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The Dell/Intel XPS M1730 Gaming Laptop Sweepstakes!

DoranM — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:34:18 GMT

Curse.com in collaboration with Dell and Intel are proud to announce the "Dell/Intel Sweepstakes" giveaway! This giveaway will undoubtedly have mobile gamers around the world rubbing their hands together as we give away a Dell XPS™ M1730. This laptop gaming system features dual graphics technology, an super sleek design, and tons of cool features. To enter the sweepstakes, visit http://www.curse.com/contests/dell-intel/enter.aspx and fill in the required information to be entered to win. The sweepstakes will end on April 15th, so be sure and enter before then!

Here's the official post from the Curse.com Sweepstakes page:

Dell/Intel Sweepstakes!

Dell’s XPS™ M1730 is a mobile gaming warrior. With an overclockable extreme edition CPU and dual graphics technology, the M1730 features awe-inspiring design and cooler-than-thou features.
› Find more info on XPS™ M1730: Updated hardware. Lower price.
› Learn more about Intel® Core™2 Extreme Mobile Processor

Grand Prize: One XPS™ M1730 (system value: $2399)
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Extreme X9000 OS: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-bit Graphics: NVIDIA® SLI™ Dual GeForce® 9800M GTX with 512MB GDDR3 Memory Memory: 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz Hard drive: 320GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) with Free Fall Sensor Optical drive: CD / DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW Drive) Screen: 17 inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen Full HD Wireless: Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini Card › Dell’s Privacy Policy

Grand Prize: One XPS™ M1730 (system value: $2399)

Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Extreme X9000
OS: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-bit
Graphics: NVIDIA® SLI™ Dual GeForce® 9800M GTX with 512MB GDDR3 Memory
Memory: 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
Hard drive: 320GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) with Free Fall Sensor
Optical drive: CD / DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW Drive)
Screen: 17 inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen Full HD
Wireless: Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini Card

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BattleForge and Curse Bring You "The ATI Graphics Card Sweepstakes!"

DoranM — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:32:23 GMT

We're proud to announce the BattleForge ATI Graphics Card Sweepstakes! BattleForge is a new RTS/MMO we had the pleasure of reviewing a few weeks back; You can read that at our BattleForge Review page! BattleForge is a fantasy, online only RTS that uses a unique card based interface where players can team up with up to 12 players in co-op. Each digital card represents a unit, building, or spell that can be played in the game and they can be bought, sold, traded, or purchased in a randomized booster pack, all, in-game. We're proud to have teamed up with BattleForge to offer a total of THREE amazing ATI Graphics Cards, a 4870 PCI for first place, and ATI 4850's for second and third place. To enter to win all you've got to do is head over to the BattleForge Sweepstakes Page; submit your info, and wait for April 23rd when the sweepstakes ends to find out if you've won! In the meantime be sure and pickup BattleForge and read our BattleForge Review to learn more about the game!

Win A Reactor Brand Computer Contest Extended Until March 22nd!

DoranM — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:55:05 GMT

Curse and Hardcore Computer are extending the "Win a Reactor Brand Computer" contest until the 22nd of March! This extension period will allow users of our Curse Newsletter one more chance to get in on the action before this amazing contest comes to an end!

Here's the original post with all the juicy contest details:

Every so often we spotlight one of our contests, and boy do we have something special this month! We're currently running a contest with Hardcore Computer. They have agreed to give Curse.com one of their AMAZING! Reactor Brand computers. These desktops retail starting at $3000, and the one they've given us for this contest is base priced at over $6000. We'd like to thank Hardcore Computer for the hardware for this contest and hope our users enjoy trying to win such an advanced piece of hardware.

To signup to win the Reactor PC checkout our Contest Page.

Here's an exclusive look at the computer and the spec sheet for it:

Win A Reactor

Going faster requires more power, which creates more heat. Up until now, going too fast meant overheating your system. With total liquid submersion cooling, the full potential of computer components can be realized. Hardcore gives you more performance for your dollar.

Grand Prize: Hardcore Computer Reactor Desktop

Intel Core2 Extreme QX9770
2 X 2GB (4GB) DDR3 memory modules
2 X nVidia GeForce GTX 280s in SLI
2 X 650W power supplies
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB hard drive
Samsung DVD burner
64-bit Vista Ultimate
1-year standard warranty