KEY POINTS
- OC Showdown 2017 Team Edition runs from 14th April to 5th June 2017, spans five distinct stages, and is open to both new and existing HWBOT teams
- US$5,000 total prize pool up for grabs, with gear from ROG, EKWB, G.Skill, Open Benchtable, Seasonic and Thermal Grizzly
- Substantial prize package will be presented to two overall winning teams, plus individual prizes awarded for each stage
Taipei, Taiwan (4th April, 2017) — ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced OC Showdown 2017 Team Edition, a brand-new, five-stage online competition that invites overclocking squads to compete to win prizes with a total value of US$5,000.
Running from 14th April to 5th June, 2017 and hosted on HWBOT, at http://oc-esports.io, ROG OC Showdown 2017 Team Edition is aimed at enthusiast overclockers working in teams. The competition is open to both existing HWBOT’s teams and new groups, with new teams free to register at any time.
Newcomers keen to take part in the competition may do by creating an HWBOT account and joining a team. A list of existing teams can be found at http://hwbot.org/league/teams.
In order to reach the top overall team ranking, individual overclockers will have to submit their best scores in five distinct stages. Stages 1 and 2 are limited to overclockers using only air or water cooling. From Stage 3, overclockers using extreme-cooling methods can submit scores – but air-cooling scores can also be submitted.
OC Showdown 2017 Team Edition’s five distinct Stages are detailed in the following table, with full details and rules available on the competition page at http://oc-esports.io/#!/round/rogocs17_teamedition:
| Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | |
| Benchmark | XTU | X265 – 4 K | GPUPI for CPU – 1B | Reference clock | 3DMark Time Spy |
| Hardware limitations | 4 x cores | No X99 | No limitations | No limitations | Single GPU
No TitanX or 1080ti |
| League limitations | Rookie
Novice |
Rookie
Novice Enthusiast |
Rookie
Novice Enthusiast Apprentice |
Rookie
Novice Enthusiast Apprentice Extreme |
Rookie
Novice Enthusiast Apprentice Extreme Elite |
| Cooling limitations | Air / water
30ºC idle |
Air / water
30ºC idle |
No limitations | No limitations | No limitations |
| Average scoring / team | Top 3 scores / team | Top 5 scores / team | Top 2 scores / team | Top 3 scores / team | Top 2 scores / team |
| Unique hardware / team[1] | CPUs model | CPUs model | CPUs model | Chipsets | GPUs model |
| Points repartition | 50-48-46-44-42-40… | 50-46-44-42-40-38… | 50-44-42-40-38-36… | 50-42-40-38-36-34… | 50-40-38-36-34-32… |
At the conclusion of the competition, the two teams that have accumulated the most points overall will received a bundle of prizes that includes latest ROG Maximus IX Apex and Crosshair Vi Hero motherboards, ROG Strix GTX 1050Ti graphics card, Seasonic® Prime power supply, EKWB water-cooling kit, G.Skill DDR4 memory, Thermal Grizzly thermal paste and Open Benchtable Black Edition.
Individual prizes will also be awarded to the overclockers who achieve the highest scores in each of the five Stages. An additional prize will be awarded to the overclocker that brings the most points to his or her team, as the most valuable competitor overall. The prizes are detailed in the following table:
| Prizes | |
| Overall Team 1 | 1 x ROG Maximus IX Apex
1 x ROG Crosshair VI Hero 1 x ROG Strix GTX 1050 Ti 2 x Seasonic PRIME Platinum 1200W 1 x G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 4133MHz 16GB(2x8GB) 1 x G.Skill Flare X DDR4 3200MHz CL14 16GB(2x8GB) 1 x EK-KIT P280 1 x Open Benchtable 5 x Thermal grizzly Kryonaut 5.5g ROG T-shirts Overclocker Edition |
| Overall Team 2 | 1 x ROG Maximus IX Apex
1 x ROG Strix GTX 1050 Ti 1 x Seasonic PRIME Platinum 1000W 1 x G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 4133MHz 16GB(2x8GB)1 x EK-KIT L360 1 x Open Benchtable 5 x Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 5.5g ROG T-shirts Overclocker Edition |
| Most valuable player Overall | 1 x ROG Maximus IX Apex
1 x Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 37g 1 x ROG T-shirt Overclocker Edition and other ROG goodies |
| Stage 1 – Top 1 Overclocker | 1 x ROG Maximus IX Apex |
| Stage 2 – Top 1 Overclocker | 1 x ROG Strix GTX 1050 Ti |
| Stage 3 – Top 1 Overclocker | 1 x EK-KIT L240 (R2.0) |
| Stage 4 – Top 1 Overclocker | 1 x G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 3600MHz CL16 16GB(2x8GB) |
| Stage 5 – Top 1 Overclocker | 1 x Seasonic Prime Platinum 1000W |
AVAILABILITY & PRICING
ASUS ROG OC Showdown 2017 Team Edition has launched. Please contact your local ASUS representative for further information.
[1] *For each Stage, overclockers from the same team will have to use either a CPU, chipset or GPU model to count in the average scoring / team. For example, for Stage 1 the average top three scores for Team A will be calculated as follows:
Team A – Overclocker 1 submitted with i7 6700K
Team A – Overclocker 2 submitted with i5 6600K
Team A – Overclocker 3 submitted with i7 7700K
