This is a pretty big week here at PC Perspective as we released our highly anticipated review of the Intel Sandy Bridge-E and X79 platform.  If you haven't read that over, you need to do so, right away!!  But we also have some impressive gear to giveaway thanks to our friends at MSI and their "Gear Up with MSI" campaign!

What are the prizes?  I know that's what you want to know first...

• 1st Prize
  • MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Lightning
  • MSI Intel X79A-GD65 (8D) Motherboard

• 2nd Prize
  • MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II
  • MSI Intel Z68A-GD65 with PCIE 3.0 & 5 year warranty

Wow, these are some stellar prizes!  First prize basically gets the components required for one of the fastest gaming rigs on the planet while the 2nd prize will be able to play Batman: Arkham City with all the top settings! 

So what do you have to do to win these prizes?  The steps are simple:

1. Make a comment on this post thanking MSI for this kick ass contest!!  That's pretty simple right?  You don't have to register, though we would appreciate it!
2. Like MSI on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MSI.ComputerUS
   1. (Just a hint, they have a lot of Facebook-specific contests throughout the year!)
3. Like PC Perspective on Facebook: http://facebook.com/pcper
4. Follow PC Perspective on Twitter: http://twitter.com/pcper
5. Circle PC Perspective on Google+: http://gplus.to/pcper
   1. (Another hint, comments on our G+ post about this contest get another entry!)

We will pick random winners in our pool of entries on Wednesday, the 7th of December!  Sorry, US and Canada residents only for this one!  If you don't have a Facebook/Twitter/Google+ account commenting here will still enter you.

Oh, and if you haven't seen the other contest MSI is running around the release of Batman: Arkham City, you should check out this page on their site.  Posting a photo of yourself dressed up like Batman has never been so lucrative! 

The Grand Prize for MSI's Batman Photo Contest!!

Winners Announced!!  Sorry about the late update, but we did pick our winners!  The first prize went to use "Equinox2355" and the second prize went to "Deman".  Thanks to everyone for participating and we'll have more contests very soon!!!