Competition Hardware

• Memory: HyperX Predator DDR4-3466 AFR 4GB modules
• Motherboard: MSI Z170A XPower Gaming Titanium Edition
• Processor: Intel Core i5 6600K
• SSD: HyperX Fury SSD 120GB
• Power Supply: CoolerMaster V850 850W PSU
• Operating system: Windows 8.1
• Graphic card: MSI GTX780Ti Lightning MOA Edition
• Bios: HOT version
• Thermal paste: Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut

Competition Benchmarks

• 16/12 12.30 - 14.00: Max Memory Clock
• 16/12 15.00 - 17.00: Intel XTU @ 5GHz
• 17/12 12.00 - 14.30: 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Scoring:

• 2D: 70-63-56-49-42-35-28-21-14-7
• 3D: 60-54-48-42-36-30-24-18-12-6

General Rules

• Only the 10 winners of the online qualifiers are allowed to take part, no exterior help (contestants can of course speak between themselves but everything needs to stay fairplay).
• Contestants can ask to bring friends and relatives to the contest venue.
• The rules can be modified until the day of the event, all contestants would then be informed
• Contestants are free to do anything they want during preparation time, liquid nitrogen will be available.
• Any hardware broken during this time slot will not be replaced.
• Contestants can submit new results at any time during the benchmark dedicated time.
• Once reviewed the score is entered in the scoreboard.
• If a benchmark run is started right before the end of the benchmark time slot, the result will be valid.
• The organization has the right to ask a contestant to re-run a benchmark to verify results.

Timeframe

The contest runs from Oct 19, 2015 11:00 AM to Nov 8, 2015 10:59 AM (GMT-7). It is divided into 3, 1-week long periods:

• Week 1: Oct 19, 2015 11:00 AM to Oct 25, 2015 10:59 AM (GMT-7)
• Week 2: Oct 26, 2015 11:00 AM to Nov 2, 2015 10:59 AM (GMT-7)
• Week 3: Nov 2, 2015 11:00 AM to Nov 8, 2015 10:59 AM (GMT-7)

The lucky draw winners will be announced on Nov 15, 2015 11:00 AM (GMT-7).

Final winner announcement

The winners for each region and the wild card winner will be announced on Nov 15, 2015 11:00 AM (GMT-7) on HyperX official website and HWBOT website. All the prizes will be shipped to the winners within 30 days from the announcement by HyperX.

HyperX will pay all shipping cost. Should tax liability arise, it will be the responsibility of the winner to notify its (their)own Government's relevant tax department. HyperX takes no responsibility or liability for taxation.

Prizes

Grand prizes

The winners for each region and the wild card winner will receive an all-expense paid trip to HyperX Headquarters in Fountain Valley, CA to compete for the $15,000 HOT World Finals.

Lucky draw prizes

Each of the three prize bundles consist of the following hardware items:

• HyperX Predator PCIe SSD 480GB
• HyperX Predator DDR4-3000 4x8GB 32GB
• MSI Z170A XPOWER Gaming Titanium Edition
• Cooler Master VSM750

Contestants are only eligible to win 1 lucky draw prize only. Grand prize and lucky draw can be cumulated.