Hardware Asylum podcast is out sandbagging and consoles are on the menu!

Hey guys, Hardware Asylum have come out with anther interesting podcast today. They are talking about the world of overclocking and a strategy coined “sandbagging” which gained some prominence during the last HWBOT Country Cup (aka. World Cup of Overclocking) in which a lot of teams waited to post some of the final scores on the last day. Some didn’t like this and other had no issues with it. For those who are still scratching your head what sandbagging actually is, tune into the podcast where they compare it to Ebay, Poker and a couple of other things you may be able to relate to better! It’s an interesting discussion and while I don’t particularly agree with some of the ideas on current topics, I always like to have a listen to Dennis’ and Darren’s podcasts.

Click on the link here or here to have a listen.

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‘Pi is Returned’ A GIGABYTE OC Contest on HWBOT

Last Friday evening we launched our latest overclocking contest on HWBOT, Pi is Returned. The big news with this contest is that AMD and ourselves have managed to stump up some nice fat cash prizes – over 5 grand in total as well as some pretty attractive hardware prizes too.

The idea is pretty simple: Two AMD platforms – FM2/1 & AM3+ - on two classic benchmarks – Super Pi 1M and Super Pi 32M. Here’s the break down of stages and prizes in more detail:

Group A - FM1/2 (Llano/Trinity/Richland)

Stage1: Super Pi 1M

• 1st place - USD $500
• 2nd place - USD $250
• 3rd place - FM2A85XN-WIFI & AMD A10-6800K
• World Record - USD $500
• Target score: 11sec 359ms (full list)

Stage2: Super Pi 32M

• 1st place - USD $500
• 2nd place - USD $250
• 3rd place - FM2A85XN-WIFI & AMD A10-6800K
• World Record - USD $500
• Target score: 10min 40sec 875ms (full list)

Group B – AM3+ (Bulldozer/Piledriver)

Stage1: Super Pi 1M

• 1st place - USD $500
• 2nd place - USD $250
• 3rd place - 990FXA-UD3 & AMD FX-8350
• World Record - USD $500
• Target score: 10sec 93ms (full list)

Stage2: Super Pi 32M

• 1st place - USD $500
• 2nd place - USD $250
• 3rd place - 990FXA-UD3 & AMD FX-8350
• World Record - USD $500
• Target score: 10min 31sec 770ms (full list)

Note: the World record bonus prize of USD $500 will be awarded at the end of the competition to the highest score per stage, if the target record has been broken.

Visit the official Pi is Returned competition page on HWBOT here.

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Hardware Asylum podcast 40 is live

The guys over at Hardware Asylum have gone live with the latest podcast, #40. Computex is one of the main topics. Click on the image to go to the podcast:

Show Notes

A look ahead at Computex 2014
Computex is one of the largest technology trade shows in the world and happens to be Denniss summertime destination.  His trips to Computex started over 10 years ago and has been a great make new contacts and witness firsthand what new bits of computer hardware will be available for the Christmas shopping season.  Over the years the Computex show has grown quite a bit, not only in size but with elaborate booths and cool overclocking demonstrations.

This year Dennis is looking forward to the GSKill OC World Cup which will likely replace the normal overclocking demonstrations at the GSKill booth.  During the week there will likely be two on two overclocking competitions with the finals being held on the Friday of the show.  An open qualifier was hosted on HWBot with the top 6 getting an open invite to the semi-finals and finals. 

Back in 2009 Dennis hosted a small get together in Taiwan to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of NInjalane.com and as luck would have it, HWBOT is celebrating their 10 year anniversary this year after Computex  By the looks of it they are planning a fun filled weekend of overclocking and general mayhem. 

Related Links:
G.Skill OC World Cup 2014 Qualifier

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