Are your parent's into computers?

[asim1999]

Actually, I didn't buy the i7 5960X myself, I got sent one for free. Other, than that, yeah, I am not denying that I can afford a more than decent rig, but I have to note that while my parents do indeed encourage me to do so, I earn my money all by myself.

Aww, i wish i got a free 5960X.

And btw, is this a good idea, my maths teacher (an avid PC enthusiast with watercooling experience and has been building pcs for 15 years) has got a national space project in our school and would like some sponsors and i suggested that Scan UK, who we both buy PC parts from (the largest PC parts retailer in the UK) sponsor us and so we can get a dedicated video editing rig and maybe pimp out our respective rigs as well), so should i try and contact them for free or discounted hardware?

[WinNut]

My dad's a software engineer and my mom falls for scam ads.

[Analog]

Aww, i wish i got a free 5960X.

And btw, is this a good idea, my maths teacher (an avid PC enthusiast with watercooling experience and has been building pcs for 15 years) has got a national space project in our school and would like some sponsors and i suggested that Scan UK, who we both buy PC parts from (the largest PC parts retailer in the UK) sponsor us and so we can get a dedicated video editing rig and maybe pimp out our respective rigs as well), so should i try and contact them for free or discounted hardware?

 

Well, I got my processor directly from Intel, I don't have a signed sponsorship with anybody.

 

Regarding your question, you could try to contact the seller, but from what I have heard it is not that easy to convince a store to give you parts for free, since they don't make that much more on the resale margin of the components. I would go after the manufacturer itself. For example you can contact Asus representative for UK and explain him your idea and see what will they expect in return. 

[asim1999]

Well, I got my processor directly from Intel, I don't have a signed sponsorship with anybody.

 

Regarding your question, you could try to contact the seller, but from what I have heard it is not that easy to convince a store to give you parts for free, since they don't make that much more on the resale margin of the components. I would go after the manufacturer itself. For example you can contact Asus representative for UK and explain him your idea and see what will they explain in return. 

Thanls a lot, will do, and since it is a "national school project", companies may be the better bet