HyperX OC Takeover 2014 North America Qualifiers - XTU

Stage: XTU open - closed since 29 Oct

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Stage Details

  • XTU is closed since 29 October 2014.

LIMITATIONS

  • Only members of North America may participate.
  • Only use processors based on the Haswell-DT core.
  • Only use Kingston Technology, HyperX memory
  • The following motherboards are not allowed: GA-Z97X-SOC Force LN2, Maximus VII Impact
  • Must use competition background (download)
  • Only commercially available components are allowed. Engineering sample hardware is not allowed. Server class processors are not allowed.
  • You must attach a clear picture of the modules' label
  • You must attach a clear picture of the memory chips and PCB if the modules if the heatspreaders are removed (still need a picture of the label)
  • It is not allowed to remove submissions for strategic purposes. This is an individual competition. Unsportmanship behavior may lead to disqualification.

Currently top leader

Splave 1461 marks good for 25 pts

Participate

HyperX is looking to bring ten of the world’s best overclockers to the HyperX OC Takeover (HOT) World Finals for a live extreme overclocking competition held during CES 2015. Two spots to the World Finals are to be won in the North American online regional qualifiers. To receive an all-expense paid trip to CES in Las Vegas, NV, and compete for the $15,000 prize pool, contestants will need to finish in the top two of this qualifier.


Participants

This competition is open to any member of HWBOT. Employees (either full-time or part-time) of any motherboard, memory or processor manufacturers are not eligible for the contest.

You can join by simply submitting a score.

The online contest will be divided in four 1-week periods (all times are GMT-7):

  • Week 1: October 1, 2014 11:00 AM to October 8, 2014 10:59 AM
  • Week 2: October 8, 2014 11:00 AM to October 15, 2014 10:59 AM
  • Week 3: October 15, 2014 11:00 AM to October 22, 2014 10:59 AM
  • Week 4: October 22, 2014 11:00 AM to October 29, 2014 10:59 AM


Lucky Draw Winners

One lucky draw winner will be pick at the end of week 1 and at the end of week 3 (2 lucky draw winners in total). The lucky draw winners will be announced on November 5th.


Mid-contest Leaders Prizes

Mid-contest benchmark leaders will be announced at the end of week 2 (3 winners in total). One winner per benchmark, a participant cannot win more than once.

This is the benchmark order we will pick the leaders: MaxxMem Read Bandwidth then SuperPi 32M and finally Intel XTU (If participant A leads both memory clock and Intel XTU at the end of week 2, the 2nd in rank for the Intel XTU stage will be picked as winner for this stage).

Week 2 leader winners will be announced on November 5th.


Final Winners Announcement

The top two participants winning the grand prizes will be announced on November 5th (GMT-7) on HyperX official website and HWBOT website. All the prices will be shipped to the winners within 30 days from the announcement by HyperX.


Prizes

The top 2 finalist from EMEA online qualifier will receive an all-expense paid trip to CES 2015 in Las Vegas, NV to compete for the $15,000 HOT World Finals.


HyperX Predator DDR3-2800 8GB kit of 2

HyperX 3K SSD 240GB


Gelid GC-Extreme 10g

GIGABYTE Z97X-SOC Force


Cooler Master Nepton 140XL

Cooler Master V750

XTURanking

Latest submissions for stage XTU

Score User Hardware Cooling
1452 marks l0ud_sil3nc3 Core i7 4770K Liquid Nitrogen
1402 marks coolhandluke41 Core i7 4770K Liquid Nitrogen
1449 marks l0ud_sil3nc3 Core i7 4770K Liquid Nitrogen
1197 marks Mikecdm Core i7 4770K Water (Custom)
1461 marks Splave Core i7 4770K Liquid Nitrogen
1236 marks Splave Core i7 4770K Water (Custom)
1405 marks l0ud_sil3nc3 Core i7 4790K Liquid Nitrogen
1394 marks l0ud_sil3nc3 Core i7 4790K Liquid Nitrogen
1138 marks Redmax Core i7 4790K Water (Custom)