General Rules

• Participants must use retail CORSAIR DDR4 memory.
• All participants must use commercially available components and Software (Engineering Samples are not allowed).
• Hardware sharing is not allowed.
• All participants have to use the same platform for all 3 stages.
• All submissions must include the official CORSAIR competition desktop wallpaper, available here:
• All submissions must include a picture of the working overclocking setup  (MB, MEM, 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 CORSAIR 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 CORSAIR reserve the right to reject any entry.
• HWBOT and CORSAIR have the right to ask for video proof if needed.

Hardware

• Must use commercially / retail available components. No ES samples.
• Participants must use the same CPU/motherboard combo for all stages
• Participants must use retail available CORSAIR memory.
• Processor and Memory are cooled ONLY by Air, AIO or Water cooling.
• No Chiller/Extreme/TEC cooling allowed on CPU or memory. CPU must be at idle 20+°C.

Software

• Windows 10 submissions only. No Windows Server or Windows 11 versions allowed.
• AIDA64 Extreme Beta Version 6.33.5749 only.
• CPUZ 1.96.1 or newer version only.
• BenchMate version 0.10.8 only.

Stage 1: AIDA 64 (OPEN)

• Use version AIDA64 Extreme Beta from the compo package with key: RWN9Y-MUBDB-8L1WQ-7D2P1-Y87C8
• Dual Channel Submissions only.
• Run Full Memory Bandwidth test, not individual Read Benchmark.
• Screenshot with CORSAIR desktop wallpaper as background; AIDA64 score, CPU-Z 1.96.1 or newer tabs for Processor, Memory and SPD.
• A CPUZ 1.96.1 or newer Validation link is required, registered on your HWBOT username.
• Include pictures of your overclocked setup
• Stage 1 OC Care package (click link)

Stage 2: Memory Frequency

• Score on the verification screenshot matches the one from the CPUZ validation link (2MHz tolerance)
• Screenshot with CORSAIR desktop wallpaper as background; CPU-Z 1.97 tabs for Processor, Memory and SPD.
• A CPUZ 1.97 Validation link is required, registered on your HWBOT username.
• Include pictures of your overclocked setup
• Stage 2 OC Care package (click link)

Stage 3: TBA

• Use BenchMate version 0.10.8
• Dual Channel Submissions only.
• Screenshot with CORSAIR desktop wallpaper as background; CB score, BenchMate validation window, CPU-Z 1.96.1 or newer tabs for Processor, Memory and SPD.
• Include pictures of your overclocked setup

Final Notes

• In case of a tie, Stage 2 score is the tie breaker.

Points per Stage

50-48-46-44-42-40-38-36-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1