ASUS ROG Experience Tour Round 2!!

[[XC] gomeler]

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

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

[Brian@ASUS]

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.

[Vapor]

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

[WhiteFireDragon]

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.

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.

[Brian@ASUS]

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

[The Nemesis]

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

[Brian@ASUS]

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

[zads]

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?)

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

My thoughts exactly..

[Brian@ASUS]

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

[Brian@ASUS]

so whos competing? dont be shy

[Hondacity]

intel shelling out prizes?

[chew*]

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

[Hondacity]

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

.....???

[Brian@ASUS]

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

[steponz]

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

[Hondacity]

they don't allow ln2 or dice @ blizzcon

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

[Brian@ASUS]

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!

[G H Z]

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

[[XC] gomeler]

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

[Brian@ASUS]

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.

[Brian@ASUS]

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

[G H Z]

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

[Brian@ASUS]

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

[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?

[chew*]

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

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