 This video was sponsored by Intel. Vote for your favorite extreme rigs at rigchallenge.intel.com The Intel Extreme Rig Challenge is back and more extreme than ever. Nine of the world's extreme-est system builders are squaring off to build the most, uh... Shoot, what's the word I'm looking for? That's the one! The most extreme gaming rigs in the history of extremity! But wait, it gets extREMER! Okay, that's enough of that. But seriously, you, yes you, have a chance to win the winning rig just by voting. You vote, then a system wins, then you win the system that won. It's literally a win-win situation. The contestants have already started building and have each uploaded their own build blog videos revealing just how extre- Ahem, sorry. Insane! Just barely caught myself there. These builds are going to be. Cyberpower has returned from the future and brought with them a spherical and transparent in-win winbot case equipped with voice commands and facial recognition. I personally cannot wait to see how they customize this thing. I really hope they call it the Powerball. Cause, you know, you might win it. Meanwhile, big things are happening at the Zydax HQ where once again the team is thinking completely outside, or at least on top of, the box. They're using two PC-011 cases mounted together with custom glass and a metric crap-ton of radiators. Now this is what we expect from an extreme rig. Oh, I did it again. And in a less alien but equally daring move, Mane Gear has opted to use their new F131 case with an Apex fully integrated water cooling system that they engineered at the same time they designed it. Now, obviously it looks awesome, but there's a tricky part. The F131 is a medium-sized MATX chassis that the team is going to have to modify in order to squeeze in the full ATX ASUS ROG Strix X299 XE gaming motherboard that is one of the secret ingredients in this year's showdown. It's probably worth the effort though. I mean, how else would they get Aura Sync RGB lighting with an all-new addressable RGB header, a SupremeFX sound card for the flattest of frequency responses, and a metal frame to support the heavy-duty GPUs that we expect to see the competitors load into their rigs when they release their future build logs. So in the next batch of vlogs, the competitors will be showing off the cooling systems that they'll be using for the Intel Core i9 Extreme Edition processor that will power each rig. This puppy has Intel Turbo Boost Max technology 3.0 and 44 PCIe lanes for mega scalability. And then finally, in the third wave of build logs, the teams will be highlighting their peripherals, their RAM, which I assume will be RGB, and the Intel Optane 900P SSD that they'll be using. This is Intel's fastest NVMe drive featuring 3D crosspoint technology for incredibly low and consistent latency. So stay tuned and remember that you, yes you, the mere mortal out there, actually have a chance to own the winning rig just by casting your vote at rigchallenge.intel.com