INQ wins Build Your Own PC contest

@ 2007/01/10
Now is the time in your life when you learn to appreciate the goodness that is quality control, were the good folk at Tiger Direct/Systemax serious when they said all machines were tested to boot at the same speed?

Yes they were quite serious, my name came up first with a time of 6:47. Breathe, slowly, repeatedly. Then restart heart, the defibrillator is in the corner should that not work. How close was it? Carey came in at 6:52, a difference of a mere five seconds. Al Hernandez of Fox News was third with a time of 7:18. Good job and congratulations to all of them, a mere 31 seconds separated first from third, not enough time to realize you can relax.

Comment from SuAside @ 2007/01/10
i'd say 30 minutes for the average pc.
45 or more minutes if you got lots of drives and want to do some decent wire management.
Comment from jmke @ 2007/01/10
my PC assembly movie http://www.madshrimps.be/files/mad-tank1.WMV didn't do it as quickly as possible though, rather relax total time was close to 30min.
Comment from SuAside @ 2007/01/10
pretty useless contest to give out so much money on :s