[Press Release] Taipei, Taiwan (4th April, 2017) — ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced OC Showdown 2017 Team Edition, a brand-new, five-stage online competition that invites overclocking squads to compete to win prizes with a total value of US$5,000.

Running from 14th April to 5th June, 2017 and hosted by HWBOT on OC-ESPORTS, the ROG OC Showdown 2017 Team Edition is aimed at enthusiast overclockers working in teams. The competition is open to both existing HWBOT’s teams and new groups, with new teams free to register at any time. Newcomers keen to take part in the competition may do by creating an HWBOT account and joining a team. A list of existing teams can be found here on HWBOT.

In order to reach the top overall team ranking, individual overclockers will have to submit their best scores in five distinct stages. Stages 1 and 2 are limited to overclockers using only air or water cooling. From Stage 3, overclockers using extreme-cooling methods can submit scores – but air-cooling scores can also be submitted.

OC Showdown 2017 Team Edition’s five distinct Stages are detailed in the following table, with full details and rules available on the competition page here.

Read the full contest announcement here on OC-ESPORTS.