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relax XA. it's not a bad idea. Even if it is just with cellphone camera. I and hopefully everyone in this competition intends to play fair but it wont be fun losing to someone you know might be running illegal system (i really beleive no one will be illegal, but under the circumstances of new shocking events people might get desperate). We're paying bunnyextractionloads of money to enter, so there is nothing wrong with some clear verification of scores. You already have a ticket so don't make it harder for the rest of us. Asking for more verification isn't a rule change that hurts anybody. in fact, if i manage 1600+ i would love to show people it was done fairly

rather the hassle of a little video setup than the hassle of re-benching cause people don't trust your scores

From my experience, Unstable uncore = corrupted windowses Good ration between vrin and vcore = good clocks (1.61v 2.73vrin, 1.7v 2.82 vrin, 1.74v - 2.88vrin) DRAM i normally keep at 2v, uncore volts i normally do 1.5 on ln2 it seems to help for stability about 100mhz, but my mobo ads .05v to my uncore on LN2 so just watch your DMM guys Not sure if i degraded a chip yet still so random clocking them

for a prize as big as this and with the rules changing and people getting angry and tempted i would suggest making a video of your run mandatory, showing the card close up and the score on screen. I just bought a 1000$ card so can we enforce validation plz :<

it does that why i bought it, im hardware sadist

sold! thanks

i bought a titan today

wow mad clocks

still not 5ghz . the jump from 4.8 to 5 is always huge, but looks like a nice cpu.

I can already recommend everyone benching titan on stock VRM to record their session, if you manage to reach something sick like 1500 - 1600 without proper verification you don't want to get asked to bench again if your titan died

Hey guys, The cpu has been re-pasted by Ultraware with liquid metal pro and IHS glued back with the same looking silicone. So your warranty is fine and CPU nice and cool . Item: Intel 4770k Age: 1 week Warranty: Yes 3 remaining years Packaging: Yes full retail, cooler not used. Condition: Perfect, re-pasting with Liquid Metal Pro Location: South Africa, Cape Town Reason: need LN2 chip Shipping: Sure, it will be $30 2-3 days anywhere in world. But flat envelope so no cooler. But i will squash the box. OR $17 normal air 1-2 weeks full package. Collection: Sure.. Price: It's $399 in my country so im gonna ask for 499$ since its special. Paypal or western union ----------------------- All test done on Z87X-OC at 20c ambient, Liquid Metal Pro inside and GC-Extreme on top with a corsair H60. 5ghz 32m 4c 4t at 1.25v on core 0, didnt try the rest 5.2ghz vantage 2c 2t 1.47v on DMM 5.1ghz vantage, 4c 8t 1.47v on DMM

i guess Round 2 is treated like PRO-oc cup where the competition is made so that one guy with a great cpu doesnt just bulldoze through all the stages and win. Its more expensive but i guess more fair

shewww, kk thanks massman for the info.

2 scores is with 4 titans ln2 is alot

awww yeaaa

its tricky yes. cause epower is now a shelf product with propper release date. Same as trimmer pots, they are commercially available so its "fine?".

the new evga E-power will probly not be retail by the start of the competition, so even if MSI allow it, it wont be allowed because it wasnt released, and the older ones aren't commercially available? Gonna be tricky

what VRING chispy?

aww downgrade

4.5 is too easy give us a 5g

some interesting stuff XA. i agree, with alot of it. i think eaaaaaaaaarly on MSI should have said their non-ref 780 must be used for the comp, or something like that. because reference 780 or titan + evga epower doesn't mean alot towards MSI. BUt i agree it showcases the skill of the overclocker to mod cards and use epower. which i don't mind, i already have my evbots, i just cant get ahold of any epowers

i think perica still had the best idea, they should send all the competitors currently in the competition hardware. either send us 780 gaming with the mods and bios's and ABX. or early lightnings. It will be nice release date press

yea this news is huge, can we get clear info soon about the mods, i feel sorry for this MOA getting hassled so much haha. shame

daaamit already bought EVBOTS. ok this will be interesting, titan roasting or what are we gonna do :<. is PCB modding allowed like using matrix platinum 7970 to zombie?

yea but not sure if it will help if you are not at 4.9ghz or higher, uncore only helps your score when it's close to CPU mhz, but not higher. so you would need to be on 5ghz for 4.8 to mean something. but yes if you can do it you can atleast see if your cpu is capable