Tom's Hardware's Haswell-E-Based Builder Sweepstakes

[Au_equus]

1. DS
2. Origin
3. Falcon NW

 

[swiftleeo]

Well I entered.

 

[zcat]

I like mini-itx and micro-atx systems these days, and am not a fan of show-off plexiglass sides, so I'd choose, in this order:
1) Falcon Micro (microatx)
2) Velocity Micro
3) Xotic PC

 

[jolo69]

Digital storm- Maingear-Cyberpower

 

[swiftleeo]

Digital Storm, NCITX, and AVADirect were great.

 

[s0378ck3]

For me the AVA Direct build is my favorite. The case and commitment to low price is beautiful. You can always add more components later as you get paid. The next one on my list was the MainGear for it's sleak industrial design and good cooling compontents. The last one on my list is the Digital Storm. It is packed with goodness and great components creating a very high quality (and high dollar) system

 

[jeff_lee4]

1. Maingear - Engineering
2. Cyberpower - Price
3. NCIX

 

[lunyone]

Here are the ones that I'd consider if I had the $:

CyberPower PC Gamer Infinity 8000 $2299
NCIX ROGueX Tier 2 $3619
AVADirect Core i7 X99 Low-Noise Custom Gaming System $1937.49

The rest of the systems are too much $ for what you get, IMHO, but that is just my opinion.

 

[tch]

Cyberpower - Performance/$
Maingear - Best Looking
NCIX - Simplicity

 

[videobear]

NCIX
Falcon Northwest
Workstation 4

 

[feidv]

1>Digital Storm
2>NCIX

 

[voodoochicken]

Maingear looks awesome, Puget looks like Johnny 5, Velocity Micro looks like it's on a skateboard

 

[Guest]

Well, considering the voting page didn't work for me, I'd like to vote for the Maingear system, the CyberPowerPC system, and the Xotic system.

 

[Nugget712]

I guess this is where we list the 3 we like best?
Digital Storm
Maingear
Falcon Northwest
I like them all, but these 3 popped out to me . Gosh I would love to have one!

 

[realibrad]

NCIX
Maingear
CyberPower PC

 

[Stza]

Where do you vote? link at the end brought me strait to the contest signup

 

[peckiro]

I would probably choose the Velocity Micro machine simply for the fact the system is built in a Lian Li case. Once you pop for a top of the line Lian Li you get pretty spoiled. The others in this contest are some great systems, but the case does it for me.

 

[panders4]

CyberPower PC looks best on cost.

 

[DynamoNED]

Excellent PC's all, but my three choices are:

1.) NCIX - It's almost exactly what I would build if I were to do it myself.
2.) CyberPower - Cramming that much power into an NZXT Source 340 is a feat in and of itself.
3.) Falcon Northwest - An X99-based LAN box? Yes, please!

Honorable mention to the AVADirect system and the Digital Storm Aventum system, for demonstrating how to make excellent X99 systems on a budget and with no limits, respectively.

 

[philtulju]

velocity micro - classy

 

[ridgey]

1: Falcon Northwest - price doesn't matter in a small package
2: NCIX - balanced
3: CyberPower PC - budget performance

 

[scook9]

I always seem to lean towards more premium systems with custom water cooling - that is what I built for myself. That being the case, (while I am not a fan of the large price premiums) I would lean towards:

Maingear Force
Digital Storm Aventum II
OriginPC Genesis

These builders all demonstrated considerable attention to detail and build quality in their systems and that is something I both appreciate and respect. I think that a system should be a work of are almost and not just a mess of cables and tubing thrown into a case.

 

[mwardx2]

Maingear. DigitalStorm, and Cyberpower

 

[yyk71200]

Digital storm
Falcon
Maingear

 

[Snipergod87]

1) NCIX
2) Maingear
3) Velocity Micro