OC World Cup | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Mon, 27 Feb 2023 10:15:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png OC World Cup | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 The G.Skill OC World Cup returns in 2023 with $40,000 total cash prize https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/matthew-wilson/the-g-skill-oc-world-cup-returns-in-2023-with-40000-total-cash-prize/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/matthew-wilson/the-g-skill-oc-world-cup-returns-in-2023-with-40000-total-cash-prize/#respond Fri, 24 Feb 2023 17:32:05 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=594565 The G.Skill Annual OC World Cup returns this year after a three-year hiatus. The event will kick off starting in March with a public online qualifier stage, after which successful entrants will be invited through to the next state, after some additional OC battling, a Grand Final will be held at Computex.  The Online Qualifier …

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The G.Skill Annual OC World Cup returns this year after a three-year hiatus. The event will kick off starting in March with a public online qualifier stage, after which successful entrants will be invited through to the next state, after some additional OC battling, a Grand Final will be held at Computex. 

The Online Qualifier Stage runs from the 1st of March 2023 until the 5th of April. The top 9 overclockers in the HWBot online qualifier will then be invited to the live qualifier to compete in person. Then, the top three from this group will be invited to Computex 2023 to compete in the grand final.

You'll need to place in the top 9 in order to win a cash prize. The grand prize is $10,000 for first place. The 2nd place winner will get $6,500, and the 3rd place winner will get $5,000. The lowest cash prize is still $2,500, so if you get to the live qualifier and then have a poor showing, you'll still walk away with a decent amount of money at the end of it.

The Live Qualifier will run from the 30th of May until the 1st of June. Then, the Grand Final will take place at Computex 2023 on the 2nd of June. All overclockers in the top 9 will get an additional prize, a G.Skill DDR5-7800 32GB memory kit. Three more participants from the Online Qualifier stage will be randomly selected to win a DDR5-7200 32GB memory kit.

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KitGuru Says: We typically see new world records broken at the OC World Cup, so keep an eye out for some particularly impressive results once June rolls around. 

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G.Skill’s 5th annual OC World Cup will kick off with round 1 this month https://www.kitguru.net/components/matthew-wilson/g-skills-5th-annual-oc-world-cup-will-kick-off-with-round-1-this-month/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/matthew-wilson/g-skills-5th-annual-oc-world-cup-will-kick-off-with-round-1-this-month/#respond Fri, 09 Mar 2018 14:03:06 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=366404 For the last several years, G.Skill has been hosting the OC World Cup and this year is no exception. The 5th Annual OC World Cup 2018 was announced today, with the Online Qualifier stage set to begin in March. Overclockers around the world will compete submitting scores, with the eventual winners taking home a chunk …

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For the last several years, G.Skill has been hosting the OC World Cup and this year is no exception. The 5th Annual OC World Cup 2018 was announced today, with the Online Qualifier stage set to begin in March. Overclockers around the world will compete submitting scores, with the eventual winners taking home a chunk of a $20,000 prize pool.

The Online Qualifier stage opens up on the 13th of March, where potential competitors can submit their scores for a chance to advance to the next stage of the competition. G.Skill promises that this will be the largest overclocking competition yet, opening things up to the public and increasing the prize pool.

The G.Skill OC World Cup consists of three rounds, the Online Qualifier, Live Qualifier and the Grand Finals, which will take place later this year. Round 1 kicks off in March and lasts until the 16th of April, participants will be ranked and scored on HWBOT's OC-esports page in four categories: Highest DDR4 frequency, SuperPi 32m, Geekbench 3 Multi-Core and 3DMark11 on integrated graphics.

Participants in the online qualifiers must be using a Z370 motherboard, an Intel Core i5-8600K and some G.Skill memory to go with it. The top six contestants will be invited to the Live Qualifier round, which will be held during Computex between June 5th and June 7th. From there, the top two competitors will go head to head in the grand finals, also during Computex.

To encourage more people to take part in the online qualifier stage, one lucky entrant will receive a G.Skill Trident Z RGB 3600MHz RAM kit.

The top six contestants will be guaranteed a portion of the $20,000 prize pool, here is how it breaks down:

  • 1st place- $10,000
  • 2nd place- $3000
  • 3rd place- $2,500
  • 4th place- $2000
  • 5th place- $1,500
  • 6th place- $1000

KitGuru Says: The G.Skill OC World Cup is always a big part of the Computex experience each year. Remember, the online qualifiers are open to all, so if you think you have what it takes to compete, then maybe give it a go in March when things open up. 

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G.Skill OC World Cup 2017 Winner announced https://www.kitguru.net/components/matthew-wilson/g-skill-oc-world-cup-2017-winner-announced/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/matthew-wilson/g-skill-oc-world-cup-2017-winner-announced/#respond Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:11:15 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=337237 At Computex this year, G.Skill returned once again to hold the Annual OC World Cup, inviting top overclockers from around the world to gather and compete for an ultimate grand prize of $10,000. In 2016, the overclocker known as ‘Splave' came out on top. However, this year, he was dethroned by Roberto ‘rsannino' Sannino from …

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At Computex this year, G.Skill returned once again to hold the Annual OC World Cup, inviting top overclockers from around the world to gather and compete for an ultimate grand prize of $10,000. In 2016, the overclocker known as ‘Splave' came out on top. However, this year, he was dethroned by Roberto ‘rsannino' Sannino from Italy.

On the day of the Grand Finals, finalists had to compete in four rounds: memory frequency, Geekbench 3- Multi-Core, 3DMark 11 Physics and Cinebench R15. rsannino managed to win in three out of four of these stages, taking home the grand prize and title of OC World Cup Champion 2017.

Rsannino managed to beat out competitors including Dancop, Splave, XtremeAddict, Alex@ro and RULE. XtremeAddict managed to take second place. This year, G.Skill's OC World Cup was sponsored by Intel, Samsung and Kingpin Cooling and no doubt we will see the OC World Cup return at Computex again in 2018.

KitGuru Says: It's always interesting to follow the on-goings of the extreme overclocking scene when new hardware drops.

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