WCG 9th Birthday Challenge Planning Thread

Norton · Nov 8, 2013

We have about a week to go before this challenge starts- time to finish up any loose ends on our rigs and get ready. :toast:

I'll be working on getting the challenge thread launched and getting an announcement over to the News dept. over the weekend. If anyone has any comments or suggestions prior to launching the thread please post it here as soon as you can.

manofthem · Nov 8, 2013

My rigs are pretty much ready.

My only suggestion for those of us with limited rigs is to get a good amount of gaming in before the challenge starts! That's my goal; in fact this weekend I'm having a LAN at my house, all day sausage fest with killing zombies

So the challenge shall begin and we shall have fun :toast:

[Ion] · Nov 8, 2013

Obviously I'm 100% in :toast:

We'll see if I can get the new setup going in the next week...anything's possible, but it would be a stretch at the very least :eek:

librin.so.1 · Nov 8, 2013

Oh my! Thanks for reminding! Gonna have to do a lot of preparations over those few days left so I could crunch without any interruptions through the challenge whatsoever. Looking forward to it a lot. :toast:

xvi · Nov 8, 2013

manofthem said:
That's my goal; in fact this weekend I'm having a LAN at my house, all day sausage fest with killing zombies

I'll be right there. :laugh:

I think I have all the rigs going that I can manage. Should be just long enough for them to spool.

Norton · Nov 12, 2013

The "official" Challenge thread will go live when I get home from work (i.e. in about 8 hrs or so)

I have put in a request to the news dept. for a TPU front page article. Expect to see that soon as well.

AlienIsGOD · Nov 12, 2013

can canadian members get in on hardware prizes if we split shipping or pay all of it?

Norton · Nov 12, 2013

AlienIsGOD said:
can canadian members get in on hardware prizes if we split shipping or pay all of it?

I will do Canada/Mexico on the Grand prize and the cooler I put up if the winner pays the difference in shipping. I can check with the other members who donated items to see if they will do the same

Easy Rhino · Nov 14, 2013

heyo, i am on the board!

(FIH) The Don · Nov 19, 2013

if im just crunching for tpu is that good enough for the challenge? idc if i win, just wanne throw in some numbers

Norton · Nov 19, 2013

(FIH) The Don said:
if im just crunching for tpu is that good enough for the challenge? idc if i win, just wanne throw in some numbers

100% fine- whatever you can contribute is much appreciated!!!

(FIH) The Don · Nov 19, 2013

coolio, crunching again got me motivated to finish my mod and get my watercooling mounted again :toast:

ChristTheGreat · Nov 21, 2013

I'm not sure if I posted, but I'm in at 100% for all winter

mjkmike · Feb 2, 2014

just pm the captain. Good luck all my friends :lovetpu:

sorry still not comfy with the way.

Norton · Feb 2, 2014

mjkmike said:
just pm the captain. Good luck all my friends

sorry still not comfy with the way.

We're over here Bud:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/tpu-wcg-february-challenge-planning-thread.196939/

I requoted your post in that thread

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Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S (dual fan)- EK 360 AIO with push/pull fans- Corsair H115i RGB Pro XT and etc...
Memory	2x16GB GSkill FlareX 3200/c14- 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance 3600/c16- 2x16GB Team 3600/c18 and etc..
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Mouse	G300s
Keyboard	Corsair K65
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Cooling	DeepCool Castle 360EX
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Storage	Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB
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Case	Thermaltake P3
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III 750w
Mouse	Logitech G900
Keyboard	G Skill KM570 MX Silver
Software	Windows 10 Pro

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Storage	80GB Intel SSD / 256GB Intel SSD / 2x 60GB SSD (RAID1)
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Keyboard	IBM Model M
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Cooling	NZXT Kraken x72
Memory	2×16GiB @ 3200MHz, some Corsair RGB led meme crap
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Power Supply	Corsair AX1200i
Mouse	Razer Naga Epic
Keyboard	Keychron Q1
Software	Funtoo Linux
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Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390M GAMING EDGE AC
Cooling	Corsair H115i, 2x Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM
Memory	G. Skill TridentZ RGB 4x8GB (F4-3600C16Q-32GTZR)
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Case	Xigmatek Aquila
Power Supply	Seasonic 760W SS-760XP
Mouse	Razer Deathadder 2013
Keyboard	Corsair Vengeance K95
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	4 trillion points in GmailMark, over 144 FPS 2K Facebook Scrolling (Extreme Quality preset)

WCG 9th Birthday Challenge Planning Thread

Norton

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manofthem

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[Ion]

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librin.so.1

xvi

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AlienIsGOD

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Norton

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Easy Rhino

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(FIH) The Don

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Memory	8GB X 2 DDR4 3000mhz Team Group Vulcan \| 16GB DDR4
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Case	NZXT H500 Black \| HP Omen Obelisk
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Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650w 80+ Gold \| 500w
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 500 15 button mouse w/ Razor Goliathus Chroma XL mousemat \| Logitech G502
Keyboard	Corsair K65 Mini w/ Cherry MX brown keys \| Logitech G513 Carbon w/ Romer G tactile keys
Software	Windows 10 Pro \| Windows 10 Pro

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Processor	i5 13600KF
Motherboard	AsRock B760M Steel Legend Wifi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U9S
Memory	4x 16 Gb Gskill S5 DDR5 @6000
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Storage	WD_BLACK 4TB SN850x
Display(s)	Gigabye M32U
Case	Corsair Carbide 400C
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 650 P2
Mouse	MX Master 3s
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless Clicky
Software	The Matrix

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