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  • 02-18-2008 1:03 PM

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    Win the BEAST! HotHardware's Skulltrail Sweepstakes!

    We’ve got some exciting news for you all today!  To coincide with Intel’s official Skulltrail announcement that just hit the news wire, we’re announcing a sweepstakes of our own where you could win a full Skulltrail-based system, complete with dual graphics cards and a super-fast 10,000 RPM hard drive.  We’re talking eight-cores of benchmark busting performance here, and it could be all yours!

    HotHardware has partnered up with Intel to assemble a complete Skulltrail rig that we’ll be giving away to a randomly selected contributor to our on-line forum and discussion systems.  The complete break-down of components in the system includes:


     

    Processors: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775 x 2

    Motherboard: Intel D5400XS ‘Skulltrail’

    Memory: 2GB DDR2 FB-DIMM Memory

    Graphics: GeForce 8800 GT 512MB x 2 (SLI)

    Optical Storage: Lite-On 20X DVD-RW with Lightscribe

    Hard Drive: Western Digital Raptor 150GB

    Power Supply: Ultra X3 1000 Watt

    Case: Gigabyte 3D Aurora (Black)

    To be entered into the sweepstakes, you’ve got to be a registered, active member of our forum and a resident of the United States.  If you’re not already a member, you can sign up quickly and easily (and for free), right here.

    From this point forward, we’ll be monitoring discussions on the site and will be randomly selecting a winner based on community involvement and contribution.  To increase your chances of being a winner, sign up for our HotHardware RSS News Alerts and we'll toss your name into the mix for double credit!  The sweepstakes will run through to the end of the month at which point we'll pick the winner (Feb. 29).

    This is a huge opportunity for to you to win Intel's BEAST of a system.  Good Luck!

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  • 02-19-2008 7:05 AM In reply to

    Man that would be too awesome to win that thing. That would be a dream for me.
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  • 02-19-2008 7:24 AM In reply to

    • Lev_Astov
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    No kidding! That's glorious!

    ><((((">Lev Astov

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  • 02-19-2008 8:01 AM In reply to

    • warlord
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    Awesome i will take 2

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  • 02-19-2008 8:12 AM In reply to

    • ryan92084
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    sweet jesus

    and i was syked about a shirt and a usb drive lol

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  • 02-19-2008 8:15 AM In reply to

    • Marco C
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    HAHA...this is a big one for sure!
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  • 02-19-2008 8:21 AM In reply to

    • jtm55
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    Re: Win the BEAST! HotHardware's Skulltrail Sweepstakes!

    Hi All,

    You Guys are the BEST!!

    ASUS Z7S WS

    EVGA 280GTX

    4ea HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000 RAID 5

    2ea Intel Xeon E5420 Harpertown

    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional

    Noctua NH-U12DX CPU Cooler 2ea

    CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX

    mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) ECC Fully Buffered Memory 2ea

    RAZER Mako 300W RMS 2.1 Speaker System

    LG W3000H-Bn

    SILVERSTONE SST-TJ07-B

    Plextor PX 755 SA

    Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit

     areca ARC-1210 PCI-Express x8 SATA II Controller Card

     

     

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  • 02-19-2008 10:50 AM In reply to

    • Der Meister
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    Suer cool

    who ever wins this is extremely lucky. what a sweet give away. hope i win

    "Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window."

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  • 02-19-2008 11:13 AM In reply to

    • Lev_Astov
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    I'm almost literally drooling over this!

    ><((((">Lev Astov

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  • 02-19-2008 11:29 AM In reply to

    • ^Bad_Boy^
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    OMG ...

    That's one of the Best Giveaways I've ever heard of!!!

    Wow.. I hope whoever wins this, truly deserves it.. That would be an awesome upgrade..

    Good Luck to everyone..

    And Great Job Dave & Marco on this one..

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  • 02-19-2008 11:50 AM In reply to

    Isn't 3D rendering software pretty exspensive... if I had a rig like that I'd at least want to try my hand at some sort of 3D rendering to use the machine to it's full capacity. When I was a kid, I used to draw alot while attending the boys & girls club and can only imagine how much fun it would be to create things with real substance. Here are some things I'd like to render in 3D: A heavily armored mech with lots of insane weaponry, an assault helicopter with elements from Air Wolf and Blue Thunder, a futuristic car of some sort, a castle with a dark theme and a dragon circling above, a hot chick with lotsa random elements a la Wierd Science... I could keep going, but don't wanna bore anyone. Besides I'd probably have to start small and get the basics down before tackling advanced projects like those... perhaps rendering some basic objects like a bowl of fruit lol. It's fun to let your imagination run wild and contests are always a good way to get people pumped! Thanks!!!

    a cpu, a board, some ram, a gfx card, an opty, a hdd and a psu... all in a case

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  • 02-19-2008 12:27 PM In reply to

    • Drago
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    Very nice

     What a nice give away, but i do see one thing missing.

     

     

     

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  • 02-19-2008 12:35 PM In reply to

    WOW!!!

    All I can say is WOW!!!
    There is no god, there is only Chuck Norris.
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  • 02-19-2008 12:50 PM In reply to

    o dear god

    yahh wow is about the only thing anyone can say
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  • 02-19-2008 1:32 PM In reply to

    • jtm55
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    Re: Re:

    Hi All,

    Rigs like that with the software cost thousands of dollars. If I'm not mistaken, these are the type of platforms used in Video Editing/Rendering. I'd be in Geek Heaven if I were to win. Whoever wins is going to be one Happy Person.

    ASUS Z7S WS

    EVGA 280GTX

    4ea HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000 RAID 5

    2ea Intel Xeon E5420 Harpertown

    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional

    Noctua NH-U12DX CPU Cooler 2ea

    CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX

    mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) ECC Fully Buffered Memory 2ea

    RAZER Mako 300W RMS 2.1 Speaker System

    LG W3000H-Bn

    SILVERSTONE SST-TJ07-B

    Plextor PX 755 SA

    Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit

     areca ARC-1210 PCI-Express x8 SATA II Controller Card

     

     

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  • 02-19-2008 3:31 PM In reply to

    Count me in.
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  • 02-19-2008 3:50 PM In reply to

    Re: Very nice

    Drago:
    An HH Case Badge Stick out tongue 

    Yeah... slappin a HH case badge on it would deffinately accentuate it!

    Whoever wins it should consider donating their old computer to someone who really needs one or maybe a school or something!!!

    a cpu, a board, some ram, a gfx card, an opty, a hdd and a psu... all in a case

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  • 02-19-2008 4:14 PM In reply to

    • Lev_Astov
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    Oh man, I'll bet this thing would run Solidworks like a dream! I have a Dell with a Xeon at work for that and it sucks.

    ><((((">Lev Astov

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  • 02-19-2008 4:54 PM In reply to

    Re: Win the BEAST! HotHardware's Skulltrail Sweepstakes!

    Heck with 3D or CAD software...I bet Doom plays real fast on this one....

     

    Seriously, this would put my 4 OCed Q6600 rigs to shame. This would be the ultimate Distributed Computing rig. Throw an extreme cooling system on it and crank up the clock.

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  • 02-19-2008 5:30 PM In reply to

    Re: Win the BEAST! HotHardware's Skulltrail Sweepstakes!

     Sweet...count me in as well. So all we have to do is post for our chances to win? I'm already signed up for the Feed Blitz so I'm in twice? Awesome! 

    Not to be a stick in the mud...but I just hope a regular forum user wins and not someone that signed up just to win the contest...

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