Winner of Tom's Enthusiast PC with Vipre Antivirus

USA only again
no kudos for foreign fans? is it really that hard to ship one PC internationally?

so sad isn't? Tom's allways having such a fantastic contest/giveways but only US or US/Canada

its sad but toms already have given a sound explanation for that.
and i am sure if it would have been easier to ship internationally, they would already be doing it.

only for usa ..not at all good then what about other countries..

it's not that great of a build anyway...

really... in a way it seems like this is a USA only site 8(.

ummm what exactly makes this an "enthusiast" PC, I mean free PC's are great but, where's all the neat toys we "enthusiasts" play with.... This would have been a great prize.... last year. (yeah I am a little bitter I can't enter...)

1) Only for USA
2) Seriously? SERIOUSLY? This kind of crap hardware for $1250?! 850W for SLI 460s?! 2500K? 2x2GB RAM? 30GB SSD?!! WHAT THE HELL is wrong with Tom's! *rage*

I'd be more concerned with the fact that it's a Raidmax PSU, .

Meh, not the best Tom's build ever. Then again free is free!

Exactly, its free and though its not the best build, it still will run just about anything out there at max detail and 1080p

Not bad but decent it is. The foreign shipping thing? even if you could enter, that does not means you will be picked I have been visiting this forum for almost 2-3 years never entered such contest yet but what I do want when Im in the states from Tom? Is that HAMMER!!!

very cool, thanks!!!

Really guys? you're on the International site. Don't forget Toms is in other countries. Try those.
For EU stuff go to http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/ And enter the stuff their.
I personally don't go to the UK site (I'm in Americrap) but possibly their freebies will be available to you guys.

Come on guys, you've seen this often enough to know that Tom's would probably love to open up their contests to other countries, but the parasites have passed laws making it essentially impossible. Why else would a U.S. state (Rhode Island) also be excluded?
Anyway, with the exception of a few substituted parts, this is essentially last month's $1K build. If I win it, I'd set it up with just one GPU for my non-gamer wife, who does a lot of video stuff now.

Can I get it without the crappy antivirus?

How much does VIPRE pay you Toms? Just find it funny that it's in the title and the first feature listed for the specs of the computer.

But as for the software, just because you haven't heard of a product, doesn't mean it's not good. Finally looked them up and might consider them in the future.

But right now, Microsoft Security Essentials does me just fine and haven't had any problems, and have used most anti-viruses under the sun. Will also say, since I stopped my "activities" I haven't seen a virus in years

Not the components I would chose, but heck, I'd take it for free

I noticed that there are 2 PSUs in the rules. The Raidmax and "Power: Corsair CX600 V2 600 W ATX12V, EPS12V, 80 PLUS-Certified." Are they really shipping 2 PSUs with this? Is Raidmax THAT unreliable?

*shrug* Not that great a build, but hey, it's free. Would make a great gift for the coming holidays.

If I win the pc, I will remove the Vipre antivrius.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Seems like a good build to me.

I won't complain if it is free.

All I will say is when I read the specs I was like, is this someone's used computer? No pun but gtx 460 rather than 560 and a raidmax power supply rather than an antec or corsair. This will run entheusiast games though but it looks like a mid to low range PC these days to me.

Not complaining though. If I win, I'll definitely game on it. right now I run dual GTX 260 and those aren't Fermi. I'm not sure if GTX 460 supports DX11 but it might and this rig will run RAGE better than my current setup I think, but I could be wrong.

And the Vipre antivirus I haven't tried. Maybe it is worth a shot.

A nice PC...good luck to all that are lucky citizens of the US.

well my rig is a enthusiast rig, I7-970@4.2, sabertooth x58, 2x6970 frozor3, 120gb 510, 12 gigs patriot extreme@2140, 1000w kingwin lazer 80plus bronze and a darkfleet 85 case...........
this rig is what we call mid line gamer, in the buisness of building rigs for people custom.

never any love for canada....

Good for parts I suppose.

For those of us who have better things to spend our money on than "enthusiast rigs," this is not a bad machine. Sure beats my X2 2.8/2GB/x1950 Pro!

C'mon Tom, I'm on this site everyday, its the first thing I do in work! Please try and let foreign fans enter future comps. (Ireland btw)

I'd cannibalize it for a few upgrades.

Very sweet just love it hope i win and good luck all.