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I was in the middle of putting together one of our TechSpot Weekly site updates when it hit me... it's about time we open a new giveaway, our readers deserve it. So scratch that site update until next Monday and let's see what this new contest is all about. Rules for entering the contest are after the jump. What you need to know for now is that we'll be polling you to choose the big prize. If you have been reading TechSpot for some time then you will be familiar with the basic rules of the contest.Vote on the poll and comment in this entry to enter the drawing while choosing among the prize options: a 27-inch monitor, an Apple iPad, a budget laptop or netbook, 2TB external hard drive, CPU/mobo/memory combo, GeForce GTX 460, 128GB solid state drive, a deluxe computer case. So what's your favorite?
The contest will run for three weeks until November 14, 2010. In addition to the main prize as decided by yourselves, we have a GeForce GTS 450 graphics card that will be thrown in two weeks into the contest to a random participant.
What it takes to win
- First vote on the poll and leave a comment below stating your choice to let us know you want to join the contest. But that's not all, keep reading...
- Become an active participant in TechSpot's news comments starting today and until Sunday, November 14th -- roughly three weeks from now.
- For every comment you make you get an extra chance to win. For example, if you've posted 20 times during the contest, you get 20 chances.
- To make this a sane competition we will cap the number of max comments during the giveaway to 50 total (less than 3 posts per day, on average).
- Quantity is important but QUALITY will be taken under serious consideration.
- If a participant posts nonsense recurrently we will automatically remove him from the giveaway without notification.
- TechSpot staff members will monitor and join the conversations whenever possible. Our usernames are highlighted in blue.
Other rules and regulations
- We will randomly select two (2) winners using weights depending on the number of comments posted during the giveaway time frame (per the rules above).
- The first random winner will get a GeForce GTS 450 graphics card during the second week of the contest. The second and main prize will be selected from the contest poll, though we will be flexible if the selected winner prefers to change his prize for something of equal value.
- Participation is NOT limited by any geographic boundaries. Prizes will be shipped from the United States or other nearby location depending on the winner's location. TechSpot will cover shipping costs but under no circumstances we will be held responsible for any kind of customs import taxes or additional fees incurred in the process.
- Prizes may not be off-the-shelf items. We often get manufacturer's permission to give away review samples that are practically new.
- The winners will be notified via email. Only TechSpot community members can participate as we will use your account's email for notification purposes. As always, you can register here free of charge.
- Once selected, the winner will be notified via email and have 3 days to respond and accept the prize. It will also be announced at this location. If we don't receive a response by the fourth day a new winner will be selected in his/her place.
Good luck everyone!
Vote in the poll, then comment...
User Comments: 750
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video card! for sli setup
i already have a gtx 460 -
i voted for the SSD cause its sexy as hellllll
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If won a 27" I'd happily give away both of my Viewsonic VA2216w4's to a Techspot member!
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I voted monitor, but really I like them all.
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Edward Catflap said:
Funny, I was looking for 27" monitors today. That's where my vote went :P
But! If by deluxe computer chassis you mean the Thermaltake Level 10, then let's say I voted for that, eh?
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Voted for ipad...will be a great gift to end the year with
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Definetely iPad, I travel a lot so a nice toy like that would be a great companion :P
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I am still using a prehistoric intel D102G GC2 mainboard with an intel pentium D 2.66 ghz,1 GB of blazing sluggish 533 Mhz ddr2 with an ATI Radeon Xpress 200 based onboard video for the last 6 years.
God be with me.
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Wow!!! Lots of prizes!!! I want to join because I want to win THE "iPad".
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me to gorgeous monitor
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Yes I would like the monitor please much more useful.
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im in
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always up for a contest
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I voted for the MOBO combo, beacuse everyone needs a 4th system
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I voted for the mobo combo, need to upgrade. Although any of those prizes would be excellent. Choices choices...
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The monitor would be a big help in developing code.
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I would like to get the IPad b/c I don't have one yet. But the gtx 460 or the ssd harddrive are nice too. I have a 22 in already so I feel that's adequate. Or the cpu/mobo/memory combo is cool but I would have to build another heavy and bulky tower. I prefer to use gaming notebook due to frequent moving.
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bmaytum said:
GTX450 Random drawing
I voted for GTX460 but only because I already have a ViewSonic VX2739 27" LCD monitor (full HD 1920x1080p 60Hz refresh) on my E8400/8800GT gaming PC (DVI-I connector), plus D-Sub connected Pentium4 workhorse PC (multi-boot WinXP & PCLinuxOS 2010.07). The GTX460 would be a serious upgrade in my gaming PC over it's existing 8800GT/512MB video card. Hope I win it .... !!For the same reasons as I said earlier (see quote), I'm posting again in hopes of winning the GTS450 vidcard in the random drawing!
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Time to upgrade to a new GTX 460 video card
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i vote for laptop..doing CCNA currently.. alredy have a pc need additional system... laptop could suit my needs help me with practicing as well as on travel.. thinking of doing MBA also.. Three Birds One stone... i must admit (as will everyone) all giveaway items are awesome.. n i thank Techspot for arranging such. Techspot has helped getting me out of tight spots many a times.. i owe my old as well as new pc to you guys.. long live Techspot..
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Really need a new mobo combo to upgrade in this economy. Hope all you are doing better than me!
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I vote for the CPU/Mobo/memory-combo. I can certainly use an upgrade!
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Most definitely the monitor with cpu/mobo/mem coming a close second. We need more computer monitors in the 26-27 inches segment.
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Blkfx1 said:
CPU/MOBO/Memory Gots my vote! Although i agree with most, any of those would be excellent choice of prize.
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Really need a mobo/cpu/memory upgrade. Stuck in the slow lane with a AMD dual core Lenovo system. Would love to be able to OC and tweak the bios on a new board!
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