ASUS Open Overclocking Cup 2014: The 16 Finalists

After a month of excitement, the AOOC 2014 qualifier is now complete. The results are in, and the qualifying overclockers are announced below, ahead of what will be an electrifying finals showdown, to be held between November 22th-23th in Moscow, Russia. 16 overclockers won their tickets to compete in the live finals. 

Final Results

By dominating 2 of the 3 benchmarks, 8pack took first place in the qualifier followed by Dancop and Wizerty in 2nd and 3rd places.

Stage Results

The XTU benchmark was limited to a maximum of 5 GHz. Alex@Ro got the best efficiency with his Core i7 4790K paired with his Maximus VII Gene. In 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme, 8pack dominated this benchmark with 8731 marks on a single GTX 780 Ti card running at 1,975MHz (+ 118.96% overclock). In PiFast, 8pack again took first place with a score of 10sec 90ms, while Wizerty, came in at a very close second with 10sec 110msl; only 20 ms separated the two overclockers.

Well done to all the overclockers who participated in the qualifier phase and congratulations to the 16 finalists!

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AOOC 2014 Finals

Link: http://hwbot.org/competition/aooc_2014_final

AOOC 2014 Final: Teams Lineup

The Final will be held in Moscow, Russia between November 22^nd and 23^rd.  The qualified overclockers are divided in two groups. Group 1 is formed by the qualifier positions 1 to 7, while Group 2 is formed by qualifier positions 8 to 14. In Group 1 the qualifier winner gets first choice of partner from Group 2, followed by 2nd, 3rd places .. etc down to 7th. These teams of two will compete together in the finals.

One wildcard team is formed by the top-2 Pentium G3258 Anniversary Edition overclockers.

AOOC 2014 Final – Hardware

The overclockers will have the chance to compete on the last top high-end hardware during the final. Here is the list:

• CPU: Intel Core i7 5960X
• Motherboard: ASUS Rampage V Extreme
• Graphic card: ASUS GTX 980
• Memory: Corsair Dominator 2800 MHz LPX 4x4GB DDR4
• PSU: Corsair AXi series PSU

ASUS Open Overclocking Cup

Established in 2012, ASUS Open Overclocking Cup was at first a local event for enthusiasts from Russia and Ukraine. In 2013, the AOOC expanded and become Europe’s major overclocking competition, with the best overclockers from Europe and the CIS participating.