Bjorn3D Christmas Extravaganza Contest

Yes it's that time of year again and we have rounded up a ton of high end hardware to make your holiday season a little merrier.

Just a little side note for our valued sponsers, if we missed getting you in the Xmas contest just contact me and let me know what you would like to add to the pot and we will gladly get you in the mix.

We'll get to some pictures and links in a little bit but here's a breakdown of what's up for grabs.

Forum Thread where you need to go to submit entries

Two AMD Dragon platform systems for grand prizes!

Top Grand Prize

• Phenom 2 X4 965 (3.4GHz)
• 8 GB of Corsair Dominator DDR3 Ram
• Gigabyte MA790FXT-UD5P Motherboard
• Two Corsair P128 SSD for Raid0
• Corsair Obsidian 800D Chassis
• Corsair CWCH50 – HS&F Water Cooling Kit
• Corsair CMPSU-HX850 Power Supply
• Coolermaster Advance Sentinel Mouse
• Coolermaster Storm Mouse Pad
• ATI 4870 GPU

All you should need for this rig is stick in your optical drive of choice and your ready to go with a Killer rig. We are not listing the model 4870 GPU because it will be gifted to you from our Editor/Review Manager Methious and since it's not being supplied by a vendor we are not going to list a manufacturer. Here's what he had to say about the prize.

Grand Prize

• Athlon 2 X3 435 (2.9GHz)
• Coolit Domino Water Cooler
• Gigabyte MA790FXT-UD5P Motherboard
• 4GB G.Skill Trident DDR3
• 1TB Seagate Barracuda
• Thermaltake Element V Chassis
• ATI 4850 Aftermarket Cooled GPU
• Seventeem 850W PSU
• Coolermaster Advance Sentinal Mouse
• Coolermaster Storm Mouse Pad

Again all you should need is an optical drive and you are good to go. Now our generous Editor/Review Manager Methious has dipped into his pile of hardware and provided the Athlon 2 X3 435 CPU, 4850 ATI GPU and Seventeem 850W PSU and here's what he had to say about his prizes.

I reviewed the two GPU's, the Athlon 2 X3 435 CPU, and the Seventeem 850W PSU and put them back in the boxes just for this contest. So they have been reviewed but not used for day to day operation. Just my way of giving back a little to the community that means so much to me and Bjorn3D!

Go figure it turns out he's not a heartless hardware slayer after all.

Folding portion Prizes

• Gigabyte P55A-UD4P Sata 3/USB 3.0 Motherboard
• OCZ Gold 4GB i5 Ram kit

As many of you know Scott is the owner of Bjorn3D and has been a passionate folder for Stanford University for years. In the past year his Daughter has had a bout with Hodgkins Stage IVB Cancer and to honor him and his daughter Stephanie we are including a "Folding for Stephanie" sub-contest.

These prizes will only be available to those that fold for Stephanie during the month of December.

Rules for the folding portion only

1. Must have a USA/Canada Shipping Address

2. Must Fold for Bjorn3D Folding Team 41608

3. Must use your forum name with a -Stephanie in it.

4. Must make at least 5 post in the Bjorn3D forums in December. Each post must have "Folding for Steph" at the end of the post.

If you have questions about folding we have a section dedicated to folding in the forum. Folding Link

Here is Stephanies Support page for info about her: Stephanie's Page Good luck to all entering the folding portion.

Now to the brass tacks of things. We did a notification thread for the contest and there was some grumbling about folding for contests. I (Methious) have no tolerance for bickering about contests. Starting today, (Nov 28th 2009) and running through the end of the contest, if you complain about this contest, any portion of it, you will be excluded from the entire contest. PERIOD.

That's just the way it is so complain if you want and I'll yank your name out of the hat so fast your head will spin. If I hear complaining about that rule I will exclude you from contests for my entire time at Bjorn3D. So let's have a little more HoHoHo and a little less NoNoNo.

Prizes

• Five Shattered Horizon Online Game Keys
• Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooler
• Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler
• Top Deck Testing Station (HighSpeedPC) Staff giveaway
• G.Skill Falcon2 64GB SSD
• NZXT Lexus S Chassis

Forum Thread where you need to go to submit entries