I wish these competitions were based on market cooling instead of the liquid nitrogen cooling that we have become accustomed to seeing in these competitions.

I would actually like to see a overclock done on these competitions that I might realistically use. Why not start competitions with themes like "air cooled" or "water cooled" and actually have these overclockers try to peak out sustainable clock speeds for everyday use?

I understand the principle as to why overclocking exists. Unfortunately, the average enthusiast doesn't look at overclocking as a sport but as a means of gaining highest performance out of your chip.

Thanks for the read.

I would like to see some lower leve loverclocking comps, maybe sponsored LAN parties or the like. Different types of records with water and air!

These types of competitions are like drag races; push a car as hard and fast as it can go until you win, run out of gas or blow it up. You wouldn't drive a drag car on the streets every day to and from work, and the same concept applies here. That being said, this does make an interesting argument that you should/shouldn't use techniques and materials suitable for everyday use. I do agree that there should be some more in-depth articles about OC with consumer components as well. It is cool to see how they use the LN2 pots and volt mods, but maybe provide some more details into how to volt mod a board or GPU and how to run the highest clocks for 24/7 users.

The best overclocking you can do for 24/7 home use is phase-change, and that's been around for several years. Not a lot of folks do it though because water is a lot simpler, many times cheaper, and generally provides enough cooling to still get a satisfactory overclock.

Mind you, with a lifetime supply of R404A, phase-change makes a great investment.

^Freon? For what??

This is exactly it. This is an all-out drag race. Stay tuned Rubix, I'll have something for you on Monday with more daily-use overclocking that should address the points you bring up here.

I am glad to hear it and look forward to the write up. Just look at it this way, the number of car enthusiasts that take part in drag racing is a very small %. Same is true in these situations. I am glad your taking initiative to provide content relative to your mainstream audience.

While liquid nitrogen cooling can be likened to 6 second drag racing; air cooling and liquid cooling can be likened to endurance racing like 24 hours of Le Mans.
Both seek performance increases. Both are interesting to those who like that sort of thing. However, each has different set ups for different purposes.