UPDATE: Contest is closed! We’ll announce a winner in the next couple of days!! Thanks to all who entered and to our sponsors for allowing us the chance to give away this kick-ass system!
UPDATE 2: Congratulations to user Cameron Berry as they are the winner of the PCAudioLabs sweepstakes sponsored by PC Perspective and Intel!! Thanks to everyone that participated and be sure to stay tuned for more contests right here on pcper.com!
Our fans and readers have supported PC Perspective since its formation in 2004 and even before that back in the days of amdmb.com and athlonmb.com, and because of that support, we have been able to provide you with reviews and information on a continuous basis that we feel are the best in the industry. And when we get the chance to give back to you, we jump at the chance and that is just what happened a couple weeks ago when our long time friends at Intel introduced us to the folks at PCAudioLabs for a sweepstakes of impressive proportions.
For the next two weeks we are giving our readers the chance to win a complete PCAudioLabs computer based on the Intel X79 platform and Sandy Bridge-E!! If you aren’t familiar with PCAudioLabs, here is a rundown of their mission from their website:
PCAudioLabs was formed early in 2000 by Thomas Bolton and Fred Rosenbloom. At the time, they were both working at Steinberg North America in the technical department and they noticed a great need for more educational tools for music production. With a video camera and a desire to inform, they started making in depth tutorial guides to some of the biggest software products in music production. The company was a huge success but it quickly became apparent that even if people knew how to use their software, it wouldn’t be of much help if the computer they were trying to use it on didn’t do its job.
PCAudioLabs built their first custom DAW for world renowned Engineer/Producer Mark Howard and within months they were the hottest system builders in the country. Besides the enormous list of pro users that have chosen PCAudioLabs, AMD, Intel and Microsoft have all turned to PCAudioLabs whenever they have audio needs.
In 2007, PCAudioLabs tripled in size, moving into a new location and increasing staff to meet demand. By NAMM 2008, PCAudioLabs was not only the supplier of PC’s for music software giants Steinberg and Cakewalk, but also hardware manufacturers such as Roland, Yamaha and Euphonix.
Although our task is technical, we know our staff needs to be able to relate to you and your situation. That’s why not only are the people who will build your system experts in computing, they are also musicians. In fact, any person you e-mail or speak to at PCAudioLabs makes music, so you’ll never have to worry about asking a musical question and getting a technical response – we speak your language.
Inside this brand-new generation of Rok Box you’ll find an Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E processor along with a great Intel DX79TO motherboard. Kingston has supplied 16GB of DDR3 memory to keep your audio creation rolling even with a ton of applications loaded up. Storage is powered by a 240GB Intel 510 SSD as well as dual 1TB spinning drives for recording and sampling simultaneously. ASUS has provided the GTX 560 Ti CUII TOP graphics card and the entire system is powered by an 850 watt Antec High Current Pro power supply. In total, the system from PCAudioLabs will retail for right around $3,000!!
That isn’t all though as PCAudioLabs has included full versions of software required for audio production including Cakewalk Sonar X1 Essential, Native Instruments Komplete Element’s, IK Multimedia’s Amplitube FREE and much more. The software alone is valued at more than $600 bringing the total value here to over $3,600! See the PCAudioLabs website for more details.
I am sure you are interested in the system itself so we have created a short video to go over the hardware as well as the software included in this bundle – check it out!
Without a doubt you are wondering what you have to do to win this system. The steps are simple:
- Visit the PCAudioLabs Facebook page at http://facebook.com/pcaudiolabs, "Like" it and leave a comment on the wall if you want as well, thanking them for supporting PC Perspective and the audio creation community. They are supporting PC Perspective by giving us this system and allowing US to support YOU with the giveaway, so get over here and support THEM!
- Leave a comment on this PC Perspective post below (registration is not required, though recommended) telling us and the PCAL crew what you plan to do with this system, how you’ll utilize its power in your audio creation projects, etc. What will the Rok Box improve or make easier for you?
- And if you want to follow us for more PC hardware news and upcoming contests you can do so at several locations. http://twitter.com/pcper http://facebook.com/pcper and http://gplus.to/pcper
That’s it! Our sweepstakes will run between today at end at 12:01am EST on March the 6th. If you don’t have your entry in by then, you are out of luck. We will pick a random winner from the comments and ship the system out that week in March. You are responsible for any taxes / tariffs but we’ll cover the shipping to anywhere in the world.
A HUGE thanks goes out to our friends at PCAudioLabs and Intel for making this possible and we hope you all appreciate the work that goes into putting something like this on. Also, thanks goes to Antec, ASUS and Kingston for their support as well.
Good luck to everyone and happy audio editing!!
Thank you PCAudioLabs for
Thank you PCAudioLabs for supporting PC Perspective. I wouldn’t have a clue on how I would use a system like that. Perhaps I would use it to aid a friend with his band.
Awesome I would use it to
Awesome I would use it to play swtor!
Hey nice Vid, This would make
Hey nice Vid, This would make my old socket 775 be a kids pc. And it would help me edit family vids and many others.
Awesome Sweepstakes
Awesome Sweepstakes
Thank you pcaudiolabs for
Thank you pcaudiolabs for your gracious offer to PC Perspective. It would be awesome to have a new computer to finally be able to transfer my video off my JVC mini DV tapes to my computer. Currently my PC crashes every time I try to import the videos.
Good luck to all and thank you.
Well to be honest the 560ti
Well to be honest the 560ti isn’t gonna power my triple monitor setup so I’ll swap it out with my dual GTX470’s Then I’ll have a system to dominate both audio and visual!
I’d use it to reencode video.
I’d use it to reencode video.
I am just getting started
I am just getting started with editing and this would be phenomenal!
“”SWEET SYSTEM””
First,
“”SWEET SYSTEM””
First, shouts go out to
“”PC AUDIO LABS and AUDIO CREATION COMMUNITY””
for this badass system.
I do a lot of DJ work for a club. My current system is ok, but cannot handle anything processor demanding. I would love to replace this with the prize give-a-away system. I can see my family, friends, and even the police showing up at my door telling my to turn the volume down. LOL
Please pick me, I’ll finally
Please pick me, I’ll finally be able to create my next level beats.
Wow an awesome system!
Wow an awesome system! Honestly I don’t have much music talent but can definitely use this system to do family video editing and of course some serious gaming! Thx for the opportunity.
I would love to win this!I
I would love to win this!I just got speakers and a reciever for Xmas and This would be great for my new audio system!
I would love to win this!I
I would love to win this!I just got speakers and a reciever for Xmas and This would be great for my new audio system!
I would use this to get back
I would use this to get back into music mixing and producing, as well as step my video editing with a more powerful system.
Congratulations to the
Congratulations to the winner! (:
to make some serious 3d
to make some serious 3d ambience for games no more neglecting sound effects there just as important as graphics too many games not only have lack luster sound at times but lack any real ambience seeing but not hearing it’s like world without contrast absolutely flat. aspiring artist & game designer
I would use this as a home
I would use this as a home audio/radio server to replace my 12 year old Dell Dimension 8100. I stream live LAPD radio over the internet.
We’ll see the payoff on all
We’ll see the payoff on all those music lessons for the kids and see what we can come up with. Send that system over here!
I would build a new computer
I would build a new computer for my children with this so they could learn how to build a computer and allow them to learn how to edit music and video using various program that they are not exposed to at school
It would be great to have a
It would be great to have a dedicated, worthy audio system for just home entertainment and music. Very nice system for the aspiring musician!