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 Posted: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:14:08 Post Subject: PC World's Dream PC Contest Now ($30k+, so they say) |
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http://www.pcworld.com/myaccount/benefits
Total overkill, but cool stuff.
Dream PC Prize Description & Estimated Retail Value
System Components
• GIGABYTE 3D Mercury GZ-FW1CA-AJS Silver Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case – $399
• Custom Case Painting by Gary Berg - $1500
• Ultra X3 ULT40070 1600-Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, PCI-E Ready, Energy Efficient, Modular - $499.99
• 2 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775 Processors - $2600
• Intel D5400DX "Skulltrail" dual-CPU Motherboard - $500
• 4 2GB FB-DIMM - $500
• 2 EVGA GeForce 8800 Ultra Video Card - $1259.98
• 2 OCZ 64GB internal solid state disks (SSD) - $3,000.00
• Adaptec RAID 3405 adapter card - $390
• 4 Cheetah® 15K.5 SAS 3Gb/s 300-GB Hard Drives - ST3300655SS - $3,931.20
• 2 LG Super Multi GGW-H10NI BD burner HD DVD reader - $1,999.98
• Ultra Internal 3.5" Floppy Drive w/Multi Card Reader Black - $29.99
• Cables Unlimited UV Reactive Mode Kit with Dual Tube UV CCFL Lights, Fans, Floppy Cable and ATA133 Cable - $26.99
• Vantec UV Reactive Motherboard Slot Protector - Green - $4.99 (PCIe)
• Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800 PCIe NTSC/ATSC/QAM tuner - $149
• Emu 1616M PCI Sound card and breakout box (studio quality inputs and A/D, D/A, surround via digital) - $599
Display
• 3 NEC LCD2490WUXi-BK 24.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor - $3,866.97
• Three monitor mounting system from 9xmedia - $1000
External Peripherals and Components
• Iomega UltraMax Pro eSATA 1.5TB - $504
• APC Back-UPS RS 1500VA LCD – 249.95
• Logitech diNovo Edge Keyboard - $199.99
• Logitech MX AirTM Rechargeable Cordless Air Mouse - $149.99
• Logitech Z-5500 THX Certified 5.1 500-watt Dolby Digital & DTS Hardware Decoding Speaker System - 209.99
• Canon Pixma MP970 Printer - $299.99
• Icemat Siberia Headphones/mic - $79
• Saitek X2 Flight control system - $119.95
• Xbox 360 Gamepad controller - $39.95
Software
• Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 - $629.99
• Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64 - $379
• Microsoft Windows XP SP2 - $249.99
• Adobe Master Collection CS3 - $2,750.99
• EA Crysis - $49.99
• Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe - $59.99
• Call of Duty 4 - $59.99
• Half Life 2: Orange Box - $61.99
• Battlefield 2142 Deluxe Edition - $30.99
• Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 - 73.99
• System Commander 9 - $69.95
• Acronis True Image Home $49.95
Miscellaneous
• Labor for building and troubleshooting -- 100 hrs at $50/hr - $5,000.
TOTAL ESTIMATED RETAIL VALUE: $31,918.77 |
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Nice, but... 100 hours of labor?  Maybe 2 work days of labor, which leaves them 84 hours to play with it before shipping!  |
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| Posted: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:21:25 Post Subject: |
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and the guy who wins it will use it for email and solitaire 
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| Posted: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:53:49 Post Subject: |
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| mrweasel wrote: | | and the guy who wins it will use it for email and solitaire |
No I won't.  |
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| Doctor Feelgood wrote: | | If you're talking coolers, they're probably using stock units off the retail CPUs. |
All that money and they couldn't spend an additional $100 on good coolers? What a waste 
I thought about that as well, but seems odd to use those on good gear like that...especially since it is a "Dream" system... |
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| ~*77*~ wrote: | | Nice, but... 100 hours of labor? Maybe 2 work days of labor, which leaves them 84 hours to play with it before shipping! |
as always for contests est.values are MSRP+
since this is a "one of a kind" allowing 100 hours is probably resonable (but you're right that 90+ hours will probably be free form testing, i.e. games,etc.....gotta burn it in somehow) |
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Crap, Quebec excluded  |
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| slugbug wrote: | | Crap, Quebec excluded |
Is Crap, Quebec near Asbestos, Quebec?!?
I just got a new Dell catalog... For the same price as this one system you could get SEVENTY Dell Vostro 200s, all with dual core CPUs, 19" Widescreens, Vista or XP, yada yada... And still have close to two grand left to build a gaming system. |
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