Administrators Nathan Posted January 11, 2013 Administrators Share Posted January 11, 2013 Anyone remember me mentioning that I ran a website for the game Star Citizen? Well they ran a contest and the person that referred the most people to their site and they pledge would win the grand prize of a new Alienware computer, Oculus Rift Virtual Reality, some bad ass joystick, pedals ect... and a ship in the game at release that if you purchased during crowd funding cost $1,000. Well they just emailed me and I won! Super excited, thought I would share! GRAND PRIZE (one awarded to the user with the most recruits) (1) Alienware Aurora Desktop*(1) Oculus Rift headset(1) Logitech G940 HOTAS setup(1) Idris-class corvette in Star Citizen to serve as your command ship Aurora Desktop specifications: PROCESSOR 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3820 (10M Cache, Overclocked up to 4.1 GHz) OPERATING SYSTEM Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English MEMORY 16GB (4 X 4GB) Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz VIDEO CARD 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680 HARD DRIVE 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3Gb/s SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyme Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Now that is one decked out machine. I'll admit it - I'm insanely jealous of you right now. They even included the Oculus Rift! Have fun with your goodies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkGizmo Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Damn that's a beast of a desktop! My laptop is almost as powerful though Still, DAMN! nice job Nate. Enjoy the new computer! Take a vid of it when you set it up and let us know how it's treating ya! 4.1ghz, damn! LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 OK .. time to upgrade my system LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Wow, that is really freakin' awesome! Congratulations. How many people did you end up referring in order to win? Let us know when it actually arrives so you can show it off even more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nathan Posted January 13, 2013 Author Administrators Share Posted January 13, 2013 I had over 350 DarkGizmo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Leigh Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I have just thought of a great use for that uber system. Why not put it up as a prize in an auction? That would be a fantastic auction.I think if you promote the auction fully, there should be a tremendous response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I have just thought of a great use for that uber system. Why not put it up as a prize in an auction? That would be a fantastic auction.I think if you promote the auction fully, there should be a tremendous response. And get rid of such an awesome system? No way!! I can see maybe getting rid of some of the pieces that you won't actually end up using....whether that's in an auction or a giveaway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Leigh Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 No, no, Jessi, that's not getting rid of the awesome system. That's putting the system to very good use. Of course, Nathan didn't get it for free. Getting those 350 referrals must have cost him a lot of time and effort. What I am suggesting is that he ride on the momentum of his good fortune and leverage it to get even more results. Just imagine that system being the prize of an auction here. I can just see people rushing to join this forum as soon as they hear the news. And posting like crazy to earn the virtual currency to bid for it. Nathan can even make it more attractive by announcing, just as an example, that he is willing to put that system up for auction if there are at least XXX number of members here with XXX amount of virtual currency. Of course, he will also have to put up something else for those who did not win the grand prize. Something else like virtual items which can be bought with the virtual currency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkGizmo Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Eh I'd keep that bad boy for myself. Even though I hate Dell, and wouldn't personally buy any fo their products anymore. As a prize, i most definitely wouldn't turn down that beast of a computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nathan Posted January 13, 2013 Author Administrators Share Posted January 13, 2013 While the idea is good, I'm keeping this one for myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I have never been more jealous of you Nathan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Leigh Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 While the idea is good, I'm keeping this one for myself Well, actually, so would I. Have fun, Nathan. So what game are you going to play on it? Guild Wars 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagscot Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Can I have it? Just kidding. Congratulations. And keep it for yourself, it's an awesome system that shouldn't go out of date for at least 3 months. lol. 16GB of RAM. Holy cow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstryhrn Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Wow that is crazy!!! Even if it wasn't much I still will keep it. I mean it is free. But you are one lucky person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENO1986 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Congratulations I hope you enjoy your new beast computer! What are you going to do with your current PC are you going to keep it and use it as a secondary or sell it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nathan Posted October 4, 2013 Author Administrators Share Posted October 4, 2013 Congratulations I hope you enjoy your new beast computer! What are you going to do with your current PC are you going to keep it and use it as a secondary or sell it? Been quite some time now, computer is awesome, it's my main! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxMotleyCrueXx Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 I am jealous! wish I had a awesome computer like that instead I am stuck with a crummy netbook... better than nothing though I suppose! Hope you enjoy your new computer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgrimes Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Good lord! I am so jealous of you right now, that sounds like one beast of a computer. Have fun with the new PC! play some games like Wolfenstein: The New Order on ultra max settings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Profit5500 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Anyone remember me mentioning that I ran a website for the game Star Citizen? Well they ran a contest and the person that referred the most people to their site and they pledge would win the grand prize of a new Alienware computer, Oculus Rift Virtual Reality, some bad ass joystick, pedals ect... and a ship in the game at release that if you purchased during crowd funding cost $1,000. Well they just emailed me and I won! Super excited, thought I would share! grandprize.jpg GRAND PRIZE (one awarded to the user with the most recruits) (1) Alienware Aurora Desktop* (1) Oculus Rift headset (1) Logitech G940 HOTAS setup (1) Idris-class corvette in Star Citizen to serve as your command ship Aurora Desktop specifications: PROCESSOR 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3820 (10M Cache, Overclocked up to 4.1 GHz) OPERATING SYSTEM Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English MEMORY 16GB (4 X 4GB) Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz VIDEO CARD 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680 HARD DRIVE 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3Gb/s SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability I really like the computer specs but I would swap out the video card for a Radeon 7990 HD. I do like that I7-3820 that would be a sick processor to have. I have seen some motherboards allowing more ram than what this computer offers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davedaot04 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Okay I won't even compare my computer to yours because I'll probably just get depressed, you're so lucky man. Enjoy playing games with that . By the way, can you give me your old PC? kidding bro . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerdIndeed Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 I so envy you right now man. I guess I should also start joining contests of some of these sites who knows I might get fortunate too. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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