i].
Ascythopicism's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 22:17
Ascythopicism
Yes, I [i]did[/url] just try to close my URL tag with an italics tag!
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 22:49
Brian Szabelski
I know where you live.

But seriously, congrats. Cannot wait to play this machine when I come pick your ass up for the NARP.
Quisling's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 23:15
Quisling
So... you're tainting a very nice computer with your wmplayer. Kinda disgusts me. Go download VLC or Winamp for Christ's sake.

Seriously. The life of Christ is on the line here. For his sake...
Kryptinite's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 23:31
Kryptinite
Oh you're the D-Bag who won.

Congrats.
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 23:48
Cheeburga
AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
tehdopefish's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 00:55
tehdopefish
grats, thats awesome.
MATTFOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 00:55
MATTFOO
ok its telling me those links in the other blog are fucked up so heres a new one.

http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/MATTFOO/the-guts-nerd-porn--86367.phtml
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 04:39
Wedge
Please do not ever even attempt to play the pile of shit that is Turning Point on this. Also you should put stickers all over the side art, so it can be somewhat respectable.
Iolaus's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 05:31
Iolaus
You are so lucky, i can only imagine your feelings of joy.
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 06:12
bhive01
That thing is fucking epic dude. So much congrats on winning that beast.

Yeah for Falcon Fuel!
AK x 420's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 10:19
AK x 420
hell yeha. .. lol i think im the only one who knows wassup with the straight faces
Electro Lemon's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 13:17
Electro Lemon
i kill you
Detry's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 00:02
Detry
Cuntbiscuit
BlackSheep's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 08:39
BlackSheep
meep meep who's got the keys to the jeep.
MATTFOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/24/2008 15:23
MATTFOO
blacksheep's? got the keys to meep jeep
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