Win a Core i7 Gaming Rig from Ballistic Gaming PC!

Posted 11/23/2009 at 3:45pm | by The Maximum PC Staff

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 The happy keeps on coming! We've teamed up with Ballistic Gaming PC, a new boutique PC builder, to give away a sweet Core i7 gaming PC. The people behind Ballistic have actually been building high-performance rigs for over 10 years, working behind the scenes as a contract manufacturer. But now they're bringing their expertise to the consumer market, promising low costs without cutting any corners. This prize rig is powered by a Core i7 920 processor and Nvidia GTX 295 GPU, and will come with a 3 year parts & labor warranty. We're accepting entries for the contest today, and it'll run for two weeks, ending on December 7th. Ballistic Gaming PC officially opens its doors to consumers this Wednesday, so be sure to check out their website.

To get your name into the random drawing, you'll need to become a fan of our Facebook group and write a comment under the post for this Ballistic Gaming PC contest. We'll pick a winner with a random drawing on December 7th, 2009!

Prize system specs: 

Ballistic Gaming PC -- Value $1,616.00

• Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
• Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz
• EVGA X58 LE Edition SLI
• 3GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM
• Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1.792GB
• 750W Dual-SLI compatible Power Supply
• 500GB Western Digital Hard Drive (7200RPM, 16MB cache)
• 20X DVDR Optical Drive
• 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty

3D Vision Bundle -- Value: $549.00

• Nvidia 3D Vision
• Samsung SyncMaster 2233RZ 120Hz LCD

Total Prize Value: $2,165.00

About Ballistic Gaming PC:

There is a new player in the custom gaming PC market space boasting the quality and performance of a boutique builder while offering the most affordable gaming computers on the market. Ballistic Gaming PC is officially opening its doors Wednesday November 25, 2009 and as part of their launch Ballistic has partnered with GamesRadar.com and MaximumPC.com to giveaway two Ballistic high-performance gaming computers starting today which will include Intel's i7-920 processor and NVIDIA's top video card the GTX 295.

Consumers have less disposable income in this current economic climate and so Ballistic offers the best possible deal to make sure their customers are always getting the lowest price. However, Ballistic does the unfathomable by, in addition, offering a 3 year parts & labor warranty with home-grown US based lifetime tech support. Ballistic has taken this simple philosophy and interwoven it into every aspect of its business. In today’s bear economy the idea of opening another ultra high-end, ultra expensive boutique gaming computer company was not very appealing, but the idea of running any company without the quality and service of a boutique vendor seemed downright wrong to Ballistic's founder Paul Singh.

Ballistic Gaming PC got its humble start building gaming and high-performance computers for other companies as a contract manufacture. Over the next 10 years Ballistic's reputation for quality became better known and the number of customers requesting their services increased dramatically. However, rather than stay in simply the business to business market Ballistic made the decision to bring its expertise to the consumer market.

Great customer service and low prices are all important factors to a business, but quality is the lynch pin that ties a business to the wings of success. Ballistic has had 10 years to perfect its 72 hour testing method and it is unlike those at any other boutique vendor not to mention competitors with equivalent pricing; Ballistic utilizes real-in-game testing to make sure that the consumer is receiving a gaming PC that truly provides them with the most immersive experience possible. This includes frame rate monitoring, artifact testing, 24 hour burn-in testing - all of it to ensure the highest quality product for the consumer. Ballistic also carries only the highest quality components because it does not want its customers to suffer through computer issues two years after purchase. "We refuse to carry sub-par components and hardware, it's useless and expensive to us in the final evaluation and annoying to the consumer who is entrusting us with the responsibility of ferreting out bunk products from their computer. We take that responsibility seriously," says Singh.

All of these advantages are wrapped in an incredibly affordable package. Ballistic Gaming PC is a company built around the understanding of the current economy and is offering what a lot of gamers have been asking for a long time; a company that has affordability while maintaining the highest quality and performance. And though these seem to be two opposing ideas that shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence Ballistic Gaming PC and its founder Paul Singh have done exactly that.

Visit www.ballisticgamingpc.com for more information and to explore this new entrant into the gaming PC fray.

MAXIMUM PC BALLISTIC GAMING PC CONTEST
OFFICIAL RULES
 
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

1. SPONSOR: This promotion (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Maximum PC magazine and Future US, Inc. (“Sponsors”), subject to the following terms and conditions.

2. ELIGIBILITY: Contest open to legal residents of the United States (excluding residents of Rhode Island and Puerto Rico) and legal residents of Canada, excluding residents of Quebec.  Void where prohibited by law. Entrants must be at least 18 years of age. Employees of Sponsors, their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, and agents, and foregoing employees’ household or immediate family members (defined as parent, spouse, child, sibling, or grandparent) are NOT eligible to enter Contest. By their submission of entry, participants warrant they are legally entitled and authorized to make such submission, either on their own behalf, or as to information submitted upon the express authorization of another on whose behalf the information is submitted.
 
3. TIMING: Contest begins at 12:01 a.m. PDT on November 23rd, 2009 and continues until 11:59 p.m. PDT on December 7th, 2009. Incomplete or late entries will not be accepted.

HOW TO ENTER: Email us at contests@maximumpc.com, putting “Ballistic Gaming PC Contest” in the subject line and including your complete name, address, daytime telephone number, city, state, and zip code in the body or join our Facebook page at http://facebook.com/maximumpc and submit a comment under the Ballistic Gaming PC Contest post. There is a limit of one entry per eligible participant. Entries become the property of the Sponsors and will not be acknowledged or returned.

5. PRIZES AND ODDS: One Grand Prize will be awarded. The Grand Prize will be a Ballistic Gaming PC with Intel Core i7 920, EVGA X58 LE, Nvidia Geforce GTX 295, 3D Vision Bundle, and a total retail value of $2,165.00

Odds of winning shall be determined by the number of eligible entries received.
Prizes are nontransferable and must be accepted as awarded. Winner will be responsible for all taxes (federal, state, and local) and all expenses not listed herein related to acceptance and use of any prize. Prize will be awarded if properly claimed. Limit one prize per household.

6. DRAWING: Winners will be selected by random drawing from all valid eligible entries received. Drawing will be held on or about December 7th, 2009. Drawing will be conducted by Sponsors, whose decisions on all matters related to the Contest shall be final and binding and within their sole discretion. Canadian entrants selected in any drawing will be required to correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question to be administered by mail or by telephone. Winning is contingent upon compliance with all terms and conditions set forth in these official rules; any entry drawn or any potential winner identified thereby found at any time to fail to comply with these official rules will be held invalid and ineligible for award.
 
NOTIFICATION: Winner will be notified by phone or email within one week following the random drawing. Winner so notified must within ten (10) days of notice of award, complete, execute and return the provided Affidavit, Waiver, Release and Indemnity Agreement including, where lawful, a Publicity Release (plus any additional documents required at the discretion of Sponsors). Failure to comply with the requirements of this paragraph (or the return of any prize or prize notification as non-deliverable) may result in disqualification and in the forfeiture of any right to a prize, in which case prize will be awarded to an alternate by random drawing. A list of winners will be available for six months after the award of prizes by sending a self addressed envelope with sufficient prepaid postage to:
 
MAXIMUM PC
BALLISTIC GAMING PC CONTEST
4000 Shoreline Court, Suite 400
South San Francisco, CA  94080
 
Residents of the state of Vermont and Canada may omit return postage.

8. PRIVACY POLICY: Submissions are subject to standard privacy policy, the terms of which can be found at http://www.futureus.com/privacy.php, which terms and conditions entrants accept and agree to by submission of entries pursuant to these official rules.
 
9. RELEASE: by participating in the Contest and/or accepting a prize, a participant/winner agrees to defend, release and hold harmless the Sponsors and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies, and the foregoing companies’ officers, directors, shareholders, employees, representatives and agents (collectively “Releasees”) from and against any actions, claims and/or liability for injury, loss or damage of any kind, (including the violation or infringement of any proprietary or personal right of any individual or entity) resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in the Contest, and/or the use, acceptance, or possession of a Contest prize, and/or participation in a Contest prize-related activity, including any action, claim or liability arising from the unauthorized submission of any information.
 
By participating in the Contest and/or accepting a prize, a participant/winner consents to and gives the Sponsors the right to use, publish, and display a winner’s (and where applicable a participant’s) name, city and state, and prize awarded, for the purpose of advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes in any media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, and on the Web, without review, notification or approval, all without additional consideration, unless prohibited by law.
 
10. CONDITIONS: Participants agree that by participating they release the Releasees from any liability in connection with: a) Entries that are ineligible as a result of being lost, late, illegible, damaged, incomplete, stolen, postage due, or misdirected: b) Any typographical or other human or technical errors in the offer or administration of the Contest, including but not limited to errors in advertising, these official rules, the selection and announcement of a winner(s), or the distribution/awarding of a prize(s); c) Any omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay, misdirection, damage, injury, technical malfunctions or traffic congestion on the Internet/telephone network, or at any website, or any combination thereof.
 
Sponsors reserve the right to modify these rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the term and conditions of the Contest. In the event that the Contest is infected by a computer virus/worm, or is not capable of running or being executed as planned (as a result of but not limited to an error, omission, defect, delay, misdirection, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, action of entrants, or technical failure) or any other cause which in the sole opinion of Sponsors corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsors reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any suspect entry or entrant and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. In the event of such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension, notice thereof will be posted at the entry website(s) mentioned above, and winner(s) will be determined solely by Sponsors in a random drawing from among all eligible non-suspect and/or non-disqualified entries. In such event, Releasees shall have no liability to any participant who is disqualified due to such an action. Failure to enforce any term of these official rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
 
11. LAW: This Contest is governed by the laws of the United States and is subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrants or Sponsor in connection with any drawing or award, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of, the State of California, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any cause of action by you with respect to the offer (and/or any information, products or services related thereto) must be instituted within one (1) year after the cause of action arose or be forever waived and barred. All actions shall be subject to the limitations set forth in above. The language in these official rules shall be interpreted as in accordance with its fair meaning and not strictly for or against either party. All legal proceedings arising out of or in connection with the offer of these official rules shall be brought solely in San Mateo County, California. You expressly submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of said courts and consent to extraterritorial service of process.