Gigabyte Open Overclocking Championship 2009 regional finals coverage
Date: April 29, 2009
Tagged:
General overclocking tips from the pros, Final thoughts and conclusion
Jeremy Clifton aka “sno.lcn” from
OC Forums
sat down with us at Gigabyte’s Open Overclocking Championship 2009
regional final Apr. 25 to share some basic tips about overclocking.
Clifton is ranked 10th in the United States, according to hwbot.org.
These tips are geared toward users who are just starting out in
overclocking or thinking about overclocking their PCs.
- Don’t be afraid of voltage: Research the web for
overclocking forums and see what others are doing and work from there.
One great forum to check out is Xtreme Systems forums.
- Invest in proper cooling: Purchase quality air
solutions like Thermalright. If you can afford liquid nitrogen, you’ll
need to read up on proper usage and insulation. Proper cooling is
critical for getting the best overclocks out of your system.
- Learn how to modify the BIOS settings: Learn about
your motherboard’s options for overclocking. Overclocking i7s is a lot
different than overclocking AMD’s Phenom II processors. Overclocking
forums are a good place to start to learn about the basic BIOS settings
that need to be modified to get the highest overclocks.
- Purchase good components: Too many times people
skimp on their components to save a few bucks. This won’t help you if
you want to overclock. Investing in a good power supply, CPU, RAM, and
motherboard is key to getting stable overclocks.
- Patience, patience, patience: If overclocking your
system is not working out for you, keep at it. It takes practice. Talk
with other overclockers and keep trying new things. In the end, you’ll
gain more experience from your mistakes than your successes.
In a nut shell, overclocking is an art that takes patience, practice,
good components, and a willingness to expand your knowledge and learn
more about all the hardware in your system. Overclocking is not an
exact science, so learning from others and practicing the trade is the
key to becoming an efficient and stable overclocker.
Final thoughts and conclusion
The Gigabyte Open Overclocking Championship is the industry’s largest
global overclocking competition with overclockers from 26 countries.
The event was sponsored by Gigabyte, Intel, NVidia, Kingston, and
Enermax.
The two-day event at the beautiful Pacific Palms Golf Resort in City
of Industry, Calif. brought some of the best overclockers from the
United States and Canada. While no overclocking world records were
broken, the event did showcase many of North America's best and
brightest who should provide stiff competition to the rest of the world
at the Gigabyte Open Overclocking Championship final in Taiwan in June.
The worldwide winners from regional finals in China, Czech Republic,
Thailand have been confirmed and now Miahallen is the final competitor
to complete the field. The winners of the regional events will head to
Taipei, Taiwan to compete against each other as well as last year’s GO
OC 2008 Best P45 Overclock and Free Style champions in Taipei, Taiwan
June 3 during Computex 2009.
