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I'm in the same boat as you. My sister upgraded from a Radeon HD 6850 to a GTX 960 (guess who installed it) to play Fallout 4 recently and is using a monitor with only a VGA output.

These girls *holds in a tear*... they don't know what they are missing *cries*

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I'd get my wife an Android, because she's been using Windows Phone for too long. "It's smooth and works" she says. Yeah, because it doesn't do anything.

The huawei p8 lite is a good candidate.

http://www.amazon.com/Huawei-P8-lite-Unlocked-Smartphone/dp/B00W3WTLCG

 Hey I love my windows phone what other phone lets me program anywhere any time and connects to my pc so well

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WHO WON ?

Give them time to choose it is still early where they are. After all it is 07:37 in their location.

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I would get a MSI GTX960 4G for my best friend, Ming Ze. I would choose this graphics card for him because he is still using a GTX560Ti...It isnt bad but i hope he can get a better one.

 

Link: http://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-960-GAMING-4G/dp/B00V4HY522/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1450107917&sr=8-1&keywords=msi+gtx960

Ya. My English isn't very good. I'm not really good in talking English but I'm learning...You making fun with my English, so WHAT??? You get what?? You can just correct the people and this is better than laugh at the people...

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Where's dat Titan X for my uncle so that he can do his taxes :D 

 

Can't you just set the price limit to 2000?

Whaddup

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This headset for my cousin.. he's just starting to get into the PC gaming world and this would be a great start for him! He's starting to be a techy, but still isn't fully there yet. Im working on him. :)

http://www.amazon.com/HyperX-Cloud-Gaming-Headset-PS4/dp/B00SAYCXWG/ref=pd_sim_147_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=41Z3t92Hu6L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=16Q50GRV562MCZE6JWRH

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Give them time to choose it is still early where they are. After all it is 07:37 in their location.

OK it is 6:35 pm in London if I win I will be happy has PIGS AND will they tell us 

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Hi!

 

I would like to give my dad this monitor because right now he still has a old samsung monitor *I don't know if i should call it Monitor because it's so fat but anyway* He bought it between 2007/2008 and he still use it till this day so i want to make a little suprise for him. BTW Thank you Linus Media Group for making awesome tech Content and Merry Christmas ;)

 

Link > http://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronics-25UM57-25-Inch-LED-lit/dp/B00V8FAWC2/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1450117727&sr=1-1&keywords=lg+ultrawide

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I would dolphinitely get a ZOTAC ZBOX for my sister and her husband who only knows how to use a Xbox, but they want a PC for photography work and gaming. Also I'd eventually get one for my dad and my mom (who has only ever used a Mac) to share, since her current MacBook is about to be ripperoni.

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My bro could use a chromecast! Black if I may choose xD

 

https://store.google.com/product/chromecast_2015

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My mum has been looking at a new motherboa...... jk she doesn´t even know what´s inside a pc

Anyway I wanted to buy a tablet for her but I also want to keep saving my money so I guess the Nvidia Shield tablet K1 is a nice bit of kit in my opinion and a nice present.

Specificaly the controller bundle since she would like to start gaming on her free time but apparently she can´t think of how to use a keyboard to play games.

http://www.amazon.com/Nvidia-Shield-8-0-Inch-Tablet-Black/dp/B0171BS9CG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1450124861&sr=8-2&keywords=nvidia+shield+tablet

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This is not my gift selection, this is a contribution to the discussion about when the contest closes, and some advice to people picking Asus routers...

My gift selection post is here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/498047-tech-gifts-for-non-techies-giveaway/page-102#entry6733407

 

The contest is still open until they make an announcement or it reaches midnight Pacific Time. If they wait until the day is officially over before choosing, then everyone still has 11 hours, as of the time I posted this (3pm-ish, Central Time.) (Not an LMG employee, by any stretch. This is my educated guess.)

 

Hi guys, thank you for your generosity :) I would like to give my parents (and whole our family) a new router , because the old one makes trouble for them while talking to relatives via Skype (it cuts the words and decreases the voice quality so the conversation becomes non-understandable) or trying to browse the internet while being 10 meters further than router (it takes very very long time to load up a page :( ) Heres the LINK- http://www.amazon.ca/RT-AC87U-WLS-RTR-100-1000/dp/B00MPI5N7U/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1450025579&sr=8-9&keywords=asus+router. Thanks again, and good luck, Merry oncoming Christmas and a Happy New Year  everyone!!! :)

 

Just some personal insight... Asus makes killer hardware, but their router firmware is horrendous!

We have had major problems with our Asus router. It will de-sync, forget settings, and just be a pain in general.

When we updated the firmware we LOST features, and then had a series of OTHER problems.

Every single update we have tried has been an absolute fail, and we are going to be switching back to a Netgear or something very soon.

 

Avoid these things until Asus has figured their crap out. lol

For reference, the one we have is the AC56R: http://www.amazon.com/RT-AC56R-Gigabit-Router-802-11ac-Wireless-AC1200/dp/B00LR4OF5Y

Newer models may have improved, but I am not holding my breath.

 

Also, we are power users, so someone who has no need for the advanced features may not experience our troubles, but we even had problems with basic things like: network storage and printers, gaming consoles being dropped randomly, and inconsistent wireless strength. So, if you are just looking for a "set it and forget it" solution (which is what this giveaway is supposed to be about, after all,) go with Netgear.

~Cynical~

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I would get my parents an OnHub Wireless Router beucase they are still using the terrible on from TWC (isp, 3yrs old)

Merry christmas!
http://www.amazon.com/OnHub-Wireless-Router-Google-TP-LINK/dp/B013ALA9LA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1450127888&sr=8-1&keywords=on+hub
 

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My Grandpa who will be 98 years old next month, surprisingly is big on tech (he built his own PC and owns 3 different tables).  But he still has a love for old school tech as well.  I think this would be the perfect blend for his music needs (mixing old school tech with modern)

 

Electrohome Wellington Record Player Retro Vinyl Turntable Real Wood Stereo System, AM/FM Radio, CD, USB for MP3, Vinyl-to-MP3 Recording, Headphone Jack, & AUX Input for Smartphones

http://www.amazon.com/Electrohome-Wellington-Turntable-Smartphones-EANOS502/dp/B00574HPX4/

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I would get my mom and dad a NAS cause my mom wants to use her ipad, my dad his android tablet and windows machine but still they want to be able to see all the same pictures etc. NAS would be and ez solution for them i feel 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/4TB-Cloud-Personal-Storage-inside/dp/B00IJYDMNG/ref=sr_1_12?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1449742062&sr=1-12&keywords=nas

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