2011 WCG Contest Discussion Thread

[Chicken Patty]

If it helps in anything here(i.e. either rig????)I just recieved a fresh from seagate RMA 500 gig sata II drive that would love to have a home to go too for the cause!

Would you rather put that in a rig and donate something of smaller capacity? If not that can be great since we also need a HDD to complete both rigs.

 

[GREASEMONKEY]

Would you rather put that in a rig and donate something of smaller capacity? If not that can be great since we also need a HDD to complete both rigs.

Na! all my personal rigs are at least 500 gig's. And the crunchers at work do absolutely nothing but Facebook boulderdash & gigly-gook by the Secretarie's :shadedshu

So it's available,just tell me where to send it?

 

[Chicken Patty]

Na! all my personal rigs are at least 500 gig's. And the crunchers at work do absolutely nothing but Facebook boulderdash & gigly-gook by the Secretarie's :shadedshu

So it's available,just tell me where to send it?

Would you rather send it to me now and then I send to winner, or would you be able to hold on to it and just send straight to the winner? Sounds simpler this way, let me know.

 

[KieX]

GREASEMONEKY, think we can add that 500GB to the top prize and keep the 160GB for the second. It would be a matter of just shipping it to whoever wins that prize when the time comes.

For the RAM think 4GB each rig is also the way to go, saves us hassle.

We are short just 1 PSU. If I can find the cables to my CM600W I'll put that up. If anyone's got a spare PSU let me know, don't mind paying for it and the shipping.

Hopefully should have a little time tomorrow to prepare the OP for the competition. Is 1st September a good start day? Or start on a monday.. 5th September?

 

[(FIH) The Don]

i got an extra OCZ ModXstream pro 500W

 

[GREASEMONKEY]

Would you rather send it to me now and then I send to winner, or would you be able to hold on to it and just send straight to the winner? Sounds simpler this way, let me know.

Easier if i just ship it to the winner,and cheaper for everyone.

And also a little side note,In the past contest's,i made it a point to help out peeps in getting there required point's.Which, in a way,is counter productive to the main reason in having the contest.So not to sound like an ass,but i dont plan on assisting this time around.IMO,if someone wants to win one of these machines.They're going to have to work for their chance.And again,i really don't want to sound like an ass,just my 2 pennies worth.

 

[bogmali]

OK guys, I see that the case that I offered to buy from Sneekypeet (NZXT H20) is listed. I thought the consensus was to get a GC instead

Sneeky has since sold that case however I can get a SS PS06 as a replacement but I need to know if the case is being given as part of the price.

 

[Chicken Patty]

OK guys, I see that the case that I offered to buy from Sneekypeet (NZXT H20) is listed. I thought the consensus was to get a GC instead

Sneeky has since sold that case however I can get a SS PS06 as a replacement but I need to know if the case is being given as part of the price.

Bog, KieX has been busy and probably has not been able to update. I'll send him a PM saying there will be no case. The main rig will have one because it's a tech bench so it's not that bad to ship. The GC for the 2nd rig is fine though. What do you think is a fair amount?

 

[bogmali]

YHPM Cap

 

[KieX]

Easier if i just ship it to the winner,and cheaper for everyone.

And also a little side note,In the past contest's,i made it a point to help out peeps in getting there required point's.Which, in a way,is counter productive to the main reason in having the contest.So not to sound like an ass,but i dont plan on assisting this time around.IMO,if someone wants to win one of these machines.They're going to have to work for their chance.And again,i really don't want to sound like an ass,just my 2 pennies worth.

I agree with your 2 pennies, although it's not something practical to enforce. (we thought of the same thing last year). Guess it's at people's discretion, although the second prize rig should be something anyone should have a fair chance on their own, so hope others follow your suit knowing this.

OK guys, I see that the case that I offered to buy from Sneekypeet (NZXT H20) is listed. I thought the consensus was to get a GC instead

Sneeky has since sold that case however I can get a SS PS06 as a replacement but I need to know if the case is being given as part of the price.

Sorry, must have missed that:shadedshu Thanks I've put it on the OP now.

Bog, KieX has been busy and probably has not been able to update. I'll send him a PM saying there will be no case. The main rig will have one because it's a tech bench so it's not that bad to ship. The GC for the 2nd rig is fine though. What do you think is a fair amount?

Updated. Should be good to go I think. What start date should we go for captain?

 

[Chicken Patty]

KieX,

I think like mid next month latest. It's the 26th now, I would say maybe like 5th of next month or the 12th the latest. I want to contact someone to see if we can get a small ad at least on the home page of TPU. See if we can get the word out more. Any suggestions on who to talk to?

Attending PM's now...

 

[Chicken Patty]

Anybody got any idea on whom I should talk to for some advertising on the front page perhaps? W1Z?

KieX, any news on when you think we should start it based on the above?

 

[twilyth]

I don't know if I've ever gone to the front page. I think so but I'm not sure. The page I recall seeing seemed like it had a lot of white space so I'm sure we can get some kind of ad. Maybe not in the banner, but someplace.

 

[f22a4bandit]

Anybody got any idea on whom I should talk to for some advertising on the front page perhaps? W1Z?

KieX, any news on when you think we should start it based on the above?

I'm sure BTa will be able to help with the front page announcement. He's in charge of all of the news, so I think it will fall under his jurisdiction, but just a guess. I can help write/edit the announcement if needed.

Count me in on the contest when it begins. I have board, ram and heatsink coming in this week to FINALLY put together my i7 rig. Crunching under my handle on this site.

 

[Chicken Patty]

I don't know if I've ever gone to the front page. I think so but I'm not sure. The page I recall seeing seemed like it had a lot of white space so I'm sure we can get some kind of ad. Maybe not in the banner, but someplace.

Yeah, I think we did it in the past too!

I'm sure BTa will be able to help with the front page announcement. He's in charge of all of the news, so I think it will fall under his jurisdiction, but just a guess. I can help write/edit the announcement if needed.

Count me in on the contest when it begins. I have board, ram and heatsink coming in this week to FINALLY put together my i7 rig. Crunching under my handle on this site.

I guess I will check with BTA later today if no one has any other suggestions. Contest should start around mid next month, so I just gotta check with KieX who has vanished on me See if he can post it up and then we can finally piece together the 2nd rig and make the actual announcement thread.

 

[JrRacinFan]

Eta for the board and mobo swap is end of this week. Should be up and running Saturday or Sunday. What's the start date again guys?

 

[Chicken Patty]

Eta for the board and mobo swap is end of this week. Should be up and running Saturday or Sunday. What's the start date again guys?

Sometime mid next month.

 

[Bow]

Are you talking September or October? I have to shut down for a couple days take my rig apart and give it a good cleaning, new paste, ect....

 

[Chicken Patty]

Are you talking September or October? I have to shut down for a couple days take my rig apart and give it a good cleaning, new paste, ect....

September, like September 19th. Tomorrow I'll be sending a message to BTA, see if we can get something going on the front page.

If anybody has any objections on the start date let me know now, Monday we'll announce the contest with a new thread, so now that both rigs are complete as far as prizes go, let me know if we should change anything.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Well,

Just got a PM back from BTA, said he'll post something up on the front page on Monday.

 

[brandonwh64]

I had a 120GB hard drive to donate but the drive was in my cruncher and the other drive I was going to replace it with was a laptop sata drive until last week my sisters laptop hard drive crapped out. I had to replace hers with my 320GB (GRRR!!!) so now I do not have one to donate unless my mom gives me the money for the drive I had to give her.

 

[HammerON]

Well,

Just got a PM back from BTA, said he'll post something up on the front page on Monday.

Great to hear captain

 

[Chicken Patty]

I had a 120GB hard drive to donate but the drive was in my cruncher and the other drive I was going to replace it with was a laptop sata drive until last week my sisters laptop hard drive crapped out. I had to replace hers with my 320GB (GRRR!!!) so now I do not have one to donate unless my mom gives me the money for the drive I had to give her.

It's cool bro, luckily we are covered already. Thanks though bro, we all appreciate it.

 

[brandonwh64]

I do have some Older IDE drives if all else fails.

 

[Delta6326]

sounds sweet, but im top 75 good luck mates!