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Destructoid Contest: Win a one-of-a-kind $4,999 Turning Point pc! photo

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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Seanus's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2008 19:21
Seanus
You made me pop my blog cherry for the chance to win that great gaming rig. :D

Gogo!
Anti-Everything's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2008 19:34
Anti-Everything
I can't believe this comes with a thirty fucking two bit operating system. FTLUL

Still want.
Churchhills Dog's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2008 19:41
Churchhills Dog
Great PC, Godawful game.
KorJax's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2008 19:59
KorJax
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 :) )
shmelo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2008 20:35
shmelo
Oh Destructoid you generous and yet silly goose.
johpan's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2008 21:54
johpan
do want.
kholdstare61's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2008 22:15
kholdstare61
sweet, i just made an account just for this. i want
KamikazeTutor's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2008 22:44
KamikazeTutor
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.
gingerbreadben's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2008 00:22
gingerbreadben
What about APO addresses? >.<
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2008 00:26
mistic
oh my god, what a nice price I'll be taking some pics of my system :-)
intimate's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2008 01:55
intimate
@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)
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2008 02:53
Necros
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?
Knives's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2008 05:57
Knives
@Necros
It will implode once the puppies and kitties give aways begin.
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2008 09:55
Eschatos
Fuck yeah! It's fugly, but who cares about that.
bam2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2008 13:49
bam2003
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
lucashoal's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2008 21:48
lucashoal
is my entry made of legit :<? Or do I hafta rename it?
thisjustanother's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2008 00:26
thisjustanother
[url=http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/thisjustanother/not-my-turning-point-gaming-rig-74613.phtml/just doing a quick plug :)[/url]
thisjustanother's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2008 00:34
thisjustanother
wow, sorry for being a newb with the bbcode stuff. you can delete if you want.
MATTFOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 02:29
MATTFOO
IF I WIN I PROMISE NIPPLE PICS EVERY DAY FOR YEARS.
MATTFOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 02:42
MATTFOO
AND I KNOW YOU WANT THIS NEIRO...but im not gonna get too excited i never win prize shit..but thanks for always having the coolest contests for the community to be involved with. im sure every one of us could spend a hour telling you how much dtoid means to us all.

also, cocks

also, also,
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2008 17:22
Cheeburga
Need.
RskimB's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/14/2008 18:25
RskimB
Gaming rig?
http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/RskimB/not-my-turning-point-gaming-rig-the-ford-pinto-of-gaming-rigs--75622.phtml
phosphor112's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/15/2008 00:47
phosphor112
I entered, but I know I won't win. I've never won a contest, even at school. =/ Meh, oh well, someone out there is deserving of a good computer. Good luck.
shipyard05's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/16/2008 20:42
shipyard05
I did it!


Arttemis's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/16/2008 22:22
Arttemis
WTWin kthx.

w0rd
MrPringle's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/22/2008 16:06
MrPringle
Do i just post the link to the blog here???

If i do then here it is
http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/MrPringle/not-my-turning-point-gaming-rig-77085.phtml
NobleArc's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/24/2008 21:18
NobleArc
Well here it is. http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/NobleArc/not-my-turning-point-gaming-rig-77477.phtml
The-Excel's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 20:20
The-Excel
Not My Turning Point Gaming Rig, The First

Just because everyone else did it.
jfuego05's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/26/2008 17:53
jfuego05
"Not my Turning Point gaming rig"



my laptop sucks i cant even play new pc games it freezes alot lol real bad so i dnt even try im still playing old snes games
get at me niero
Frankula's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/29/2008 23:10
Frankula
I'm entered! I really need one for call of duty and sc2!
riselm's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/31/2008 10:04
riselm
I hope I will win but probably not. A new gaming PC would be great though.
thisjustanother's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 15:31
thisjustanother
http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/thisjustanother/not-my-turning-point-gaming-rig-74613.phtml

a proper link to my post, i have such a crap comp lol.
KidKobun's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/03/2008 17:30
KidKobun
OMG! I think I may have this in the bag...just wait until you see my PoS. I can't believe that I am still using this set up at home.
Brian Keljore's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/03/2008 18:27
Brian Keljore
Well, just in case no one finds it, I'll post the link here
KidKobun's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/03/2008 19:18
KidKobun
Ok chumps here is my set up:






no just joshin' ya'. I will prolly post it tomorrow evening.
jakethebob's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/03/2008 19:33
jakethebob
http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/jakethebob/not-my-turning-point-gaming-rig-79702.phtml

I TOOK THIS PICTURE IN THE FUTURE
fallaxdraco's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/05/2008 04:16
fallaxdraco
http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/fallaxdraco/not-my-turning-point-gaming-rig-79943.phtml

Here it is. Keeping my fingers crossed, it would be amazing to actually be able to play PC games again!
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