They should be announcing the winner tomorrow, but I'll be winging my way to Oklahoma City on a brief trip and will miss it. The Dream PC is in the trusty hands of the test center's Thomas Luong who's putting it through its paces. Acronis True Image 11 and Disk Director 10 showed up and have been added to the software stack. Thanks to Acronis's Stephen Lawton for that.
I couldn't get hold of the Icemat Siberia headphones so I opted for the Creative Fatal1tys instead. Hope you're all not too disappointed. I'll be packing up stuff this weekend, but we may also run some more tests and do an extensive burn in so the main system won't be in the box till next week. I still have to drain the coolant and tidy things up. Hope the winner doesn't get too antsy. 
Cheers, Jon
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jonljacobi
in response to: nethrose
I'd love to do one more video, but I think we did one more than planned anyway. Chris only has so much time. Sigh.
denverbroncosLS247
who is the winner?
KellieCM
in response to: denverbroncosLS247
The winner has not been announced yet. The winner will be notified shortly (by the end of the week) but may not be announced for a couple weeks (depending on timing) until all the legal paperwork has been completed.
denverbroncosLS247
if the first winner does not respond do you pick another one?
trevzy
this would be a 'dream' to win!
bobob
how long does the testing take?
dhruv1117
I hope I win because my computer is the oldest and the slowest computer on the face of earth.
THIS CHANCE ONLY COMES SOMETIMES and I want to take it.
Joephus
In the sound of good sportsmanship (or whatever word describes our desires to snag this PC and gloat in everybody's face), congrats to whoever wins this beast. And if I win it, sorry, but you can't have it. =]
KellieCM
in response to: denverbroncosLS247
The winner has two weeks from the date of notification to respond. If the winner does not respond in that time, we pick another winner and they also have two weeks to respond. So, the short answer to your question is Yes.
lespaulrokker
I may have missed it, or it wasn't posted. Does anyone know what the max resolution of the monitors would be?
nxaw91
in response to: lespaulrokker
1920 x 1200...and I didn't see it posted either..but that was on the NEC website
fourthRegency
in response to: nxaw91
I didn't get no email. I didn't win.
nxaw91
in response to: KellieCM
Kellie, It would be great if you told us when the winner has responded so we can all stop checking our emails every 20 minutes
fourthRegency
in response to: nxaw91
or when an email has been sent to the winner. your killing us here.
KellieCM
in response to: nxaw91
Yes, I will let you know. The winner has not been notified yet.
jonljacobi
in response to: bobob
It takes as long as it takes. I think several hours if all goes right. Then we want to test three or four different memory configs in this case so... Consider it an extended burn in. The system seems super stable.
nxaw91
You know...this is getting more exciting with each new post and every coming second
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i'm getting excited. have fun in oklahoma? i really just want more video of this put together. hopefully the winner will share somehow.