{"id":116715,"date":"2017-04-10T12:43:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T10:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=116715"},"modified":"2017-04-10T18:43:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T16:43:14","slug":"asus-launches-oc-showdown-2017-team-edition-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/116715-asus-launches-oc-showdown-2017-team-edition-competition","title":{"rendered":"ASUS launches OC Showdown 2017 Team Edition competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ASUS has announced the OC Showdown 2017 Team Edition overclocking competition, featuring squads of overclockers competing for prizes with a value of $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament will run from 14 April to 5 June 2017 and will be hosted on <a href=\"http:\/\/oc-esports.io\/#!\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>HWBOT<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Teams are able to sign up at any time and competitors can register to take part in the competition by creating an HWBOT account.<\/p>\n<p>To reach the top team ranking, overclockers will have to submit their best scores in five stages.<\/p>\n<p>Stages 1 and 2 are limited to only air or water cooling, and scores using extreme cooling methods may be submitted from Stage 3 onwards.<\/p>\n<p>The details for each stage of the competition are detailed below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"myg_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Asus Overclocking<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Stage 1<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Stage 2<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Stage 3<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Stage 4<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Stage 5<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"15%\"><strong>Benchmark<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"15%\">XTU<\/td>\n<td width=\"15%\">X265 \u2013 4K<\/td>\n<td width=\"15%\">GPUPI for CPU \u2013 1B<\/td>\n<td width=\"15%\">Reference Clock<\/td>\n<td width=\"15%\">3DMark Time Spy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Hardware Limitations<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>4x Cores<\/td>\n<td>No X99<\/td>\n<td>No limitations<\/td>\n<td>No limitations<\/td>\n<td>Single GPU (No Titan X or 1080 Ti)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>League Limitations<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Up to Novice<\/td>\n<td>Up to Enthusiast<\/td>\n<td>Up to Apprentice<\/td>\n<td>Up to Extreme<\/td>\n<td>Up to Elite<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Cooling limitations<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Air\/Water, 30 degrees idle<\/td>\n<td>Air\/Water, 30 degrees idle<\/td>\n<td>No limitations<\/td>\n<td>No limitations<\/td>\n<td>No limitations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Average Scoring\/team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Top 3 scores\/team<\/td>\n<td>Top 5 scores\/team<\/td>\n<td>Top 2 scores\/team<\/td>\n<td>Top 3 scores\/team<\/td>\n<td>Top 2 scores\/team<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Unique Hardware\/team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>CPUs model<\/td>\n<td>CPUs model<\/td>\n<td>CPUs model<\/td>\n<td>Chipsets<\/td>\n<td>GPUs model<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Points Repartition<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>50-48-46-44-42-40<\/td>\n<td>50-46-44-42-40-38<\/td>\n<td>50-44-42-40-38-36<\/td>\n<td>50-42-40-38-36-34<\/td>\n<td>50-40-38-36-34-32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Prizes for the OC Showdown 2017 Team Edition include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ROG Maximus IX Apex motherboard<\/li>\n<li>ROG Crosshair VI Hero motherboard<\/li>\n<li>ROG Strix GTX 1050 Ti<\/li>\n<li>Seasonic Prime Platinum PSU<\/li>\n<li>G-Skill DDR4 Trident Z and Flare X memory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/206430-asus-announces-international-overclocking-competition.html\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband <\/a><\/strong>and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/205186-asus-unveils-powerful-rog-strix-gaming-pc.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Asus unveils powerful ROG Strix gaming PC<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASUS has announced the OC Showdown 2017 Team Edition overclocking competition, featuring squads of overclockers competing for prizes with a value of 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