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Scott Sherman
03-01-2008, 01:53 PM
Ghidora has won the XFX 780I.

Icksol has won the Tagan IB-3220stus-B dual bay SATA II enclosure.

Thank you for partaking in my contest.

Scott
sushrukh
03-01-2008, 02:05 PM
Congrats you two.Show us some pics when you'll get it. :)
bobletman
03-01-2008, 02:38 PM
Congrats you two. Send some pics when you can.
raidersforever01
03-01-2008, 03:06 PM
Hey i said you were awesome and down to earth. j/k
Congrats you two enjoy those prizes.
Schwarz
03-01-2008, 03:07 PM
Congrats guys !!!
Sadasius
03-01-2008, 03:40 PM
Congrats guys!:icon_tiphat:
slugbug
03-01-2008, 04:11 PM
Congrats to the lucky two :icon_tiphat:
darkorb
03-01-2008, 04:27 PM
Congratz!
AJ.
03-01-2008, 04:47 PM
Congrats guys! ;-)
Exilon
03-01-2008, 05:04 PM
Congrats
alfhenrik
03-01-2008, 05:37 PM
Congratulations guys! Enjoy the prizes.
werty316
03-01-2008, 05:42 PM
Ghidora has won the XFX 780I.

Icksol has won the Tagan IB-3220stus-B dual bay SATA II enclosure.
Congrats guys.
Methious
03-01-2008, 05:48 PM
Congrats post up pics when ya get the prizes!
borschtBomber[SS]
03-01-2008, 06:44 PM
congrats guys!!!
Nocutius
03-01-2008, 06:50 PM
congrats
ABerd
03-01-2008, 07:37 PM
Congrats! Let's see some pics!
zachig
03-01-2008, 09:15 PM
CONGRATS Guys!!! :grin: Enjoy your new (AMAZING prizes, mainly the 780i mobo ;-)) and don't forget to share with us some pictures once you actually get your prizes...:icon_tiphat:
peti1212
03-01-2008, 09:44 PM
Congratulations guys! :)
Xantor
03-01-2008, 09:47 PM
Enjoy your new computer components!
Enigmachine
03-02-2008, 12:24 AM
Congrats guys, and if you overclock that stuff to death, don't forget to post pictures of the magic smoke escaping !:)
kitten
03-02-2008, 03:06 AM
congrats :)

*cries and curls into a corner*
CoolZone
03-02-2008, 05:54 AM
congrats to the winners !!!
Arctic88
03-02-2008, 06:56 AM
Congratulations winners!
Santino11447
03-02-2008, 09:36 AM
Congrats to both of you.
CoolZone
03-02-2008, 02:19 PM
I expect some photos of that cool mobo when it arrives
ghidora
03-02-2008, 04:05 PM
I just found out that I won!!! Thanks!!!

I was out all day yesterday and when I got home I just vegetated on the couch. ;-)

I was checking the specs on XFX's site, and have one question (I think I know the answer, but I want confirmation): The memory supported lists DDR2 533, 667 and 800. Can I assume that these are the single rate speed and that the "effective" rate is 1066, 1333 and 1600? It doesn't make sense that they would list the "effective" rate so low or the MB would be requiring some really old/slow memory by today's standards.

Well, I'm off to build a list of new parts (CPU, mem, case, PSU and HDD) to make this thing work. I don't want to cannibalize my existing PC, in case I run into trouble. ;-)

Thanks again!!!
cvasquez
03-02-2008, 04:32 PM
Congratulations...;-)
sushrukh
03-02-2008, 07:28 PM
I was checking the specs on XFX's site, and have one question (I think I know the answer, but I want confirmation): The memory supported lists DDR2 533, 667 and 800. Can I assume that these are the single rate speed and that the "effective" rate is 1066, 1333 and 1600? It doesn't make sense that they would list the "effective" rate so low or the MB would be requiring some really old/slow memory by today's standards.Thanks again!!!

Congrats again & i think the official supported speed is DDR2-800 & anything using of higher than that rated speed, will be Overclocking.Maybe a more knowledgable person than me, can ask your questions, if i'm wrong.
werty316
03-02-2008, 07:34 PM
I just found out that I won!!! Thanks!!!

I was out all day yesterday and when I got home I just vegetated on the couch. ;-)

I was checking the specs on XFX's site, and have one question (I think I know the answer, but I want confirmation): The memory supported lists DDR2 533, 667 and 800. Can I assume that these are the single rate speed and that the "effective" rate is 1066, 1333 and 1600? It doesn't make sense that they would list the "effective" rate so low or the MB would be requiring some really old/slow memory by today's standards.

Well, I'm off to build a list of new parts (CPU, mem, case, PSU and HDD) to make this thing work. I don't want to cannibalize my existing PC, in case I run into trouble. ;-)

Thanks again!!!
No, the effective rates that are officially support are DDR2-533, DDR2-667, and DDR2-800.
ghidora
03-02-2008, 09:17 PM
No, the effective rates that are officially support are DDR2-533, DDR2-667, and DDR2-800.

Are you serious??? That seems low, considering all of the 780i boards listed on New Egg say the effective rate is 1066 which is 533x2. What you are telling my is that the board only supports DDR2 PC2 4200 (266x2 or 533MHz), PC2 5300 (333x2 or 667MHz) and PC2 6400 (400x2 or 800MHz). Those are old RAMs and it seems very odd that a new board would not support PC2 8500 which is DDR2 1066. That just doesn't seem right.
werty316
03-02-2008, 09:33 PM
It does support PC2-8500 which is DDR2-1066, you either have to overclock to reach those speeds or run the memory independently using an unlink FSB:memory ratio.

Reason why PC2-8500 which is DDR2-1066 are officially supported is because DDR2 JEDEC specs go upto PC2-6400.
werty316
03-02-2008, 09:35 PM
Oops, last line wasn't complete.

The reason why memory faster than PC2-6400 (DDR2-800) isn't officially supported is because DDR2 JEDEC specs go upto PC2-6400.
ghidora
03-02-2008, 09:54 PM
DOH! I'm not into OCing, so hopefully it supports an independent memory clock.

I guess it's time to post a question in the XFX tech support area. ;-)
Victor
03-02-2008, 10:57 PM
awesome stuff. For those who didn't win, stay tuned and we may have more awesome stuff coming. (don't quote on me though, Scott is the guy who bring all these awesome prize to you guys:)).

Congrat to the winners.
sushrukh
03-03-2008, 07:07 AM
we may have more awesome stuff coming


Worldwide competitions please. :tongue:
dumdum
03-04-2008, 07:25 AM
well.. grats. HAHA I'm sorta jealous of the 780i board lol.
ZhengHe
03-04-2008, 12:33 PM
Congratulations ghidora and Icksol on your new hardware and I look forward to seeing that new build ghidora. Hope you too enjoy your prizes and have the best of luck in setting them up without any issues.
tomato
03-04-2008, 05:50 PM
Congrats to the winners! :) :) Enjoy your new stuff 8)
slugbug
03-08-2008, 01:25 AM
Has Icksol claimed his Tagan prize? I haven't seen him here in a few weeks.
Andrew1990
03-09-2008, 05:05 AM
Congrats on that awesome board.
Scott Sherman
03-09-2008, 01:41 PM
Has Icksol claimed his Tagan prize? I haven't seen him here in a few weeks.

Not yet.
Andrew1990
03-10-2008, 03:47 AM
Not yet.



Muwahahahaha, does that mean the rest of us have a chance to get this if it is not claimed?
ghidora
03-14-2008, 10:51 PM
Got the MB today! Didn't pull it out of the bubble wrap yet, but it was packaged up pretty well. Now I have to decide when I can afford to drop some cache on parts to build around it, or, do I want to be nice and give it to my brother whose existing PC is about 5 years old and outdated by 6. ;)

Decisions, decisions, decisions...
zachig
03-15-2008, 12:11 AM
First of all...CONGRATS again! :grin: And don't forget to share with us some pictures...;-)
Now I have to decide when I can afford to drop some cache on parts to build around it
I bet you meant cash :lol: :redface:

Anyway, if you don't have the money to "spend" now, just give it to your bro...

On the other end, isn't he too young for such a mobo??? ;-)
ghidora
03-15-2008, 12:22 AM
First of all...CONGRATS again! :grin: And don't forget to share with us some pictures...;-)

I bet you meant cash :lol: :redface:

Anyway, if you don't have the money to "spend" now, just give it to your bro...

On the other end, isn't he too young for such a mobo??? ;-)


LOL...yeah, I meant cash. I just got home from a nice hard day of coding where today I demoed some new security measures that cache information in encrypted form. ;)

As for being too young, he's 33. ;) I, on the other hand, will be 37 the 26th of this month.

Still undecided though. I just dropped $2500 on a pair of laptops for the family on the 25th of last month (6 days before finding out that I one the MB. If I could have waited just a bit longer I would have bought the parts for the gaming rig instead.

If I hand the board off to my bro, I won't be taking pics until he is ready to gather up some parts. And if I decide to do a build, I will probably hold off until I am ready to assemble before taking a few. So, it could be a while. ;)

Dammit, why couldn't the feds send out that $1800 refund now instead of waiting until May?!?!?! It would go straight to the parts and my brother would be on his own.:devildance: LOL
zachig
03-15-2008, 07:27 PM
As for being too young, he's 33. ;) I, on the other hand, will be 37 the 26th of this month.
Oops :redface:...I've just noticed now that HIS PC is 5 years old...:lol: I don't know how come I undestood that your brother IS 5 years old...:redface: So now you can understand why I thought of him being too young to get such a board...;-)
ghidora
03-15-2008, 09:35 PM
Oops :redface:...I've just noticed now that HIS PC is 5 years old...:lol: I don't know how come I undestood that your brother IS 5 years old...:redface: So now you can understand why I thought of him being too young to get such a board...;-)

I didn't even think that was you line of thought. I just thought that you assumed he was younger than me and therefore too young for what "big brother" just won. ;)

In any event, I spoke with him about it today and he doesn't have the money to spend either...LOL So, I told him it will stay here and the first one to get enough to do the build gets the board.:thumleft:
zachig
03-16-2008, 07:40 AM
In any event, I spoke with him about it today and he doesn't have the money to spend either...LOL So, I told him it will stay here and the first one to get enough to do the build gets the board.:thumleft:
That's very kind of you...;-)

Just one more thing...And if it's ME who gets enough to do the build??? :lol: (jk...;-))
sushrukh
03-16-2008, 08:45 PM
Why not any pics ghidora ?
ghidora
03-16-2008, 09:20 PM
Why not any pics ghidora ?
See the below quote from one of my previous posts:
If I hand the board off to my bro, I won't be taking pics until he is ready to gather up some parts. And if I decide to do a build, I will probably hold off until I am ready to assemble before taking a few. So, it could be a while. ;)
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