In Pictures: MSI's Master Overclocking Arena 2013 Finals
In Pictures: MSI's Master Overclocking Arena 2013 Finals
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Welcome To The Master Overclocking Arena
Back in October, we were invited to the Master Overclocking Arena 2013 Finals. Started in 2009, the MSI contest is now one of the biggest overclocking events in the world.
The online qualifiers started few months ago, where participants from all parts of the world showed their skills in getting as much performance as possible from their components using extreme cooling. Naturally, the liquid nitrogen flowed like water.
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Now, if only the article also display the result of those winners
Thanks for the comments, we would add another picture with the final results.
At this level, you will need more that a simple button.
Not really, the best CPU was in hands of Lucky_n00b but T0lsty got a much better score in 3DMark compared with the reference score for the competition.
All overclockers will be using the exact same hardware:
MSI Z87 MPower Max mainboard
MSI N780 Lightning graphics card (GeForce GTX 780)
Intel Core i7 4770K processor
Corsair Vengeance Pro memory, 8 GB (2x 4 GB) DDR3-2800
Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme SSD
Cooler Master Silent Pro M2 1500W PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 or Windows XP Pro SP3
Mainboard BIOS: E7815IMS.MOA / Graphics card BIOS: NV296MOA.101
Graphics card driver: GeForce 326.80 Beta