yep, that is some weird typo or something from Antec if they are the ones providing the PSU, word it one way when it can be a different PSU. HCG750 is available in Gold or Bronze..they likely should have come up with a "better" designation such as seaonic does example G-650 means gold 650 ^.^
I'd "give these away" if I had them, too. 'member when Antec was the only one dominating the PC case market? When the green earthwatts PSUs were the most reliable super entry-level PSUs for most builds? Where did their talent and marketing go?
Not saying they're terrible by any margin. They're just very vanilla by most regards and don't stand out in any particular way. If I had to build a PC now, unfortunately none of the parts would ever be Antec. They're neither the most affordable, nor the best performing, nor the most aesthetically pleasing, nor the best value.
Please step it up, Antec! P183 was my first "deluxe" PC case and for the time, it was one of the best models out there aesthetically and was one of the best in terms of noise reduction, when most cases had to have an "alienware" + single color LED fan aesthetic.
Short of Anandtech being borged by someone like verizon (codethulu no), the odds of them ever having a corporate overlord who can afford the lawyers needed to run international giveways legally is just about zero. Likewise for the odds of them getting spun out to someone small enough to not care about the legalities involved.
Agree, should be clear in the title that it is a location restricted Giveaway. Or in other words, that it is available to only a part of the community.
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adamericson - Thursday, October 25, 2018 - link
"Antec’s HCG750 *Bronze*, a fully-modular 80Plus *Gold* rated power supply"I think that's a mistake..
Dragonstongue - Thursday, October 25, 2018 - link
yep, that is some weird typo or something from Antec if they are the ones providing the PSU, word it one way when it can be a different PSU.HCG750 is available in Gold or Bronze..they likely should have come up with a "better" designation such as seaonic does example G-650 means gold 650 ^.^
Ryan Smith - Thursday, October 25, 2018 - link
That's a typo on my part. Thanks for the heads up!DanNeely - Thursday, October 25, 2018 - link
On the gleam.io login page: "Notify me of other Tom's Hardware Competitions"Is this contest being shared with Tom's or was this misconfigured?
jeremyshaw - Thursday, October 25, 2018 - link
Owned by the same company.Ryan Smith - Thursday, October 25, 2018 - link
Just misconfigured. The comms team does contests for both sites.JoeyJoJo123 - Thursday, October 25, 2018 - link
I'd "give these away" if I had them, too. 'member when Antec was the only one dominating the PC case market? When the green earthwatts PSUs were the most reliable super entry-level PSUs for most builds? Where did their talent and marketing go?Not saying they're terrible by any margin. They're just very vanilla by most regards and don't stand out in any particular way. If I had to build a PC now, unfortunately none of the parts would ever be Antec. They're neither the most affordable, nor the best performing, nor the most aesthetically pleasing, nor the best value.
Please step it up, Antec! P183 was my first "deluxe" PC case and for the time, it was one of the best models out there aesthetically and was one of the best in terms of noise reduction, when most cases had to have an "alienware" + single color LED fan aesthetic.
Vatharian - Thursday, October 25, 2018 - link
> 'member when Antec was the only one dominating the PC case market?No. It was at most decent PSU maker.
Just opened the page to see 'US residents only'.
DanNeely - Thursday, October 25, 2018 - link
Short of Anandtech being borged by someone like verizon (codethulu no), the odds of them ever having a corporate overlord who can afford the lawyers needed to run international giveways legally is just about zero. Likewise for the odds of them getting spun out to someone small enough to not care about the legalities involved.Rocket321 - Thursday, October 25, 2018 - link
They do stand behind their products. Sent me a whole new front panel when the power button failed on my SOLO case a couple of years after I bought it.Lord of the Bored - Saturday, October 27, 2018 - link
Mmm... I was moving some retired systems around earlier and found my old Solo. It is still a really nice case.JoeyJoJo123 - Friday, October 26, 2018 - link
It's a shame you weren't around then. The Antec Nine Hundred (despite not being my personal cup of tea) dominated the case market of its day. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N...Just look at those reviews. No other specific case since then was that massively popular.
Dragonstongue - Thursday, October 25, 2018 - link
blekk only US residents...maybe in title of giveaways it can have Community Giveaway US (followed by remainder of info)AdditionalPylons - Friday, October 26, 2018 - link
Agree, the US only should be stated in the title.eurico - Friday, October 26, 2018 - link
Agree, should be clear in the title that it is a location restricted Giveaway. Or in other words, that it is available to only a part of the community.crimson117 - Friday, October 26, 2018 - link
"Source: AnandTech Forums" link is broken.Leads to:
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13517/forums.anandt...
Should probably lead to:
https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/win-an-antec-...
Ryan Smith - Friday, October 26, 2018 - link
Thanks!