G.SKILL Announces OC World Cup 2023 Competition with $40,000 USD Total Cash Prize Pool

[btarunr]

G.SKILL International Enterprise Co., Ltd., the world's leading brand of performance overclock memory and PC components, is excited to announce the return of the 7th Annual OC World Cup 2023, after a 3-year hiatus. The G.SKILL OC World Cup extreme overclocking competition will begin with the Online Qualifier stage, held from March 1, 2023 until April 5, 2023 on hwbot.org. Then the top 9 overclockers of the online qualifier will become finalists, who are qualified to join the live competition at the G.SKILL booth during Computex 2023 week from May 30, 2023 to June 2, 2023 and compete for a portion of the $40,000 USD total cash prize pool, with the OC Champion title taking home $10,000 USD!

With the participation of top extreme overclockers from around the world and carefully crafted rules designed to test the ability of each overclocker, the G.SKILL OC World Cup is considered to be one of the most challenging overclocking competition by professional overclockers. The G.SKILL OC World Cup consists of three rounds: Online Qualifier, Live Qualifier, and Grand Final. The top 9 overclockers of the Online Qualifier will be eligible to enter the Live Qualifier stage during the week of Computex 2023 at the G.SKILL booth, and the top 3 overclockers from the Live Qualifier stage will compete for the title of OC Champion in the Grand Final.



Online Qualifier Stage
The Online Qualifier stage will be hosted on hwbot.org between March 1, 2023 and April 5, 2023. This stage is open to all overclockers worldwide, and participants must use G.SKILL memory kits and designated Intel platforms to submit results across 4 overclock categories that tests each overclocker's skills: Highest Memory Frequency, Cinebench R15, Y-Cruncher - Pi-2.5b, and SuperPi 32M. For more event details and rules, as well as to participate in the Online Qualifier stage of the OC World Cup 2023, please visit the competition webpage.

Most Anticipated Extreme Overclocking Event of the Year
With the participation of top extreme overclockers from around the world and carefully crafted rules designed to test the ability of each overclocker, the G.SKILL OC World Cup is considered to be one of the most challenging overclocking competition by professional overclockers. The G.SKILL OC World Cup consists of three rounds: Online Qualifier, Live Qualifier, and Grand Final. The top 9 overclockers of the Online Qualifier will be eligible to enter the Live Qualifier stage during the week of Computex 2023 at the G.SKILL booth, and the top 3 overclockers from the Live Qualifier stage will compete for the title of OC Champion in the Grand Final.

Online Qualifier: March 1, 2023 to April 5, 2023
Live Qualifier: May 30, 2023 to June 1, 2023
Grand Final: June 2, 2023

$40,000 USD Total Cash Prize Pool
For over a decade, G.SKILL has been involved with the overclocking community. To give back to the extreme overclocking community, G.SKILL is raising the total cash prize pool to $40,000 USD for OC World Cup 2023, a substantial increase from $25,000 in 2019 and one of the largest total cash prize pool among OC competition events. And following the tradition of the OC World Cup competition, the OC Champion of the Grand Final will take home the whopping grand prize of $10,000 USD - the largest single cash prize sum in the overclocking community.

7th Annual OC World Cup 2023 Prize Breakdown

• OC Champion: $10,000 USD
• 2nd Place: $6,500 USD
• 3rd Place: $5,000 USD
• 4th Place: $4,200 USD
• 5th Place: $3,400 USD
• 6th Place: $3,000 USD
• 7th Place: $2,800 USD
• 8th Place: $2,600 USD
• 9th Place: $2,500 USD

Additionally, each of the top 9 overclockers in the Online Qualifier will receive a DDR5-7800 32 GB (16 GB x2) memory kit.

Furthermore, 3 lucky participants who complete all stages of the Online Qualifier will be randomly selected to win a DDR5-7200 32 GB (16 GB x2) memory kit.

For more information, visit this page.

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[luches]

wow that's some pathetic prize money. Like local gaming tournaments can get you more. Still Overcloking has always been about pushing the boundaries and PR and getting your name out there, so i hope the competition is good . It would be fun to watch atleast !

 

[AnarchoPrimitiv]

wow that's some pathetic prize money. Like local gaming tournaments can get you more. Still Overcloking has always been about pushing the boundaries and PR and getting your name out there, so i hope the competition is good . It would be fun to watch atleast !

Well, you have to consider the fact that they're probably spending $40,000 on their power bill for the event. Haha

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Neat
10k.us for first to hit 10.0GHz

 

[Space Lynx]

wow that's some pathetic prize money. Like local gaming tournaments can get you more. Still Overcloking has always been about pushing the boundaries and PR and getting your name out there, so i hope the competition is good . It would be fun to watch atleast !

you also have to consider the fact they had to hire a bunch of a young models to dress scantily... lmao pathetic. Source: picture 4 from the left

 

[ir_cow]

Well the rules are pretty straight forward and focuses on memory instead of CPU clocks being the deciding factor. Though I assume the 4-core limit is E or P cores, but you aren't going to get good results with E cores.

• Limited to Intel LGA1700 Platforms & G.SKILL DDR4/5 memory only (Retail only)
• 4 processor cores maximum, no Hyper Threading (disabling cores allowed)
• Maximum CPU and Cache frequency of 5503MHz (CPU-Z and BM result tab)

Only way your even going to the event is with LN2 submissions.

 

[Space Lynx]

Only way your even going to the event is with LN2 submissions.

the scantily clad girls in picture 4 would like to have a word with you.

 

[ir_cow]

I'm going to see where I place with air-cooling. Pretty much I know its not top 25.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Yeah just pull air from the beer cooler

 

[DR4G00N]

Only way your even going to the event is with LN2 submissions.

They've always been that way. It's kind of the point.

 

[ir_cow]

They've always been that way. It's kind of the point.

So the same 9 people every year?

Max OC in air is also a good challenge

 

[JAB Creations]

wow that's some pathetic prize money. Like local gaming tournaments can get you more. Still Overcloking has always been about pushing the boundaries and PR and getting your name out there, so i hope the competition is good . It would be fun to watch atleast !

This post reminds me of that Jack Nicholson film As Good as It Gets where he unwraps a bar of soap, uses it once and then chucks it in the trash. I have not seen such a bloated egotistical post in a long time and I see Intel and Nvidia fan boy comments on a daily basis.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

you also have to consider the fact they had to hire a bunch of a young models to dress scantily... lmao pathetic. Source: picture 4 from the left

I know, right?

I know I'm an exception, but still, my fellow sisters do not look happy in that pic. I can literally see one thinking to herself "why am I here? The fuck is this?"

 

[freeagent]

If anyone wants to sponsor me I bet I can make it on that list somewhere

Feel free to drop me a PM