ASUS Xtreme Design Contest!

[XtremeDesign]

Show the world your Xtreme Design!


ASUS has joined forces with Antec, Intel , G.Skill, Nvidia, Razer, Samsung and PC Perspective to empower YOUR Xtreme ideas! Enter in a chance to win $1800 in system hardware, and a chance to attend CES 2010 in Las Vegas!

Tell US:
-How would you build your "Xtreme" System if you won the sponsored hardware.
-What is your "Xtreme Design" system's goal.
-How ASUS' "Xtreme Design" motherboard features help your system and daily life.
-Anything else that convinces us to pick your idea from the participating forums below.

This contest has 3 Stages:

Stage I:

1. Tell us what you would do with “Xtreme Design Technology!” How can ASUS’ Xtreme Design features work for you? (Psst! Do your homework here: http://promos.asus.com/US/p55/index.htm )

2. Log-in to a designated participating forum.* Post your system project goals, anticipated challenges, diagrams, and sketches. Convince us you are capable of building your Xtreme Design! (Post your submitted link in ASUS's facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?ei...200108&index=1)

3. Win freaking awesome hardware including an ASUS Xtreme Design P7P55D Premium motherboard, Intel Core i7 processor, Nvidia Graphics, Samsung SSD, Razer Lycosa Keyboard™ and Razer DeathAdder™ Mouse, Antec power supply, and G.Skill Memory! ASUS will select up to twenty (20) innovative proposals that show off Xtreme Design in a real working scenario. Winners will be announced for “Stage I” on http://Facebook.com/ASUSOfficialPage Nov. 13th 2009.



Stage II:

1. Twenty (20) “Stage I” winners will receive and build their concept on their sponsored hardware. Winners will show off their experience for 30 days. Share pictures and videos! Talk about your build! Document your process! Post screen-shots and tell us how you feel about "Xtreme Design". Convince us that your design is show-worthy!

An ASUS P7P55D Premium motherboard and the following sponsored products will be sent to winners. Feel free to design/use your own case, thermal soultion, additioanl GPU , additional storage, additional memory to enhance your Xtreme Deisgn

3. Five (5) engaging posters will be selected for special brand-spanking new hardware upgrades Dec. 14th.


Stage III:

1. One (1) lucky Xtreme Design champion will get a free trip with their rig to show off at the ASUS booth during CES 2010 in Las Vegas! Jan. 7th.


OUR SPONSORS and PRIZES!!


Nvidia has sponsored (20) ASUS GTX260 GPUs
Configure your PC with the Power of 3 and build your new Xtreme Design PC with the three essential pieces to get an experience to match your style.
Nvidia GPU + Intel Core i5/i7 + ASUS P55 Motherboard = The power of 3!



G.Skill has sponsored (20) TDS series Memory kits
The G.Skill DDR 2133 CL9 4GB TDS "Trident Series memory is especially suited for overclockers, and comes equipped with the turbulence cooling fan.



Razer has sponsored (20) Lycosa keyboards and Deathadder mice
Execute complex combat maneuvers with swift dexterity. Launch your assaults timed to perfection. Annihilate your enemies and reign supreme on the battlefield. You now have the tactical advantage on every terrain, and your enemies' fates are in your hands.


Samsung has sponsored (20) 128GB SSD drives
An extremely efficient SSD for PCs applications, Samsung's SSD features world-class sequential read and write performance.


Antec has sponsored (20) Quattro 850 Watt PSU
Antec's TruePower Quattro is more compact than most competing power supplies of the same wattage, yet ideally suited for handling the most demanding system specs.



Intel® has sponsored (20) Core i7 CPUs
The new Intel® CoreTM i7 Processor: Ultimate smart performance. This new processor features Intel Turbo Boost Technology and Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, which together activate full processing power exactly where and when you need it.




Thanks to all of our Sponsors and GOOD LUCK!! SHOW US WHAT YOU'VE GOT!!

Terms and Condition

[Ryan]

Get to it PC Perspective readers!! I have created a special forum on the site just for this contest so users can great a new thread for their creative system build ideas and keep them updated throughout the contest. We are really looking forward to some interesting things!!

[Poci]

Ryan,so basically we should just post a superduper ultra high end machine ala HW leaderboard?And do we have to use parts from the brands you listed above or can we use what we want?

[XtremeDesign]

Originally Posted by Poci

Ryan,so basically we should just post a superduper ultra high end machine ala HW leaderboard?And do we have to use parts from the brands you listed above or can we use what we want?

Your base system will have to use the parts provided. But you are free to add more things like watercooling, custom case, more memory, additional storage etc etc. but you have to at least use the parts provided. SUPPORT THE SPONSORS!

But this contest is not just about who can build the most high end setup. That's something anyone can do...

What we are looking for is how would you use these parts and the ASUS Xtreme Design features to help you do the things you want to achieve from your system.

For example: If you're a noob at overclocking, maybe you can utilize the Turbo V Evo to do the manual work for you. Maybe you want this system to edit your movies, or music, or play games. Tell us what you want to achieve with this system.

And finally we want to see videos, images, sketches, descriptions, anything... of how YOU would make this system look. Custom case? Purchased case? will it look super clean? or super ugly? Make it your own.

Make it within your reach as well. Because if we pick you as a winner, we want to see this system built!

We want winners to talk about their experience with the products they received, and how Xtreme Design features made your life better.

Does that help?

[Poci]

Uhh, so I have to use brands posted? I can understand that, but how am I supposed to afford to buy the parts needed to show off?

[XtremeDesign]

You don't need to buy the parts. Just tell us how you would build your dream computer with these parts and anything else you want add to the mix. If we like your idea. You'll win the sponsored parts to build the idea you presented.

So if you want to build a case out of cardboard give us some drawings of what it will look like. Then with the parts we provide you. How would you use it.

[XtremeDesign]

The only thing we don't provide is the case and optical drive. We left it open for you to design or purchase your own case.

[Ryan]

So, basically this stage of the competition is to DESIGN what you want to build and WHY. Then ASUS will give 20 participants the components listed above to get rolling and move on to the next stage!

[WatchDog]

Note this contest is only open to US and Canada residents

[MRFS]

ASUS server motherboard or large workstation motherboard
with 16-32 DIMM slots supporting between 128GB and 1024GB (1TB) of RAM:
Uppermost 20-30 GB is reserved for OS (see next 2 articles for details):

http://www.supremelaw.org/patents/bi...lication.1.htm
http://www.supremelaw.org/patents/bi...lication.2.htm
(currently no pictures or diagrams available: see text for full details)

Computer BIOS Enhancements to Create and Load
Memory-Resident File Systems ("MRFS")
for High-Speed System and Application Software
(see links to Provisional Patent Applications above).


The First Supplement (above) adds BIOS support to create and format a C: system partition in random access memory (“RAM”) before Windows Setup is launched the very first time.

An installation program like Windows Setup need not know any of the underlying BIOS details in order to run to successful completion.

When the Windows Setup CD-ROM is inserted and launched the very first time, it should detect the newly created ramdisk like any other disk drive, and present it to the user as one among other available targets for the C: system partition. Such integration should be seamless.

(After successful installation, all OS tasks will do I/O at RAM speeds unhampered by slow rotating disk drives.)


Sincerely yours,
/s/ Paul A. Mitchell, Inventor and
Systems Development Consultant

[Poci]

Do we need to list OS,monitor,speakers/headphones and mouse and keyboard?

[lavern kendra]

Asus Rocksssss!!!! Put me on......

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by Poci

Do we need to list OS,monitor,speakers/headphones and mouse and keyboard?

I would say it is not required, but feel free to add them if it will enhance the specific usage of your system in any way!

[lavern kendra]

Hey! Ryan thanks for the review on the asus max Formula III.
It should arrive on Wednesday along with an i7 860 .
Thanks for all the info.

[MRFS]

I just want to acknowledge Ryan publicly for
helping out enormously yesterday with a few
problems we experienced with our concept above.

To date I have been participating in the User Forums
at Tom's Hardware almost exclusively, but Ryan's
consistent professionalism is giving me a good
reason to switch to PCPer's Forums instead.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, Ryan! YOU'RE THE BEST.

I visit your website at least once every day,
because your IT coverage is excellent.


MRFS