The Excitement Begins at Midnight Tonight!
Micro Center to Give Away Twenty $2,700 Half-Life II Super Gaming PCs
Micro Center and ABIT Computer join forces with AMD, Chenbro, Centon, ATI, Plextor, Maxtor,
Seasonic, Logitech and Microsoft to bring to game enthusiasts the biggest Half-Life ll giveaway
Micro Center today announced that it is celebrating the launch of Vivendi Games' Half-Life II by joining forces with ABIT Computer, maker of the complete family of award-winning ABIT Engineered mainboards and multimedia products, to give away twenty $2,700 Half-Life II Super Gaming Systems. What's more, Micro Center will begin midnight madness events at the stroke of twelve tonight to mark the introduction of Half-Life II where customers can also win an ATI Radeon X800XT Platinum Edition 256MB AGP Graphics card ($499 value). Midnight madness events will be held at Micro Center's location at Bethel Road (Columbus), Dallas and Fairfax, Virginia. Created with Half-Life II gamers in mind, the Half-Life II Super Gaming System is built on the AMD Athlon 64 3800+ processor platform and features ABIT's acclaimed AV8 motherboard.
Created with Half-Life II gamers in mind, the Half-Life II Super Gaming System is built on the AMD Athlon 64 3800+ processor platform and features ABIT's acclaimed AV-8 motherboard. The AV8 is ABIT's version of the VIA K8T800 Pro performance chipset based on AMD Athlon 64/64FX Socket 939 K8 CPU platform. With SATA RAID, Dual DDR400, AGP8X/4X, IEEE1394, Gigabit LAN, µGuru, and Guru Clock, this board is the performer of the year. Using AMD's groundbreaking Hyper Transport Technology and gushing with extra capacity and peripherals support as well as first class onboard sound, this board is the foundation for a truly superb system.
Half-Life II Super Gaming System Specification:
a.. ABIT AV8 motherboard
b.. AMD Athlon 64 3800+ processor
c.. Chenbro Gaming Bomb II Aluminum case
d.. Centon 1GB Dual Channel PC 3200 gaming memory
e.. ATI X800Pro 256mb AGP graphics card
f.. ATI HDTV Wonder TV Tuner card + Antenna
g.. Plextor 12X Dual-Layer DVD+/-R/W drive
h.. Maxtor 120gb SATA HDD
i.. Seasonic 400W Super Tornado PSU
j.. Windows XP Professional operating system
k.. Logitech Cordless MX Duo (Keyboard/Mouse)
l.. Logitech X530 Speakers
m.. $2,723.89 retail value
To enter to win one of 20 Half-Life II Super Gaming Systems, Half-Life II enthusiasts need only visit their nearest Micro Center location and test-drive the system.
More details are available on-line:
http://www.abit-usa.com/news/2004/20041115.php
For more information on ABIT and BulletProof Technology, go here:
http://www.abit-usa.com
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http://www.microcenter.com 
