Very close now.... -Steve
CPUfx's contribution just came in, a watercooled 1.4GHz AMD, GeForce3
Powered, Enermax Cased bad ass system, right alongside the kick ass
contributions from BestBuy's finest, and rounded up by the 5 Hercules
GameTheater XP's... wow. I bet you guys are DYING to start bidding.
   
More.... -Steve
We are getting closer to being able to assemble the PC's at least
partially, waiting for everything is the hardest part out of all of this
for sure. UGH!!! I tell you what though, I get the most amazing feeling
of pride knowing we are all coming together to help. If you look at that
donor list, you will see nothing but FANTASTIC people.
   
More arrivals -Steve
Well as the items keep pouring in, I get closer and closer to having
these auctions ready to go... Corsair's
offering of five sticks of 256mb PC2400 DDR arrived as well as the five
wireless keyboards / mice / joysticks from Intel.
It's easy to see how much effort everyone is putting into this effort.
Mon 09.24.01 -Steve
As everything comes in I will get things assembled and ready to roll, I
am putting together the auction pages as we speak as well. I am
HOPEFULLY going to have everything ready by Thursday to start the
auction. We are only waiting on shipping ( stuff to get here ). I am
ALSO going to leave some systems "unassembled" so that the
winning bidder actually has the choice of having us build it or them
building it on their own.
Also, Ritual
Entertainment, id Software
and Raven Software have seriously outdone themselves with their
donations of Autographed Games and Memorabilia. If you are a big Quake 3
/ Team Arena / Duke Nukem / Star Trek: Elite Forces / Soldier of Fortune
/ Heavy Metal fans, you will DIE when you see what we have for you to bid
on.....
Weekend -Steve
Damn near everything major is done.... I still need a few Hard Drives,
and a couple ATX cases. I had attempted to get the cases
locally with no luck. I have two, so I am short 3 ATX cases. Still
working on everything.... this is coming together fantastically.
Remember to shoot me a line HERE
or HERE
if you know where I can get the hard drives or cases. Thanks....
Fri 09.21.01 -Steve
I am so proud of all the people that have come together to make this
possible. this is an amazing show of support and solidarity among the
computer industry, even when we all know the industry has been hit so
hard over the last year, I thank everyone, and I know this is one of the
greatest things I have ever done, with the help of all of you. The
shipments started to arrive today, so the systems will start to be
assembled as the parts continue to some in. Here's a look at some of the
items so far. AMD 1.4GHz processors, VisionTek Video Cards, Ritual
Entertainment Autographed Memorabilia....
Also, there WILL BE SOME DUPLICATE items
arriving, and they will be mated with other parts to form smaller
packages / combo's to bid on. HUNDREDS of you have expressed the concern
that you WANT to participate, but cannot afford a whole system...I am
cleaning out every video card, motherboard, processor, soundcard I own
and pairing them up ( mobo-processor combos / video and sound combos and
individual items )
Thu 09.20.01 -Steve
The first items have started to arrive, we have
gotten a fantastic turn out... still no Hard Drives yet, but I
everything else is rolling in... I am keeping my fingers crossed on my sound
cards too, I haven't heard back from my sound card source, so
that could be a possible "need" too. I should have all the items needed by
Mon or Tue and then the Auction pages will go live for everyone to bid.
I will outline the rules, etc before the auction starts. All Complete
Systems
will have a minimum bid price set very low...but all the Individual
Components will have NO MINIMUM BID, meaning if you bid $10 on an item
that no one else bids on ( or bids lower ) you win the bid.
Tue 09.18.01 -Steve
I am still in dire need for 5 CDROM or DVD drives,
and 5 Hard Drives. . . that should get at least the
construction going with these systems. If you are interested in
sponsoring either the DVD/CDROM drives or the Hard Drives...let me know.
And again, if you know of a sponsor for any of these, feel free to drop
me a line.
Mon 09.17.01 -Steve
I'd like to Welcome and Thank both Overclockers
Hideout, ColdCPU and iCompz
for being the first companies to sign on as donors for the Disaster
Relief Auction. Big slobbery wet kisses are on the way to my friend Levelord
for being the cool m0f0 that he is and being the first game designer
to respond. It just shows you what great companies / people they are for
doing their part in helping us raise money for the WTC Disaster. This
will also make some kick ass systems for you guys to bid on. We are also
looking at individual hardware as well as other prizes, games, etc. I
will update you as I get the news back from the companies / individuals
that are participating. Have a company in mind that you'd like to
see donate their products?? Shoot them an e-mail and tell them to
donate...  .
With everything rolling in, I am getting a good feel of the things I
will need, shortages right now are Hard Drives and CDROM / DVD drives,
So I am on the hunt for those now too, anyone got a line on some, let me
know. I am looking at having all 1.4GHz machines or higher...sweet.
Disaster Relief Auction -Steve
In an OVERWHELMING vote of 882 to 1
, I have decided to attempt a Disaster
Relief Auction. With the help of
the awesome people and companies that have helped us through donations
in the past, I have called on every hardware, software company I
know...and many friends for help doing this.
I am attempting to build 5
Top of the Line
computer systems completely from Donations and
Auction them off for the Disaster
Relief Fund , ALL
proceeds...every bit will be donated to the WTC Disaster Relief Effort.
Hypothermia, and HardOCP will be paying for all the shipping, assembly
and incidental costs as well as a system donated by US. Contact your
favorite Hardware company or Game Company, and ask them to participate.
And an appeal to everyone to help us raise money for the efforts at the
WTC. Need more info...contact
me HERE.
Review Stuff -Steve
I have updated the reviews page with more
reviews...the latest being the Intel 1.2GHz Tualatin CPU. Nice COU, good
review if I do say so myself. I've got some more reviewage coming up
soon as well... I am kicking around an IDEA that I want your opinion on
too...I'll give you more details soon. Check out the reviews page in the
mean time.
Day of Prayer -Steve
Along with HardOCP,
and the rest of the Nation, we observed a day of Prayer
for the victims of the WTC Disaster.
Wed 09.12.01 -Steve
I am not going to start the new "One a Day
for a Week" contest until the FAA clears up all flight
schedules and after normal shipping may resume. As it sits now, I have a
handful of packages that can't go anywhere until everything settles
down. Once flights resume, there will be a massive back-up of things
trying to be shipped EVERYWHERE. So we will wait all this out.... then
the FREE STUFF WILL FLOW AGAIN!!!!
Tue 09.11.01 -Steve
As most of you know, this morning the WTC, the
Pentagon and other U.S. sites have fallen victim to terrorist attacks, I
want to say from everyone here at Hypothermia
and [H]ard|OCP
that our hearts and prayers go out to the friends and families of the
victims of these attacks. And certainly our prayers for the victims. We
have to understand that it's times like these we need to be strong as a
country and band together for strength. Keep our thoughts and well
wishes focus on our families and friends that are stranded in airports
all over the country right now, and hope for their safe return.
Again, our hearts and prayers go out to everyone.
Mon 09.10.01 -Steve
Little late update here.... I am going to start a
new One a Day for a Week Contest soon. . . I am getting my
bearings and taking a little rest while I am posting the news at HardOCP.
I will be spending the next day or two sending out over 25 prizes that
have been won over the last 10 days... sheesh. I never thought giving
away stuff could be so rough!!! I should have everything shipped
by this Friday.
Weekend Action -Steve
Been busy tying up a side contest etc. as well as
contacting my daily winners for the Corsair PC2400 DDR Contest, keeps me
pretty damn busy for sure. I also want to welcome iCompz
to the Weekly Giveaways, iCompz
has been a longtime supporter of the Killer Gaming Rig Contests as
well as other contests and giveaways for you guys, so it's great to have
them onboard for our "One a Day for a Week" stuffs... hell of
a good bunch of guys over there.
Wed. 09.05.01 -Steve
I have a little HardOCP
only contest action going on today....if you are a HardOCP
reader, you can get in on some great giveaway action courtesy of ColdCPU.
The contest is linked nowhere but on the [H]...if you want to get in the
contest, head on over.
Tue. 09.04.01 -Steve
Well, the last contest went off without a hitch. .
. . so lets not waste anytime and get the next contest rolling. This
week we are giving away 7 sticks of 128mb Corsair PC2400 DDR
Memory. Corsair is another of the fantastic companies that show their
fantastic support of the gaming and hardware community by sponsoring
these great contests. Enter here to win some of the fastest DDR Memory
on the planet...
Mon. 09.03.01 -Steve
AAAAHHHHH, what a relaxing weekend... I went on a
long ride with family along the coast of Alaska, smoked a few cigars ( a
"manly" tradition...even though I don't smoke ) on our "Roadtrip"
and basically had a fantastic weekend, totally unplugged... I recommend
everyone do the same every now and again...INCLUDING the cigars .
Weekend -Steve
Well, as promised...here's a little sneak peak at
the goodies offered up for the a HardOCP
/ Hypothermia only
giveaway coming up very soon. Enjoy...
Fri. 08.31.01 -Steve
Have a bunch of stuff lined up for a HardOCP
/ Hypothermia
Giveaway sponsored by ColdCPU
that I was talking about... amazing bunch of stuff for sure. It is not
hard to see what companies are firmly behind the community and which
ones couldn't give a rats ass. I guarantee you, every company you see
participating in a Hypothermia giveaway is honestly behind the community
110%!!! I'll package everything up and give you a glimpse of what is in
store for you guys.
Wed. 08.29.01 -Steve
I have a handful of cooling stuff coming in as well as a chunk of
GeForce2 MX boards courtesy of ColdCpu, I think after I get the
Corsair
PC2400 DDR giveaway done that I'll start up a short giveaway to kind of
break things up. . . sound like a plan?? The Hercules giveaway will
probably follow that and so forth..
Mon. 08.27.01 -Steve
How about kicking off our next giveaway?? Today we have the "30gb
IBM ATA100 HD a Day for a Week" contest... we gave away seven
850MHz Celeron's last week, and we have a whole week of DDR memory
coming up.
We have a ton of great products from some
really cool companies... stay tuned.
Weekend Stuff Part 2 -Steve
The Killer Gaming Rig 5 contest will be
opening soon. . . the KGR5 will be a Pentium based system. Matter
o' fact, it will be the fastest Pentium 4 on the planet at 2GHz coupled with a
TH7II-RAID and 1GB of RAMBUS... go ahead and say it... HOLY CRAP. I'll
be able to give you more details soon... here's a teaser though. And
trust me...with a base speed of 2GHz you can bet will be overclocking
this bad MoFo for all it's worth.
Weekend Stuff -Steve
I will be opening up the "IBM Hard Drive a Day for a Week" ( 7
IBM 30gb ATA 100 Hard Drives ) contest on Monday, so get ready for that
one...the next contest after that will be for 7
128mb sticks of PC2400 Corsair DDR Memory... how'd ya like that?? I have
stuff from EPoX coming up as well as a week of Hercules goodness as
well. I have some really good interview stuff coming up as well....
gonna be a great month...
Asia Update -Steve
Asia has been pretty busy completing the various
movies / projects / photo shoot stuff lately, but my favorite psychologist
( inside joke  )
has just completed a photo shoot and I LOVE this picture.. check it out:
As always... head over to
Hypothermia's Asia Carrera corner
if you want to see more of Hypothermia's most beautiful reader /
fan.
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