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post #1 of 861
4/11/12 at 1:19pm
Thread Starter 
Good morning Notebook Forum members! We've once again got a great opportunity for you to pick up some great gear from Intel. winknudge.gif

Due to the popularity of the past two giveaways, we'll be giving away two 240 GB 520 Series SSDs to a couple of members (who must reside in either the US or Canada, excluding Quebec)


Much like in our other recent contests, to be eligible to win you simply need to make a post in this thread answering the following questions:
Quote:
1) Do you prefer to build your own PC’s or buy a branded system?
a) Prefer to build my own
b) Prefer to buy a branded system

2) How often do you replace or upgrade your PC?
a) Every year
b) 12 – 18 months
c) 18 months – 2 years
d) 2 – 3 years
e) 3 years or longer

3) How important do you feel an SSD is to system performance?
a) Extremely important
b) Pretty important
c) Not very important
d) No impact on performance at all

4) [Canadian residents] What is 120 plus 45 divided by 4 minus 11?

Also, if you're curious about Intel's latest 313 Series drives, the following info from Intel should give you a bit of background:
Quote:
Optimize PC responsiveness with the Intel® SSD 313 Series caching solution featuring Intel® Smart Response Technology, a feature which enables storage I/O caching by moving frequently used blocks of disk information to an SSD - providing dramatically faster access to user data than the hard disk alone can provide. The end result: your PC can take full advantage of the hard drive capacity and receive a boost in boot times and application launches for faster overall system responsiveness similar to that of an SSD-only system. And because SSDs reduce spinning up of your hard drive, the Intel SSD 313 Series delivers high performance with low power. With powerful Native Command Queuing that enables up to 32 concurrent operations and proven Intel architecture, the Intel SSD 313 Series drastically outperforms traditional hard disk drives.

Full terms and conditions can be viewed here


Good luck to all! Entries will be closed at midnight PDT on May 15th, and winners will be announced/contacted shortly after.

We have winners! Congratulations aliaskary77 and Treelord!!
post #2 of 861
4/11/12 at 1:35pm
Bring them on good people. Wait , I need to unlock the thread winknudge.gif

cheers ...
post #3 of 861
4/13/12 at 12:01pm
Aight, I'm in again. I keep trying, I have to win sooner or later.


1. a) build my own
That way I get just what I want, no cutting corners on PSU/vid card, whatever.

2. d) every 2-3 years
A bit of a red herring though: I tend to replace components much faster. Call it....a mid-cycle refresh between new machines.

3. a) extremely important
I recently saw the light. Put a crapola 64 GByte Crucial value-line SSD in my system, put only my OS and some program files on it, and holy crap windows boot times went from minutes to seconds. I am a believer. Nothing, and I mean nothing, boosts overall system performance more than putting your programs on an SSD instead of a hard drive.

4. I am not Canadian (they rejected my application), but my American Answer (tm) = 120.25 +/- 8 furlongs.
120 + 45 / 4 - 11 = (order of operation) 45/4 + 120 - 11 = 120.25
If you disagree with this American Answer (tm) we'll Liberate the Heck out of you.
post #4 of 861
4/13/12 at 12:06pm
1st contestant. Good luck G5

cheers ...
post #5 of 861
4/13/12 at 12:09pm
1.) A: I build my own systems I prefer to know what each and every part is.

2.) C: Closer to the two year mark, sometimes slightly over 2 years.

3) A: Though I have yet to get one myself I have read all the postings about the boost and have used a few systems. It is an amazing bump in performance.

4) Not Canadian
post #6 of 861
4/13/12 at 12:10pm
I love these good people smile.gif

cheers ...
post #7 of 861
4/13/12 at 3:40pm
Once again, we in the old world are left out.
post #8 of 861
4/13/12 at 5:23pm

1) Do you prefer to build your own PC’s or buy a branded system?
a) Prefer to build my own

2) How often do you replace or upgrade your PC?
d) 2 – 3 years

3) How important do you feel an SSD is to system performance?
a) Extremely important

4) [Canadian residents] What is 120 plus 45 divided by 4 minus 11?

120 + (45 / 4) -11 = 120.25

post #9 of 861
4/13/12 at 10:47pm
1) Do you prefer to build your own PC’s or buy a branded system?
b) Prefer to buy a branded system

2) How often do you replace or upgrade your PC?
e) 3 years or longer

3) How important do you feel an SSD is to system performance?
a) Extremely important
post #10 of 861
4/14/12 at 10:38am
1) Do you prefer to build your own PC’s or buy a branded system?
a) Prefer to build my own

2) How often do you replace or upgrade your PC?
a) Every year

3) How important do you feel an SSD is to system performance?
a) Extremely important

4) Not Canadian!

Cherryville!
post #11 of 861
4/14/12 at 11:13am

1) Do you prefer to build your own PC’s or buy a branded system?
b) Prefer to buy a branded system

2) How often do you replace or upgrade your PC?
e) 3 years or longer

3) How important do you feel an SSD is to system performance?
a) Extremely important
 

post #12 of 861
4/14/12 at 1:31pm
1) Do you prefer to build your own PC’s or buy a branded system?
a) Prefer to build my own

2) How often do you replace or upgrade your PC?
d) 2 – 3 years

3) How important do you feel an SSD is to system performance?
a) Extremely important

4) [Canadian residents] What is 120 plus 45 divided by 4 minus 11?
Being not Canadian, I'd have to say the answer is 42 azz.gif
post #13 of 861
4/14/12 at 1:50pm
Nice Hitchiker's Guide reference, Oly laugh4.gif
post #14 of 861
4/14/12 at 9:13pm

1) Do you prefer to build your own PC’s or buy a branded system?
a) Prefer to build my own

2) How often do you replace or upgrade your PC?
c) 18 months – 2 years

3) How important do you feel an SSD is to system performance?

b) Pretty important

4) [Canadian residents] What is 120 plus 45 divided by 4 minus 11?

I am not Canadian

post #15 of 861
4/17/12 at 6:47am

1) Do you prefer to build your own PC’s or buy a branded system?
Prefer to build my own

2) How often do you replace or upgrade your PC?
3 years or longer

3) How important do you feel an SSD is to system performance?
Extremely important
 

4) What is 120 plus 45 divided by 4 minus 11? [US Resident, however the rules require an answer]

120.25

post #16 of 861
4/17/12 at 10:52am

 

1) Do you prefer to build your own PC’s or buy a branded system?
Prefer to build my own

2) How often do you replace or upgrade your PC?
2 – 3 years
3 years or longer

Depends on the situation at the time of replacement such as new generation of something coming out, financial situation, system needs, etc


3) How important do you feel an SSD is to system performance?
Extremely important
Makes the system much more responsive.

4) [Canadian residents] What is 120 plus 45 divided by 4 minus 11?

120 + 45 / 4 - 11 = 120.25

post #17 of 861
4/17/12 at 10:53am
1) Do you prefer to build your own PC’s or buy a branded system?
a) Prefer to build my own

2) How often do you replace or upgrade your PC?

b) 12 – 18 months

3) How important do you feel an SSD is to system performance?
a) Extremely important
post #18 of 861
4/17/12 at 10:56am

1) Do you prefer to build your own PC’s or buy a branded system?
a) Prefer to build my own <-- Definitely like to piece it together from the best parts


2) How often do you replace or upgrade your PC?
e) 3 years or longer <-- I like mine to last so that I can maximize by investment

3) How important do you feel an SSD is to system performance?
a) Extremely important  <-- It's made a huge difference in my current system with Windows 7 Pro!

 

4) [Canadian residents] What is 120 plus 45 divided by 4 minus 11?  <-- N/A, not Canadian!

post #19 of 861
4/17/12 at 11:11am
1) Do you prefer to build your own PC’s or buy a branded system?
b) Prefer to buy a branded system

2) How often do you replace or upgrade your PC?
c) 18 months – 2 years

3) How important do you feel an SSD is to system performance?
b) Pretty important
post #20 of 861
4/17/12 at 11:18am
1) Do you prefer to build your own PC’s or buy a branded system?
b) Prefer to buy a branded system

2) How often do you replace or upgrade your PC?
d) 2 – 3 years

3) How important do you feel an SSD is to system performance?
b) Pretty important
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