In Pictures: MSI's Master Overclocking Arena 2013 Finals
MSI held its Master Overclocking Arena Finals event in Taiwan, and the Tom's Hardware community was there to catch all the action. Follow along as we introduce some of the world's best overclockers and follow their efforts to break some records.
Laying A Foundation
Rbuass from Brazil makes preparations to his graphics card.
Plenty Of LN2 On-Hand
Branded containers of the cool stuff.
Protecting Expensive Graphics Cards
If you want bench-tested hardware to last, you need to protect it against condensation, first and foremost.
Gunning For The Best Overclock With An ES CPU
Yum. QEH6 Core i7-4770K CPUs. You know you're serious when you start hand-picking Q-specs.
More Hardware Prepping
A simple, yet elegant, cooling setup.
Keeping The Test Bench Clean And Dry
Impressively clean work for a bench setup.
Volt-Modding GK110
Volt-modding a GeForce GTX 780 helps facilitate higher voltage settings than would otherwise be possible from a stock card.
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Keeping Cool With LN2
A high-end configuration gets tuned for maximum performance under an LN2-cooled block.
Dialing In For The Benchmarks
The contest is well underway, and the overclockers are dialing in their settings in preparation for their benchmark runs.
Taking Precise Measurement
When it comes to precision overclocking, you need accurate voltage and temperature readings.