This past month has been insane here at ThinkComputers. At the end of last month we of course redesigned the site and moved everything over to wordpress. At first things went well then our dedicated server completely crashed. So we decided to get new hosting through a company I will not name, but their services were not that good at all. As many of you know the site loaded very slow, sometimes pages would take 30 seconds to load! So after doing some research we decided to try out The Rackspace Cloud. And so far we are very impressed, the site load very fast and we have not had any issues at all. So after all of the moving servers and things like that it is finally getting back to normal here at ThinkComputers. We also had our biggest giveaway ever! At the bottom of this post I will list the winners who have replied to the e-mail t hey were sent. Finally if you were used to the old site you know we had news on the front page, although it is not on the front page anymore it is still on the site, you can take a look at it here. Out of the 17 reviews this month my favorite would have to be the Intel Core i7 860 LGA 1156 Processor Review. It was our first 1156 processor review and we were very excited to review a new processor from Intel.
Popular Content
So what was everyone checking out this month? Let’s take a look…
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1. Install Windows 7 From a USB Flash Drive
2. Sparkle GeForce GTX 260 Plus 1792MB Video Card Review
3. Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 1GB Video Card Review
4. Crucial M225 256GB Solid State Drive Review
5. Chieftec BL-01B PC Case Review
Good to see some of our new reviews getting good traffic!
Traffic Sources
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1. DailyTech
2. Corsair
3. HardOCP
4. PCHardwareBlips
5. Overclockers Club
Thanks everyone for posting our news!
Review Numbers
We posted a total of 17 reviews in November, so who wrote the most?
Stats
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RSS Readers 1046 (+163)
Twitter Followers 384 (+33)
Facebook Fans 60 (+8)
Contest Winners
#1 Commenter – ASUS P7P55D – Lewis Lau
#2 Commenter – Thermaltake Element G – Peter
#3 Commenter – OCZ Memory Kit – G Smith
Random Comment Winners
EN9400GT – Tom B
MA3850M – Nik Parenti
WL-500W Router – Purge
WL-500GP V2 Router – Barry3000
ASUS Triton 85 CPU Cooler – Tech Paul
ASUS DRW-2014L1T Optical Drive – abraXas
TT BlacX Duet HDD Dock – Morange
Twitter Winners
In Win Commander 850W Power Supply – @kioken
Kingston MobileLite G2 – @markscrap
Kingston MobileLite G2 – @lewislau957
Kingston DT 8GB – @gentlesilver
Kingston DT 8GB – @erad1cate
As you can see we are still waiting on replies from a lot of people. If I don’t get them soon I will either pick new winners or just give the prizes to our current winners who actually replied.
I was also one of the Twitter contest winners but my name is not on the list. I won a Kingston MobileLite G2 with 4GB SDHC card. I like the idea of giving the rest of the prizes to current winners 🙂
So less than half the winners claimed their prizes? That's just sad.
I agree, like the idea of getting extra stuff =D.
oh, i think i am listed as winning a wrong prize:
Quote from twitter:
And we have a winner! @lewislau957 was the first one to correctly answer the trivia question today! He won a Kingston 8GB DT Mini10!
I entered and didn't win anything. I'll take one or two prizes off your hands if no one else wants them. 🙂
Yes some people I do not have on the winners list because their prizes have already been packaged up and labeled, don't worry 🙂
How many more comments did lewislau have over me? I'm curious.
I agree since the contest ended more than week ago.
Any word on the remaining prizes Bob? If you're giving the balance to current winners I'd be interested in anything except a case. I already have plenty of those 🙂
Prize hoarding much? 😉
In the past I've won a few cases so I don't really need another.
UPS just delivered the OCZ memory kit. Thanks again ThinkComputers and OCZ 🙂
Still waiting :(, hope it comes soon, because i'm going out of town.
Still waiting :(, hope it comes soon, because i'm going out of town.
Don't worry eden999, I'll be sure to give the board a nice home until you return.
Bob, I still haven't received the case from TT.
Have the Kingston memory cards and readers been shipped?
Still waiting on my prize – after this long, maybe it was a copy of “Duke Nukem – Forever”?
I don't see your name on the winners list, what did you win?
I got the OCZ memory kit 2 weeks ago.
So were the unclaimed prizes redrawn?
I haven't been told, only that I was a winner in the Twitter contest; no idea what I won/from who/when I'll get it; and I have been waiting patiently for a response/answer from Bob since 12/15…..
Has anyone aside from G Smith received their prize, i know i still haven't gotten mine =(
No idea, I haven't seen anyone else post about receiving their prizes. I am still waiting for the Twitter contest prize though. Also no word about the unclaimed prizes.
Still waiting…
Ok an update on everything, ASUS sent all of the prizes to me. Since I was in Vegas for CES they have not been sent out yet. They will very shortly. Also other companies have told me 30-60 days before they send products out.
thanks a lot for the update bob!
Have the Twitter prizes been shipped?
Any word on the Kingston MobilLite G2 card reader kits Bob?
I haven’t received the one I won from the Twitter contest yet.
Sigh, still waiting 🙁
OK, it's 2/8/2010, I haven't received my “prize” and have not received a reply from Bob after numerous emails to him; very disappointed here in NC….
Several Email and Twitter DM's going unanswered. What we have here is a failure to communicate.
Nothing here yet as well. QQ
No sign of the Kingston prize yet. It appears I'm the only one to receive anything from this giveaway. I received the OCZ DDR3 memory kit before Christmas.
Yes, I still think you are. I'm seriously beginning to doubt that the prizes will ever come now. Been 2 months since prizes would be sent out “soon”. Sigh.. o well what can we do >.>” c'est la vie
Bob did mention that Asus sent him all their prizes before CES. I wish the forum was still open.
Still nothing…