After entertaining the "online spectators" with some photos posted on the forum, and in an initial photo gallery presentation, it was time for the real fun to begin.

Memory Extreme was the first team to go from modding to benchmarking, closely followed by team-Zilla Hiwa-Qballe.

Unfortunately, Extreme Hardware lost a lot of time due to a problem with the operating system’s replication software, forcing them to delay the first benchmark. Replicating the operating system with software such as Acronis TrueImage or Norton Ghost is very important, because an excessive overclock can corrupt the operating system. We certainly cannot afford to lose the time that would be necessary to reinstall everything in such a case, especially after having thoroughly changed the system settings.

Team Next Hardware instead took a slower, more calculated approach, postponing the system start-up until late afternoon, and taking their time to modify and tweak the system.

Memory Extreme got off to a great start in the first leg, registering some great scores in the SuperPI 1M metric. The tests that followed, unfortunately, brought to light some hardware problems with the motherboard we were using, while the Intel E8600 CPU proved to be a high-quality component.

Team Hiwa-Zilla-Qballe followed Memory Extreme, gained some points in the 2D test, and then improved on those scores even further.