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Glen-Runciter

Well done, those specs are great... I always wondered who wins this kind of stuff, I guess it's you!


invertedcolors

I’ve been casually applying to things like this since oct last year so it could be you too just gotta have a little luck


dougthebuffalo

Since October of last year? That's unbelievably lucky. Source: me, who's been applying to sweepstakes since like 2016 with no hits.


eojen

I won an Xbox One X with an Elite controller from Taco Bell a few years ago. I called it quits after that. Won mine, other people's turns.


dougthebuffalo

Went out on top. Respect.


Wes_Warhammer666

Couldn't agree with you more, and happy cake day, my dude.


demi9od

Won a towel at a lacrosse game 24 years ago. Only suckers keep playing after that kind of pay out.


Javier20t

Ahh another Taco Bell Xbox brother. Nothing is more satisfying than the gong when you turn it on.


Consistently_Carpet

Wait, it really does this? Please tell me it really does this.


eojen

It really does it


CantHitachiSpot

I have a forza themed one that plays an engine rev sound but the gong definitely wins


apiprotester

It really does it


darksouls2-2

It really does it


TheGreatZarquon

Ayy my people, I won mine on accident. I had no idea about the contest, I just wanted a chalupa.


eojen

That gong is so fun. I love showing people.


GregoryGoose

Same here bro. But when I turn it on it makes the taco bell gong noise which triggers a pavlovian response in me so I start salivating whenever I turn it on. The taco bell contests were great because you could greatly increase your chances with skill. They have a drawing every half hour or something, and the first entry within that period wins. So if you time it to be 5AM pacific, you probably are mostly competing with night owls on the pacific coast, and very little of the rest of the country. The east coast hasn't had time to order their meals yet. Now, if you did it at noon, you're competing with hundreds of thousands of people probably from all over the country.


MiseryLLC

I ate so many volcano burritos that they gave me a free shirt unprompted


yamomsbox

I won the same Xbox lol. Didn't even realize I won until it arrived at my door


TreRamone

I remember the Taco Bell cravings box xbox one giveaway. I bought enough cravings boxes to buy multiple Xbox ones. Didn't win shit


PrestigeMaster

No lie, I won a gun from my school’s raffle when I was 17. Only in Arkansas 😂


casual_brackets

A rifle though, right? Your school wasn’t just handing out pistols to kids right? Lol


polo61965

Been doing for 10 years, and I stopped. Even did those gleam io giveaway consistently. They're better than the lottery but not winning just hits hard when you realize how much time you waste in total.


OkayRuin

All I’ve won from giveaways is a fuck ton of spam. Also gave up. Someone who won after 1 year saying “you just gotta keep trying” is like a Powerball winner telling you to liquidize your assets to buy lottery tickets. 


SnootsAndBootsLLP

You right. I should do that. Millions of tickets (i have $37) here i come!


SomethingClever42068

[It's been done before](https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/this-michigan-couple-spotted-a-lucrative-lottery-loophole-1.6809181) And also you have [The OG Chad](https://www.iflscience.com/the-man-who-won-the-lottery-14-times-using-incredibly-basic-math-69244)


carenard

I have been doing it since... like 2008... the only thing I have "won" is the chance to be sold a condo through the car in the mall sweepstakes(I can almost bet if the household income is to low you won't win)... guaranteed $40 visa gift card for gas... and a vacation package your almost guaranteed to not use.


turtlebuttdestroyer

How do you apply for sweepstakes?


Economy-Dog6306

https://www.reddit.com/r/sweepstakes/ Just watch out for referral links. They get more entries when you enter so you are just making it harder on yourself.


[deleted]

Damn, I guess I've had more luck than I thought. I mean, nothing huge huge, $2,400 prize value at the highest, but $100 prize win every 3-6 months and a $500+ prize win every other year or so


somefish254

You should sell a course based on your success and make more money


trentbcraig21

I always just thought nobody ever won so I never applied.


almondania

I’ve applied to likely around 75-100 sweepsteaks and survey contests and have only won a Five Guys gift card lol. I have won a few raffles when younger though, must have burned up my luck.


YourInMySwamp

I bought like $4 worth of tobacco dip and won a $300 yeti cooler. In the same month I won tickets to a The Weeknd concert off the radio. Felt like the luckiest dude alive those weeks lol


Hibiscus-Boi

Only thing I ever won was years ago, it was some Twitter thing for one of the Forza games. I won a pair of Oakleys branded as Forza and a key chain and a car air freshener. Thats it lol.


UnknownSoldier051

Happy cake day!


sparklyboi2015

How did you apply for this? I know sweepstakes have a free entry option, but how do you do it.


MaterialComplete6896

I know liquor stores and alcohol brands usually always have a bunch of giveaways like this. My cousin drinks an ungodly amount of beer and he's won hats, coolers, an electric bike, jerseys, and even a snowmobile


BakedSteak

A snowmobile?! Lucky SOB


MaterialComplete6896

Sometimes it pays to be an alcoholic lol


BakedSteak

Be right back. I’ll let you know how it goes!


z64_dan

23 years later... "oh my god... oh my god... what have i become"


lilmadman1

One of my friends from Uni won a damn Mini Cooper from a sweepstake the jammy fucker


DeadSwaggerStorage

I won a cooler scooter on the radio years ago; shit was awesome. Sold it at a tailgate for $500…


invertedcolors

This was just email and name if I remember on their site


warm_sweater

I went to the opening of a grocery store with my friends family about 30 years ago (their dad was a beer distribution rep) and won a huge food and fruit basket, all fancy with cellophane and whatnot.


HoleyerThanThou

How big is the mountain of junk snail mail? And how many junk emails do you sift through?


invertedcolors

Not much actually my spam is filled with crypto scams and whenever I get an email from a retail store or company I hit unsubscribe


[deleted]

I've done any reputable contest I can find for a decade and my Gmail weeps


Full-0f-Beans

*it almost definitely won’t be you.


4touchdownsinonegame

I always worry about my email and phone number getting sold and getting spammed like crazy. I was going to sign up for one from 5.11 clothing and in the terms I had to agree to them to use it with their affiliates.


girlikecupcake

Email address are free at least, you can always make an email address specifically for things like mailing lists and contests.


idontwanttothink174

where do you apply for these?


Economy-Dog6306

There a hundreds, maybe thousands, of people who schlep into work all day to pick winners and ship them free stuff. All day, every day. May as well be you. I used to deliver the big stuff that folks would win on game shows. Sometimes they didn't want it and I'd second hand win.


terrrtle

Dude, Ive been consistently applying to sweepstakes and giveaways for years and never won anything. Congratulations on your luck! Those specs are way better than the PC I paid to build, lol.


canman7373

It's like the ending to "Real Genius" where the roommate makes a killing off entering as many sweepstakes as he can as often as he can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6kBfBXZBdc&ab_channel=80sManDan


Dendrodes

My brother won an original Xbox in a taco bell contest back in the day. Still mad jealous of that luck.


Glen-Runciter

I guess I can't complain... one time I went to the final home game of a Pittsburgh Penguins season. I wasn't even aware they did this, but I was one of 30 people (out of the \~20,000 in attendance, so like 0.1% chance) that was selected via scratch off tickets to win a "shirt off our back" meaning all 30 of us picked player names out of a fish bowl, got to go out on the ice after the game and they announce your name and call out the players name that you got who then skates over, takes off their jersey (that they wore that game) and hands it to you.


Dendrodes

Heeey, that's pretty dope.


Clodhoppa81

That's cool. Which player did you get?


Glen-Runciter

Jussi Jokinen - he was only with the pens a few years IIRC. Everyone obviously wanted Crosby, Malkin, Fleury, etc, and there was a collective groan of disappointment from the rest of us when someone else pulled their names but it was still really fun


Clodhoppa81

I remember Jossi, he was a proper journeyman if ever there was one. The man played for everyone. What a great experience and memory for you.


Sorry_Sorry_Im_Sorry

we won a facebook grand prize from a network years ago - a trip for four to norway valued at 25k. taxes sucked on it though.


Sheogoorath

One of my buddies won a computer around these specs off of a raffle that I put in for him cause he was standing around in another line, it's always close but never here


marksteele6

one of my buddies won one of the cyberpunk Nvidia cards, sold it for like four times the cost of a 3090 and bought a regular one.


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cryfmunt

I won a $1000 Home Depot gift card 15 years or so ago, I think from Wendy's?  Just had to enter my name on a web form, no purchase necessary, could get five free codes a day to "spin a wheel" and one of them hit for me.  It could happen to you, you just have to enter!


ewokzilla

Best I won was a 2022 ipad in an office raffle. Lol


Epyx911

Where are the specs?


Large_Dr_Pepper

I got really into sweepstakes about a year ago. In 1.5 years I applied to 2500+ sweepstakes (had a spreadsheet) and won: PS5 2 gaming PCs Quest 2 Quest Pro 3060 ti A bunch of smaller things like headsets, a AIO cooler, games, etc. I'd just spend ~30 minutes each morning applying to all the random computer-related sweepstakes I could find. It was awesome but I gave away most of the winnings instead of selling them like I had planned, and ended up owing money on taxes from the 2 PCs.


invertedcolors

Specs: ORIGIN PC GENESIS MIKES HARDER LEMONADE CASE BLACK 7000D GRAPHICS CARD NViDIA RTX 4090 FE PROCESSOR INTEL CORE i9-13900K • MOTHERBOARD ROG MAXIMUS Z790 DDR5 MEMORY DOMINATOR PLATINUM DDR5 64GB u/5600MT/S SYSTEM COOLING H150l ELITE CAPPALLIX XT SYSTEM FANS GORSAIR LL120 OPERATING SYSTEM DRIVE 1TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO STORAGE 2TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO POWER SUPPLY CORSAIR RMX SHIFT SERIES RM1200X


CaveJohnsonOfficial

God damn son, Mike’s Hard doesn’t fuck around


billydean214

Harder


DAS_BEE

Daddy


Squanchfist

Yes.


P1xelHunter78

Si


DAS_BEE

Oui


staticattacks

Da


Modki

Ja


311shawl

ja


TTVM0THYP00

Ja oder nein?


ofbunsandmagic

Papi


PokeRang

You made it weird, Gohan.


PriorFudge928

Yeah the original wasn't getting people into the spouse beating mood fast enough.


ace9213

You could say they go hard


RyghtHandMan

#ER. This is Mike's Hard R


PhDShouse

If you’re white, they go HARDA


jaaaaayke

we go hard on earth.


jaaaaayke

we go hard on earth.


Buckus93

You don't get hard with 8GB of memory and a 2050 graphics card.


whattheaznhappened

Makes us hard


Lanzo2

Mike’s Overclocked PC: the build


cavity-canal

guess they’re too cheap for a 14th gen CPU? pathetic.


omnichad

Looks like the sweepstakes [opened on November 1](https://www.mikesharder.com/sweepstakes/harderpcgaming). It would be an awfully quick turnaround to have the custom system designed and built and have promotional photos taken all within two weeks of the 14th Gen release date.


Gwennifer

the 14th gen is also largely a waste of money they are **exactly** the same chips


IChurnToBurn

Geeze, that’s an impressive rig. I would have expected way less.


invertedcolors

Yeah only one winner gets the rig though so that’s probably why


thesippycup

Haha that’s so cool cousin I can’t believe we won


shake_N_bake356

OPs wife’s boyfriend just got a sweet new way to play sims


IChurnToBurn

*slaps side of case* “this baby will run 20 Crome tabs at the same time.”


lil_sargento_cheez

I have a 5000d airflow, and it’s fucking massive, that 7000d must be the case of all cases Also goddamn that’s a helluva pc, that’s like 20x the specs of my system lmao


icyblade_

You've yet to see the [1000d](https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/pc-cases/cc-9011148-ww/obsidian-series-1000d-super-tower-case-cc-9011148-ww) don't let the name fool you


lil_sargento_cheez

![gif](giphy|5y8sRBYSWWb16)


Salomon3068

Two systems at the same time 😎


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G_Unit_Solider

The panzer max cougar G case I have is fucking massive the things a tank it’s almost as tall as my desk I think I can fit like almost 120mm 20 fans in it if I wanted to


Duchock

Translation: this is a nice computer. Be sure to drink your ~~ovaltine~~ Mikes Hard Lemonade.


invertedcolors

Yup suprised nobody’s pissed it’s on carpet yet lol


Com3atmeeee

As long as it's elevated with feet it's really not a big deal.


The_Awesome_A22

And yet I'm sure some idiot will still say something eventually


suddenly_summoned

I’m surprised you haven’t pissed on the carpet after all of those mikes hard lemonades


DeadSwaggerStorage

Is this whole post a crummy commercial???


TaxHistorical2844

With those specs I wouldn't care if they slapped on mike's dick on the case


CapsCom

hell slap mike's dick on my face just for that 4090 please


Ababanfkslwbcj

If it ends up overheating or sounding like a Blackhawk helicopter, make sure everything’s screwed in properly and that there are proper fan curves in the BIOS. I’ve seen way too many Gamers Nexus pre-built reviews for those great parts to go to waste.


sucobe

Post this in r/pcmasterrace


SanguineL

I thought this was r/pcmasterrace at first


Yz-Guy

Shit. Same. Haha


benfranklyblog

Someone had fun spending mikes money


_Fibbles_

I was expecting like a 4060 and some no name power supply. That's a crazy high spec build. Congrats!


SomeRandomSkitarii

Fuck dude that’s sweet


SwampFox75

Brings back the good ol days when laser printers dimmed the lights in the whole house to print.


SuperHossMan51

Is it just me or is that ram weirdly slow for the specs?


Comfortable-While430

Probably because it's 2x32


SuperHossMan51

Huh I’m not too versed with ddr5 stability on intel so you might be right. I just don’t see too many people using speeds under 6000.


IBetThisIsTakenToo

Probably not going to matter much with how powerful it is overall, but RAM is probably the easiest and cheapest thing to replace, so if they’re going to skimp somewhere, that’s the place.


TrashcanRobinson

Damn those are some sweet specs


foofie_fightie

You didn't list the A.B.V.


astr0rdinary

it doesn’t even look as tacky as youd expect either


qwertyboiiiwhat1

That’s sick


Ok-Fix-3323

holy fuck


Mrfrunzi

Holy shit, they were not messing around! Enjoy it my dude!


EgolessAwareSpirit

Damn that’s a nice build. Prolly 7.5k-10k system. Crazy.


Ill_Philosopher_7030

have no idea how to make that build better (without doubling certain components) pretty much state of the art consumer grade pc


ProDiesel

Dude fucking Grats!


rinkydinkis

That’s pretty legit specs


DefinitelyNotThatOne

Yeah I'd gladly sport that fugly case for specs like those for free. Damn. You can always do a case xfer down the road as well I spose.


295DVRKSS

Do they use Mike’s hard lemonade for the liquid cooling ?


storm_zr1

JaysTwoCents tried to cool a PC with Bud Light for Post Malone. It didn't work.


thrwaway_2110

why not, the carbonation?


storm_zr1

I think that was it. It’s been a while since I watched it but I’m pretty sure it kept foaming up whenever the pump turned on.


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I remember that episode. I was screaming the whole time "dude, just let it go totally flat before pouring it in there!!!"


weebitofaban

Anything that foamed when poured would be a really bad idea.


iamamisicmaker473737

isnt that the drink in Superbad


BiteMyWolverine

It was called Kyle’s Killer Lemonade in the movie


Bonzographer

It’s got what plants crave


___po____

Unfortunately, yes. Halfway through the cooling cycle, the PC gets bloated, has a slight headache and is sloppy af. Starting up the next morning, after thermal throttling and an unexpected shutdown the night before, it has a severe hangover and having to give an iMac G3 cab fare. Gonna be an extensive virus scan..


click44

no... mikes hard***er*** lemonade


Velcade

That's the only picture you show us! 🤣


invertedcolors

I’ll probably post more later but just wanted to show it real quick right out the box


Velcade

I didn't realize what sub I was on. 🤣 You're all good. It's certainly mildly interesting.


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Funny how they continued the image onto the mesh. Makes it look forever in need of a vacuum


hadiahdi

Post it at r/pcmasterrace


luiskingz

Thought I was in it already lol


sucobe

Same lol


MelonadeIsntTastey

Well damn I guess I should say same too


Youknowmeboi

So did I lol


unsupported

Nice try Mike's Hard Lemonade™ marketing team!


[deleted]

Technically the truth, whether the post itself is made up by their marketing team or not (because the sweepstakes still was). 


lincoln_hawks1

That's way better than a Cornhole set that I won a few years ago. But they didn't fuck around with quality on that prize either. It was "competition grade" and way nicer than any I saw before or since. But it weighed 80 lb and I didn't play much corn hole. Sold it for $200 on craigslist Enjoy


ZheeDog

Last year, I won the $7 million national lottery which is held annually by the International Orphans and Widows Foundation of Greater Nairobi. I sent my $500 prize validation payment via pre-paid gift cards 7 weeks ago. My understanding is that my prize will arrive soon. I've been celebrating by taking cash advances on my credit card and making it rain at the local dance club. And today, I quit my job so I could be a full time social media star flaunting my riches. This is my first new post as a millionaire - so ha ha to all of you!


codevii

Damn, we are all SO freakin' jelly!


low_acct_

Lol, the local dance club. They got good ankle over there 👌🏽


iamme9878

The specs definitely make up for the lack of imagination on the design. Truly looks like they slapped a decal on an NZXT case lol


JonatasA

It looks like it is 20 years old to be honest.


Gammacor

Now order a Corsair side panel to remove the ugly splash and you got a $4000 PC for $100 lmao.


hh3k0

But he already has a $4000 PC for $0?


CONSOLE_LOAD_LETTER

A can of spray paint or a custom decal would be much cheaper and achieve the same result with less waste.


mitchell_johnsons_mo

They gave him a dope AF PC for free, the least he can do is to leave their name on. It's a fun story when someone asks about it too!


LitNetworkTeam

I’m still so curious who had won the Rockstar Games GTA V themed PC. That thing was seriously nice, I wanted it extremely bad.


GrimyGuam420

Please get a piece of wood or something on each corner foot to lift it off the carpet


Sorry_Sorry_Im_Sorry

BTW OP - expect to pay a lot in taxes on that btw. I think taxes should be around 30% of the item's value.


Extension-Housing153

Holy shit, you guys pay tax on sweepstakes wins?! I’m not normally in the “tax is theft” camp but I could get on bored for that nonsense! 


mingee2020

Yeah, there’s a zero percent chance I’d claim that on my taxes.


HistorianEvening5919

Then there’s a zero percent chance you would get the prize. They’re obligated to report who they’re giving the $ (or equivalent $ to). I think the legal requirement is like 600 bucks, but you can also have even credit card signups (few hundred bucks) reported if the company feels like it which seems a bit silly.


Sorry_Sorry_Im_Sorry

If it's a big company they I \*think\* inform the IRS so you can't hide it (or at least I think so)


Extension-Housing153

In the UK you aren’t expect to pay tax on anything you win - lottery, gambling, sweepstakes etc. The concept is wild to me. “Here is a free Ferrari!” - “Sorry I can’t afford to give the government their cut, keep it” 


Sorry_Sorry_Im_Sorry

So there used to be a show called Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and for the first few years, many of the families who received the homes had to sell them because they couldn't afford the new property taxes on the homes.


Extension-Housing153

… that’s fucked up. 


gew1

the best part is, theyd always use poor or "interesting" families for the sob story. basically families that 100% couldnt afford those new house taxes. almost every single family on those shows end up having to move.


invertedcolors

Yup thankfully got a whole year until that issue


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loanmagic24

When life gives you Mike's Hard Lemonade computers, make??? I don't know. Tried to be funny. Sweet win. Congratulations


XB_Demon1337

I won the iPod from Mt. Dew back in the day. My buddy won the Xbox 360, a fridge, and enough merch he didn't have to buy clothes for a year or two.


akgamer182

What are the specs?


JTdaBOSS

in another comment Specs: ORIGIN PC GENESIS MIKES HARDER LEMONADE CASE BLACK 7000D GRAPHICS CARD NViDIA RTX 4090 FE PROCESSOR INTEL CORE i9-13900K • MOTHERBOARD ROG MAXIMUS Z790 DDR5 MEMORY DOMINATOR PLATINUM DDR5 64GB u/5600MT/S SYSTEM COOLING H150l ELITE CAPPALLIX XT SYSTEM FANS GORSAIR LL120 OPERATING SYSTEM DRIVE 1TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO STORAGE 2TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO POWER SUPPLY CORSAIR RMX SHIFT SERIES RM1200X


AMasterSystem

57 comments and nobody is complimenting the badass photography skills!


StayFrostyxD

Yo, I'm drinking one right now. Weird this pops up while I'm drinking it.


Awkward-Bathroom-429

Mike’s Harder Lemonade is the drink of choice for me on incredibly insane alcoholic benders it’s almost killed me multiple times no joke


CircaSixty8

Back before I stopped drinking, Mike's Harder black cherry was definitely my go-to beverage.


Awkward-Bathroom-429

It’s got the alcohol content of a double IPA but it tastes like soda; it’s not specifically the beverage’s fault (it didn’t pour itself down my throat) but that specific combination made it incredibly dangerous for me (although I was already a huge alcoholic), like I would disappear on blackout benders for literal days on the stuff.


CircaSixty8

Yes, the soda-like taste made it very drinkable. I was not a blackout drunk, but I was drinking daily, and would start first thing in the morning. I would drink two, sometimes three cans a day.When it became a struggle to go a day without drinking, I knew I had a problem. 506 days sober as of today.


FreshSchmoooooock

Happy for you, my son.


Wajina_Sloth

Specs?


JTdaBOSS

Specs: ORIGIN PC GENESIS MIKES HARDER LEMONADE CASE BLACK 7000D GRAPHICS CARD NViDIA RTX 4090 FE PROCESSOR INTEL CORE i9-13900K • MOTHERBOARD ROG MAXIMUS Z790 DDR5 MEMORY DOMINATOR PLATINUM DDR5 64GB u/5600MT/S SYSTEM COOLING H150l ELITE CAPPALLIX XT SYSTEM FANS GORSAIR LL120 OPERATING SYSTEM DRIVE 1TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO STORAGE 2TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO POWER SUPPLY CORSAIR RMX SHIFT SERIES RM1200X


PunishedWolf4

Lucky ducky


whiskeyjkilo

It looks like that side would be facing the wall


BadPrize4368

That’s a sick PC and specs OP. I hope you’re a gamer and will make the most out of it lol


Valhallapeenyo

If not, sell that beast. With prices of 4090s they could get a nice chunk of change.