Contest Erodov Overclocking Contest 2011 - Sponsored By Coolermaster and MSI

[vijayninel]

Click Here to View The Ongoing Contest Results

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.

[ViKiD]

New best with Windows 7 + Wazza : x

SuperPi : 1.43.366

Hexus Pifast : 18.31





Still need to tweak sub timings to get better scores. Can someone please guide me here? Im running completely blind here.

Windows Xp + Wazza Scores soon, for some reason, a BSOD corrupted the fresh Windows XP installation :|
Didn't know XP was so "touchy"!

[CA50]

Another minor update

Super pi 8M : 2m 41.938s
Hexus pi-fast: 25.66s

Net score: 3m 07.598s



---------- Post added 27-11-11 at 12:49 AM ---------- Previous post was 26-11-11 at 11:43 PM ----------

@vijayninel, i guess there should be some good prize for the c2d/c2q category as well. you have a mobo for the "Bulldozer/Phenom II/Athlon II" whose highest score till now is 4m07.401s, easily beaten by the c2d/c2q current winner with 3m07.655s

i think you should reconsider the prize, as its c2d/c2q is not negligible, its just few seconds behind the i-series of intel proccys

[vijayninel]

Originally Posted by CA50 vijayninel, i guess there should be some good prize for the c2d/c2q category as well. you have a mobo for the "Bulldozer/Phenom II/Athlon II" whose highest score till now is 4m07.401s, easily beaten by the c2d/c2q current winner with 3m07.655s i think you should reconsider the prize, as its c2d/c2q is not negligible, its just few seconds behind the i-series of intel proccys

Well, we would have liked to have had unlimited prizes for a larger range of categories but unfortunately the prizes are limited for this time. We hope to have more prizes the next time around.

[CA50]

^ Oops!!! bad luck

Anyways its fun

[kikicoco1334]

man! i wish i have a rig to bench with i'd prob do better
oh well...
RMA time!

[KrashNBurn]

This is not a contest entry but just to let the members of [E] of organizing this know that I'm with you guys.
Couldn't spend time on this cuz of other things keeping me busy. Thanks for extending the last date.

[Jasku]

@CA50 - nice dude, your killing it, you really want that prize dont you.....what got you to shave of a 100th of your previous time?

[CA50]

@Jasku, LOL price is not the main thing, its fun competing here.

I didn't had a nice proccy to compete here, so got a e8400 few days back.

Any it would be a shame to keep a e8400 idle, without playing with it , so gt some scores, and learnt lots of stuff

Cheers

@krashnburn ♥, how about your config as well.

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@JD666 and @Jasku , thanks for your likes, but i am confused what they are for - my score or the post for decent prize

[thebanik]

Originally Posted by krashnburn This is not a contest entry but just to let the members of [E] of organizing this know that I'm with you guys. Couldn't spend time on this cuz of other things keeping me busy. Thanks for extending the last date.

Though I understand you are not competing for prize Knb but still atleast a CPUz screenshot showing the CPU speed would have been appreciated. Without which cannot even put the score on the leaderboard,

[kris]

Nevermind, I will post a video if I get a better time. Also confused why I am being asked for a video, please explain...there are many other entries with better times than me...

Originally Posted by thebanik Kris, though I am updating the score but I would need you to post a video verification of the score please, thanks........

[CA50]

Originally Posted by wingzero Nopes coz i know ip35-e can do it. Mine was same earlier pi blacks + ip35-e and an e8400.

hey, is it possible for ip35-pro too to bump the fsb 500+ ??

---------- Post added at 04:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:24 PM ----------

This time got some nice score from pi-fast

Hexus pi-fast : 25.59 sec
Super pi 8M : 2m 41.938s

Total score : 03m 07.528s

[thebanik]

Originally Posted by kris please explain...there are many other entries with better times than me...

If a judge has a doubt he will ask for more proof, regardless of whether it being a winning entry or not. And I do have some doubt about your score, , as Karan earlier said, consider it as a matter of pride, . I do not think shooting a few minutes of video would be a difficult task......

[ViKiD]

Update me score @thebanik sire!

[KrashNBurn]

Originally Posted by thebanik Though I understand you are not competing for prize Knb

O.o I cannot compete for prize ???
But yes it was not to have the score on the leader board. I remember Man and you had posted a list of people who participated last time but not this time. Just clear that when I have a decent top 3 score I will ensure that all the formalities are in place and I will get that score too.

[kris]

Originally Posted by thebanik And I do have some doubt about your score

Thats what confuses me, its not that great a time lol. Dunno what the room for doubt is. Can you pm me or something, what caused the doubt (suppose I am well within my rights to know?) Anyway, as i said I will post a video if I better the score....