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Zhiqi Announces Annual Overclocking Competition: Total Prize Pool Nearly 290,000 Yuan

Shang Fang Wen Q Thu, May 23 2024 08:43 AM EST

On May 21st, Zhiqi announced that they will showcase a variety of new products at the Taipei Computer Show 2024, including memory, gaming chassis, all-in-one water cooling, computer peripherals, and will continue to host the annual top overclocking event, attracting skilled participants with generous prizes.

The overclocking competition is divided into two parts, with one being the 10th World Record Overclocking Challenge in 2024 (OC World Record Stage), one of the most anticipated events in the global extreme overclocking community.

This year, Zhiqi has invited several top global overclocking experts to the event, representing ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI teams.

They will be using top-tier motherboards from each brand, Intel's flagship processors, paired with Zhiqi's premium DDR5 memory, and employing liquid nitrogen at -96 degrees Celsius to attempt breaking multiple overclocking world records. s_1dbb2857eb974611bb70fbd93b3b837a.jpg

s_e2c046d085844ba79ddedf659a4145ac.png The 8th World Cup Overclocking Competition in 2024 is an international extreme overclocking event eagerly anticipated by overclocking enthusiasts worldwide.

Nine of the world's top overclockers have successfully emerged from the HWBOT global online qualifiers, competing for a total prize pool of $40,000, approximately 289,000 Chinese yuan.

The top three winners after the qualifiers will compete in the finals on June 7th, with prizes of $10,000, $6,500, and $5,000 for the first, second, and third places respectively.

The fourth to ninth place winners will receive prizes of $4,200, $3,400, $3,000, $2,800, $2,600, and $2,500 respectively. s_9c87ae75d22a4469a084feda43be6092.jpg In addition, Ziqi will also host the 4th Extreme Modding Grand Award in 2024.

Ziqi has invited MOD modification experts from around the world to showcase their extraordinary craftsmanship and unique creative concepts in creating 12 distinctively styled extreme modded computer works, which will be publicly displayed. s_3ff167064ace4a2a9d2b6e40d42ebc41.jpg