(Closed) NVIDIA GeForce PC Build Showcase Contest - $500 gift card prize

mmiller2

Micro Center and NVIDIA GeForce are teaming up to bring your another PC Build Showcase contest! Submit your PC featuring an NVIDA GeForce graphics card for a chance to win a $500 gift card.

Submit your entries between October 5th and October 31st and then vote for your favorite between November 3rd and November 9th!

We'll select the top 5 based on the following 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

We will announce the top 5 on 11/3 and comment in this thread with a link to vote for your favorite!
Voting will close on 11/9 at 9am EST.

• The winner will be contacted that week
• $500 gift card prize

How to enter (see terms and conditions for full contest rules):

• Join the Micro Center community
• Submit your custom built PC to the PC Build Showcase (see instructions below)
• To qualify as an entry for this contest, the build must include an NVIDIA GeForce graphics card (any generation)
• Once your PC build showcase post is approved (please allow 24-48 hours) post a comment in this thread with a link to your post

How to submit your custom build to the PC Build Showcase

Step 1. Sign in to fill out the build submission form

Step 2. Fill out the build category, name, favorite feature, and description. Include details about the process, what you use your PC for, things you would change, etc.

Step 3. Add a few glamour shots of your completed build

Step 4. Fill in your parts used

Note: You can manually add archived or custom parts. In the example below, I've added an Intel i7-7700K by typing in the "Select CPU" field. Since the part is not listed I then selected "Add Intel Core i7" as seen below in red.

Once you've added your part, you can adjust the price to correctly list what you paid.

Step 5.  Select "Save", then select "Publish" to submit your build for approval

We can't wait to see your NVIDIA GeForce Builds!
Thanks to NVIDIA for working with us on this contest!

Good luck!

Browse NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Cards

See attached contest terms and conditions.

Contest submission window: 10/5/20 - 10/31/20
Contest voting window: 11/3/20 - 11/9/20 

The  winner will win a $500 Micro Center gift card. 

Dragkhan

See below comment

Dragkhan

Here's my entry.  "Pink Flow" build - https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/3838/pink-flow---pink-theme-gaming-pc-build,-sleeper-machine-super-powerful!
GPU is EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Super FTW3 Ultra, Overclocked

Spencer

Here's my setup, not crazy expensive but I'm happy with it!
https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/3902/colortheory
GPU is a Gigabyte GTX 1070 Founders Edition.

Andy2

@Spencer, Not Crazy expensive, has 3 monitors and a nice gaming Pc XD

BlazerBuddy

Here’s my Pc, It may not be the most expensive Pc, and not the nicest of the pcs, but it sure game nicely and I love it!! It is called “Dark Knight”, hope you all like it.
Link- https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/3499/dark-knight--little-bit-of-rgb-is-great,-to-much-and-your-blind-)

Iden

@BlazerBuddy Wow!! I just checked out your build and I love how much enthusiasm you have with it. It really seems like you did the best you could with what you had, it really helps me get away from all those multi thousand dollar builds and shows just how much you can do without breaking the bank a lot!!!. Great Job!!!

Andy2

@BlazerBuddy Your Build looks great and I bet you have a great chance of winning if you can make it to the top 5, but what camera did you use?? Some of the pictures you posted look a little hazy.

BlazerBuddy

Andy2 said:

@BlazerBuddy Your Build looks great and I bet you have a great chance of winning if you can make it to the top 5, but what camera did you use?? Some of the pictures you posted look a little hazy.

Thank you!! I used my dads old iPad camera so the pictures won’t look the best, sorry for that. The pictures look pretty good to me, but I can see some hazyness in the photos. I hope it doesn’t hurt my chances of winning since one of the criteria's was to have good looking pictures.

BlazerBuddy

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Spencer

BlazerBuddy said:

Andy2 said:

@BlazerBuddy Your Build looks great and I bet you have a great chance of winning if you can make it to the top 5, but what camera did you use?? Some of the pictures you posted look a little hazy.

Thank you!!, I used my dads old iPad camera so the pictures won’t look the best, sorry for that. The pictures look pretty good to me, but I can see some hazy ness in the photos. I hope it doesn’t hurt my chances of winning since one of the criteria's was to have good looking pictures.

It looks like all images have a bit of graininess to them, so I don't think it'll pose too much of an issue when voting on builds. I took my build photos on a DSLR and the website only accepted low-resolution JPG images so mine don't look great either. Best of luck to you!

Andy2

BlazerBuddy said:

Andy2 said:

@BlazerBuddy Your Build looks great and I bet you have a great chance of winning if you can make it to the top 5, but what camera did you use?? Some of the pictures you posted look a little hazy.

Thank you!!, I used my dads old iPad camera so the pictures won’t look the best, sorry for that. The pictures look pretty good to me, but I can see some hazy ness in the photos. I hope it doesn’t hurt my chances of winning since one of the criteria's was to have good looking pictures.

It probably won’t hurt the chances a lot, the pictures still look great. The only hurt in chances is the lack of rgb, all the other giveaway, the top 5 and the winner all have a good theme and have lots of rgb. I haven’t seen a winner that hasn’t had tons of rgb with them. You have a decent theme going, but the lack of rgb may hurt your chances. Either way your build looks great and I like it!! 

BlazerBuddy

@Spencer Why Thank you, goodluck to you to!!

Benjamin_Lindeen

Good luck to all, some of your builds were inspiring to say the least.
https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/3925/lockdown-sanity-protector?preview=yes

BlazerBuddy

Andy2 said:

BlazerBuddy said:

Andy2 said:

@BlazerBuddy Your Build looks great and I bet you have a great chance of winning if you can make it to the top 5, but what camera did you use?? Some of the pictures you posted look a little hazy.

Thank you!!, I used my dads old iPad camera so the pictures won’t look the best, sorry for that. The pictures look pretty good to me, but I can see some hazy ness in the photos. I hope it doesn’t hurt my chances of winning since one of the criteria's was to have good looking pictures.

It probably won’t hurt the chances a lot, the pictures still look great. The only hurt in chances is the lack of rgb, all the other giveaway, the top 5 and the winner all have a good theme and have lots of rgb. I haven’t seen a winner that hasn’t had tons of rgb with them. You have a decent theme going, but the lack of rgb may hurt your chances. Either way your build looks great and I like it!! 

Oof. Well no matter if I win or lose, at least I will get to see some cool builds!!

Chris1

BlazerBuddy said:

Andy2 said:

BlazerBuddy said:

Andy2 said:

@BlazerBuddy Your Build looks great and I bet you have a great chance of winning if you can make it to the top 5, but what camera did you use?? Some of the pictures you posted look a little hazy.

Thank you!!, I used my dads old iPad camera so the pictures won’t look the best, sorry for that. The pictures look pretty good to me, but I can see some hazy ness in the photos. I hope it doesn’t hurt my chances of winning since one of the criteria's was to have good looking pictures.

It probably won’t hurt the chances a lot, the pictures still look great. The only hurt in chances is the lack of rgb, all the other giveaway, the top 5 and the winner all have a good theme and have lots of rgb. I haven’t seen a winner that hasn’t had tons of rgb with them. You have a decent theme going, but the lack of rgb may hurt your chances. Either way your build looks great and I like it!! 

Oof. Well no matter if I win or lose, at least I will get to see some cool builds!!

I agree, it would be nice to see a lower end pc win the 500$ Instead of a high end pc. After all, giving someone who has a multi thousand dollar pc wouldn’t be as rewarding as giving someone who only has a $700 or $800 computer.

Chris1

Chris1 said:

BlazerBuddy said:

Andy2 said:

BlazerBuddy said:

Andy2 said:

@BlazerBuddy Your Build looks great and I bet you have a great chance of winning if you can make it to the top 5, but what camera did you use?? Some of the pictures you posted look a little hazy.

Thank you!!, I used my dads old iPad camera so the pictures won’t look the best, sorry for that. The pictures look pretty good to me, but I can see some hazy ness in the photos. I hope it doesn’t hurt my chances of winning since one of the criteria's was to have good looking pictures.

It probably won’t hurt the chances a lot, the pictures still look great. The only hurt in chances is the lack of rgb, all the other giveaway, the top 5 and the winner all have a good theme and have lots of rgb. I haven’t seen a winner that hasn’t had tons of rgb with them. You have a decent theme going, but the lack of rgb may hurt your chances. Either way your build looks great and I like it!! 

Oof. Well no matter if I win or lose, at least I will get to see some cool builds!!

 It would be nice to see a lower end pc win the 500$ Instead of a high end pc after all.

FlameChucks76

Here's mine fellas:
https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/3880/upendo---15-years-in-the-making-(upendo-=-love-in-swahili)

Christian_Agama

Here Is My Build "White Panther":
https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/3975/white-panther
I've put a lot of work and dedication to my build and hope to keep improving it and upgrading it. The name "White Panther" is because of the black and white theme I went with.

Deaner1121

Here is my build which I decided to call "Green Thunder"
https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/3981/my-cool-pc-(the-card-is-a-zotac-1070-founders)

ausboss

Here's my SFF build:  https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/4004/sirius-loops-box

HandsomeMumbler

My Water Hashira build, my first ever attempt at hard tube water cooling 
https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/4058/water-hashira-(demon-slayer)?preview=yes

Juliann6

"City Spectrum Build" - Juliann
https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/4033/city-spectrum-build
Graphics Card - EVGA RTX 3080 FTW Edition

Mikityuk

My First Build!
https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/4027/my-first-build!
GTX 1080 SLI

Gixxer

Here's my build. https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/4057/ryan's-green-pc

OrignalGreywolf

Got my build waiting to be reviewed before I can post the link but I will give a little tidbit of info on it real quick. I have been out of the building for over 16 years as I have been playing on the xbox since Nov 2003 and I decided to get back in last spring and built my system and I have had fun building again. It is an AMD /Nvidia setup with a custom loop(which I have always wanted to do but never too the plunge). Hope it gets reviewed so I can share it with all of you.

OrignalGreywolf

I have called my PC red Dawn because I usually run the red light s with the blood red fluid and the case is black. Let me know what you think and anything you would add or change on the setup. Would love to hear some ideas on it.

https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/4096/red-dawn

nm23

Hi all, here is my build. I am coming from a 3rd gen i7 3770k, paired with a R9 290x. It's been long overdue to upgrade and the timing couldn't be any better. I know that there was new tech coming out but I couldn't wait any longer. I call this build, Yuki. Pleaase enjoy. https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/4170/yuki
To qualify, I have an EVGA RTX 2060 KO Ultra which I plan to step up to a RTX 3070 when it comes out. For now, this build is awesome!

Ean

Iden said:

@BlazerBuddy Wow!! I just checked out your build and I love how much enthusiasm you have with it. It really seems like you did the best you could with what you had, it really helps me get away from all those multi thousand dollar builds and shows just how much you can do without breaking the bank a lot!!!. Great Job!!!

Agreed, it would be nice to see some sub $1000 Pcs in the top 5 this time around😀.

Godsey

Hi all -
This is my first PC build after making the full switch from an iMac and Mac Pro:
https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/4235/professional-video-editing
I'm a videographer with the State Department and needed a workstation that is powerful AND portable.

Since my primary workflow is in Premiere I decided to go with the Ryzen 9 3950X paired with an RTX 2060 Super SC Ultra 8gb. Since I usually travel for work (pre-COVID) I also needed something portable. Hence choosing the Sliger SM580. At 15.8 liters it's pretty compact and easy to transport when I need my workstation mobile.

Cinebench score is 10562 ! Thanks to 1Usmus CTR 1.1. 

KadirO

https://www.microcenter.com/buildpost/4308/first-build-ever?preview=yes