Massman

Those are the blue ones indeed . Leeghoofd does not trust me with them for some strange reason ... :-/

This is a Hendle: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendl) Not sure how to 'hendle with care' though.

Aaaand closed.

Since it's weekend, I cannot get in touch with the folks at MSI either. Let's all take a (well-deserved) two day break and I'll follow up on the issue on monday with the MSI-ladies/boys.

Someone's tweeting stuff they shouldn't tweet.

Report the results .

FYI, as said before, the official confirmation of the winners still will be done after double-check the results and double-checking with MSI.

Btw, I also edited 'Viss' out of the topic title. He's a good guy, no need for him to be associated with a shit thread.

Added: http://hwbot.org/hardware/videocard/geforce_gtx_670/

Excellent showdown guys! We're going over the scores today. The official announcement will follow after that .

There are three main arguments to move or get moved to the Pro League: 1) You work for a hardware vendor (cpu/mb/vga/...)- 2) You get an excessive amount of hardware support 3) Using ES I'm not going to expand on the why's for every point, but essentially the Pro League all comes down to getting the super-sponsored out of the regular league as it was upsetting some people. Now, go you have to be moved to Pro if you get a piece of hardware once in a while? No. Getting a free mainboard will not help you get any better in the rankings. Am I actively searching for vendor reps in the +1000 ranks of the OCL? No. There might be some vendor reps still in the OCL, but highly inactive so it doesn't matter. You guys are taking this thread way too seriously. And it's me(!) who's saying that. There is no real "pro-circuit" in overclocking; maybe 5 people in the world are actually getting paid to do overclocking and of those 5, none are getting paid to do well in the HWBOT League. There are now 70 people in the Pro League ... To be honest, I prefer regular guys getting in touch with stores to find their golden CPU than paying a rediculous amount of cash for one that has been pre-binned. Not only does it keep the cost down, but it helps spreading the sweetness that is overclock AND is a chance for new friendchips.

GT2 usually boosts when disabling HT. At least, it did with Gulftown.

Splave's on a memestreak http://hwbot.org/forum/showpost.php?p=172556&postcount=74

Oh. So it's okay to buy 30k worth of 3770K chips and then get a credit note of 29.7k and pay €300 for the best one? //edit: not trying to be an ass here; just pointing out your rule has a 'paperwork'-loophole.

Hehe :D

So, I bin 20 the first time, then 20 the second time, then 20 the next time. That's okay? Or I get them to make an invoice that I paid for the 20 and then give me a credit note when I return the chips 7 days later. Can I bin 20 3770Ks and 20 3570Ks, or is that 40 in total? What if I can check the ASIC quality of the graphics cards when the assembled PC is being tested for stability? Only check 20 max? What If I test 19 for free, then buy 1, then test 19 again ... does my pro-counter reset? Can I bin 19x 2500K, then 19x 3930K, then 19x 3570K and still not join Pro League? What if I bin all 100 chips, but don't ever post with them on HWBOT and only sell them to my friends (who then use them for hwbot)? Should I be Pro at 0 points?

Top competition, guys! Seriously impressed by the level you guys are benching at. I sense USA or Latam might actually play a role in the global final this year. Maybe 2nd, after a European team of course

WHHOOOOAAAAAh!!! Insane score! Nice work!

Lol, no ... this is just the invitation

You don't have profit from overclocking, so you can't move to the Pro League. I thought this was obvious by now ...

FYI

Just need to swap the heatsinks and flash SPD.

Just Hiwa and YP? Or Hiwa, YP + 'vendor rep'

Anyone got any idea on the lineup? I assume: - ASUS: - Evga: Kingpin - GIGABYTE: YoungPro / Dinos22 - MSI: Elmor

Looks like all OC action will be over at Gskill's this year. //EDIT: line-up - ASUS: Hiwa, YoungPro - Evga: Hiwa, YoungPro, Kingpin - GIGABYTE: Hiwa, YoungPro, Dinos22 - MSI: Hiwa, YoungPro, Elmor