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Rig of the month!?

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Where do i send my specs and pictures to if i want send in my pc for rig of the month?
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Can we PLEASE get a sticky about this guys?
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Ask Nab.

Post them here as well pls.
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where should i post my rig?
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Post the pics + specs here, so the forum trolls can scrutinize them and decide whether you are worthy to cross over our bridge to the wonderful castle of PCFormat rig of the month.

Otherwise just PM Nab, I think KillerByte will also know where you can enter.
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you can email the pics and specs to:

letters@pcformat.co.za
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/OT: KB, would it be possible to make a page showing the entries for Rig of the Month?

I for one would love to see the different entries and ideas, whether they win or not.
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i'll chat to Stacey
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Thanks :) It could even be a thread on the forum, that way you don't use mag space..
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Does rig of the month have to be modded or can it just be about the hardware?
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thats a tough one to explain.

the best for me to say is to send it to us and we can decide if its worth of the accolade
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UrBaN wrote:/OT: KB, would it be possible to make a page showing the entries for Rig of the Month?

I for one would love to see the different entries and ideas, whether they win or not.
I was wondering exactly the same thing. Even just sticky a thread for rig of the month entries ... but I suppose that could become messy unless it's locked and admins do all the posting.
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schase wrote:
UrBaN wrote:/OT: KB, would it be possible to make a page showing the entries for Rig of the Month?

I for one would love to see the different entries and ideas, whether they win or not.
I was wondering exactly the same thing. Even just sticky a thread for rig of the month entries ... but I suppose that could become messy unless it's locked and admins do all the posting.
correct, i tried to create a similar one just for watercooling and the few village idiots we have here, cremated it. :cry:
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just email us your entries
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Post by Stuart »

KillerByte wrote:just email us your entries
Well, that would make sense, yes. But surely you're not going to publish every entry submitted? Hence, it would be nice to see non-selected entries somewhere on the site. Unless you really don't anticipate getting a whole flood of entries?
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Sticky like **** to a blanket.
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Can I nominate me own rig for rig of the month? (kinda selfish, I know... :twisted: )

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well we want to receive tons of rigs, so please don't hold back.

Vince: by all means, please send us your rig.
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Lol yeah, I sometimes get the feeling that there wasn't too much to choose from when I see the rig of the month. No offense to anyone :wink:

Can we like submit our rigs twice? Eg. right now my hardware specs suck but I want to submit it, but after a few months I get new hardware, can I then submit my rig again?
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Chasis: Raidmax SMILODON
PSU: CoolMaster Real Power Pro 850W SLI
Mobo: Asus P5N32-E SLI 680i SLI
CPU: Q6600 Intel Quad Core 2.4Ghz
RAM: 3GB Kingston 800Mhz RAM
HDD1: 500GB SATA II
HDD2: 320GB IDE
HDD3: 1TB Seagate Barracuda SATA II
HDD4: 1TB Seagate Barracuda SATA II
GFX: XFX 9800GX2 1GB
CPU Cooling: Zalman CNPS9700LED
Chassis Cooling: 3 x 120mm, 2 x 80mm
Screen 1: 22" Samsung LCD 2232GW
Screen 2: 22" Samsung LCD 226BW

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As much as I love browsing the forums, I must ask that all Rig of the month entrants submit their rig along with the highest quality images you have of your rig.

If you have upgraded your rig, and your rig has not been featured in the mag then by all means please send us your new and improved rig.
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OK just to clarify: send your submissions to letters@pcformat.co.za complete with specs. We will then contact you for more or higher res images if needed as well as possibly a video that we want to put on the mobizine. I am dead keen on modified machines though, a Rectron special with some LED's is not likely to make it, especially after some of the awesome mods we have on the local scene. If you have any questions plx raise them now as this thread is going to be locked very soon! :mrgreen:
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Okeeday... :D

I guess mine won't make it in just yet... I think I'll do some cutting on the chasis and see what happens... :twisted:
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Hi All,

Lemme just say from the outset that this machine is as of yet unmodded. However, the cabling was fun to do in this notoriously difficult case to work in.
Well, here are the specs of my new machine which FINALLY arrived last Friday 30 Jan 2009.
Mobo: MSI Ecplipse SLI
CPU: Intel Core i7 920
RAM: 3 x 2gb Transcend DDR3 1333
GFX: Leadtek GTX260 Extreme+
HDD: 2 x 500gb Seagate Barracuda SATA II 32mb cache RAID0
PSU: Gigabyte Odin Pro 1200W
Case: Antec Nine Hundred
Monitor: Samsung 2243BWX
KBD: OCZ Alchemy Elixir
Mouse: Logitech MX518
Mouse Pad: Razer Mantis
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I'll put some pics on the FB group for you guys if you are interested.

Its been about 4 or 5 years since I last bought a rig (AMD Athlon XP 2400+, FX5700, etc), so this is a real change for me (earning your own cash and being able to source things at retail cost helps a lot too!!!) ;)

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hey people here are my specs let me know what you think :)
let me know if u want more or better pics
CASE - lian li a71 fulltower case
MOTHERBOARD - intel smackover X58 intel motherboard
GPU - asus eah HD4870 graphics card
RAM - 3gigs of corsair ddr3 1333mhz triple channel trio set ram
SCREEN - samsung T260 26" lcd screen
PSU - coolermaster M850 modular 850watt power supply
CPU - intel core i7 920 @ 3.8ghz still finding the true limit of this cpu :)
watercooling on cpu coolermaster aquagate max and a danger den I7 waterblock from the usa :)
hard drives
5.28TB TOTAL
4 x 320gigs
1 x 1000gigs
2 x 1500gigs
a logitech G11 keyboard and a logitech mx revolution cordless mouse

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