ASUS ROG Experience Tour Round 2!!

http://www.asusrog.com/images/tourna...top_banner.jpg
Are you guys ready for the ROG Experience Tour Round 2?!
Please read rules carefully! Full details here!


Online Tournament Outline:
The purpose of this tournament is to see who can find the perfect balance between function and form in their ROG build! A true case modder and overclocker can adapt to any environment when needed. The competing teams must structure a system that can perform at its optimal performance, weigh as little as possible, and look sleek.

There are 3 brackets to achieve points:
Performance (1000 points) - Weight(1000 points) - Style(500 points).
These will be judged by ASUS based on fastest SuperPi benchmark score, lightest system, and the overall design. Teams must follow the online tournament rules to be eligible. The top 2 teams with the highest score will advance to round 2 finals at Blizzcon 2010 where they will compete for the grand prize!

Teams will use SuperPi 1m as the benchmark tool to achieve the fastest SuperPi 1m time. Team must also weigh their system on a digital scale with a photo proof or analog scale with video proof. Don’t think about cheating because the top 2 winning teams will have to send in their machines to ASUS and get weighed in to be sure that the weight is the same as what was posted in their submission along with SuperPi Submission. ASUS must be able to run the benchmark without any hacks or mods. If a Team’s weight is off by more than .1 lbs (1.6oz) the team will be disqualified and the top spot will be given to the runner up.

YOU ARE LIMITED TO AIR OR WATER COOLING OF YOUR CHOICE!

Please read the details on the contest page to be sure you submit your entries properly

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Is it in Belgium :p

need Hwbot account?

Belgium only on this one, please.

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Originally Posted by hiwa

need Hwbot account?

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yes, youll need a hwbot account. its similar to round 1 but there is a twist

Im in :D

no teasing brian ;)

update is up. prizes are being updated as i get confirmation from the partners.

if anyone has questions, just ask and i shall speak. im sure there will be a ton of questions

You could make the "•Tournament is open to USA and Canada residents only." more obvious in both your forum threads and the rules.
Just wasted 15mins reading your entire page to find that tucked at the bottom:rolleyes:

Great but only for USA :(

Again no Europe :down:

Very interesting. Not sure what would be better here, Clarkdale or Gulftown.

Questions: I have been building a sub-ambient waterchiller for my 24/7 rig. Is chilled water considered fair? Shouldn't be much different than guys sticking their radiators right in front of an A/C unit :shrug:

Guys remember looks will be important. THis is something over-clockers often overlook.

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Originally Posted by Delex

Great but only for USA :(

Again no Europe :down:

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i know i know, and im sorry, but because this is being hosted in USA, we are trying to get legal to approve other regions to participate, its still being discussed.

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Originally Posted by DarthBeavis

Guys remember looks will be important. THis is something over-clockers often overlook.

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even some case modders over look this... but not you darthbeavis :D

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Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler

Very interesting. Not sure what would be better here, Clarkdale or Gulftown.

Questions: I have been building a sub-ambient waterchiller for my 24/7 rig. Is chilled water considered fair? Shouldn't be much different than guys sticking their radiators right in front of an A/C unit :shrug:

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i see... ill flat out say, there are a lot of loop holes if you are strategic enough, you can change the ambiet temp, have a ac blowing in the case, oc in the snow, use alternative materials for your case for weight.(carbon fiber panels, foam, cardboard, paper???? (remember weight may count but so do looks. you have to find the balance!!) BUT, one rule is, whatever is connected to the computer to make it turn on and run must be weighed in. that means all watercooling components, including radiator, psu, fans, HSF, screws, etc etc. (powercable is not factored in)

we must be able to hold on to the sides and not have everything fall apart.

so again, be strategic, there are many loop holes in how cut down weight, but it make affect the style, positive or negative. using paper as the side panels would definitely save a lot of weight, but it could look like :banana::banana::banana::banana:. or who knows, maybe you did some crazy blizzard origami, i dunno be creative.. style is worth 500 points

another note on what we will be looking for from a design stand point.

we want to see this:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._4497837_n.jpg
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_...0001_large.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...S/VIPlexus.jpg

NOT this: (if this is your car, I'm sorry for offending you)
http://img1.ifilmpro.com/blog/1/8/6/...9875314963.jpg:down:
http://www.subiegal.com/images/event...onda-ricer.jpg:down:

but you get what i mean... design has to make sense.

i was thinking in terms of super light .. power weight ratio...

Perfect! BUT WITH THE K20 SC RIGHT? I THINK THEY MIGHT EVEN HAVE A V8 NOW. DECISIONS DECISIONS

Hrm, I was more thinking..

Attachment 107095

Weight isn't an issue with enough power :cool:

I'll give this some thought. Overclockers typically overlook aesthetics as their rigs are frequently assembled and torn down in the span of a few hours.

well it looks like limiting cooling to air/water changes almost everything :p:

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Originally Posted by Brian@ASUS

Perfect! BUT WITH THE K20 SC RIGHT? I THINK THEY MIGHT EVEN HAVE A V8 NOW. DECISIONS DECISIONS

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i was actually thinking of wrightspeed x1 :D



or this

I think real temp needs to be included in the screen shot. A person could hook up a single stage to their system to run pi then disconnect for pics. One could still turn off single stage and let things warm up before capturing screen shot but at least its worth a shot to require real temp in screen shot:shrug:.

Rules state:

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ASUS must be able to run the benchmark without any hacks or mods

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Does this mean Asus will run pi on our machine once it's sent in? This would be great because duplicating a pi run with 1 sec so be possible at the same mhz.

I'm one overclocker that doesn't overlook looks:)

@gomeler

x58 980X @ 4.8GHz

http://j.imagehost.org/0361/i7_980X_...0_7-7-7-20.jpg


p55 655K @ 4.8GHz

http://j.imagehost.org/0186/655K_4825MHz.jpg

I would think a dual core would be easier to keep cool as volts are applied when using only air or water. 980X/x58 is faster but MHz is king in Pi:up:

gomeler, well SuperSport would be better choice :D

good idea nemesis, i will put realtime as one of the rules. and if you cant ship it, then i may fly over or just do it through webcam live or something! well figure it out. but your system will have to be shipped to blizzcon for you to compete the first day. we will provide phase units at blizzcon as we cant use LN2 or dry ice. on the second day, well break out the new goodies, but still limited with phase... im sure afterwards we can have a ln2 party in the hotel rooms =P

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Originally Posted by WhiteFireDragon

well it looks like limiting cooling to air/water changes almost everything :p:

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it shall be very interesting!! im really curious to see if people will use water or air... water will be heavy... and overall points really matter. even if you have #1 for performance, you may have crap for weight, therefor ranking low.

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Originally Posted by Brian@ASUS

good idea nemesis, i will put realtime as one of the rules. and if you cant ship it, then i may fly over or just do it through webcam live or something! well figure it out. but your system will have to be shipped to blizzcon for you to compete the first day. we will provide phase units at blizzcon as we cant use LN2 or dry ice. on the second day, well break out the new goodies, but still limited with phase... im sure afterwards we can have a ln2 party in the hotel rooms =P

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No LN2? What if we bring a cascade? I imagine we'd have to pay for shipping?

nope we are limited to our phase units... Blizzard is SUPERRRR picky even just for phase. and we have to box up the phase units to make it look presentable.. the ones we used for quakecon workshops is what we will have... sorry...

it would also be unfair for others since they wont have the exact same cooling capacity.

Helium allowed? Not for cooling, but to make the system lighter :p:

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Originally Posted by Brian@ASUS

it shall be very interesting!! im really curious to see if people will use water or air... water will be heavy... and overall points really matter. even if you have #1 for performance, you may have crap for weight, therefor ranking low.

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i think it's pretty much a given already, you either choose weight or performance. no way an aircooled chip will perform better than one on water, and no way all the watercooling hardware + water will be lighter than a single HSF.

maybe i should have a poll goin for who thinks air or water will win...

The 655k system I did the 4.8 run on weighed 16 lbs and its water cooled :)

hurmmm well i guess we have a base of what we are shooting for now! haha

Too bad it isn't wPrime or 3DMark or something..
it will now be beneficial for the weight points to remove an ARES/Quad-SLI GTX480 setup and replace with a low-profile 8600GT?
I guess it will be interesting to see what people come up with..
Prizes same as last time (blizzcon entry fee and competition hardware?)

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Originally Posted by Vapor

Helium allowed? Not for cooling, but to make the system lighter :p:

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My thoughts exactly..

yea most likely similar prizes. still waiting for confirmation from all the partners. ive already confirmed with OCZ for the SSD.

so whos competing? dont be shy

intel shelling out prizes?

what ever happened to joining a contest just for the fun of it :shrug:

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prizes are being updated as i get confirmation from the partners.

if anyone has questions, just ask and i shall speak. im sure there will be a ton of questions

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update OCZ has confirmed 2x OCZ Vertex 2 Series SSD per team to the Blizzcon competition! WOOT WOOT! still waiting on the others

Is there going to be another comp with LN2? Itching to join...

they don't allow ln2 or dice @ blizzcon

you'll be benching with some kind of phase unit....

Intel has just put in 4 980x cpus into the prize pool! woo! hoo! that means each team gets 2! Remember guys, submission end october 8th! Time is running out!

No submissions? I kinda like the concept but maybe you need more time for people putting together custom rigs like you're looking for.

Yeah, whenever I sit down to bench I keep forgetting to assemble the watercooling parts. I just make a beeline to the cascade *shrug* Maybe I'll remember this weekend :)

Well you don't really need a custom system (thats just an option).. you can use a torture rack. The tournaments been up for over a month. i know some people are holding back but id be great if some of them showed us a sneak peak at least =P anywho shouldnt be too worried on looks. a simple torture rack from dangerden, clean cable management, should be good to go.

as it looks like now... even if you had your normal case up there with a score, you'd be in first place.. haha

My 'torture rack' is the foam that comes in the mobo box...that work? :p:

sure build a foam box! as long as it has 5 sides, and can be picked up and weighed, its all good! literally! if you can make the foam look nice, even better. more style points to yah!

ALL asus boards are welcome! im giving away a rampage 3 formula for anyone that wins with an asus board! submitting anything is better than nothing

Hmm.. interesting contest.. Overclocking and Modding?? Interesting concept.. I might have to join in.. need to read the rules a bit. MIght have to give Jake a buzz, since this is a team comp.

- Ton

Questions:
a. What is the requirement of the system? Just an ROG mobo?
b. I am assuming this is a "Full System", right?
c. What is the deadline?
d. Are teh exact systems specs for the entry going to be used at the Blizcon OC Contest? Or will there be additional parts provided?

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Hmm.. interesting contest.. Overclocking and Modding?? Interesting concept.. I might have to join in.. need to read the rules a bit. MIght have to give Jake a buzz, since this is a team comp.

- Ton

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Nice to see you around again Ton. Looks like you still have the bug :)

hey Chew, good to hear from you again.

I've been MIA for a bit.. Work is kicking my Arse.. doesn't give me time for much Oc'ing.. have to leave that to my team mates :) Just starting to get an itch to get back in the game a bit :)

- Ton

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Originally Posted by TiTON

Hmm.. interesting contest.. Overclocking and Modding?? Interesting concept.. I might have to join in.. need to read the rules a bit. MIght have to give Jake a buzz, since this is a team comp.

- Ton

Questions:
a. What is the requirement of the system? Just an ROG mobo?
b. I am assuming this is a "Full System", right?
c. What is the deadline?
d. Are teh exact systems specs for the entry going to be used at the Blizcon OC Contest? Or will there be additional parts provided?

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a. What is the requirement of the system? Just an ROG mobo?
You can use ANY ROG board to compete for the final round at Blizzcon.
You are restricted by Air or Water.
The entire system must be able to be carried and not fall apart. (the base should be able to support the weight)
The system must have 5 sides
You may use any material you want. or you can use any chassis. i would recommend at least a torture rack.
The system must have at least 5 sides to the complete system.
You are judged on performance, weight and style which you can see the link below for more details.
the benchmark you have to run is super pi 1m
you can not have any hardware hanging outside of the case. everything must be contained within the system when being used and weighed.

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You can use ANY ASUS board to compete but you will only qualify to win a Rampage III Formula.


b. I am assuming this is a "Full System", right?
everything that is required to run a super pi 1m. so i would say no need for an optical drive to save weight. take out all the useless stuff. shave off as much weight as possible.

c. What is the deadline?
october 8th 12:00pm PST is the deadline.

d. Are teh exact systems specs for the entry going to be used at the Blizcon OC Contest? Or will there be additional parts provided?
Day 1 you will bring your system to the event to show off to the 30k blizzcon attendees. whether to compete on the built system or not, i have not yet decided. its possible we may give you the option to compete on your systems with a phase unit to see how much further you can push your system and day 2 you can spend time benching on the hardware provided OR we can spend the 2 days benching on the hardware that is being given. Well take a vote from the finalists.

there will only be 2 teams (2 members per team) that will be competing in the final round. you will get 2 of each hardware that is provided. the hardware you compete on will also be prizes to take home after the event.

We have so far the motherboard, vga, cpu, ssd covered. we are just finalizing on the PSU and RAM models to be provided from our sponsors.
Winners of the round 2 finals will also be invited to the 2011 OC summit which im sure many people here know is THEE event to attend as our previous OC Summit was blast.


I strongly suggest everyone read the rules thoroughly in the tournament details: http://www.asusrog.com/rog%20experie...round%202.html

sorry if anyone gets annoyed with the detailed rules but its to prevent any whining about cheating and what not.

Corsair has just confirmed on 4x Dominator GT 6GB memory kits! NOT only that but they have also sponsored 3rd place ROG winners with a Corsair 800D Case and 2nd place ASUS winners with a Corsair 600T Case!

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Originally Posted by TiTON

hey Chew, good to hear from you again.

I've been MIA for a bit.. Work is kicking my Arse.. doesn't give me time for much Oc'ing.. have to leave that to my team mates :) Just starting to get an itch to get back in the game a bit :)

- Ton

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Hey Buddy...that's good to hear :D

Me and Bei Fei are in on this, should have the build done by next week and numbers posted on the Asus forum. If nothing else I get to build a new system. :D

Hey guys,

I was reading the rules, and came across this line:

To be elligible to win:
•Winning participants must arrange their own travel arrangments and accomidations to Blizzcon 2010.

Got it from this page: http://www.asusrog.com/Tournament%20details%20(2).html (look towards the bottom)

Well.. Blizzcon itself is sold out. To to be able to get in the convention is awesome. But not sure if you guys outside CA would be willing to travel down here and get hotels on your own dime.

Wanted to make sure to show that as a PSA.

- Ton

hi Titon, yes this has been a concern to a few even in round 1. and i want to make it clear that for our tours, we will not be paying for flight or accommodations. we will surely provide an awesome experience and enough hardware to make it worth your while. from the winners of round 1, they had a blast and had felt the prizes compensated more than travel expenses. NOW the winners of our tours will be invited exclusively to the OC Summit in 2011. only winning members from the tour are invited and get to face off. flight and hotel will be paid for by asus for the OC Summit, and again YES the awesome experience and HARDWARE!

yes tickets sold out under a minute so if you ever wanted to go to blizzcon, this is a once in a life time experience with asus. not only are you competing but this is an opportunity to get to know some key asus contacts for the future. (aka me..hahah)

many of you may think hotels are sold out. some are and some are not. we just booked about 10 rooms at best western.. you can potentially make reservations if you are competing and cancel them after the event, or make a road trip with some friends?

and there are hotels around OC county where you can drive a few miles and get to the convention center which again is really not that bad.

and lastly, if you are not able to make it, you will forfeit your spot and will go to the next runner up to compete at Blizzcon. hope this clears up any questions =]

Hey Brian,

Thanks for clarifying. This is a great contest, and I don't want it to get flamed because someone didn't read the fine print, or "assumed" something. My brother has been trying to get into Blizzcon for the last 3 years, and absolutely no luck. Tickets do sell in a few minutes.

Best of luck to all Participants.

- Ton

If you paid for airfare and hotel I would be in this for sure. :-/

We finally got the Antec 1200 watt True power quattro confirmed to the prize pool!

HEY GUYS! We will be raffling off ASUS Lamborghini Murcielago USB Thumb Drives to 2 lucky winner each day! (1 for ROG Submissions, 1 for ASUS Submissions). All you need to do is submit an entry for the ROG or ASUS category. The earlier you post, the more chances you have to win as your submission will carry through to the next day! these raffles will go on til October 8th!

Murcielago usually costs about $300k with over 600HP!

the murcielago lp670 is nice...lol

just reminding everybody you can still submit sp1m....even if your system is 500lbs lol

What OS tweaks are allowed? Any? Me and Bei Fei should have are submission ready tomorrow or Wednesday and will get it submitted on ROG.

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What OS tweaks are allowed? Any? Me and Bei Fei should have are submission ready tomorrow or Wednesday and will get it submitted on ROG.

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I'm of a mind to allow for anything according to hwbot rules, if you think its taboo than well you know the answer.

We however wish to see best results possible with legitimate tweaks, rather than stagnate tweaking we would like to embrace it to see the best that can be acchieved.......

I'm sure Brian will agree with this.

Last call tomorrow 12pm pacific standard time!!!

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HEY GUYS! We will be raffling off ASUS Lamborghini Murcielago USB Thumb Drives to 2 lucky winner each day! (1 for ROG Submissions, 1 for ASUS Submissions). All you need to do is submit an entry for the ROG or ASUS category. The earlier you post, the more chances you have to win as your submission will carry through to the next day! these raffles will go on til October 8th!

Murcielago usually costs about $300k with over 600HP!

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very nice prizes:)

ps:i live near lamborghini factory i see 2 or 3 murcielago per day:)

So I have been going back and forth with Brian on this and this is nothing against 69goat, but I am definitely not happy about this. For the record, I never agreed to allow his team back in after they missed the deadline if it meant that it would bump one of the top three to fourth, which it did, my team. I also cannot believe PCJunkiie and his teammate are happy about this since it puts their position in jeopardy. Titon posted a solution which I took as it would not effect the "winning" positions and would place 69goat as an alternative if someone could not make the finals, that's what I agreed too. I am also being told that I am the only one that has any issues with this, then so be it. Although, again, I cannot believe that PCjunkie does not have an issue with this when he had an issue with Titon's case. Either way my team went from winning something to winning nothing due to something I never agreed too. This is the second Asus competition I have been in and the second time I am being screwed because the rules were changed at the last minute. We had rules that everyone agreed too by participating in the contest and I never agreed to have those changed if it meant the outcome of the contest would be changed. We worked just as hard as everyone else and did not wait till the last minute to post and we are now being penalized for it. While no one will probably care, I will not participate in another Asus contest again. It has nothing to do with the "Honorable" thing either Brian, it has to do with the rules being followed and what I agreed too.

ALL RIGHT GUYS!! Submissions are in, points are in, and the scores are up: http://www.asusrog.com/Tournament%20ranking.html

all submissions can be found here:
http://www.asusrog.com/forums/showth...ission-ONLY%29
http://www.asusrog.com/forums/showth...ission-ONLY%29

ROG category:
TiTon took first place with the fastest Super Pi 1M run at 8 seconds flat, second place in weight with 10.82 lbs, 1st place in style. TiTon had a very unique case in the cut out of the ROG logo. At first glance you can tell it turns your head for attention. Kind of reminded me of a Case Appeal AV8. Never knew the ROG logo looked so good. We liked the custom tubing for the corsair cooler, but would have liked to see red liquid to match the overall system. Liked the great choice in parts used for the color scheme. Even after adding foam, the white is still part of the ROG's logo. Would have liked to see the lower foam to be black, but its still nice. Very well engineered and crafted.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._7952460_n.jpg

PCJunkie209 and Posershadow took second place in Super Pi 1M with 8.156 seconds, third place in weight at 15.3lbs, and third place in style. Very clean setup and built from the ground up. I like how They used a PCI Card and were able to show off the Southbridge design. spacious and clean. Almost makes you think, wheres the VGA? How is it running? I would have preferred to see red liquid to match the overall system though. Nice choice of the smoked acrylic.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._3875211_n.jpg

69_Goat originally took second place in the Super Pi run (8.097) but because of late submission (we warned everyone!!) he was DQed, Second place in weight at 12.95 lbs, second place in style. 69_Goat did some great renders of the case he wanted to build and he built just that! kind of reminded me of a barn afterwards but nevertheless, it was very unique and clean. minus the EVGA card... shoulda went ASUS! Would have liked to see a bit more of the board though.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5474818_n.jpg

Utnorris and Beifei took third place with a super pi score of 8.502, fifth place in weight at 18.9lbs but DQed because of late legible submission, and 4th place in style. Overall this was a very clean case, great use of parts, loved to see the carbon face of an ASUS VGA, loved the tubing color, nice sleeves, and clean cable managment but in the end the custom cases took the lead.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._3047856_n.jpg

Hondacity had a DQed HWBOT submission for not having the proper screenshots, weight took first place at 9lbs!!!, but sadly the case was subpar compared to the rest of the crowd.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._6175070_n.jpg



ASUS Category:
OregonSlacker took first place in Super Pi at 10.180, second place in weight at 45lbs, and first place in style. He had a very clean case, clean cable management, and an awesome ROG Matrix VGA Card. Time to upgrade that ASUS board and get an Rampage III formula!
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._2626357_n.jpg

Tuff58 came in second place for his superpi run at 13.019, first place with his antec skeleton at 23.02, and second place with style. It would have been nice to see some cable management to clean things up a bit.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._3565282_n.jpg

You all did an AWESOME JOB! Everyone that submitted an entry, we will send you a goody bag with a Lambo USB Thumb Drive along with an ROG shirt, ROG mug, ROG mousepad, ROG poster.

TiTon and his partner, PCjunkie and Posershadow will now advance to compete at Blizzcon 2010!!! 69_Goat has taken third place and won a Corsair 800D case!

Job well done to Hondacity, UTNorris, and BeiFei!

hmmmmmm maye gonna try

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Hey Trouffman,

Are you going to try to be at Blizzcon? That would be cool to see you again. I will take you train hopping here :)

- Ton

Congrats to all the winners, see you all there :up:

Congrats to PCJunkie209 and Posershadow for the win at Blizzcon! Job well done. it was a hard contest with some really stiff competition from TiTon and Planet, they put up a great fight all the way to the end, much respect! :up::up::up:

It was great meeting you guys, and I hope to see all of you again soon :yepp:

hey congrats pcjunkie and shadow ...wish i were there...

...i pressume you guys didn't fly over there...lol

Thanks to Asus, Intel, Corsair, OCZ, and Antec for supplying the hardware and giving us the opportunity to bench at Blizzcon as well as chew, v2-v3, brian, nemesis, and darthbeavis for all the help. Phase was good for the first day, wish we would have tweaked more for 32m, spent too much time stripping the OS. The H70 was cool for the second day, a bit tough in the HT runs on vantage but luckily the 480 clocked well under water. Overall a great event, tons of people, and fun time.