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Destructoid 2 year anniversary madness continues! As we countdown 730 days of blogging in the good name of the robot we're running a couple of contests you won't want to miss: You have the chance to win a Playstation 3 with Grand Theft Auto 4, a trip to Cancun, and now a one-of-a-kind Turning Point: Fall of Liberty edition Falcon Northwest system! Gorgeous custom chassis artwork aside, there's some serious power under the hood:
- 3 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
- Two Nvidia GeForce 8800GT cards in SLI
- Two 500 Gig hard drives in RAID 0
- Viewsonic 22" Widescreen monitor
- Mad bragging rights
- A new place on your desk that you will forbid your roommate to place his filthy Chinese takeout leftovers. No seriously, if you find another sticky chicken wing near your desk you can officially stab him repeatedly in the eye!
How to win it Show us your rig. That's all there is to it. The winner will be selected at random - simply fire up your blog with an entry called "Not my Turning Point gaming rig" and post a photo and a note about the computer you call home. We'll be featuring some of the notable rigs on our weekend community updates too, so if you'd like to be featured put some work into that post. The contest ends on April 7th, so you've got a month to make it happen. Full list of tech specs and larger photos follow soon!
- ICON Exotix – Custom SOF artwork w/ bulletholes
- 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
- Viewsonic 22" - 1680x1050
- Logitech X-240 2.1
- Falcon Northwest T-Shirt (LG)
Legal blah blah No purchase necessary. Sponsor will only ship to North America and Canada. Obviously, we hate leaving our overseas friends out of all these contests so here's what we'll do: If you are overseas and win this we'll ship it to you as long as you agree to pay taxes and shipping on it, or we'll forfeit to another random contestant. Fair enough? Cool. Prize is valued at $4,999.99 and not a penny more (tax reasons, don't ask). Cheaters: Your IP address is logged so don't make duplicate accounts and photograph your aunt's ugly computer or post random systems from the internet or we will EAT YOUR FACE. Have fun and good luck!
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first comment from the future!
Mm, Falcon Northwest deliciousness.
fuck you, I want frist comment
Oh shit! I so need a new pc to play SC2, I can't even play TF2 at the moment.
If an overseas guy wins this, and you send it as a gift, don't you only have to pay shipping costs and not import tax?
haha, less racist.
My birthday is April 7th... this is like a fucking message from GOD! Saying, "Hey dickweed, happy birthday, there's no way in Hell you'll win this epic PC. Instead, enjoy some shitty new pairs of socks!"
I'm so excited for my birthday!
I love you Niero
This is cool. The person with the worst looking/performing PC wins. I'm going to totally win this one!
Destructoid.com: Where the Content and Community Come FIRST!
*contemplates quitting for a day so he can enter*
Hmmmm...I like it. Perhaps luck will favor tragic hero in this one?
Well since Thornn's already got a new 'puter, someone's gonna have to step up and get nekkid, I guess.
I'll do what I can guys . . .
I'm back for round two. I need a new computer so badly.
The only thing my laptop can run is ragnarok online. Behold my laptop's 32 Bit ram gaming glory!
So all I have to do is take a picture of my crappy computer and post a blog about it?
Can I take a picture of my work computer and send it in?
yay. I get to show the crapness of that is my parent's old computer!
Holy shit! You could add up all of my belongings, and they would still come just under 5K! This rocks!
DO WANT.
I'm tacking snapshots of mah frankenbeast PC as we (metaphorically) speak.
my home computer does not even have the power to run "Phun" without causing a "fatal system error".
pics are soon to follow.
What if you don't have a computer at home, and you're forced to use the one at work? Disqualification?
:(
Tacking? Taking. What the hell is wrong with me. The awesomeness of this computer fucked with my ability to spell, obviously.
o man this looks awesome
This shit is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cash!
oh man I am so entering my portable rig sucks so much right now
Niero you are teh sex - Paying for shipping is nothing, just glad we can be includered in this one. Be prepared to witness the power of my sucky rig shortly.
Emotoaster said everything I could.
OMG we are included on the contests.
I am gonna go around my office screaming: SI CONCHADESUMADREEEEE!!!!!
BRB
Wow....I lost the last computer contest(even though my picture was amazing), and since i didnt have a working computer. I put myself in debt and ordered a new one...and now this comes along...YAY ME!
I've got the wheels in my head burning rubber as we speak, High Robot.
I'll definitely enter this because I need a new PC desperately. I'd love to play some PC games with the Dtoid crew too. I just hope there aren't anymore doggy-style PC photos for this contest.
What if I already have a kick-ass PC? Can I still enter and possibly win myself a second kick-ass PC?
Thornn is banned from entering. He already has a new computer, dammit.
Destructoid has the best damn give aways!
I like this as you don't have to be at god at photoshop, or video making, everyone has equal chances.
Ugly PC modded to advertise for a flop of a game is ugly. X_X
here comes the shitstorm of entries....
Ahh, now there's something that would truly bring hope to the masses. That, and something to gain the envy and wrath from them.
I'm in this.
For great, unprecedented [strike]failure[/strike]justice.
Oh, no. There are only so many times you can fool an Exy.
Is it ok if my computer is made out of snow? And shaped like a giant penis?
man i really want to tell my roommates about this so that they'll submit entries as well, but i know that if they win they aren't going to give me the computer... so yeah... damn it!
should we include the parts that we've borrowed from our boyfriend's parents and from our grandparents?
GIVE IT TO ME
Hmmm...Falcons are alright, but ludicrously overpriced, that gaming rig, specifically the tower, is not worth $4999 :-P
$2500 in parts on NewEgg tops ;)
0_0
I need this computer like I don't need the plague. Mine lags when I play Splinter Cell...the first one...I'm dead serious.
I think I'll enter this, it'll be my first DTOID competition entry though, so I'll doubt i'll win, however, my computer can't even run Halo. As in, the first one. Integrated graphics and all, it struggles with photoshop and I'll be damned if I can use any video editing software, I have to do that at friend's houses. Then again, I'm in the UK, so yeah, chances of winning are slim.
Quick question; Videos eligible for entry?
Niero this is too good! Thank you for all these contests! It's getting insane!
It's nice to know that I, living in the UK can enter one of the great Destructoid comps. Even if I win and have to pay a fair bit to ship it, it wouldn't bother me because it's such an awesome rig.
Now I just have to find a camera to take pictures of my not-very-awesome rig.
Okay, first, I need a camera.
Since I have a mac, you should just give it to me. Really...
By rig, I'm assuming you mean cock.
Get ready for the sausagefest.
done. because I don't want to spend more money on upgrades for awhile.
You made me pop my blog cherry for the chance to win that great gaming rig. :D
Gogo!
Done.
Link to my post because I like to increase my chances of winning :P
I can't believe this comes with a thirty fucking two bit operating system. FTLUL
Still want.
Great PC, Godawful game.
Wait, does it have to be a bad looking PC?
I have a modestly decent $1000 PC with a nice looking case I got for Xmas.
Although to be honest I am satsified with my performance on this PC. I have a great idea/set up and a picture i could do, but frankly I don't think I need a new PC (even if this is more powerful being that it has two video cards and the latest processor :) )
Oh Destructoid you generous and yet silly goose.
do want.
sweet, i just made an account just for this. i want
Did it up.
http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/mrberns/not-my-turning-point-gaming-rig-74427.phtml
Niero, you're not stating that the thing costs $4,999.99 right? Because imagine if I won, I would pay 21% of taxes plus shipping.
What about APO addresses? >.<
oh my god, what a nice price I'll be taking some pics of my system :-)
Does having a pc that can really only play flash games still count as a gaming pc?
@Simmy,
Don't forget the hundreds of pounds you'll have to pay in import duty- Thanks Destructoid! ^_^
(I jest. The addendums provided for people outside the US are fairly prohibitive. Those of us without large amounts of disposable income are ruled out entirely)
Another contest while Dtoid is already running two, plus tons of community contests in the cblogs? How much free stuff can Dtoid give away before it implodes?
@Necros
It will implode once the puppies and kitties give aways begin.
Fuck yeah! It's fugly, but who cares about that.
this is a crazy computer, im going to work on my entry tonight! good luck fellow destructoids, my computer is state of the art, circa 1995