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FITS: Overclock/Underclock and Chill Competition

Fitseries3

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Ok heres the scoop guys....

I came up with an idea to make this a fun little competition for everyone. I also found a way to make it somewhat more fair to everyone.

Comp 1: This is an Underclock/Overclock Competition. The idea is to show the biggest improvement compared to everyone else.

Underclock your PC to its lowest and post a 3dmark 06 Screenshot with gpuz, cpuz and your name then....

Overclock your PC to its highest and post another 3dmark 06 Screenshot with gpuz, cpuz and your name.

the person with the biggest change in score will win something from Fits prize closet.


now some rules are...

must be the same machine with the same hardware
machine must be stable enough to run the benchmark and obtain the screenshot with the required info
photoshoping will disqualify you permanently. i DO know how to spot a 'shop



Comp 2 is what i call a "Chill" comp.

the idea here is use whatever you may have to obtain a valid "HwMonitor" screenshot of your cpu running the lowest possible temperature.

requirements for entries in this comp are...

Must post a valid screenshot with "HwMonitor" showing your cpu temp.
you must also provide a picture of how you got the temperature(your setup) and a brief description of what you did.

extreme cooling devices like phase change, dry ice, and liquid nitrogen will not be accepted. i know the reasonable temperature range thats attainable with non-extreme cooling setups and cold air so dont try to pull a fast one with LN2 and say "its cold out today"




SOFTWARE:

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php
http://www.futuremark.com/
 
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It's about 5degrees out today. I could probly set my air cooled rig outside and get dry ice temps. :laugh:

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I'm out of the chilled competition, screw that. No chance here in FLA :laugh:
 

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I'm not sure about the undervolt competition , you have to undervolt your cpu as low as possible or what?

edit nvm i understand it now lol
 

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underclock. lower your multi and fsb/qpi
 
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I can easily do the undervolt competition. My Crosshair III Formula came with a license for '06 Advanced.
 
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I want to run my PC outside tonight and see what temps I get. I'll even stress test it to see if it keeps a low threshold of min/max temp range.

bear in mind it is 8 degrees atm.
 

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I want to run my PC outside tonight and see what temps I get. I'll even stress test it to see if it keeps a low threshold of min/max temp range.

bear in mind it is 8 degrees atm.

how much snow you get? we have about 5" up here.
 

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http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=873612



:D this is a start...
 

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you need to post a screenshot with the proper info though. check the 1st post.

looks like a good OC though
 
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Do we underclock the video cards too?
 

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sure why not. that will lower your score even more.

i didnt want to put all the "how to's" in here because i wanted to see how creative ppl get.
 
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how much snow you get? we have about 5" up here.

Not much snow down here, but we got mostly rainy mix all day yesterday. Lawrence has 1' + in some places.

I'm interested to see what temps I could get from running it outside. I think I'll try it in the garage 1st, its 40 degrees in there. :)
 
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Guess I'm a bit creative :)
 
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Your a freakin Chicken Patty, how creative are you?


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Preliminary underclock (GFX still OC'd).



Sorry I forgot to put my name in there. I will get it in the next round.
 
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So Far a 2.7ghz diff in clocks my goal is to match my stock speeds @2.8ghz total diff
:toast: I met my personal goal on my second OC :toast:
 
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Total Underclock:

 

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guess i need to try a little harder lol

 

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subscribed and good idea on this contest!
 

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everyone needs to keep track of their own high and low for now until i get a chart together. please bear with me as im trying to line up some more prizes.
 
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