Don't bother, AT is a "local" joint. They don't have the necessary reach to be able to organize any kind of contest abroad. Nor will they ever have seeing how things are going for them.
Rest assured the rest of the world exists, and I like it very much.
Unfortunately, their governments exist as well. And each one has its own rules and requirements for running a contest that make it impractical to offer this contest in other regions.
Again, unlike other websites AT does not have a global presence. And given how things are going it also wouldn't make sense for them to bother. Their audience is dwindling even at home.
I haven't tried an AMD chip since the Athlon X2. Sadly, at least at that time, the "myth" of AMD cpu's not working with certain, niche, high value programs turned out to be true. And I had to build a whole second intel machine that really just put the AMD out of use for everything but gaming. Then came Conroe and the death of AMD.
Especially given Intel's shady actions of putting hidden software in our CPU's I'm more inclined than ever to give AMD another shot. This would be the PERFECT WAY for me to confirm that there aren't any niche, power user programs out there that simply don't work on AMD, like there used to be.
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Cfendrick - Friday, December 8, 2017 - link
Nice! I could use a free Ryzen 5 1600X as Christmas is just around the corner.Chaitanya - Friday, December 8, 2017 - link
Can someone living outside US enter if they have a valid US shipping address? I can really use that 1600x.ddrіver - Saturday, December 9, 2017 - link
Don't bother, AT is a "local" joint. They don't have the necessary reach to be able to organize any kind of contest abroad. Nor will they ever have seeing how things are going for them.Holliday75 - Saturday, December 9, 2017 - link
If you plan on having it shipped to the US address I wouldn't ask and just apply. :)Cahors - Saturday, December 9, 2017 - link
Yet another US centric competition. Does the rest of the world not exist or is it just fake news????Ryan Smith - Saturday, December 9, 2017 - link
Rest assured the rest of the world exists, and I like it very much.Unfortunately, their governments exist as well. And each one has its own rules and requirements for running a contest that make it impractical to offer this contest in other regions.
azrael- - Saturday, December 9, 2017 - link
Cue the violins...ddrіver - Saturday, December 9, 2017 - link
Again, unlike other websites AT does not have a global presence. And given how things are going it also wouldn't make sense for them to bother. Their audience is dwindling even at home.GreenReaper - Tuesday, December 12, 2017 - link
No global presence? Pretty sure I'm reading from the UK here. Of course, we're essentially America's Airstrip One nowadays.Comdrpopnfresh - Saturday, December 9, 2017 - link
I would love me some Ryzen for the holidays!Hrel - Saturday, December 9, 2017 - link
I haven't tried an AMD chip since the Athlon X2. Sadly, at least at that time, the "myth" of AMD cpu's not working with certain, niche, high value programs turned out to be true. And I had to build a whole second intel machine that really just put the AMD out of use for everything but gaming. Then came Conroe and the death of AMD.Especially given Intel's shady actions of putting hidden software in our CPU's I'm more inclined than ever to give AMD another shot. This would be the PERFECT WAY for me to confirm that there aren't any niche, power user programs out there that simply don't work on AMD, like there used to be.
HStewart - Saturday, December 9, 2017 - link
CPU without Motherboard - that is makes things different - especially if you don't use AMD in the first placepowersmo - Saturday, December 9, 2017 - link
Well, i could sure use this to replace my aging Athlon 2 3.0ghz cpu.ET - Sunday, December 10, 2017 - link
Just let me win some RAM. The rest I'll buy.insane_sockeye - Sunday, December 10, 2017 - link
I like pieNative7i - Sunday, December 10, 2017 - link
“..open to all US residents“Feels like brown in wrong country. :/
Native7i - Sunday, December 10, 2017 - link
*bornMorawka - Sunday, December 10, 2017 - link
Thanks! I'll enter nowWolfclaw - Monday, December 11, 2017 - link
Nice prezzies, my poor old Plex server could do with an upgrade and keep the kids happy with streaming performance.