Intel consistently improves computer performance year over year for everyone, from students to artists, business people to gamers. Not surprisingly, Intel is also critical to your success at the most intensely demanding activity for any computer: PC Gaming. Enter for a chance to win a high performance, Intel powered, gaming computer from Intel and Best Buy.

All gamers are welcome

What kind of gamer are you? It’s been said that variety is the spice of life and there are many kinds of PC gamer. Some people stick exclusively to simple PC games that work on any machine; others prefer highly demanding PC games they play on custom built water-cooled machines with the fastest Intel processor available. A recent study concluded that there are six distinct types of PC gamers:

  1. Alpha: Highly enthusiastic, cross-platform, social, influential, and competitive gamer; high knowledge of PC components especially as it affects gaming.
  2. Purist: PC-centric, preferring stationary, immersive gaming; likely to customize PC hardware.
  3. Enthusiast: passionate about the latest gaming trend, loves PC Gaming but also mobile/smartphone gaming; moderate hardware knowledge
  4. Pragmatist: hobbyist preferring stationary/solitary gaming; knowledgeable about hardware but pragmatic about which computer works for their needs
  5. On-the-go: gaming on the go is most important; satisfied with easy to use PC products
  6. Casual: gaming is a quick escape and usually a stationary activity; not very knowledgeable about PC hardware

Think about where you fit into this framework, and what kind of games you most like to play.

Gaming is better with Intel inside

Take a look at the selection of Intel powered gaming laptops and gaming desktop computers available at Best Buy and you’ll see an awesome selection. In fact, your gaming will improve with any one of those machines thanks to the power of the Intel processor inside. Three winners of this contest will soon find that out for themselves!

There will be one grand prize winner of an ASUS Zephyrus S Thin Gaming Laptop and two additional prize winners of an Alienware m15 Laptop. All prizes have the fantastic Intel i7-9750H processor inside—one of the fastest processors available for a laptop!

ASUS Zephyrus S Thin 15.6″ Gaming Laptop (Intel i7-9750H/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/NVIDIA RTX 2060)
Alienware m15 15.6″ Laptop (Intel Core i7-9750H/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/GTX 1660 Ti)

 

How to enter

Entering this contest is easy but you can only enter once. In a comment below, tell us which type of gamer you are (based on the descriptions above: Alpha, Purist, Enthusiast, Pragmatist, On-the-go, Casual) and which Intel powered gaming desktop or laptop sold at Best Buy is the machine of your dreams!

What can I win

At the end of this contest we will draw three winners from all eligible entries. One winner will receive the grand prize ASUS Zephyrus shown above; the other two winners will each get the Alienware m15 shown above.

This contest will run from March 27th to April 12th.

Remember you can only win once. However, tell your gaming friends about this contest:  they too would be thrilled to win this amazing opportunity to win a new Intel powered gaming computer.

Good luck

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Martin Renaud
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  2. Purist gamer. My dream gaming desktop is the Alienware Aurora R8 Gaming PC. I personally find Alienware products to be uniquely shaped and visually appealing. I would very much like to win either of these Intel powered, high performance amazing prizes as my current 9 year old computer is starting to lag badly during games. Thank you for the opportunity.

  3. I used to be enthusiast but after getting married and having kids, it’s mostly a casual hobby now. I would love to play games on the Alienware m17 17.3″ Gaming Laptop !

  5. For sure a pragmatist. The HP Omen Obelisk Gaming PC (Intel Core i9-9900K/512GB SSD/2TB HDD/32GB RAM/GeForce RTX 2080Ti) would be great for several years.

  6. I’m definitely a gaming Pragmatist and definitely feel that Asus would check all the boxes for me. While I like the look of the other ones better, the Asus is my machine of choice if I’m lucky enough to win.

  7. More of an enthusiast with elements of pragmatism. I used to game on a dedicated desktop but have moved onto laptop/notebooks.

    An ideal gaming system for myself ? An Alienware M17 laptop – always loved the look of Alienware.

  8. Pragmatist – been saving up for two years for a desktop PC. I’ve constantly been switching out parts on pcpartpicker. Im waiting for a next gen i7 because I’ve heard it will be hyperthreaded that will greatly help with my workload(computer science, AutoCAD, and cryengine). My current setup is a laptop(fell XPS 9560 7700hq, 16gb ram, 1tb sad, 1050 4gb) due to me needing to have my files on the go. I got it for a great deal, student discount plus on sale. I want a desktop PC though for clear higher performance and a more permanent solution. I upgrade my PC every three years and would normally go for a new laptop but my XPS has aged well and performs well on tasks
    I’ve been constantly comparing performance combinations and looking at prebuilts, cuatom, and custom through a PC builder. I would love a desktop PC and would put it to great use

  9. I am an on the go gamer. The Acer 15.6″ Gaming Laptop (Intel Ci5 9300H/512GB SSD/12GB RAM/NVIDIA GTX 1050/Windows 10) would be AMAZING!

  10. Casual/enthusiast

    At the moment I don’t play much as im in the market for a new pc old one bit the dust. But love reading up about specs and comparing new to old.

    My dream PC would have to be Alienware aura r8, I have always loved the look of Alienware and the components they use are high quality.

  11. I am an enthusiast gamer.
    My favourite gaming laptop is the ASUS Zephyrus S Thin 15.6″ Gaming Laptop (Intel i7-9750H/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/NVIDIA RTX 2060)-.

  12. Pragmatist
    I have some knowledge on PCs and PC gaming
    HP Omen Obelisk Gaming PC Intel Core i7-9700K/256GB SSD/1TB HDD/16GB RAM/GeForce RTX 2070 is definetly the PC of my dreams
    Looks georgeous and I’m sure it could easily run any game on mad settings at a high fps

  14. Enthusiast here. I like to build computers that last for year and there opt for top of the line components and don’t bother upgrading. I would chose HP Omen Obelisk Gaming PC (Intel Core i9-9900K/512GB SSD/2TB HDD/32GB RAM/GeForce RTX 2080Ti) – Eng
    Model Number: 875-1019
    Web Code: 13501610

  15. Purist here, though it seems my prior comment was deleted? Thankfully I read the Terms and Conditions and we’re allowed two entries per person. I’d love an Alienware Aurora Desktop Gaming PC, but I’ve been eyeing a serviceable gaming laptop for a while so this contest is right up my alley. I’d prefer the Asus Zephyrus but I’ll gladly accept an Alienware m15 as well should I win. Good luck everyone!

  16. Pragmatist and the CyberPowerPC Supreme Gaming PC (Intel Core i9-9900/1TB SSD/16GB RAM/RTX 2060 Super) would be awesome.

  17. Hi; i am a mix between an Alpha and a Purist, I watch esports and love games like dota2/BattlefieldV/any strategy or shooting game..

    My dream PC is something that I can use/take to university while gaming on the side {>_o} hehe.
    aka the ASUS Zephyrus S Thin 15.6″ Gaming Laptop (Intel i7-9750H/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/NVIDIA RTX 2060) would be my idea choice!

    Regards

  18. My laptop of dreams?

    One that takes care and feed both of my babies at the same time.

    Ex-amateur gamer Starcraft, Broodwars, Starcraft 2 leagues until my babies came along lol.

  19. Pragmatist here. I would spend time to shop for each part separately for the best deal to performance ratio.
    But, if I were to choose a pre-built, I would consider a tabletop Acer Predator Orion 3000 Gaming PC (Ci7-9700/2TB HDD/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070)

  20. Hmm I posted March 28 at 10:20pm but my comment is not in the feed ❤ Best of luck everyone:

    Enthusiast to Purist. Being a single mom with a kid that is now into gaming I got an xbox one x. I rebuilt a passion for gaming that has expanded with my kid and us utilizing streaming and online play and a second xbox digital console. I have recently been searching for the perfect gaming pc on Best Buy to increase my game performance as I used to game via pc and made a custom pc. The dream pc which can double up as a home pc as well and used for a graphics tablet as my kid and I are both graphic design enthusiasts. The pc I’ve been looking for the last 2 weeks via Best Buy would include an Intel processor of entry i7-4790 but if I had any option I would pick the beast of i9-9700K, 16 GB Ram, 2 TB HDD, 120-180 GB SSD to get me going which later I could upgrade to 250 GB SSD for quick start ups and smooth loading times, all I need to add to this amazing set up would be a graphics card that is mid way above entry so I could hook up 1 or 2 Samsung 27 inch curve screens and be able to run 4k (I can not fully answer the GPU I would select as I am still researching this), and the 11 button vertical mouse that has a joystick item#14446022, along with that I can narrow this down to a pc I found on Best Buy site 2 days ago it is an HP within my budget and I would be able to add on my upgrades later but it has all the basics and above average to have a good start for hardware to last Model Number HP Z230 SFF Web Code 14356564. Now if we’re talking off budget and a dream computer the best I can think of is the ASUS series. HP is a wonderful setup I can work with to get me with my Destiny, Dead By Daylight, and Borderlands and have streaming running on a separate screen… if the question is which AlienWare or ASUS is the dream computer would definitely be ASUS ROG Strix or the ASUS Strix. these machines are completely set up I can Always add in more hard drive space and I would be getting a gaming system that has the most powerful cores over a 4 core set up an i9 plus a top notch GPU.

  21. I’m an on-the-go gamer and my dream gaming laptop is a EUROCOM Sky X9C Mobile 4K Supercomputer (Intel Core i7-8086k/2 xNVidia GTX1080 SLI/2 x1TB SSD RAID 0/4TB SSD/64GB RAM)
    EUROCOM Sky X9C Mobile 4K Supercomputer

  22. Purist
    Dream machine would be the Alienware Aurora Gaming PC – White (Intel Core i7 9700/1TB HDD/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/GeForce RTX 2080)

  23. I’m a purist, no doubt, and my dream laptop would be the ASUS ROG Zephrus S Ultra Slim Gaming Laptop for intense mobile VR gaming!

  25. I’m a purist, and my gaming dream desktop machine would be a Alienware Aurora with an RTX 2080.. at least :-).

  26. I think I’m a Pragmatist gamer because I know stuff about PC gaming like graphic cards and processors. But I’m not sure with ones would best suit my needs for gaming and wouldn’t be to pricey. But also I play on console so theresy that. My dream Intel based gaming laptop sold at Best Buy would have to be the Alienware m15 15.6″ Laptop (Intel Core i7-9750H/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/GTX 1660 Ti) because it just looks like a beautiful piece of hardware.

  27. Based on this, I’d say I’m a Purist. My dream machine from BestBuy would be an Alienware Aurora Desktop Gaming PC but I’d love to win the Asus Zephyrus S as I’ve been eyeing a serviceable gaming laptop for some time. Obviously, I’d be thrilled to win the Alienware m15 as well. Good luck everyone!

  28. Pragmatist for sure. I like to look and compare then wait for a long long time for prices to drop and enjoy a now dated computer. Ideal set up is this guy CLX SET GAMING PC Intel Core i9 9900K 3.60GHz (8 Cores) 16GB 3TB & 960SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 8GB GDDR6
    Keep up the great work, best buy.

  29. I am a casual gamer, and my dream desktop would be the Alienware Aurora Gaming PC! But I definitely would love the ASUS Zephyrus S!

  30. I’d categorize myself as a enthusiast based on the descriptions given above.

    However, the computer of my dreams from best buy would be the ASUS ROG Zephyrus S Ultra Slim 15.6″ Gaming Laptop (Intel Core i7-9750H/1TB SSD/RTX 2080).

  32. I would say I’m a Pragmatist.

    They’re always expensive but I would love the Alienware m17 17.3″ Gaming Laptop (Intel Core i7-9750H/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/RTX 2070)

  33. I am a Alfa game for sure and my dream PC is the CLX SET with AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8GHz, with dual 2080ti I can only hope 🙂

  35. Definitely a pragmatist and the HP Omen Obelisk Gaming PC (Intel Core i9-9900K/512GB SSD/2TB HDD/32GB RAM/GeForce RTX 2080Ti) would do me very well for several years.

  38. Actually there are four of us in the household. Three PCs and one laptop (not a gaming machine). We are all enthusiasts, wife, myself, and the kids. I would love the addition of a gaming laptop so that I can join in on the fun. I’m missing out on family gaming fun due to the weak laptop we currently own.

    They are both lovely machines, but the alien ware is very sexy! I’d love to get my hands on her, but the wife can’t know! Shhhh!

  40. I suppose I’d be some mix of Enthusiast and Pragmatist mostly due to financial constraints and I really like the look of the Asus Zephyrus S mainly because of the RTX.

  42. I would say I fall in the Pragmatist category. I like gaming when I make time for it and love it even more when I have the right hardware for the fun.
    From looking at BestBuy.ca, I would say the ASUS Zephyrus S Thin 15.6″ Gaming Laptop (Intel i7-9750H/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/NVIDIA RTX 2060) is that of my day dreams. The slimness to take it to a friend’s house to play together and have the power to handle any game on the market today and in the future. It would also double as a development laptop as it would have the power for it and who doesn’t love a device that can do more than one thing.

  43. I’m definitely a purist gamer. I play almost only on PC and I usually build my own computer.
    I would go with the Acer Gaming PC (Intel Ci7-9700K/1TB HDD/256GB SSD/16GB RAM/NVIDIA RTX 2080) mostly for the nice case and the RTX 2080.

  44. I am definitely a Enthusiast. And the pc of my dreams is the ASUS Zephyrus S Thin 15.6″ Gaming Laptop (Intel i7-9750H/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/NVIDIA RTX 2060) because I need a beast of a machine for my game development on the go and this is gonna help me make some crazy games.

  47. Gamer type: Purist
    Dream PC: HP Omen Obelisk Gaming PC (Intel Core i9-9900K/512GB SSD/2TB HDD/32GB RAM/GeForce RTX 2080Ti)

  49. I’m an enthusiast
    I like gaming I mostly play fps games and I also like building pc I actually built my brother’s pc and it was very cool, it would be great to win this laptop.

  50. I’m a casual gamer.
    ASUS Zephyrus S Thin 15.6″ Gaming Laptop (Intel i7-9750H/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/NVIDIA RTX 2060)

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