GIGABYTE Z170 March OC Madness Extreme
GIGABYTE today announced its next competition with the Z170 March OC Madness Competition. Kicking off March 12th, the GIGABYTE Z170 March OC Madness Competition challenges overclockers to push their motherboards and 6th Gen Intel® CPUs to the limit
There are two categories with each three stages. This competition is open to all skill levels, with Novice, Rookie, Enthusiast, Elite and Extreme category levels allowing anyone to participate. The winner for each category will be awarded $500 USD. In addition, participants that submit a score in all stages of their respective categories are eligible to enter a lucky draw for one of three GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 motherboards as the grand prize.
Participate
- This competition is closed. You can no longer join
- GIGABYTE Z170 March OC Madness Extreme is closed since 9 April 2016
- This competition is between members
Stages
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Stage 1 -
XTU
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Stage 2 -
GPUPI for CPU 1B
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Stage 3 -
Geekbench3 Single Core
Contest Rules
- This competition is limited to GIGABYTE Z170 motherboards only.
- Please attach a picture of your overclocking rig.
- For the ambient category, minimum CPU temperature must be higher than 20C.
- Provide sufficient verification for your CPU temperature by showing HWMonitor information. (RealTemp and CoreTemp are not OK)
- Engineering samples are allowed.
- Must use official competition background
- A verification screenshot is required.
- To be eligible for the lucky draw, participants must submit in all stages of the category they belong.
- In case of a tie, the tie-breaker is the best score in Stage 3. If there’s still a tie, the best score in Stage 2, etc.
- A participant is eligible to win in only one round. If he is found to be the winner in multiple rounds, the prize will go to the runner up. If a participant is a round winner, he will not be eligible for the lucky draw.
Category 1: Enthusiast, Rookie and Novice Overclockers
Stage 1: XTU
- Submissions open March 12
- Submissions close on March 24
- CPU frequency must be set at 4.5GHz max
Stage 2: HWBOT x265 1080p
- Submissions open on March 24
- Submissions close on March 31
- No restrictions, such madness!
Stage 3: SPI 32M
- Submissions open March 31
- Submissions close on April 9
- CPU frequency must be set at 4GHz max
Category 2: Elite and Extreme Overclockers
Stage 1: XTU
- Submissions open March 12
- Submissions close on March 24
- CPU frequency must be set at 5GHz max
Stage 2: GPUPI for CPU 1B
- Submissions open on March 24
- Submissions close on March 31
- No restrictions, such madness!
Stage 3: Geekbench Single Core
- Submissions open March 31
- Submissions close on April 9
- No restrictions, such madness!
There are a number of cash and hardware prizes up for grabs! The winner for each category will be awarded $500 USD. In addition, participants that submit a score in all stages of their respective categories are eligible to enter a lucky draw for one of three GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 motherboards as the grand prize.
Apprentice League can not join.
Not sure apprentice league members are allowed, I made an internal task to get clarification, will give you an update as soon as I have the information. In theory, apprentice should also be counted to extreme when it comes to competitions, but restrictions here might be idifferent
Issue solved, apprentice members will be able to submit to extreme stage now - we will handle this the same for all comps in the future, apprentice is sub zero as we all know. If you still have issues, simply let us know
I was able to participate.
Thank you very much.
Can't upload my score
http://hwbot.org/submission/3166612_
Last call for this, if you have problems to submit, go at eoc competition website and hit the tab "submissions", scroll down and try to submit at lower end of the page at button "submit score". I checked it as well as some participants and it works
sorry for the inconvenience, but progress like on eoc after last update sometimes needs finetuning afterwards, work in progress
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