Winners of PCs in Our Dec. 2011 System Builder Contest

By Marcus Yam
published

Contest is closed! Thanks to all those who entered and congrats to the winners listed below.

It's that wonderful time of the year! Yes, the holidays are upon us, but we're referring to the seasonal System Builder Marathon.

We've put together three great PCs with specified budgets, and as we always do, we're giving them all away to three lucky Tom's Hardware readers.

Hit up any of the articles linked below to find the entry form for our contest.

Day 1: The $2400 Performance PC

Winner: Michael Markgraf of Menasha, WI

Day 2: The $1200 Enthusiast PC

Winner: Shawn Seehorn of Salem, OR

Day 3: The $600 Gaming PC

Winner: Alex Chtcherbinin of Jackson Heights, NY

Good luck and happy holidays!

The contest opens on December 18, 2011 9:00 PM PDT and closes on January 4, 2012 9:00 PM PDT.

3 Winners Will Be Chosen Randomly.

DUE TO LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, THIS CONTEST IS LIMITED TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE USA (EXCLUDING RI) AND 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.

UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION WILL ONLY BE USED TO QUALIFY AND CONTACT THE WINNER.

Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.
36 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Marco925
    I gotta stop clicking on these articles. Bloody regulations
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  • silverblue
    This is great, unfortunately the $1,200 machine isn't going to win any fans, let alone want to be won by many people.
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  • amk-aka-Phantom
    To hell with those USA contests; I just saw that Tom's won Samsung's SSD giveaway and is getting 15 (IIRC) 128GB SSDs to give out to its members, and that should be international... please update us on that ASAP! :D
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  • amk-aka-Phantom
    Oh, btw, horribly, horribly ugly cases. And here I thought that nothing looks worse than Cooler Master's HAF series... :lol: And seriously, $40 for a 2x2GB 1600 RAM kit when 2x4GB is just $10 more?! Somebody is really stingy out there!

    EDIT: Haven't checked the prices in a while. Actually, 2x4GB kit is also $40. All the more shame.
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  • James296
    Marco925I gotta stop clicking on these articles. Bloody regulationsGod compels you to click, God compels you to click :lol:

    anyway, these builds are some toms....ummm, you know what, I'm not going to say it because someone will flame me for it.
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  • a_wal
    silverblueThis is great, unfortunately the $1,200 machine isn't going to win any fans, let alone want to be won by many people.
    Really? I for one would love to get a free machine of that caliber, who cares if the processor isnt as good as an i5, its free.
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  • castlefox
    I would love to do some linux gaming on one of those :)
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  • mobrocket
    amk-aka-PhantomTo hell with those USA contests; I just saw that Tom's won Samsung's SSD giveaway and is getting 15 (IIRC) 128GB SSDs to give out to its members, and that should be international... please update us on that ASAP!
    why should it be international...
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  • Lord Captivus
    mobrocketwhy should it be international...cause the company adds on this page are international, that why!
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  • sosofm
    It should be international because a a big number of members are worldwide ,not USA residents. And that is not fair. Id had to be stipulated , if a worldwide member win ,he pay the shipping.
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