Contest Erodov Overclocking Contest 2011 - Sponsored By Coolermaster and MSI

[vijayninel]

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Overclocking computers is a fascinating science, art and hobby. We have a lot of overclocking enthusiasts here on the Erodov forums so we are pleased to bring to you the the Erodov.com Overclocking Contest 2011 in collaboration with Choiix and MSI.

We will be having five contest categories and a total of twelve prizes. The categories are divided by the types of processors being used. Your processor can be overclocked to only the maximum specified clock speed for each category. The rest of the gains are expected to come from operating system optimisations.

The categories for the contest are as follows:

1. i7/i5/i3 2nd Generation (Eg. 2600K, 2500K, 2400, 2300) - The clock limit on these CPU's should not to exceed 4000MHz or 4GHz. This means 4000.1MHz is over the clock limit and not allowed. Do not allow your CPU clocks to exceed this limit at any point during the running of these benches.

2. i7/i5/i3 (Eg. 980X, 950, 920, 860, 661) - The clock limit on these CPU's should not to exceed 4000MHz or 4GHz. This means 4000.1MHz is over the clock limit and not allowed. Do not allow your CPU clocks to exceed this limit at any point during the running of these benches.

3. Bulldozer/Llano/Phenom II/Athlon II series CPU - The clock limit on these CPU's should not to exceed 3600 MHz or 3.6GHz. This means 3600.1MHz is over the clock limit and not allowed. Do not allow your cpu clocks to exceed this limit at any point during the running of these benches.

4. Intel Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad CPU's - - The clock limit on these CPU's should not to exceed 3600 MHz or 3.6GHz. This means 3600.1MHz is over the clock limit and not allowed. Do not allow your cpu clocks to exceed this limit at any point during the running of these benches.

5. Legacy (e.g. Phenom/Athlon/P4)/ Best Effort - The clock limit on these CPU's should not to exceed 3200 MHz or 3.2GHz. This means 3200.1MHz is over the clock limit and not allowed. Non-categorized winners will be decided on best effort/efficiency basis.

The Prizes For The Contest Will Be



Ten Choiix Power Fort 10Whrs Rechargeable Power Backup Battery Packs
The top two winners in each category will get one Battery pack each. More details of the power pack can be had from here

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In addition the top winner of the i7/i5/i3 2nd Generation category will get



One MSI P67A-GD65 Motherboard

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Also the top winner of the Bulldozer/Phenom II/Athlon II series CPU category will get



One MSI 890FX-GD70 Motherboard

Please note that these mainboards have been used as review samples but are fully functional with warranty.

The rules are of the contest are as follows:

• The contest is open for to all members from 16th October 2011 to Wednesday, 30th November 2011. If you are not already an registered member, you must first register as a member on Erodov.com. Registration is free and can be done here.
• The benchmarks used for the contest will be SuperPi 8 million run using Super PI Mod v1.5 and Hexus Pifast Run. Only results form Super PI Mod v1.5 will be considered and no other version is allowed. You can download it from here. Hexus Pifast can be downloaded from here.
• You can participate in multiple categories but you are allowed to win only one prize in the contest.
• You can submit multiple results in the contest. Only your best run will be considered as the contest entry.
• To submit your results you must post a image screenshots of the SuperPi 8 million run and the Pifast run along with the current CPUZ CPU, Memory, Mainboard tabs and temperatures showing in Real Temp or Core Temp in this thread. The results will be updated in the second post of this thread. The images can be in JPEG, GIF or PNG format. Here are examples of a ideal screenshots :-

Example Superpi 8m and Hexus Pifast run screenshots

• You must post separate screenshots of both Superpi and Pifast runs. Every participants best score from each bench will be combined for a total time. The lowest combined time overall will be the winner.
• You must use the official contest desktop wallpaper set in "tile" mode for the contest entries. You can download the wallpaper here. Everything must be plainly visible with no vital information blocked for your result to count.
• You may use any CPU, RAM and Graphic Card combination on a single socket motherboard you would like.
• ONLY Air or Ambient Cooled Water are to be used anywhere on your setup for the contest benchmarks. Use of cryogenic coolants and dry ice is prohibited.
• The winners are expected to disclose the tweaks they used to arrive at their scores at the end of competition so all can benefit from their knowledge.
• Decisions of the contest judges are final. Any form of cheating can be easily spotted, and strict action will be taken against the members.
• The prizes are not redeemable in cash and must be accepted as awarded.
• The prizes will be shipped to people residing in India only. Winners from other countries will have to bear any additional shipping and tax costs.

[wingzero]

Originally Posted by CA50 whenever i change the RAM timings, the errors pops up in 1st pass

which rams are those?...that error is coz you're oc isn't stable. Anyways you can at times get rid of that by deleting other files except the superpi.exe

[CA50]

^ i am using Gskill ram

Another pop question: Is there any minimum requirements for running BenchTec_Toolbox?? What are those?

At first, when i tried that, it game be error, i tried installing MS dot-net framework 2.0, then it started, but wheneven i set something and click on "tweak", it give some sort of exceptional error

Is there anything i should install to use this? OS is win XP_sp2

[wingzero]

^^use ocx super pi tweaker. I know it's a gskill. Model no. would help.

[CA50]

G Skill F2-8000CL5-2GBPQ

[CA50]

Got a new set of scores

Super pi : 2m 43.031s
Hexus pi-fast : 25.63 sec





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@Jasku, where is your post with 2m42.677s super pi score, can't find it

[JD666]

^^ Nice... Heres a marginal tweak on my current score of 2.42.485



New score 2.41.625

@thebanik - Sir sir sir sir sir

New total with old hexus score is 3.07.655

[Jasku]

Originally Posted by CA50 @Jasku, where is your post with 2m42.677s super pi score, can't find it

Post #734- I am outta town till the 30th, please dont beat my score

[JD666]

BTW i have a hexus score as well, but in my state ( drunk that was ), i forgot to change the tabs to mainboard and RAM, will this be acceptable???

[Jasku]

@JD666- 2000+ FSB is awesome JD bhai, thode OCing tips hume bhi do, which voltages to increase...anyways outta town till 30th, hopefully can hold on to the 2nd spot!!!

[JD666]

^^ Thanks to Rockfella!!

[CA50]

@Jasku, how did you get that score, i too tried at that setting, but

maybe because of the 8500

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@Jasku, how did you get that score, i too tried at that setting, but

maybe because of the 8500

[wingzero]

Originally Posted by JD666 ^^ Nice... Heres a marginal tweak on my current score of 2.42.485 New score 2.41.625 @thebanik - Sir sir sir sir sir New total with old hexus score is 3.07.655

Shaving off 1sec is not marginal
Nice efforts @JD666

[CA50]

@wingzero, tried to use that pi tweaker, but didn't understand anything ... any links to walk-through

[Jasku]

Originally Posted by JD666 ^^ Thanks to Rockfella!!

Rocafella is still alive?!!!!!

Originally Posted by CA50 @Jasku, how did you get that score, i too tried at that setting, but maybe because of the 8500 ---------- Post added at 12:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:44 PM ---------- @Jasku, how did you get that score, i too tried at that setting, but maybe because of the 8500

I have no idea, I am not able to emulate the score again!...I was trying a lot tweaks that night, but they were all simple windows tweaks. I got it on the 2nd or 3rd run.

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@JD666 are you using winxp for SP?

[JD666]

@JD666 are you using winxp for SP?[/QUOTE]

Yes, but windows 7 matches the time closely as well.