Intel Open Overclocking Championship 2022

[Leeghoofd]

 

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

[yosarianilives]

I love to see this, give those who aren't on the go faster juice a chance to compete. 

[Doomed83]

Do we have sponsors for prizes? if not maybe the community might help donate prizes?

[Leeghoofd]

We have a sponsor yes... ? 

Just bring them ambient overclockers to the party

[Bones]

The new guys NEED to get in on this.
The experience gained from competing will go a long ways towards success and if nothing else they'll learn some things along the way, that being the biggest benefit from doing it.

If any of you have ambitions to reach the top one day you'll never get it done sitting on your hands, gotta start somewhere and this is a great opportunity to get started like the rest of us had to.

Good luck to those that decide to compete.

[TerraRaptor]

Good luck all, everyone has a chance!

[Leeghoofd]

Updated, expected start of the competition early-mid July 

[OCopium]

hype

[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.

[ShaggySVK]

Kind of sad not to be able to participate given league, however best of luck to ambient guys!!!  Lovely prices 

[spit051261]

Great competition .

Good luck to everyone .

Edited June 15, 2022 by paul051261

[Dipa]

I hope this will be my first time partecipating to a competition.
Wish you the best of luck and a ton of fun.
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[Arni90]

I expect the competition will be tough, but I'm looking forward to it ?

[Leeghoofd]

We will start this great compo on the 26th of June!! Get ready!!

 

 

[Glen-Alz-81]

Nice! :)

[MATT4CK]

Ooooo this should be fun!

[Leeghoofd]

- 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

- 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

- 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

[masterbitz]

excellent competition and it will be a lot of fun. good luck to everyone. ?

[Broken APEX49]

This is great.

[Leeghoofd]

Stage timings/dates added

- each stage takes 4 weeks, each new stage will be announced 2 weeks after the start of the previous stage.

[Leeghoofd]

[Tech Tested]

Good luck to participants! Sometimes I wish I wasn't in extreme league...

[qhfreddy]

The competition page says open to everyone but here in the thread it says only up to enthusiast tier. Which is correct?

Will be kinda disappointed if I cant participate because I submitted a handful of ice bucket scores years ago...

[Mr.Scott]

I spy Apprentice league subs entered.

[Mr.Scott]

4 hours ago, qhfreddy said:

 

Will be kinda disappointed if I cant participate because I submitted a handful of ice bucket scores years ago...

Delete them and you can play.