Tom's K-Series Contest

[Kal-EL]

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/core-i5-655k-core-i7-875k-overclocking-contest,11250.html



Intel was kind enough to kick in a little summer sizzle to make the stakes a bit more interesting, too.
If you submit the highest-frequency overclock on either CPU, you’ll win a Core i7-980X processor, an Intel DX58SO motherboard, and two Intel X25-M SSDs to build a quick little RAID 0 array with.
If your submission falls into second or third place, you’ll win a Core i7-980X processor and DX58SO motherboard.
If you’re fourth through 24th (the next 20 highest entrants), you’ll win two cases of Talking Rain Sparkling ICE water to tide you over until it gets a little cooler outside (hey, it’s still in the 90s down here in Southern California). That's 24 winners total.

[kikicoco1334]

hmm... seems really FUN!

[Neuromancer]

K series is a 1156 extreme chip right?

[HITandRUN]

Im in! I pushed my 665K to 6665Mhz before. I think this is the highest clock in the US right now. :good:

[DrNip]

Too bad don't have a pot. :( Prolly only open to retail CPU's anyways.

[Chuchnit]

hmmm $209 investment for well a ton of money for first place. Now that's what I'm talking about!! Finally a contest where you could still come ahead after buying the ln2!!


Of course the 4U2doLn2 contest has that same appeal. ;) :thumbsup:

[Witchdoctor]

No K series here ..... :ohcrap:

[Kal-EL]

Kryptonite Series Chips, they.............must.............be.............. ..DESTROYED!

[Splave]

just bought 2 more lol

[RomDominance]

There have been reports of Romulans in the Toms system.

[Splave]

Hey Allen,



Thanks for entering the Tom's Hardware Intel K-series CPU Overclocking
Contest - September 4, 2010 - September 25, 2010.



Please send you overclocking results to Chris Angelini, Managing Editor of
Tom's Hardware at cangelini@bestofmedia.com



*** VERY IMPORTANT: THIS CONTEST IS DIFFERENT FROM OUR USUAL CONTESTS.
PLEASE READ EVERYTHING BELOW COMPLETELY. ***



FILLING IN THIS FORM INDICATES YOUR INTENTION TO ENTER THE CONTEST.



HOWEVER, TO WIN YOU MUST EMAIL US YOUR ACTUAL OVERCLOCKING RESULTS BY
SEPTEMBER 25, 2010.



THE CONTEST AND THE PRIZES



1) This contest is for Intel K-series CPU Owners only.



a. Anyone with a K-series chip can overclock using any method desired.
Entering

requires a validated CPU-Z link (using version 1.55) with "Tom's
Hardware Contest"

in the Submitted By: field. See sample below.

b. Prizes will be awarded based on overclock numbers submitted -
highest wins first

prize and so on down to the last prize.



2) Prizes:



a. 1st prize: one Intel Core i7-980X (Value: $999), one Intel DX58SO
motherboard

(Value: $229), and two Intel X25-M 80GB SSDs (Value: $199 each)

b. 2nd and 3rd prizes: one Intel Core i7-980X (Value: $999) and one
Intel DX58SO

motherboard (Value: $229).

c. 4th-24th prize two cases of Talking Rain Sparkling ICE carbonated
water (Value: $37)



REMEMBER, TO BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN A PRIZE, YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR ACTUAL
OVERCLOCKING RESULTS AS INDICATED IN 1b ABOVE.



YOU MAY MAKE AS MANY SUBMISSIONS AS YOU WISH BEFORE THE END OF THE CONTEST
ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2010. YOU ONLY NEED TO FILL IN THIS FORM ONCE.











All the best,



Molly Bergen



Editorial Production Coordinator

Bestofmedia Group

9696 Culver Blvd #104

Culver City, CA 90232, USA



Tel: 310-558-9847

Fax: 310-558-9850

www.bestofmedia.com

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[rickss69]

Hey Richard,



Thanks for entering the Tom's Hardware Intel K-series CPU Overclocking Contest - September 4, 2010 - September 25, 2010.



Please send you overclocking results to Chris Angelini, Managing Editor of Tom’s Hardware at cangelini@bestofmedia.com



*** VERY IMPORTANT: THIS CONTEST IS DIFFERENT FROM OUR USUAL CONTESTS. PLEASE READ EVERYTHING BELOW COMPLETELY. ***



FILLING IN THIS FORM INDICATES YOUR INTENTION TO ENTER THE CONTEST.



HOWEVER, TO WIN YOU MUST EMAIL US YOUR ACTUAL OVERCLOCKING RESULTS BY SEPTEMBER 25, 2010.



THE CONTEST AND THE PRIZES



1) This contest is for Intel K-series CPU Owners only.



a. Anyone with a K-series chip can overclock using any method desired. Entering

requires a validated CPU-Z link (using version 1.55) with "Tom’s Hardware Contest"

in the Submitted By: field. See sample below.

b. Prizes will be awarded based on overclock numbers submitted - highest wins first

prize and so on down to the last prize.



2) Prizes:



a. 1st prize: one Intel Core i7-980X (Value: $999), one Intel DX58SO motherboard

(Value: $229), and two Intel X25-M 80GB SSDs (Value: $199 each)

b. 2nd and 3rd prizes: one Intel Core i7-980X (Value: $999) and one Intel DX58SO

motherboard (Value: $229).

c. 4th-24th prize two cases of Talking Rain Sparkling ICE carbonated water (Value: $37)



REMEMBER, TO BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN A PRIZE, YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR ACTUAL OVERCLOCKING RESULTS AS INDICATED IN 1b ABOVE.



YOU MAY MAKE AS MANY SUBMISSIONS AS YOU WISH BEFORE THE END OF THE CONTEST ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2010. YOU ONLY NEED TO FILL IN THIS FORM ONCE.











All the best,



Molly Bergen

[steponz]

Should have 5 coming with a new board next week....

[Dentlord]

Hopefully I submitted my result correctly ... they changed the rules once already.

6860 not too shabby :)

[DrNip]

Hopefully I submitted my result correctly ... they changed the rules once already.

6860 not too shabby :)

Not to shabby, shhhhhhht. Pretty dang nice if ya ask me! :thumbsup:

[Splave]

damn whats the secret with these, my 2nd one only hit 6.5ghz booooo

[Dentlord]

I tried like hell last night ... kept hitting 6840-6860 and just couldn't squeeze any more.

I did get a badass backup for the qpi contest though :)

[Splave]

lol any special settings thats epic, good chip

[Dentlord]

lol any special settings thats epic, good chip


Nothing special, just 35x, 2v, and blast 'er lol

They extended the contest till the 30th though, not good for me, I need a quick end before someone hits 7ghz

[DrNip]

Raise your PCIEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hondacity]

the xtension will be good :D

[HITandRUN]

Nothing special, just 35x, 2v, and blast 'er lol

They extended the contest till the 30th though, not good for me, I need a quick end before someone hits 7ghz

Agreed! I'll crank on this tomorrow maybe. :clapping:

[steponz]

Dent whats your backup? Lets take 1,2 spot for the qpi challenge..

I was able to to 235 bclk on full qpi setting.. might be 5600 range... not sure.. as we do the stupid as .dat file ... plus the shit takes forever to update...

[rickss69]

Thanks for entering the Tom's Hardware Intel K-series CPU Overclocking Contest - September 4, 2010 - September 30, 2010.



NOTE: We have extended the contest to September 30th.



Please send you overclocking results to Chris Angelini, Managing Editor of Tom’s Hardware at cangelini@bestofmedia.com



*** VERY IMPORTANT: THIS CONTEST IS DIFFERENT FROM OUR USUAL CONTESTS. PLEASE READ EVERYTHING BELOW COMPLETELY. ***



FILLING IN THIS FORM INDICATES YOUR INTENTION TO ENTER THE CONTEST.



HOWEVER, TO WIN YOU MUST EMAIL US YOUR ACTUAL OVERCLOCKING RESULTS BY SEPTEMBER 30, 2010.



THE CONTEST AND THE PRIZES

1) This contest is for Intel K-series CPU Owners only.



a) Anyone with a K-series chip can overclock using any method desired. Entering requires a validated CPU-Z link (using version 1.55) with your first and last name without spaces (e.g. JohnSmith – no spaces) and THContest (no spaces) – e.g. JohnSmith THContest in the Submitted By: field. See the screen capture below for location of the Submitted By field.

b) Prizes will be awarded based on overclock numbers submitted - highest wins first prize and so on down to the last prize.



2) Prizes:



a) 1st prize: one Intel Core i7-980X (Value: $999), one Intel DX58SO motherboard (Value: $229), and two Intel X25-M 80GB SSDs (Value: $199 each)

b) 2nd and 3rd prizes: one Intel Core i7-980X (Value: $999) and one Intel DX58SO motherboard (Value: $229)

c) 4th-24th prize two cases of Talking Rain Sparkling ICE carbonated water (Value: $37)

REMEMBER, TO BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN A PRIZE, YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR ACTUAL OVERCLOCKING RESULTS AS INDICATED IN 1a ABOVE.



YOU MAY MAKE AS MANY SUBMISSIONS AS YOU WISH BEFORE THE END OF THE CONTEST ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2010. YOU ONLY NEED TO FILL IN THE GOOGLE ENTRY FORM ONCE.







All the best,



Molly Bergen

[FACE]

oe noes... Rick joins another compo.... :taunt:

Prepare yourselves, gents!

[Dentlord]

Dent whats your backup? Lets take 1,2 spot for the qpi challenge..

I was able to to 235 bclk on full qpi setting.. might be 5600 range... not sure.. as we do the stupid as .dat file ... plus the shit takes forever to update...

Not sure exactly, in the 5600s

Lots fo time left though, might take 6k to win the qpi

[steponz]

Yeah.. I could have made it there easily... damn... board died... might have tightened the pot to hard.. can't figure out why.. no condensation... board was funky from the beginning.. oh well.. wait for the rma to come in... Buying an evga ftw locally for the tomk contest...

[MaadDaawg]

:rofl: that's quite a drop from the 3rd to 4th place prized :rofl:

[Hondacity]

6.371ghz :(

tooo low....

cb = -115c

board peg_pci might be not shorted...weird...

will double check on it...

1 2 3rd place gets a 980x ...good luck benching guys..

[steponz]

What you don't want sparkling water there MadDawwg.... lol

seriously... 4th to 24th... if I had 4th I would be pissed....

[Hondacity]

i'll be happy with the water lol

[Hondacity]

got word on steponz 7g?

[HITandRUN]

Not yet! Chris the dood running the show had a kid last weekend so he had very little time to check the rankings etc. I'm sure steppy is first with the 7G since the contest was only for US.

[DrNip]

What a contest. IMO poorly executed.

[HITandRUN]

What a contest. IMO poorly executed.

Yeah there was no leader board or anything and this was a little annoying also we still waiting for the results a week later. I mean how many submissions was there over 6.5G. I bet you not that many.

[Dentlord]

I guess my 6860 came in 4th :(

I don't really want water, especially since I have to fill out a form with my ssn to receive it??

I fail :(

[HITandRUN]

I guess my 6860 came in 4th :(

I don't really want water, especially since I have to fill out a form with my ssn to receive it??

I fail :(

Say what? I received an email saying that I was 4th as well! Something stinks here! Can you post this email? Looks like everybody gets the 4th place and no one the 980x? :keeporder: I wonder if steppy is 4th as well with his 7G submission?

Congratulations on behalf of Bestofmedia Group for winning Fourth Prize in Tom’s Hardware’s Intel K-Series Overclocking Contest!

Please fill out the attached affidavit and return to me. If I don't receive your reply to this email within two days, you are no longer eligible for the prize.


Feel free to email us or call us with any questions you may have.



All the best,

[Hondacity]

lol thats bs...

[Deux]

Someone won the 980X with a 7000+ score ;)

I'll let them share if they want to be know, not going to blow their cover if they'd rather it stay quiet.

[Hondacity]

hey ..wish we can have more info...please?

[DOM]

steponz won 2nd and a 980x said in one of the threads forgot which one lol

[Neuromancer]

Say what? I received an email saying that I was 4th as well! Something stinks here! Can you post this email? Looks like everybody gets the 4th place and no one the 980x? :keeporder: I wonder if steppy is 4th as well with his 7G submission?

ITs just a phrasing issue.

It did not say you finished in 4th place, but that you won the fourth place prize.

(which is the same prize as 5th-24th place as well :))

[steponz]

yep I won 2nd... I am pretty sure Gomeler won the first prize.. with 7050 score.

I almost had the 7130, but I didn't want to waste the chip...

New 980x coming my way... wahooooooooooooooo.......

[steponz]

Also guys... The guy literally had a baby when the contest ended... I had some email exchanges with him... That time is very tough to write an article... So try to be kind...

[Hondacity]

talk about dejavu

wasn't reading up on this....i guess chat is always faster than forum

[steponz]

980 is on the way to my house with an intel board... yuck....

[Splave]

brian.Y won the other one on the classy p55 I sold him :( said his MIIIF the chip he won it with only did 6's lol

[steponz]

What was his score? because if you look on the bot it was Gomeler..

[Hondacity]

cheating bastards lol