*ENTRIES CLOSED* *WINNERS UPDATED* Build a New Gaming Rig with Linus Tech Tips and ASUS ROG - ROG Rig Reboot

[CPotter]

 

 

THANKS TO ALL WHO ENTERED IN OUR ROG RIG REBOOT CONTEST!! It was super tough to narrow it down, and to balance the creativity in the video with the PC hardware involved. We had a ton of fun and we hope you all did too.

 

Winners

 

 

 

 

Honorable Mentions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winners will be flying out here to build their new rigs, and we'll be posting the build videos to our channel as extra releases sometime in October.  

 

THANKS AGAIN! WE HOPE TO DO MORE COOL STUFF LIKE THIS FOR YOU GUYS IN THE FUTURE.  

 

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[Daniel644]

well crap, my rig is to new (aside from needing a case), I could pull one out of storage and make a video showing how sick of that old tower I was, if I could find the parts I took out, but I think I chunked them during the move a year and a half ago.

[LHJKO]

i get 4 fps on cs go i def need a new pc 

[wowsers]

4 minutes ago, Daniel644 said:

well crap, my rig is to new (aside from needing a case), I could pull one out of storage and make a video showing how sick of that old tower I was, if I could find the parts I took out, but I think I chunked them during the move a year and a half ago.

I know that feel, I used to have an old pc with a pentium 4 processor, but I threw it away a couple of years ago

[Daniel644]

3 minutes ago, wowsers said:

I know that feel, I used to have an old pc with a pentium 4 processor, but I threw it away a couple of years ago

I mean, I do still have my even OLDER AMD DURON 1800 tower I just pulled out from under the stairs, but I don't have a GPU that will fit in there. it's super ghetto, the case is spray painted and half rusted out at the bottom and all that kind of shit (like litterally a mouse turd fell out of the heatsink when I removed it)

[wowsers]

1 minute ago, Daniel644 said:

I mean, I do still have my even OLDER AMD DURON 1800 tower I just pulled out from under the stairs, but I don't have a GPU that will fit in there

you know yourself that's something that can be fixed with an angle grinder

 

[Olli399]

I put my entry here cause this comment is on the 1st page

(original comment below)

 

[Daniel644]

Just now, wowsers said:

you know yourself that's something that can be fixed with an angle grinder

 

not that simple, this is like AGP or PCI days, not some PCI Express fancyness. I do have a PCIE 7400gt (or something like that) GPU laying around, I gave 1 away for a PC where the onboard video colors where all screwed up, but I have something else in a static free bag, need to see what card that is when I get home.

[wowsers]

Just now, Daniel644 said:

not that simple, this is like AGP or PCI days, not some PCI Express fancyness. I do have a PCIE 7400gt (or something like that) GPU laying around, I gave 1 away for a PC where the onboard video colors where all screwed up, but I have something else in a static free bag, need to see what card that is when I get home.

hmm AGP, think I actually got some of those stashed away in a shed outside our house, I at least know for a fact I still have some old soundblaster soundcards kicking around somewhere.

[Guest]

plz not one of those sponsored build like one you made with be quiet 

[MilanKragujevic]

>*This giveaway is limited to residents in North America only*

Ha ha ha..... 

[Thund3rB1rd]

i think i need a new pc because my current so called, "rig", is worth less than a potato. I am using a 2013 macbook given to me by my parents because they did not like it, and i can barely hit 10fps on happy wheels, so yes, this potato cannot be rebuilt, but i will happily accept a custom built pc. linus, please give me this.

[Zando_]

I'll let other peeps enter. I could use a new CPU/mobo (and RAM, since new CPUs don't use DDR3), but my rig is decent. The i5 2400 is the low point of my build, but then I've got 16GB DDR3 RAM, a 980 Ti, Corsair CX450M, SSD, and two hard drives (one mass storage and one booting macOS for video editing), all in a beautiful Enthoo Evolv TG. 

 

Good luck to everyone else, and I hope the winner really needs it. There's some peeps on the forum who could really use an upgrade but don't have the cash. 

[potoooooooo]

Why did you kick that iMac off the table???

 

What the fuck is wrong with you?

[Zando_]

Just now, Thund3rB1rd said:

i think i need a new pc because my current so called, "rig", is worth less than a potato. I am using a 2013 macbook given to me by my parents because they did not like it, and i can barely hit 10fps on happy wheels, so yes, this potato cannot be rebuilt, but i will happily accept a custom built pc. linus, please give me this.

Gotta do a vid showing how terrible it is for gaming (though I can imagine how bad it is...). You could probs slap in an SSD, use bootcamp to run Win10, and then install and Play KOTOR and Battlefront II. 

[2SidedPolygon]

Where do we post the video? Just in this forum?

[C:\\Mat]

does it have to be a "rig"??

all i have is a laptop do i still qualify

[LienusLateTips]

I get 17-18fps in Cities Skylines with an R7 370 and a 4460

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, potoooooooo said:

Why did you kick that iMac off the table???

 

What the fuck is wrong with you?

 You guys do realize that's one of the most revolutionary pieces of tech in personal computer history, right? The one that saved Apple from failing, and brought it back into being one of the biggest tech companies? 

 

You could have given it to me!

[Tycerax]

Do Technical Failures count as "a need to Rig Reboot"? I have a pretty good rig but it has faulty video cards. Whenever I try to "push the limits" on games or render a video using CUDA, it hard crashes and restarts...

[CPotter]

3 minutes ago, potoooooooo said:

Why did you kick that iMac off the table???

 

What the fuck is wrong with you?

Don't worry, there was cardboard and no iMacs were harmed in the making of this video.

[2SidedPolygon]

Just now, CPotter said:

Don't worry, there was cardboard and no iMacs were harmed in the making of this video.

Heyo! What social media am I supposed to put the video on?

[LienusLateTips]

I don't want to put my voice online since my mic is so crappy

[StarBoySH]

I will try my best and I JUST WANT A AT LEAST 4GB PC AND NOTHING MORE PLEASE

[SqueakerEDITION]

29 minutes ago, CPotter said:

 

 

We're inviting you to send us a 30 - 60-second video tour of your outdated gaming rig, explaining why you should win a free gaming PC upgrade at the Linus Tech Tips office with Linus! Tell us why your rig isn't cutting it and how ASUS ROG can make your dreams come true. 

 

Winners will be selected based on:

- Hardware specifications

- Games (That you can or cannot run)

- Story

- Creativity

 

Please use #ROGRigReboot in your post so we can filter through the applications easier.  

 

Applications for video entries will close on  August 21st - later that week we'll be picking three winners who will be direct messaged here through the forum! From there we'll coordinate flights and accommodations which we're hoping to do on September 7th here in Surrey, BC, Canada.

 

*This giveaway is limited to residents in North America only*

 

 

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dang i wonder what the age cap is