Happy New Year TPU- enter to win a $50 Steam gift (ended 1/2/2023- congrats to the winners!))

Norton · Jan 1, 2023

Hello again TPU hope everyone is doing well and having a nice holiday season

I'm going to extend the holidays a little by giving a member a $50 gift* to get in on the Steam Winter Sale (ends 1/5).

Requirements:

- TPU member in good standing prior to December 1st, 2022
- have a minimum of 50 posts
- post in this thread stating- I'm in! (or similar- close counts)
Optional- share a holiday giving story, a great gift you once received, or anything holiday related

*Note- gift will be in the form of a Steam gift card/code, Paypal gift, or other format (dependent on winners locale)

Winner will be selected this Monday evening (1/2) at around 8pm (Eastern US)- Done!

AND THE WINNER IS....
@Hugis

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Hugis said:
Count me in !

And WB @Norton , good to see you around again mate

AND we had a second chance drawing (results/details in the links below):

Happy New Year TPU- enter to win a $50 Steam gift (ended 1/2/2023- congrats to the winners!))

I'm in! Thanks to Norton for the opportunity and Happy New Year to everyone.

www.techpowerup.com

Happy New Year TPU- enter to win a $50 Steam gift (ended 1/2/2023- congrats to the winner!))

I'm in! Thanks to Norton for the opportunity and Happy New Year to everyone.

www.techpowerup.com

THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO POSTED IN!!!!

Good Luck everyone!!! :toast:

FreedomEclipse · Jan 1, 2023

Lets Go Reaction GIF by The Lonely Island

(im in)

oldwalltree · Jan 1, 2023

I'm in!

kilo · Jan 1, 2023

Hello everyone. I don't have any great holiday story about something I received but my kids loved all the Legos they got. We got a Lego friends rocket ship with 200+ pages of instruction and took all of 4 hours to construct. Very good constructive family time putting it together. It even lasted 2 straight days without being deconstructed.

If I happen to win, I would probably get my kid factorio since he loves that game on my steam account.

damric · Jan 1, 2023

Eh, I gave one of my buddies a Ryzen/Radeon crunching rig yesterday for folding, after I ran it through HWBOT ofc.

Microsoft has been gifting this error to my own personal folding rigs, every day like it's the 12 days of Christmas.

lightning70 · Jan 1, 2023

I want to join, please add me.

izy · Jan 1, 2023

Code:

I got a quantum computer for Christmas
It still hasn't worked out what to do

lightning70 · Jan 1, 2023

I'm in!

Nuckles56 · Jan 2, 2023

I'm in

Some of the things I was doing at Christmas showed some shortcomings with my current main rig so I'm going to give it a bit of an upgrade (a 5900x and 64GB of RAM, plus maybe another M.2 drive), so Merry Christmas to me

Count von Schwalbe · Jan 2, 2023

Sign me up!

Work holiday story - had a job site get flooded due to low temperatures and rolling blackouts over Christmas weekend. Fun times.

Norton · Jan 2, 2023

Count von Schwalbe said:
Work holiday story - had a job site get flooded due to low temperatures and rolling blackouts over Christmas weekend. Fun times.

I feel that... years ago I spent a Christmas eve (8pm thru about 3am Christmas day) dealing with a flooding sewer pump station dry pit. Had to call in pump trucks when the sewage got high enough to blow the 480 volt 3-phase power!

AMF · Jan 2, 2023

I'm in! have pity on the poor fools!

GINGLE BALLS HANNIBAL SMELLS BA LAID A TURD , FACE MAN BLEW A WHEEL AND MURDOCK SAVED THE DAY, AND LYNCH GOT AWAY A!!!!!!!!!

Soup` · Jan 2, 2023

I'm in!

Nordic · Jan 2, 2023

Im in!

GerKNG · Jan 2, 2023

I'm in!

neatfeatguy · Jan 2, 2023

kilo said:
Hello everyone. I don't have any great holiday story about something I received but my kids loved all the Legos they got. We got a Lego friends rocket ship with 200+ pages of instruction and took all of 4 hours to construct. Very good constructive family time putting it together. It even lasted 2 straight days without being deconstructed.

If I happen to win, I would probably get my kid factorio since he loves that game on my steam account.

I'm not joining, just posting.

My daughter got 6 different Lego car sets this Christmas (nearly 4k Lego pieces) and she put then all together in about a total of 24 hours. 1 Ghostbusters car (2352 pieces alone) and 5 different race cars. I thought they would have kept her busy longer....

AsRock · Jan 2, 2023

I'm in.

Thank You!, still waiting for my gift as Amazon is being a ass shipped but no date crap still.

Kids are away so no story there either, how ever the story of silence is nice

.

shovenose · Jan 2, 2023

I’m in. So generous of you

Shrek · Jan 2, 2023

I'm in!

My Son would be mad with me if I did not try.

It is very kind of you to make all this possible.

Melvis · Jan 2, 2023

Im in!

I just gave a $25 gift card to a girl I like so she isnt mad at me anymore so this would help greatly lol

R-T-B · Jan 2, 2023

I'm in. Why not? Love ya Norton. I'll have to give away something soonish... been too long.

Hyderz · Jan 2, 2023

count me in please

there was snow where i am currently living
my daughter is 2 years old and i was able to drag her around the apartment complex in the snow with the sled
she was having so much fun, one of the best gift i could have received

dogwitch · Jan 2, 2023

count me in.

WhiteNoise · Jan 2, 2023

I'm not in but here to say thanks! Good luck everyone!

Candor · Jan 2, 2023

I'm in!

System Name	Main PC- Gamer- Main Cruncher/Folder and too many crunching/folding rigs
Processor	Ryzen 5900X- Ryzen 5950X- Ryzen 3950X and etc...
Motherboard	Asrock X570 Extreme4- MSI X570S Tomahawk MAX WiFi- MSI B450M Bazooka Max and etc...
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S (dual fan)- EK 360 AIO with push/pull fans- Corsair H115i RGB Pro XT and etc...
Memory	2x16GB GSkill FlareX 3200/c14- 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance 3600/c16- 2x16GB Team 3600/c18 and etc..
Video Card(s)	MSI Gaming RX 6800- Asus RTX 3070 TUF OC- MSI Ventus GTX 1660Ti and etc...
Storage	Main PC (1TB WD SN850- 2TB PNY CS 3040- 2TB Seagate Firecuda) and etc...
Display(s)	Main PC (2x24" Dell UltraSharp U2414H)
Case	Phanteks P600s- Seasonic Q704- Fractal Meshify C and etc...
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z625 THX 2.1 speakers
Power Supply	EVGA 750 G3- SeaSonic DGC 750- EVGA P2 850 and etc...
Mouse	G300s
Keyboard	Corsair K65
VR HMD	N/A
Software	Windows 10 Pro or Ubuntu
Benchmark Scores	Why sit on the Bench when you can get in the game and Crunch!!!

System Name	Codename: Icarus Mk.VI
Processor	Intel 8600k@Stock -- pending tuning
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strixx Z370-F
Cooling	CPU: BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 {1xCorsair ML120 Pro\|5xML140 Pro}
Memory	32GB XPG Gammix D10 {2x16GB}
Video Card(s)	ASUS Dual Radeon™ RX 6700 XT OC Edition
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Display(s)	LG GP850-B
Case	Corsair 760T (White)
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V573\|Speakers: JBL Control One\|Auna 300-CN\|Wharfedale Diamond SW150
Power Supply	Corsair AX760
Mouse	Logitech G900
Keyboard	Duckyshine Dead LED(s) III
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

Processor	5800x3D
Motherboard	x570 Extreme 4
Cooling	Deepcool AK620 Digital
Memory	2x16 Crucial 3200 Mhz
Video Card(s)	4070 SUPER FE
Storage	500 GB WD SN750 / 870 Evo 500 GB / Kingston 480 GB SSD
Display(s)	Alienware 34 aw3418dw / ROG Swift pg27q
Case	Corsair 3000D
Power Supply	Seasonic V3 1000w
Mouse	Model O
Keyboard	GMMK Pro w/ SP Magic Girls
Software	WIndows 10 Pro

System Name	Regular PC \| Server HP Z440
Processor	9700k \| E5-2698v3
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X-CF \| Stock mobo
Cooling	Scythe Mugen 5 rev. B \| Stock HS
Memory	32 GB (8x4) \| 112 GB (8x2 + 16x6)
Video Card(s)	RTX 2070 Super \| K4000
Storage	970 EVO+ 1TB \| 860 1TB x2
Display(s)	XV340CK x2, 1080p x2
Power Supply	Corsair RM750x \| Stock
Software	Windows \| Proxmox 7

System Name	Main
Processor	Ryzen 5950x
Motherboard	B550 PG Velocita
Cooling	Water
Memory	Ballistix
Video Card(s)	RX 6900XT
Storage	T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PRO
Display(s)	Samsung UE590
Case	QUBE 500
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z623
Power Supply	LEADEX V 1KW
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710
Keyboard	Huntsman Elite
Software	11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	https://hwbot.org/user/damric/

Happy New Year TPU- enter to win a $50 Steam gift (ended 1/2/2023- congrats to the winners!))

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

Happy New Year TPU- enter to win a $50 Steam gift (ended 1/2/2023- congrats to the winners!))

Happy New Year TPU- enter to win a $50 Steam gift (ended 1/2/2023- congrats to the winner!))

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

oldwalltree

kilo

damric

lightning70

izy

lightning70

Nuckles56

Count von Schwalbe

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

AMF

Soup`

Nordic

GerKNG

neatfeatguy

AsRock

TPU addict

shovenose

Shrek

Melvis

R-T-B

Hyderz

dogwitch

WhiteNoise

Candor

System Name	Office,Home and Game PC
Processor	Intel Core i5 12600k Up to 4.9 GHz
Motherboard	Z690 Gaming X Gigabyte DDR4 Version
Cooling	Fuma 2 Air Cooler
Memory	32GB DDR4 2x16 3600 MHz Patriot Viper Steel RAM
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and RTX 3070
Storage	512 GB M2 PCI Ex 3.0 NVMe SX6000 Pro, 1TB NV2 Kingston M2 PCI Ex 4.0 and 4TB WD Blue SATA 3.0 HDD
Display(s)	27 inç 75 Hz LG
Case	Cooler Master MB511
Audio Device(s)	Creative 2+1
Power Supply	750W 80+ Bronze PSU High Power Element
Mouse	Logitech Wireless
Keyboard	Microsoft
VR HMD	N/A
Software	Windows 10-11

System Name	Storm Wrought \| Blackwood (HTPC)
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900x @stock \| i7 2600k
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 Aorus Pro WIFI m-ITX \| Some POS gigabyte board
Cooling	Deepcool AK620, BQ shadow wings 3 High Spd, stock 180mm \|BQ Shadow rock LP + 4x120mm Noctua redux
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 2x32GB 4000MHz \| 2x4GB 2000MHz @1866
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Storage	SX8200 Pro 1TB, 1TB KC3000, 850EVO 500GB, 2+8TB Seagate, LG Blu-ray \| 120GB Sandisk SSD, 4TB WD red
Display(s)	Samsung UJ590UDE 32" UHD monitor \| LG CS 55" OLED
Case	Silverstone TJ08B-E \| Custom built wooden case (Aus native timbers)
Audio Device(s)	Onboard, Sennheiser HD 599 cans / Logitech z163's \| Edifier S2000 MKIII via toslink
Power Supply	Corsair HX 750 \| Corsair SF 450
Mouse	Microsoft Pro Intellimouse\| Some logitech one
Keyboard	GMMK w/ Zelio V2 62g (78g for spacebar) tactile switches & Glorious black keycaps\| Some logitech one
VR HMD	HTC Vive
Software	Win 10 Edu \| Ubuntu 22.04
Benchmark Scores	Look in the various benchmark threads

System Name	Work Computer \| Unfinished Computer
Processor	Core i7-6700 \| Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Dell Q170 \| Gigabyte Aorus Elite Wi-Fi
Cooling	A fan? \| Truly Custom Loop
Memory	4x4GB Crucial 2133 C17 \| 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB 3600 C26
Video Card(s)	Dell Radeon R7 450 \| RTX 2080 Ti FE
Storage	Crucial BX500 2TB \| TBD
Display(s)	3x LG QHD 32" GSM5B96 \| TBD
Case	Dell \| Heavily Modified Phanteks P400
Power Supply	Dell TFX Non-standard \| EVGA BQ 650W
Mouse	Monster No-Name $7 Gaming Mouse\| TBD

System Name	MR T System price 2280$
Processor	Ryzen 9 3900x 4.7Ghz boost pbo +50 enabled 325$ - offset auto voltage llc auto cpu and soc
Motherboard	ROG STRIX X570-E Gaming 125 $ open box
Cooling	280mm ARCTIC FREEZER II idle temps 25c cpu 28c cpu diode 20c vrm 25c motherboard b stock 60$
Memory	2x 16GB Dual rank G Skill Trident Z Neo F4-3600C16-16GTZNC @3800 1.395v 16-19-16-20-38-58-1T $96
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Storage	500 GB WD SN850 PCI-E 4.0x4 85$ pcie16x4
Display(s)	V505-J09 Vizio 4k HDR 299$ oc 5hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max G Full Tower Tempered Glass 150$
Audio Device(s)	TV junk ewww
Power Supply	Seasonic SS-1250XM2 Bought in 2013 350$ 11 y/o hasnt lost any voltage or watts
Mouse	Logitech ERGO Trackball 35$
Keyboard	Corsair K57 50$
VR HMD	Dont give a damn about vr
Software	win 11 free hehe
Benchmark Scores	8188 multi 540 single cinebench r20

Processor	Intel i7 2600k @ Stock
Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Pro 3
Cooling	Corsair A70
Memory	16GB DDR3
Video Card(s)	Nvidia Geforce GTX 970
Storage	1x Samsung 860 Evo 250GB, 2x WD 1TB HDD
Display(s)	Samsung 2253BW
Case	Silverstone RL06
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x

Processor	7800x3d
Motherboard	Gigabyte B650 Auros Elite AX
Cooling	Custom Water
Memory	GSKILL 2x16gb 6000mhz Cas 30 with custom timings
Video Card(s)	MSI RX 6750 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
Storage	Adata SX8200 1tb with Windows, Samsung 990 Pro 2tb with games
Display(s)	HP Omen 27q QHD 165hz
Case	ThermalTake P3
Power Supply	SuperFlower Leadex Titanium
Software	Windows 11 64 Bit
Benchmark Scores	CB23: 1811 / 19424 CB24: 1136 / 7687

System Name	Sunk Cost Fallacy
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASRock B650E Steel Legend Wifi
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360 Rev. 7
Memory	2x16GB G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO 6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900 XTX Vapor-X
Storage	WD Black SN850X 1TB + 2x 2TB, 2x 4TB Crucial MX500, 4TB Samsung 870 Evo.
Display(s)	Alienware AW2723DF, LG 27GR93U, LG 27GN950-B
Case	Lian Li O11 Air Mini
Audio Device(s)	Bose Companion Series 2 III, Sennheiser GSP600 and HD599 SE - Creative Soundblaster X4
Power Supply	bequiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1500w Titanium
Mouse	Logitech GPRO X Superlight & G502 X
Keyboard	Corsair K65 RGB Mini, Razer Black Widow V3 TKL
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S

System Name	Personal / HTPC
Processor	Ryzen 5900x / i5-4460
Motherboard	Asrock x570 Phantom Gaming 4 /ASRock Z87 Extreme4
Cooling	Corsair H100i / stock HSF
Memory	32GB DDR4 3200 / 8GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	EVGA XC3 Ultra RTX 3080Ti / EVGA RTX 3060 XC
Storage	500GB Pro 970, 250 GB SSD, 1TB & 500GB Western Digital / 2x 4TB & 1x 8TB WD Red, 2TB SSD & 4TB SSD
Display(s)	Dell - S3220DGF 32" LED Curved QHD FreeSync Monitor / 50" LCD TV
Case	CoolerMaster HAF XB Evo / CM HAF XB Evo
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G35 headset
Power Supply	850W SeaSonic X Series / 750W SeaSonic X Series
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Black Microsoft Natural Elite Keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 / Windows 10 Pro 64

Processor	AMD 3900X \ AMD 7700X
Motherboard	ASRock AM4 X570 Pro 4 \ ASUS X670Xe TUF
Cooling	D15
Memory	Patriot 2x16GB PVS432G320C6K \ G.Skill Flare X5 F5-6000J3238F 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	eVga GTX1060 SSC \ XFX RX 6950XT RX-695XATBD9
Storage	Sammy 860, MX500, Sabrent Rocket 4 Sammy Evo 980 \ 1xSabrent Rocket 4+, Sammy 2x990 Pro
Display(s)	Samsung 1080P \ LG 43UN700
Case	Fractal Design Pop Air 2x140mm fans from Torrent \ Fractal Design Torrent 2 SilverStone FHP141x2
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V677 \ Yamaha CX-830+Yamaha MX-630 Infinity RS4000\Paradigm P Studio 20, Blue Yeti
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime TX-750 \ Corsair RM1000X Shift
Mouse	Steelseries Sensei wireless \ Steelseries Sensei wireless
Keyboard	Logitech K120 \ Wooting Two HE
Benchmark Scores	Meh benchmarks.

System Name	Sierra ~ Server
Processor	Core i5-11600K ~ Core i3-12100
Motherboard	Asus Prime B560M-A AC ~ MSI PRO B760M-P
Cooling	CM 212 Black RGB Edition ~ Intel Stock Cooler
Memory	64GB (2x 32GB) DDR4-3600 ~ 32GB (4x 8GB) DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon RX 6950 XT ~ EVGA GeForce GTX 970
Storage	4TB Samsung 990 Pro with Heatsink NVMe SSD ~ 2TB Kingston NV1 NVMe SSD + 500GB WD Blue SATA SSD
Display(s)	2x Dell S2721QS 4K 60Hz ~ N/A
Case	Asus Prime AP201 - Open Frame Chassis
Power Supply	Thermaltake GF1 850W ~ Thermaltake Smart 500W
Software	Windows 11 Pro ~ Proxmox VE
Benchmark Scores	Laptops: Dell Latitude E7270, Dell Latitude 14 Rugged 5420.

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Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 3647h
Memory	16GB DDR3
Video Card(s)	Asus NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 (fan-less)
Storage	2TB Micron SATA SSD; 2TB Seagate Firecuda 3.5" HDD
Display(s)	Dell P2416D (2560 x 1440)
Power Supply	12V HP proprietary
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

System Name	Night Rider \| Mini LAN PC \| Workhorse
Processor	AMD R7 5800X3D \| Ryzen 1600X \| i7 970
Motherboard	MSi AM4 Pro Carbon \| GA- \| Gigabyte EX58-UD5
Cooling	Noctua U9S Twin Fan\| Stock Cooler, Copper Core)\| Big shairkan B
Memory	2x8GB DDR4 G.Skill Ripjaws 3600MHz\| 2x8GB Corsair 3000 \| 6x2GB DDR3 1300 Corsair
Video Card(s)	MSI AMD 6750XT \| 6500XT \| MSI RX 580 8GB
Storage	1TB WD Black NVME / 250GB SSD /2TB WD Black \| 500GB SSD WD, 2x1TB, 1x750 \| WD 500 SSD/Seagate 320
Display(s)	LG 27" 1440P\| Samsung 20" S20C300L/DELL 15" \| 22" DELL/19"DELL
Case	LIAN LI PC-18 \| Mini ATX Case (custom) \| Atrix C4 9001
Audio Device(s)	Onboard \| Onbaord \| Onboard
Power Supply	Silverstone 850 \| Silverstone Mini 450W \| Corsair CX-750
Mouse	Coolermaster Pro \| Rapoo V900 \| Gigabyte 6850X
Keyboard	MAX Keyboard Nighthawk X8 \| Creative Fatal1ty eluminx \| Some POS Logitech
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 7 Pro 64/Windows 10 Home

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Processor	Ryzen R9 7950X
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans...
Memory	64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310
Storage	2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs
Display(s)	55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display
Case	Thermaltake Core X31
Audio Device(s)	TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless
Keyboard	WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps
Software	Gentoo Linux x64

System Name	Custom
Processor	i9 9900k
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 arous master
Cooling	corsair h150i
Memory	4x8 3200mhz corsair
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 EX Gamer White OC
Storage	500gb Samsung 970 Evo PLus
Display(s)	MSi MAG341CQ
Case	Lian Li Pc-011 Dynamic
Audio Device(s)	Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	850w Seasonic Focus Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G403
Keyboard	Logitech G110

System Name	heat
Processor	2990wx
Motherboard	MSI X399 SLI PLUS ATX
Cooling	Thermaltake Floe Riing RGB 360 TT Premium Edition 42.34 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Memory	128gb
Video Card(s)	2 2080s
Storage	100 tb
Case	Asus TUF Gaming GT501 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply	1200 cosair plat