Leeghoofd

So I just got off the phone with Roman, Ambient competition will feature 3 "staggered" stages. This decision was taken to make it more active and to partially avoid sandbagging at the end of the competition. The amount of Give Away CPUs has raised from 5 to 7 pieces.

Nice one, breaking the 27FPS barrier!

One stage will be limited to the Pentium G7400 model ! So order yours right now if you don't have one already!

damn so close bro

Great one Frank!

K I deleted both scores, just wait for the Bot to move you back to Enthusiast

Updated, expected start of the competition early-mid July

Updated, expected start of the competition early-mid July

Don't forget the CPUZ tabs plz

good you got XTU working

https://www.defactoio.com/intel-xtu-error-0x80070643-attempted-to-install-on-an-unsupported-platform/ That fixed it for me

Dragonpower 1.0.0.12

3970X found, 3960X still searching

We have a sponsor yes... ? Just bring them ambient overclockers to the party

OC eSports Link DISCORD LINK Intel Alder Lake CPU's only. In-house overclockers are not allowed to enter this competition. Participants must use commercially available components and Software ( Engineering Samples of CPU, memory and motherboard are not allowed). The Hardware must be available at the launch of the competition Bios version and OC Tools need to be readily available to others "at least 10 days before the stage ends". Hardware sharing is not allowed. All submissions must include the official Competition desktop wallpaper All submissions must include a picture of the working overclocking setup (MB, CPU cooler clearly visible). After the end of the competition, no more submissions or rectifications will be allowed. We expect fair play from everyone. HWBOT and INTEL reserve the right to remove results and/or participants who compete unfairly; The decision is final and will not be discussed afterwards; Examples of unacceptable behavior: Influence others’ submissions to profit your ranking, Deliberately make a mistake in the submissions process and ask later for change. Cheating on cooling method or Software hacking. HWBOT and INTEL reserve the right to reject any entry. HWBOT and INTEL have the right to ask for video proof if needed. Thus ensure you have footage available of your best scores! Hardware Must use commercially / retail available components. Intel Alder Lake CPUs only. One stage is limited to the Intel Pentium G7400! Software Windows 10 submissions only. No Windows Server or Windows 11 versions allowed. CPU-Z 2.01 or newer version only. BenchMate 0.10.9.2 Stage 1: Geekbench 5 Single Core 26th June till 24th July Maximum core/cache frequency of 6505 MHz. A VALID Geekbench link is required registered on your HWBOT username. HWInfo monitoring is required during the run, min - avg - maximum CPU clocks must be visible in the screenshot! Include pictures of your overclocked setup. Prepare Video verification. Stage 2: SuperPi 32M by BenchMate 10th July till 08th August Maximum core/cache frequency of 6505 MHz. Maximum memory Frequency of 4800 MT/s A CHECKED CPU-Z 2.01 (or newer) Validation link is required, registered on your HWBOT username. (no XOC mode) HWInfo monitoring is required during the run, min - avg - maximum CPU clocks must be visible in the screenshot! Include pictures of your overclocked setup. Stage 3: CB R11.5 by benchMate - Pentium Gold G7400 24th of July till 21th of August Pentium Gold G7400 CPUs only Maximum CPU Multiplier of 34, Maximum CPU/Cache frequency of 5500MHz CPUZ 2.01 or newer CHECKED Validation link is required, registered on your HWBOT username. HWInfo monitoring is required during the run, min - avg - maximum CPU clocks must be visible in the screenshot! Include pictures of your overclocked setup. Prepare Video verification. Stage 4: X265 4K 7th of August till the 4th of September All out CPUZ 2.01 or newer Validation link is required, registered on your HWBOT username. Include pictures of your overclocked setup. Prepare Video verification. Final Notes In case of a tie, Stage 3 score is the tie breaker. Points per Stage 50-47-45-43-41-39-37-35-33-31-29-27-25-23-21-19-17-15-13-11-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Prizes: Contest Winners Thanks to the generosity of our partner INTEL the overall winners at the end of the contest will receive the following prizes: 1st Place : $10000 USD 2nd Place: $5000 USD 3rd Place: $3500 USD 4th Place: $2000 USD 5th Place: $1500 USD 6th Place: $1250 USD 7th Place: $1000 USD 8th Place: $500 USD 9th Place: $400 USD 10th Place: $250 USD - On the 10th July we check who is the fastest overall. This person gains (another) $1000 USD [checked in the afternoon between 3 and 6 pm CET]: RAUF - On the 24th July we check who is the fastest overall. This person gains (another) $1000 USD [checked in the afternoon between 3 and 6 pm CET] In case of a tie , Stage2 is the tie breaker: RAUF - On the 7th August we check who is the fastest overall. The person gains (another) $1000 USD [checked in the afternoon between 3 and 6 pm CET] In case of a tie Stage3 is the tie breaker: RAUF Official Masters of the 12th Gen wallpaper:

DISCORD LINK OC eSPORTS LINK General Rules Only for Rookie, Novice and Enthusiast overclockers Participants must use commercially available components and Software ( CPU, memory and motherboard Engineering Samples are not allowed). The Hardware must be available at the competition start. Bios version and OC Tools need to be readily available to others "at least 10 days before the stage ends". Hardware sharing is not allowed. All submissions must include the official Competition desktop wallpaper All submissions must include a picture of the working overclocking setup (MB, CPU cooler clearly visible). After the end of the competition, no more submissions or rectifications will be allowed. We expect fair play from everyone. HWBOT and INTEL reserve the right to remove results and/or participants who compete unfairly; The decision is final and will not be discussed afterwards; Examples of unacceptable behavior: Influence others’ submissions to profit your ranking, Deliberately make a mistake in the submissions process and ask later for change. Cheating on cooling method or Software hacking. HWBOT and INTEL reserve the right to reject any entry. HWBOT and INTEL have the right to ask for video proof if needed. Hardware AMD and Intel platforms allowed. Must use commercially / retail available components. Single CPU socket configurations only No Extreme cooling allowed (chiller, Single Stage, Cascade, Dry ice, LN2) Software Windows 7/8/10/11 submissions only. No MacOS, Linux or other operating systems. CPU-Z 2.01 or newer version only. BenchMate 0.10.9.2 or newer HWInfo64 V2.76 Stage 1: CPU-Z : CLOSED Stage 2: SuperPi32M by BenchMate - Max 5505MHz 10th July till 08th August Maximus CPU Core/cache speed of 5505MHz A verification screenshot is required, using the official wallpaper, BM score, CPU-Z tabs for CPU and memory. A CPUZ 2.01 or newer Validation link is required, registered on your HWBOT username. Disabling cores/hyperthreading is allowed. Windows 10-11 submissions only Include pictures of your overclocked setup in the submission Prepare Video proof of your cooling setup and benchmarking Stage 2 How to guide Stage 3: Geekbench 5 Single Core - Max 5500MHz 24th of July till 15th August Maximus CPU Core/cache speed of 5500MHz. A verification screenshot is required, using the official wallpaper, GB5 score, CPU-Z tabs for CPU and memory and HWinfo. A VALID GeekBench 5 link is required. A CPU-Z 2.01 verification link is required registered on your HWBOT username. Disabling cores/hyperthreading is NOT allowed. Include pictures of your overclocked setup in the submission. Prepare Video proof of your cooling setup and benchmarking. Stage 3 How to Guide (click here) Contest Winners Thanks to the generosity of our partner INTEL the overall winners at the end of the contest will receive the following prizes: 1st Place : $2500 USD 2nd Place: $2000 USD 3rd Place: $1500 USD 4th Place: $1000 USD 5th Place: $750 USD 6th Place: $500 USD 7th Place: $400 USD 8th Place: $300 USD 9th Place: $250 USD 10th Place: $100 USD After 2 Weeks (10th July) we check who is the fastest Rookie in Stage 1 [checked in the afternoon between 3 and 6 pm] , Rookie leader gets a 12900K : SugiOlover After 4 Weeks (24th July) we check who is the fastest Novice in Stage 2[checked in the afternoon 3 and 6 pm], Novice leader gets a 12900K: Boogeymanjw After 6 Weeks (7th August) we check who is the fastest Enthusiast in Stage 3 [checked in the afternoon 3 and 6 pm], Enthusiast leader gets a 12900K: Madness777 Lucky Draw Winners: Intel has provided us with 4 Core I9 12900K tray CPUs to give away. To be eligible for the lucky draw you must submit valid scores in all 3 stages. Take note that the Top5 and Stage CPU winners are excluded from the Lucky Draw! Official Open Overclocking Championship Wallpaper 1136938980_STAGE1.docx STAGE2.docx STAGE3.docx

done

Just wade through the forum and the competition thread more. As you can see in the screenshot below I created the Pentium Competition threads at the 9th of May, so people could get ready. End of May the stages were defined and background got available

Done

it was announced nearly 2 weeks ago on Facebook, was also visible at the HWBOT competition pages and already discussed on Discord... My last resort is to maybe call you? We also have other competitions running, a big one with Intel is near too, hence why this one was pushed forwards. Team Cup next, Challenger Rounds, Pro OC... we want to avoid overlapping compeititions as much as possible... too many at the same time is also not good.

The Fin strikes again

Looking good broski!

Congratz, big achievement!!

Goner