ROG Formula X - California - Event Recap!

First off, I would like to thank our Platinum Sponsors: Intel and Nvidia, and our co-op sponsors: Antec, Coolermaster, Corsair, CPU, Kingston, Patriot, and Razer for the hardware, along with HIWA, Capcom, Madcatz, and Logitech for the side support! I also want to thank all of the overclockers and case modders for spending time and coming out to the event. Thanks everyone! So here is a recap of Formula X; our goal for this event was to have fun! Bench on any platform and benchmark what you want. Setting your own goals was key. If you were able to break into the top 10 global records or #1 hardware record, you received a bonus prize! Case modders were ranked top 3 and the other 4 were raffled a box of goodies. The layout and power draw was not my original design, but we worked around the problem and in the end, still had a very successful event. Be sure to watch the Live stream recordings in the formula x thread: http://www.asusrog.com/forums/showth...-ROG-FORMULA-X Welcome to Formula X: All of the vendors did an awesome job showing off their hottest products and tons of swag! [gallery include="" size="medium"]   Vendors also had a chance to talk on stage on their latest technologies! [gallery include="" size="medium" link="file" link_size="medium" template="file-gallery"] There was a good amount of traffic throughout the day. Coolermaster and Kingston really knew how to draw in the crowd! [gallery include="" size="medium" link="file" template="file-gallery"]   Now for the fun stuff! Lets show off the top 7 case mods at Formula X! There were a ton of awesome case mods and a ton of prizes. PCjunkie came out #1 with his blue devil carbon case, #2 High lane drifter, and #3 Brimstone. Congrats to all! [gallery include="" size="medium" link="file" template="file-gallery"] Now for the top 20 overclockers at Formula X! Huddle around everyone, time to go over the rules and get your hardware! [gallery include="" size="medium" link="file" template="file-gallery"] Chew Prepping cards, Splave giving andre a thumbs up, Gautum, Romdominance, zeneffect, posershadow, patch, pcjunkie all having fun benching and doing their thing.   [gallery include="" size="medium" link="file" template="file-gallery"] Glad to see the Matrix getting love, andre and patch prepping, mason pouring LN2, Hondacity and Gomeler in action. [gallery include="" size="medium" link="file" template="file-gallery"] Romdominance giving a peptalk on overclocking to Fry's customers. A nice 4 way SLI rig on the Xpander, 69Goat, PCjunkie, V2-V3 working hard [gallery include="" size="medium" link="file" template="file-gallery"] Travis showing off his POT, Andre yang prepping his rig, and lots of Frankenstein engineering art going on. Maximus IV Extreme-Z, Black edition, and some old school ROG matrix action! [gallery include="" size="medium" link="file" template="file-gallery"] Pots are cooling down, Gunslinger is ready to rock! Brian.Y is ready to break some records. [gallery include="" size="medium" link="file" template="file-gallery"] It was great to see different teams talking and working together to achieve awesomeness! Rarely do you see competition mingling and having fun. Andre, gunslinger, splave, romdominance, 69goat, and patch, prepping for the day. [gallery include="" size="medium" link="file" template="file-gallery"] 69Goat, patch, Nemesis, posershadow, zeneffect, planet along with JJ and Gary from the ASUS crew. [gallery include="" size="medium" link="file" template="file-gallery"] Splave acting goofy, and Bryan.Y showing off a golden tray of goodies. [gallery include="" size="medium" link="file" template="file-gallery"] Cory pouring LN2 with Andre [gallery include="" size="medium" link="file" template="file-gallery"] Capcom was kind enough to let us demo the new unreleased Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition, and Madcatz let us use their SF4 fight sticks! We also demoed Dirt3. We decided to allow users to play games when under extreme cooling. we were seeing about 180FPS on dirt 3 on a single GTX580 DC2. [gallery include="" size="medium" link="file" template="file-gallery"] We also had a race to build contest for users that can put together a system the quickest and a Bios workshop from JJ. We teach you how to overclock! [gallery include="" size="medium" link="file" template="file-gallery"] The folks from Gigabyte decided to stop by and mingle with overclockers, case modders, and vendors. Don't mind if they need some inspiration from ASUS. [gallery include="" size="medium" link="file" template="file-gallery"] Some random photos from the event [gallery include="" size="medium" link="file" template="file-gallery"] If you have any comments, questions or thoughts - or if you have your own pics from the event - please let us know in the forums or on our ROG Facebook page!