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By David Hollingworth
Nov 6, 2009 | 14 Comments
Tags: msi | overclocking | news

Fancy your 'clocking skills on the world stage? Get into this comp...

We know that the average Atomican overclocks pretty much everything they get their hands on. PCs, toasters, the neighbour's cat... there's nothing that can't be made faster and sexier by the addition of a little Ln2. 

Except maybe the cat... 

Anyhoo... if you live and breath overclocking, and fancy yourself in the big leagues, then MSI's Xtreme Speeder comp is what you've been waiting for. The comp kicks off on November 15 and runs for four weeks, with big cash prizes for the best results. For more info, check out the comp's site.

 
 
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nesquick
Nov 6, 2009 11:39 AM
 Honestly this competition is stupid I only know one person on atomic that loves MSI boards.

I don't see why I can't enter using a Gigabyte or ASUS board...
Mudg3
Nov 6, 2009 4:17 PM
 No your stupid.
MagnumXY
Nov 6, 2009 5:24 PM
 P7P55D ftw anyway I thought the purpose of these things was to learn what they can do to improve their product?
redcomet
Nov 6, 2009 5:26 PM
 Nes you don't like MSI boards just because you are lack of experience or knowledge on them.
nesquick
Nov 6, 2009 6:11 PM
 err yea... give me an evga, ASUSor Gigagyte over an MSI anyday.
.:Cyb3rGlitch:.
Nov 6, 2009 6:52 PM
 The silly thing about these comps is, the only people with a chance of winning are the ones who spend big on cooling, or go through multiple components to find the better silicon.

If only there was a way to get an even playing field.
Hawkeye
Nov 6, 2009 6:53 PM
 Yeah, it's one of the reasons we don't run the Gigabyte event anymore - it's just always the same people!
.:Cyb3rGlitch:.
Nov 6, 2009 7:04 PM
 It would be interesting to have an overclocking competition at Atomic HQ. Everyone gets the same hardware, and you get what you get. I'd really enjoy that!

And, perhaps put restrictions on ridiculous voltages. :P
nesquick
Nov 7, 2009 12:07 AM
 give everyone stock cooler, problem solves lol.
nesquick
Nov 7, 2009 12:07 AM
 solved* sorry
.:Cyb3rGlitch:.
Nov 7, 2009 1:03 AM
 Solved apart from the 100c CPUs! :P
tunksy
Nov 7, 2009 1:02 PM
 +1 cyb3r's idea!!!
nesquick
Nov 7, 2009 1:45 PM
 well no it would promote tweaking in the ram timings and sub voltages more so, any idiot can pump a shit load of vcore into a CPU and raise the baseclock/FSB, theres no skill in that.
.:Cyb3rGlitch:.
Nov 7, 2009 2:12 PM
 True, but a stock cooler will limit the extent of the overclock. It'd be a better idea to put limits on the maximum voltages, e.g. 1.4v max on the vcore. That way people have to know what they're doing, rather than throwing everything really high and hope for the best. There should also be a temperature cut-off at 80c under load.
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