Good morning/Evening all!
I have been in discussion with OCNs Events Manager and have decided to run an Intel Overclocking Competition!
What will the competition involve?
My Idea is to run an overclocking competition on a month by month basis for 6 months and entails (cpu requirements are just for example):
Month 1 - 2core/2thread Intel CPUs
Month 2 - 2core/4thread Intel CPUs
Month 3 - 4core/4thread Intel CPUs
Month 4 - 4core/8thread Intel CPUs
Month 5 - 6core/12thread Intel CPUs
Month 6 - 8core/16thread Intel CPUs
The competition will consist of users being asked to submit their top score in the chosen benchmarking software. Each user will have the option to submit two entries in their competing month. One entry to get into the competition, and then a second to try and beat their first score
Only users with the required CPU will be eligible to enter in the specified month. So for example if you have a 4690K, you could only enter in the Month 3 if the above schedule was final.
Each monthly competiton will be started on the first day of the month and will end on the day before the last of the month, giving me the fnial day to tally up the results and announce the winners. I will create an overclocking template, which will show what you need your competition submission post to look like to be eligible to enter.
I will create a spreadsheet of all the entries into the club, so that users can actively see who is the top of the chart throughout the competition.
Once each month has passed, the winners will be announced and a new thread will be created for the next month. I plan to start the competition from the 1st March 2015.
Prizes are currently being discussed
Rules Discussion (Your input is needed here!)
I have created a poll to gauge interest in the overclocking competition, please chose your answer carefully.
I have several ideas which I am pondering, and would like you to say which you think is the fairest option.
1. Should the competition be decided between 1st,2nd, 3rd place for ALL entries? Should the competition be split up by cooling and have two spreadsheets, one for LN2/Extreme overclocking and another for AIR/WATER overclocking entries?
2. Should different CPU architecture be handicapped, so as to keep the results fair? For example, in the month 3, the following CPUs can enter: 2500k, 3570k, 4670k, 4690k. Should there be a handicap against the 4690k so that the other CPUs have a points increase on their final score, with the 2500k recieving the highest handicap as it is the oldest architecture in the group? Or should the competition just be treated as all competition CPUs are equal in each month?
These are my pondering questions. Please post in this thread with your thoughts on the competition, and also your thoughts on the two questions. I look forward to hearing from all Intel CPU owners and hopefully this competition is a success for everyone involved. I will monitor this thread for the next two weeks before I decided to go ahead with the competition or not.
Thank you for your input!
I have been in discussion with OCNs Events Manager and have decided to run an Intel Overclocking Competition!
What will the competition involve?
My Idea is to run an overclocking competition on a month by month basis for 6 months and entails (cpu requirements are just for example):
Month 1 - 2core/2thread Intel CPUs
Month 2 - 2core/4thread Intel CPUs
Month 3 - 4core/4thread Intel CPUs
Month 4 - 4core/8thread Intel CPUs
Month 5 - 6core/12thread Intel CPUs
Month 6 - 8core/16thread Intel CPUs
The competition will consist of users being asked to submit their top score in the chosen benchmarking software. Each user will have the option to submit two entries in their competing month. One entry to get into the competition, and then a second to try and beat their first score
Only users with the required CPU will be eligible to enter in the specified month. So for example if you have a 4690K, you could only enter in the Month 3 if the above schedule was final.
Each monthly competiton will be started on the first day of the month and will end on the day before the last of the month, giving me the fnial day to tally up the results and announce the winners. I will create an overclocking template, which will show what you need your competition submission post to look like to be eligible to enter.
I will create a spreadsheet of all the entries into the club, so that users can actively see who is the top of the chart throughout the competition.
Once each month has passed, the winners will be announced and a new thread will be created for the next month. I plan to start the competition from the 1st March 2015.
Prizes are currently being discussed
Rules Discussion (Your input is needed here!)
I have created a poll to gauge interest in the overclocking competition, please chose your answer carefully.
I have several ideas which I am pondering, and would like you to say which you think is the fairest option.
1. Should the competition be decided between 1st,2nd, 3rd place for ALL entries? Should the competition be split up by cooling and have two spreadsheets, one for LN2/Extreme overclocking and another for AIR/WATER overclocking entries?
2. Should different CPU architecture be handicapped, so as to keep the results fair? For example, in the month 3, the following CPUs can enter: 2500k, 3570k, 4670k, 4690k. Should there be a handicap against the 4690k so that the other CPUs have a points increase on their final score, with the 2500k recieving the highest handicap as it is the oldest architecture in the group? Or should the competition just be treated as all competition CPUs are equal in each month?
These are my pondering questions. Please post in this thread with your thoughts on the competition, and also your thoughts on the two questions. I look forward to hearing from all Intel CPU owners and hopefully this competition is a success for everyone involved. I will monitor this thread for the next two weeks before I decided to go ahead with the competition or not.
Thank you for your input!