MSI 2013 MOA Worldwide Grand Finals Hits Taipei on October 18 - 19

[btarunr]

MSI, world renowned motherboard and graphics card manufacturer, presents the sixth edition of the Master Overclocking Arena (MOA) Grand Finals, dubbed "NO LIMITS". To be held on October 18th and 19th, this is the grand finals that worldwide fans have been waiting for! 16 of the world' s most extreme overclockers from 13 countries have made it through regional qualifiers for a chance to compete in the Grand Finals for the overclocking master crown. These overclockers will be breaking world records on MSI OC series Z87 MPOWER MAX motherboards and MSI GTX 780 LIGHTNING graphics cards.



MSI has partnered with some of the world's most acclaimed hardware manufacturers such as Intel, NVIDIA, BenQ, Cooler Master, Corsair and Plextor to sponsor the MOA2013 Grand Finals. With these partners, MSI will be providing the master overclockers with the finest overclocking gear the industry has to offer:

• MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX Motherboard
• MSI GTX 780 LIGHTNING Graphics Card
• Intel Core i7-4770K Processor
• BenQ XL2420T LCD Monitor
• Cooler Master Silent Pro M2 1500W Power Supply
• Corsair Vengeance Pro Series - 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 DRAM 2800MHz C12 Memory Kit
• Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme SSD

For more information about extreme overclocking equipment, please visit this page.

The MOA 2013 Grand Finals will hold Classic and Freestyle overclocking battles with two days of competition. Contestants will bench Super PI 32M?CineBench R11.5 and 3DMark Fire Strike on the first day of the Classic Battle, and 10 specified benchmarks will be chosen for world record challenge for the second day's Freestyle Battle. With all the best tools and equipment available in the MOA 2013 Worldwide Grand Finals, this year's contest is sure to prove to be an event for the history books!

Get in on the action! MSI will be live streaming the 2013 MOA Grand Finals via the official MOA website! Fans from around the world will be able to watch the battles live to feel the passion and excitement of this worldwide event. Fans can get in on the action even further by entering the MOA Champion Prediction contest - accurately predict the 2013 MOA champion and win overclocking prizes!

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[the54thvoid]

These overclockers will be breaking world records on MSI OC series Z87 MPOWER MAX motherboards and MSI GTX 780 LIGHTNING graphics cards

I know this is an overclocking event and as such 'prestige' level skills but MSI really cocked up their consumer 780 Lightning this time. I know several people that returned them because of very poor over volting ability. EVGA offer unofficial 'safe' over volting software for their Classified - MSI to my knowledge offer nothing to help get past 1.2 volts which is joke considering how beefed up the VRM circuitry is.

Boo to MSI this round.

 

[RCoon]

I know this is an overclocking event and as such 'prestige' level skills but MSI really cocked up their consumer 780 Lightning this time. I know several people that returned them because of very poor over volting ability. EVGA offer unofficial 'safe' over volting software for their Classified - MSI to my knowledge offer nothing to help get past 1.2 volts which is joke considering how beefed up the VRM circuitry is.

Boo to MSI this round.

Master Overclocking Arena - Who can get the highest core clock and mem clock with a 1.2v limit Truly an enthusiast event wouldnt you say?

 

[the54thvoid]

Master Overclocking Arena - Who can get the highest core clock and mem clock with a 1.2v limit Truly an enthusiast event wouldnt you say?

They'll no doubts be running MSI sanctioned BIOS revisions just for the event. Maybe from this event, some nice master overclocker will release a BIOS into the wild so normal folksies can actually run the Lightning the way it was meant to be run.