Welcome to the second annual Freezer’ Burn overclocking competition. The goal of this competition is to have fun with overclocking and create a fair environment where we can compete against each other.

For this competition we chose to focus the on an older, readily available, and inexpensive series of graphics cards for the 3D portion. For this competition we are going to do things a little different. Instead of using only one specific GPU, we are going to allow an entire generation of graphics cards. Last time we used a Nvidia card, so this time we will be using an ATI graphics card. Competitors in this competition will be allowed to use any single-core graphics card from the Radeon HD 5000 series. For more information about this series of graphics cards, check out the wikipedia page here LINK

Here at Overclock.net most users utilize overclocking for gaming and other productivity applications. The other side to overclocking is to push the hardware to the limits and find out what it's capable of...for no other reason than fun. In this competition we will be using old used hardware for the 3D portion. The hardware is intended to be inexpensive so you can experiment and overclock it without worrying about damaging your daily rig.

Competition by itself is fun, but lets face it, it’s more interesting when there are awesome prizes to win! I am extremely happy to report that this competition is vendor supported with over $2400 of prizes with no less than 19 WINNERS!!

Competition Duration: December 1st to January 31st (Midnight, Pacific Time) Timer Link

This competition was designed with the goal that everyone can participate and be competitive. Whether you are an experienced subzero overclocker or just starting and this is all new, you can learn and participate in a fair and even environment. There are separate categories for ambient cooled and extreme cooled computers. You will only be allowed to participate in one category, but you an change categories at any time.

We learned alot from the last Freezer’ Burn competition and we decided to make one very fundamental change for this competition. The biggest and most important change is that we will not limit the CPU or core count in this competition. Simply put, we will allow every CPU ever made in this competition. You might be saying to yourself, hey that's not fair since I only have a 4 core CPU and others might have 32 core CPU’s. Well, we have an interesting solution to this problem, which will be described below in the 2D section. To take things a step further, we are only choosing 3D benchmark programs were the CPU does not influence the score. No matter what CPU you have, you can compete in a fair environment!

Unlimited processor model/core/architecture

Processor is limited to 5003Mhz maximum frequency

The processor and graphics card cannot fall below +15 degrees C

Unlimited processor model/core/architecture

There are no cooling or frequency limits, all forms of cooling accepted. Popular ones include: Chilled Water, Phase Change, Dry Ice, Liquid Nitrogen







For each benchmark you wish to compete in, you will be required to submit a screenshot and a picture of the computer running the benchmark. Only screenshots with the valid competition wallpaper will be accepted. The competition moderators reserve the right to refuse a submission for and reason.

As mentioned above, the 2D section of this competition is going to be a little different, we are allowing ALL CPU’s. To make multi-threaded benchmarks like Cinebench R15 fair for everyone involved, the score will be divided by the core count. After evaluating many of the top scores on Hwbot, we determined that Intel 2,4,6,8 cores are the best when dividing by core, but the margin is pretty tight. There is no particular CPU we have seen which has an unfair advantage.

There will be 4 benchmarks in each category but only your top 3 will be scored. We encourage you to participate in all 4 stages. However, we wanted to add the option of dropping one score in case you have difficulties getting a score or there are other problems. It’s in your best interest to submit to all 4 stages. The benchmarks for this competition are as follows:

Official Competition Wallpaper: View attachment Freezer_Burn_OCN.zip

Cinebench R15 (CPU Benchmark)

Benchmark download: LINK No version requirement, newest is suggested Hwbot rules apply: LINK Required for screenshot: Non-obstructed rendered image, entre benchmark window, CPUz Tabs (CPU, Memory, MB) No GPU restriction Score: The score will be your resulting Cinebench R15 score divided by the core count of the CPU. Cannot simulate cores. Ex: If the CPU is 8700k then it must be run 6/12, or 7940x 14/28 Spoiler Example Screenshot:

Geekbench 3, Multi-Core Memory Score Only (Memory Benchmark)

Benchmark download: LINK Version 3.2.x, newest is suggested Hwbot rules apply: LINK Required for screenshot: Benchmark result window, benchmark start window, CPUz Tabs (CPU, Memory, MB) No GPU restriction Dual channel memory only Score: The score will be be the multicore memory score only Required: Validation link. This benchmark can be run in offline mode by saving the result file and uploading it on a different, internet connected computer. All submissions missing the validation link will be rejected. Spoiler Example Screenshot:

3DMark Vantage GPU Score Only (GPU Benchmark)

Benchmark download: LINK Required Systeminfo 5.14 LINK Free Public Key:3DMVA-S1R5T-HXXPD-PWFPT-LF3HV-TQ5AZ-K5T5J-W1UEC Hwbot rules apply: LINK Required for screenshot: Benchmark window, CPUz Tabs (CPU, Memory, MB), GPUz Scoring: To make it fair for all CPU’s, we will only be using the GPU score. You can disable CPU tests and Feature tests or you can run with all enabled. Spoiler Example Screenshot:

GPUPI - 1B (GPU Benchmark)

Benchmark download: LINK Required version: 3.2 or 3.2 Legacy Hwbot rules apply: LINK General Info Thread: LINK Required for screenshot: Benchmark window, CPUz Tabs (CPU, Memory, MB), GPUz HWiNFO "Full Detection" required Limited to double precision cards: HD5870, HD5850, HD5830 Spoiler Example Screenshot:

Benchmark rules outlined above apply All AMD and Intel CPU’s are allowed Engineering Sample (ES) CPU’s are allowed, however, all participants making submissions with ES CPU’s will be exempt from prizes The CPU frequency is limited to 5003MHz Allowed GPU’s: HD5870, HD5850, HD5830, HD5770, HD5670, HD5610, HD5570, HD5550, HD5450 Any component of your system must not fall below +15 degrees C Hwmonitor software will be required for all screenshots We require that you keep hwmonitor software open during the bench and that we clearly see the expected rise and fall of system component temps You are required to show temps for CPU and GPU (when applicable)

Benchmark rules outlined above apply All AMD and Intel CPU’s are allowed Engineering Sample (ES) CPU’s are allowed, however, all participants making submissions with ES CPU’s will be exempt from prizes No CPU frequency limit Allowed GPU’s: HD5870, HD5850, HD5830, HD5770, HD5670, HD5610, HD5570, HD5550, HD5450

Other than the benchmark software, you will be required to show your system information for the screenshot. There are many tools you may wish to use, but here are the required ones:

CPUz (System Monitoring Software)

Required Version: 1.84 or Newer LINK

HWMonitor (Thermal Monitoring Software - Ambient Section Only)

Required Version: 1.36 or Newer LINK

GPUz (Graphics Card Monitoring Software)

Required Version: 2.11.0 or Newer LINK

Note: As of right now, embedding a spreadsheet is currently not working with the OCN transition vbulletin. Due to this inconvenience, scores will be updated once every week and we will post an image of the score spreadsheet instead of embedding the live spreadsheet. The OCN management staff is working on a solution but it's not likely to change during the duration of the competition.

The scoring is straightforward. You will be awarded points for your position and the points are tallied to make a combined total score. Please note, only your top three submissions, from the possible 4 submissions, will be totalled.

Tiebreaker In the event that there is a tie in the total score, the winner will be the user with the fastest GPUPI time.

Last Updated: Jan-30-2019 19:58 UTC

Last Updated: Jan-30-2019 19:58 UTC

Simply put, we want as many people to participate and have fun as possible. Normally in competitions like this, the top winners are the only people who receive the prizes. We wanted to make sure many people had a chance of winning something so for this competition we will have 13 lucky draw prizes. At the end of the competition, we will host a raffle for all the participants (other than the ambient/extreme top 3 winners).

To be eligible for a lucky draw prize all you need to do is make one legal submission to any of the 3 stages. Even if you only managed to run Cinebench R15 for instance, we want you to be eligible for the lucky draw prizes too.

The benchmark editors (Mllrkllr88 and Noxinite) are not allowed to win the 1st/2nd/3rd place prizes to reduce the chance of any conflicts of interests. However the mods (JPM and DR4G00N) are still eligible to win 1st/2nd/3rd place prizes. Both the editors and the mods are eligible to win lucky dip prizes though.

Please take a minute and thank the sponsors by simply going to their website. This seems like a small and meaningless thing, but it makes a big difference.

OCN Freezer' Burn Event Sponsors

First Place: $350 USD Shopping spree at Alphacool.com + $50 PayPal from OCN [$400 Value] LINK Second Place: ASRock Z390 Taichi + $30 PayPal from OCN [$265 Value] LINK Third Place: Team T-Force Delta R RGB 250GB SSD + $30 PayPal from OCN [$104 Value] LINK

First Place: $350 USD Shopping spree at Alphacool.com + $50 PayPal from OCN [$400 Value] LINK Second Place: Team T-FORCE XCALIBUR RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 DDR4 3600 Special Edition + $30 PayPal from OCN [$250 Value] LINK Third Place: Team T-Force Delta R RGB 250GB SSD + $30 PayPal from OCN [$104 Value] LINK

ASRock Z390 PHANTOM GAMING-ITX/AC[$190 Value] LINK

Team T-FORCE VULCAN TUF Gaming Alliance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3000 [$160 Value] LINK (Note: Prize is for DDR4 3000)

$100 USD Shopping spree at Alphacool.com

$100 USD Shopping spree at Alphacool.com

$100 USD Shopping spree at Alphacool.com

$25 PayPal from OCN

$25 PayPal from OCN

$25 PayPal from OCN

$25 PayPal from OCN

$25 PayPal from OCN

$25 PayPal from OCN

$25 PayPal from OCN

$20 PayPal from OCN

Thanks for reading and I hope you get involved! Everyone has a chance to win something, so even if you can only submit one score, it's worth it just to be involved and get entered into the lucky draw prizes. On a personal level, I will definitely participate and make submissions. However, due to the fact that I and directly working with all the sponsors, it would be a conflict of interest for me to win any prizes.

Have fun and keep it clean! I wish everyone the best of luck!!

Noxinite For co-managing this competition Special thanks: @For co-managing this competition

DR4G00N For helping moderate Special thanks: @For helping moderate