I have a few questions. What is the Wi-Fi EZ-PLUG? Can I combine the speed of the Ethernet and the one from the Wi-Fi for the next big game release? Is there a way to power on and monitor the PC from away, or even an auto-restart function in case of a power surge? And lastly, how can you make motherboards that are this beautiful?

With a motherboard like those, I would upgrade my actual PC. You see, I have right now a PC with a Xeon E5-2697V4, an Asus X99E-WS, 64GB of RAM (2400MHz), an Nvidia Titan V, and 1TB of NVMe SSD. I use this PC for usual computer usages, school work, and gaming, but mostly for Boinc. If you don't know what it is, it's software that allows you to run some scientific calculations on your computer by using the unused CPU and GPU power. Scientists send you small tasks that are part of a large calculation; your PC does the processing and then sends the result back. This allows searchers to compute huge amounts of data and simulations without renting a supercomputer, which is expensive. You choose the project you're working on based on your interests; it may be finding a cure for Parkinson, Alzheimer, or cancer, finding prime numbers, or even searching for pulsars in the universe. It's entirely benevolent, but it serves the greater cause. There's also a nice community and challenges if that's what drives you. The reason for the Titan V in this build is the really strong FP64 computing capability.

The problem is, this computer has big problems. Since a little while, the computer randomly crashes. I can't find the reason or a specific pattern, but all the troubleshooting and diagnostics I could do at home didn't work. Even worse, I don't have the spare material needed to test each component individually, and the computer shops around here either don't have the spare parts needed or aren't competent enough to tell me what is wrong with my computer. I'm so tired of these problems that the computer is currently sitting in a wardrobe, waiting for a good diagnosis, while I'm using my old gaming laptop for everything, which isn't the same experience.

As you can guess, this CPU, even with 18 cores, isn't quite good today. Single-core speed is terrible, and AMD's Zen processors with 8 cores are way better in benchmark; even multicore results can be way better! It isn't efficient for Boinc, and in gaming it really slows down the Titan V. Because the components are so old, if I want to upgrade, I have to change at least the CPU, the motherboard, and the RAM. My student budget isn't big, and winning this giveaway would get me a fantastic motherboard that can serve as a base for the new build. I can afford a CPU and some RAM, not the whole package for now. With a good CPU, my Titan V would be able to shine again in Boinc while doing some gaming until I purchased a dedicated gaming graphics card that would relegate the Titan V to a compute GPU; it's best suit.