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!

 

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
Editor in Chief
Martin loves working with the talented editors and writers on the Best Buy Blog as Editor-in-Chief. During his spare time he is either working on his next novel, cooking up a masterpiece in the kitchen, or adding some smart tech to his new home on Mayne Island in British Columbia.

3942 COMMENTS

  1. I am just a casual gamer for now, but if I had the EUROCOM Sky X9C Mobile 4K Supercomputer, that would probably change.

  2. Im On the Go enthusiast. I probably currently do more on my phone……but that could change with a gaming Laptop.

  3. On-the-go would best describe me. The machine at Best Buy that would best fit what I would try to accomplish today would be the ROG Strix Scar III.

  4. I am a casual gamer and would love to try the ASUS Zephyrus S Thin 15.6″ Gaming Laptop–Maybe I would practice to become an Enthusiast!!

  5. i am an enthusiast, i dont own a computer of my own but my friends ask me all the time to improve their computers in some way. I would love to own the ASUS Zephyrus S Thin 15.6″ Gaming Laptop mostly for the fact that it has a 2060 rtx wich would allow me to have an awesome experience.

    Thank you for this opportunity so i can finally get a computer

  6. I am casual, but I would give it to my grandson as a grad gift (no ceremony for the 2020 grads, or anything) he is an enthusiast and we love the ASUS Zephyrus S Thin 15.6″ Gaming Laptop (Intel i7-9750H/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/NVIDIA RTX 2060)

  7. I am a Casual gamer!

    ASUS Zephyrus S Thin 15.6″ Gaming Laptop (Intel i7-9750H/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/NVIDIA RTX 2060) is the laptop of my dreams

  8. I fall into the casual gamer category and would be thrilled with a ASUS Zephyrus S Thin 15.6″ Gaming Laptop!

  9. I am an Enthusiast gamer and have been since I found PC with “Crysis 3”. The Alienware m15 laptop is the PC of my dreams and I have been a fan of Alienware laptops for quite a while. I’m going to college in September and winning one would mean the world to me. I’d definitely use it to work hard and play harder

  10. I’m a enthusiast gamer but trying to go in the purist world, I love the Alienware m17 17.3″

    Thank you for the chance to win. Good luck to all

  11. I’m a casual gamer at best, and would be happy with anything but that Alienware M-15 would be great. I love Aliens!

    Thank you for the chance to win.

  12. I’m a casual gamer at best, and would be happy with anything but that Alienware M-15 would be great. I love Aliens!

    • I’m definitely an enthusiast. My dream PC is probably the Alienware Aurora Gaming PC – White Intel Core i7 9700, 1TB HDD, 512GB SSD, 16GB Ram, GeForce RTX 2080.

  13. Hi there,

    I would say I’m a pragmatist and my dream computer would be the ASUS Zephyrus 15 inch,

  14. ASUS Zephyrus S Thin 15.6″ Gaming Laptop (Intel i7-9750H/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/NVIDIA RTX 2060)-English
    Model Number: GX502GV-PB74 as a pragmatist would be the dream

  15. I’m a casual gamer but my son is hard core. I’d love to win this and give it to him for his birthday.

  16. I am a pragmatist and would love to win the Alienware m15 15.6″ Laptop (Intel Core i7-9750H/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/GTX 1660 Ti)!

  17. I would probably fall under the enthusiast category. I think the Alienware m17 17.3″ Gaming Laptop has a great combination of hardware coupled with a pretty cool aesthetic that would make it a dream on-the-go gaming machine.

  18. I’m probably a Pragmatist. The laptop of my dream sold by Best Buy is the ASUS ROG Zephyrus GX501 15.6″ Gaming Laptop. I love how light it is and the 120hz screen.

  19. Enthusiast – Alienware m17 17.3″ Gaming Laptop (Intel Core i7-9750H/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/RTX 2070)

  20. To be honest, I’d be happy with anything other than my current HP notebook (bought at Best Buy in 2011, I think I’m due for something newer/better lol) I’m a casual gamer, Thanks for the chance

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