HyperX OC Takeover 2014 North America Qualifiers

General competition rules

• 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.
• HyperX and HWBOT reserve the right to remove any submission. There will be no discussion about removed submissions or disqualification



Hardware allowed

• Intel 4th Generation processors. (Haswell Refresh and Pentium G3258 processors allowed)
• Intel 9 series motherboards. (Intel 8 Series motherboard allowed too)
• Only commercially available components are allowed.
• Engineering sample hardware is not allowed.
• Server class processors are not allowed.
• No limitation for the graphic card.



Brand restrictions

• Kingston Technology and HyperX for the memory.
• No brand restriction for the motherboard.
• Intel for the processor.
• No brand restriction for the power supply.
• No brand restriction for the graphic card.

You are free to use any brand for the other components.




General benchmarks rules

• maxxmem memory read bandwidth (http://hwbot.org/news/8633_application_128_rules/)
• SuperPi 32M (http://hwbot.org/news/879_application_7_rules/)
• Intel XTU (http://hwbot.org/news/8638_application_39_rules/)
• Participants must attached a picture of their rig (motherboard, memory and processor cooler during use) to all their submissions.
• No sharing is allowed for processor and memory during this contest (please refer to HWBOT rules 3.2.E for more information http://hwbot.org/article/general_rules).
• You can submit as many results as you want.
• In case of a ranking tie the highest maxxmem memory read bandwidth wins, then the best SuperPi 32M score.



Maxxmem memory read bandwidth specific contest rules

• The contestant with the highest maxxmem memory read bandwidth wins.
• MaxxMem version must be higher than V1.95.
• The result must be validated by a screenshot with the official wallpaper (download here: click).
• Then screenshot must contain the following windows (as the example enclosed):
  • MaxxMem Read Bandwidth result.
  • CPU-Z CPU tab
  • CPU-Z Memory tab.
  • CPU-Z Motherboard tab.
  • CPU-Z SPD tab of one of the modules installed.

• A screenshot is required, no pictures.






SuperPi 32M specific contest rules

• The contestant with the fastest score wins.
• SuperPi 32M version must be 1.5.
• The result must be validated by a screenshot with the official wallpaper (download here: click).
• Then screenshot must contain the following windows (as the example enclosed):
  • SuperPi 32M result.
  • Full calculation detail.
  • Visible checksum.
  • CPU-Z CPU tab
  • CPU-Z Memory tab.
  • CPU-Z Motherboard tab.
  • CPU-Z SPD tab of one of the modules installed.

• A screenshot is required, no pictures.






Intel XTU specific contest rules

• The contestant with the highest score wins.
• Use the latest version off Intel XTU (you can find it here: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Processors&ProductLine=Processor+Utilities&ProductProduct=Intel%C2%AE+Extreme+Tuning+Utility+(Intel%C2%AE+XTU)).
• Please refer to this guide if you want to upload your score later: http://forum.hwbot.org/showpost.php?p=248989&postcount=2.
• The result must be validated by a screenshot with the official wallpaper in addition to the validation file (download here: click).
• Frequency monitoring must be enabled.
• Must use XTU version V5.1.0.23
• The screenshot must contain the following windows:

  • Intel XTU result.
  • CPU-Z CPU tab
  • CPU-Z Memory tab.
  • CPU-Z Motherboard tab.
  • CPU-Z SPD tab of one of the modules installed.

• A screenshot is required, no pictures.