(Closed) September Showcase Contest - VOTE for your favorite!

JS_MC

The time has finally come!

Our September build showcase contest submissions period has come to a close. Now the time for you to vote is here!

First things first, we want to thank you for all the amazing submissions so far this month! It wasn't easy to choose a top 5 from all the amazing submissions that we received.

Our staff has selected the top 5 from this month's build contest. Now's your chance to vote for your favorite!

Check out the posts below. (Click the images to go directly to their submission)

Game Room 3.0 - Player 1

Iceberg

Vader - Come to the Dark Side where anything is possible!

Cubism

D4KSYDE

Help us pick the Winners! (Vote Below)

We chose the top 5 based on the We've selected these five builds because of their uniqueness, aesthetic, great cable management, and the passion behind the builders. I know it's a lot, but we used these criteria as a guide for helping us choose what we thought to be the best! Now it's up to you to do the hard work in selecting the winner! Thanks for your help!

Voting will close on 9/25. Until that time, you'll be able to vote for your pick of the top 5.

The the grand prize winner will win a $500 Micro Center gift card, the second-place winner will win a $250 Micro Center gift card and the third-place winner will win a $100 Micro Center gift card.

For more info about this contest check our original post! September Showcase Contest

Cbreezy1101

Iceberg

Good luck to everyone!!

Dzucku

Cubism

Why does this look like an Ikea Showroom contest? 

LastFoodBender

Game Room 3.0 - Player 1

I thought this was supposed to be an actual PC build contest, rather than based on gaming set up?  Seems like most of top 5 are all picked including the whole set up: monitors, accessories, room etc. rather than just the pc build.  Don't get me wrong they look awesome! But just defeats the whole purpose of the contest.  I accidentally voted for game room 3.0 while scrolling (how do I change vote?),  but I really think ICEBERG should win because his is actually about the pc build, which is what the contest is supposed to be about.  Your game set up and monitors, etc. shouldn't even be in photos.  

TSTonyV

Game Room 3.0 - Player 1

Open-air builds are pretty rare around these parts and this one is done very well,  Player 1 has to be my choice this time around. 

BlazerBuddy

Iceberg

There should be a contest where there is a strict budget, as all these people have multi thousand dollar set ups so giving them 500$ wouldn’t be as cool as giving somebody that only has 500$ Pc or 900$ pc. @TSTonyV

TSTonyV

Game Room 3.0 - Player 1

LastFoodBender said:

I thought this was supposed to be an actual PC build contest, rather than based on gaming set up?  Seems like most of top 5 are all picked including the whole set up: monitors, accessories, room etc. rather than just the pc build.  Don't get me wrong they look awesome! But just defeats the whole purpose of the contest.  I accidentally voted for game room 3.0 while scrolling (how do I change vote?),  but I really think ICEBERG should win because his is actually about the pc build, which is what the contest is supposed to be about.  Your game set up and monitors, etc. shouldn't even be in photos.  

Part of this contests description was how the PC fits into your full setup. These were the criteria:

• Photo quality

• Quality of description of the post

• Quality of cable management

• Uniqueness of build or theme

• How the PC fits into the full setup

So at least for this contest the whole setup was in consideration, but I understand where you're coming from. Feedback like this is definitely taken into consideration for possible future contests. 

pecosROB

D4KSYDE

Can't believe my PC made it! Good luck to everyone!

pecosROB

D4KSYDE

Dzucku said:

Why does this look like an Ikea Showroom contest? 

tbh... my desk is totally from Ikea so guilty as charged lol

pecosROB

D4KSYDE

Controller Gang vote for D4RKSYDE (and Wyld Stallyns and DC Comics fans!) lmao

Manipulator

All of these builds are wwwaaaayyyy more than anything I could even dream up, not alone build!!! I wish  I could give a vote for each one!
Congrats to each of the finalist and I wish the best of luck to all!!!

JS_MC

Game Room 3.0 - Player 1

@Manipulator They are pretty amazing and each in different ways! I'm with you, I wish I could vote for each of them!

Cbreezy1101

Iceberg

@TSTonyV What time does voting close on the 25th? And will you guys email the winner?

JS_MC

Game Room 3.0 - Player 1

@Cbreezy1101 Voting will close at 11:59 pm ET - 9/25. You're correct, we'll be emailing the winners!

Cbreezy1101

Iceberg

@LandShark Thank you!!

Dzucku

Cubism

pecosROB said:

Dzucku said:

Why does this look like an Ikea Showroom contest? 

tbh... my desk is totally from Ikea so guilty as charged lol

You're not alone.
For studio/workstation setup - Ikea's furniture got it spot on.

LastFoodBender

Game Room 3.0 - Player 1

Game Room 3.0 - Player 1

LastFoodBender said:

I thought this was supposed to be an actual PC build contest, rather than based on gaming set up?  Seems like most of top 5 are all picked including the whole set up: monitors, accessories, room etc. rather than just the pc build.  Don't get me wrong they look awesome! But just defeats the whole purpose of the contest.  I accidentally voted for game room 3.0 while scrolling (how do I change vote?),  but I really think ICEBERG should win because his is actually about the pc build, which is what the contest is supposed to be about.  Your game set up and monitors, etc. shouldn't even be in photos.  

Part of this contests description was how the PC fits into your full setup. These were the criteria:

• Photo quality

• Quality of description of the post

• Quality of cable management

• Uniqueness of build or theme

• How the PC fits into the full setup

So at least for this contest the whole setup was in consideration, but I understand where you're coming from. Feedback like this is definitely taken into consideration for possible future contests

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I completely understand!  The only problem is that the entries being submitted ends up being about the whole set up.  The photos mainly submitted are the overall view, rather than the actual build.   From most of these post I can tell you how many monitors, etc they have, but I can't tell you much about their pc because there are either no close up parts photo, or none at all, or 95% photos of monitors, chairs, etc lol.  The voting versus random winners is much better though so thanks for considering what people are suggesting!

mmiller2

Game Room 3.0 - Player 1

The contest is now closed! Congratulations to our winners!
First Place: https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/3211/iceberg 
Second Place: https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/3348/d4ksyde
Third Place: https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/2995/cubism
Look out for an email by Monday with next steps to claim your gift cards!