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THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED

 

INTRODUCTION

 

Holy crap it's that time again! PAX Prime is coming and Intel's gearing up for the show by sponsoring us to be at the show and also... apparently giving away TWO gaming systems. One of them is a Potenza gaming desktop from Maingear and the other is a Valkyrie gaming notebook from iBuyPower. I do have a bit of bad news, however. Because this is a PAX Prime promotional giveaway, eligibility is limited to Canadians (sorry Quebec, not you guys) and residents of the 50 US states.

 

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With that out of the way... HUGE thanks to Intel for making this giveaway possible. I'm especially thrilled that out of the two systems that are being given away for PAX Prime one of them is being given to us for LTT forum members only! How cool is that!!??

 

PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME TO READ THE SPONSOR MESSAGES BELOW!

 

 

 

SPONSOR MESSAGES

 

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1. Enter to win an iBuyPower Valkyrie gaming notebook by simply tweeting WHY you want a new gaming system with hashtag #IntelGaming. The full rules and regulations are here.

 

2. Click here to check out the current Intel Gaming Promo!! Intel is giving away a ton of CPUs, SSDs, and NUCs. All you have to do is buy a qualifying product and submit your proof of purchase for a chance to win, or check out the official rules and follow the instructions to enter without buying anything! 

 

3. If you haven't checked it out already, we're also promoting the Intel VIP Tech Zone smartphone app available for Android and iOS! Through the app you can get news, special promotions, and exclusive giveaways.

 

 

MAINGEAR POTENZA SYSTEM GIVEAWAYS RULES & REGULATIONS 

 

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The Potenza that's being given away has a massive 16GB of RAM with a Core i7 4770K processor, which will make it a great choice for both gaming and content creation. It also has a GeForce GTX 660 graphics card, and it's all packed into a gorgeous modified Silverstone Fortress series mITX case. Absolutely awesome. Here are the full details:

 

MSRP: $1599

 
Specs of system: 
 
• Intel Core i7 4770k Processor
 
• 16 GB DDR3 1600 MHz memory
 
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 with 2 GB graphics memory
 
• 1 TB HDD 7200 RPM + 30 GB SSD for caching
 
• 8x speed (Read/Write) for DVD+/-R & DVD+RW, 6x speed for DVD

 

 

Full Rules & Regulations

 

 

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

 

This giveaway is only available for Linus Tech Tips forum members, and as usual you can either get ONE entry to win, or you can get more!!

 

1x entry - Post something in this thread. Maybe tell us what you look for in the ultimate gaming system. We will be tabulating entries based on the posts in this thread. Double posting will DISQUALIFY you. If you decide after you've posted to share to social networks EDIT your existing post rather than creating another one.
 

1x bonus entry - Include a link in your post of you sharing the giveaway on your personal Facebook

1x bonus entry - Include a link in your post of you sharing the giveaway on your personal Twitter

1x bonus entry - Include a link in your post of you sharing a link to this giveaway announcement thread in some other community (forums, social networks, super-active community websites other than linustechtips.com like Digg... etc). We aren't trying to spam so make sure you are sharing with people who you genuinely think will care about it!

You can get a maximum of 4 entries by including links in your post to the two eligible sharing places. Here is an example of what an optimal maximum entry (4) post would look like:
                                                                                                                                                                                    

1. Thanks for the cool contest, Linus. Intel rocks for making this happen. I always choose a beefy graphics card for my 
 

2. Facebook share from (Name Goes Here): (insert verifiable link here)
 

3. Twitter share with Twitter handle @Example: (insert verifiable link here)
 

4. Community Site share with nickname (nickname goes here): (insert verifiable link here)

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 


The contest closes September 6th and the winner will be contacted after we've had a chance to tabulate the entries. Good luck everyone! Thanks for participating, and a big thanks again to our sponsor, Intel!

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Really hate that these things are always US or Canada only, rest of the world just gets screwed over because of 'shipping costs'.

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1. I look for a high end graphics card from a gaming computer

CPU: i5 3570K; Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V; RAM: Corsair Vengeance (2x4GB); GPU: MSI R7850 Twin Frozr; Case: Thermaltake Commander MS-I Snow Edition; Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue (500GB); PSU: Thermaltake Modular PSU 750 Watts

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I look for good prices and a good graphics card. (Thank you for the giveaway! :))

CPU: RYZEN 5 2600   Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC   Memory: CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX 16GB 3200MHZ   Storage: TEAM GROUP MP33 1TB

 

GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 FTW   Case: COOLER MASTER NR200P   PSU: CORSAIR SF600   Mouse: G PRO WIRELESS   Keyboard: ANNE PRO 2

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Really hate that these things are always US or Canada only, rest of the world just gets screwed over because of 'shipping costs'.

This is the first main one that is US or Canadian exclusive, Linus does a good job of making global giveaways.

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Such an awesome giveaway!

CPU: Intel core i5 3570 Motherboard: Gigabyte-H77-DS3H Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB  GPU: MSI Radeon HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB  PSU: Seasonic G Series 550W

 

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Im in :) thanks you guys. Good luck to everyone that enters

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This is the first main one that is US or Canadian exclusive, Linus does a good job of making global giveaways.

I wasn't referring to just Linus nearly every YouTube related giveaway I see these days screws over the rest of the world, it's like everyone in North America forgets that they wouldn't have a first world country right now if Europeans hadn't colonised it. The only International giveaways I ever see are from English Youtubers especially the ones who don't actually make much money from Youtube so if they can be bothered to pay for a shipping charge it pisses me off that Linus, Youtube, Newegg, NCIX etc can't be fucked.

 

Edit. Oh and the Intel gaming promo that Linus is promoting in his post is also NA only so it isn't just this giveaway.

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F*** you guys and your continent! :(

Gaming HTPC:

R5 5600X - Cryorig C7 - Asus ROG B350-i - EVGA RTX2060KO - 16gb G.Skill Ripjaws V 3333mhz - Corsair SF450 - 500gb 960 EVO - LianLi TU100B


Desktop PC:
R9 3900X - Peerless Assassin 120 SE - Asus Prime X570 Pro - Powercolor 7900XT - 32gb LPX 3200mhz - Corsair SF750 Platinum - 1TB WD SN850X - CoolerMaster NR200 White - Gigabyte M27Q-SA - Corsair K70 Rapidfire - Logitech MX518 Legendary - HyperXCloud Alpha wireless


Boss-NAS [Build Log]:
R5 2400G - Noctua NH-D14 - Asus Prime X370-Pro - 16gb G.Skill Aegis 3000mhz - Seasonic Focus Platinum 550W - Fractal Design R5 - 
250gb 970 Evo (OS) - 2x500gb 860 Evo (Raid0) - 6x4TB WD Red (RaidZ2)

Synology-NAS:
DS920+
2x4TB Ironwolf - 1x18TB Seagate Exos X20

 

Audio Gear:

Hifiman HE-400i - Kennerton Magister - Beyerdynamic DT880 250Ohm - AKG K7XX - Fostex TH-X00 - O2 Amp/DAC Combo - 
Klipsch RP280F - Klipsch RP160M - Klipsch RP440C - Yamaha RX-V479

 

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No love for EU :/

Intel i5 3570k | MSI GTX 670 Power Edition/OC SLI | Asus Sabertooth Z77 | Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB | Fractal Design Newton R2 650W | NZXT Switch 810 SE Gun Metal | BenQ 24" XL2420T 120Hz | Corsair K90  | Logitech G500 / Logtitech Performance MX | Sennheiser PC 360 | Asus Xonar DGX | NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision 2 Wireless Kit

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would be cool :O

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So once again **** the europeans, hell yeah

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Listen if you care.

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What I look for in the ultimate gaming system is power and reliability.

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Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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I am making one post ! I can't find the other stuff... oh well lol

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Not an entry btw. i'm in the UK

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I wasn't referring to just Linus nearly every YouTube related giveaway I see these days screws over the rest of the world, it's like everyone in North America forgets that they wouldn't have a first world country right now if Europeans hadn't colonised it. The only International giveaways I ever see are from English Youtubers especially the ones who don't actually make much money from Youtube so if they can be bothered to pay for a shipping charge it pisses me off that Linus, Youtube, Newegg, NCIX etc can't be fucked.

 

Edit. Oh and the Intel gaming promo that Linus is promoting in his post is also NA only so it isn't just this giveaway.

Well they could always do what some places do and say its a Global giveaway but entrants are responsible for shipping costs....... That wouldn't be good now would it because you may win a gaming notebook but for the cost of shipping and import taxes and duties you may as well just upgrade what you have already. Its something for free. You are not losing anything by not being able to win a giveaway and hell they don't even have to do a giveaway so by complaining you aren't making a good name for yourself.

 

 

Not an entry btw. I'm in the UK.

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This is my most awesome epic entry into this awesome epic giveaway.

Hardware: | CPU: i5 3570k | Graphics: MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G | Mobo: MSI z77a-G45 Gaming | OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit | 

Peripherals: Logitech G502 | CM Storm Quickfire Pro (Red switch) |

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Well they could always do what some places do and say its a Global giveaway but entrants are responsible for shipping costs....... That wouldn't be good now would it because you may win a gaming notebook but for the cost of shipping and import taxes and duties you may as well just upgrade what you have already. Its something for free. You are not losing anything by not being able to win a giveaway and hell they don't even have to do a giveaway so by complaining you aren't making a good name for yourself.

 

 

Not an entry btw. I'm in the UK.

Personally I would be happy to pay for shipping I'd just appreciate the option, they have nothing to lose if we choose to pay for shipping, I'm aware it's for free but the idea of giveaways is usually to give something back to their community and I don't see how it's fair to only include a portion that's probably not even half of the whole viewership (I maybe wrong but that's an educated guess).

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Awesome giveaway.

 

I guess this will be my entry.

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