Official website: http://www.aocc2008.com/

Our local Malaysian contestants: http://www.aocc2008.com/event_participants.php#malaysia (coolice & sanko)

The Advanced Overclocking Championship 2008 : Hong Kong (AOCC 2008) will be officially kicking off tomorrow with opening ceremony at Dragon Court, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong

This evening I just went to visit coolice and sanko in their room at their hotel. Well, they'll be staying here for the rest of their time at Hong Kong during the competition:



When I reached, coolice was busy preparing the motherboard and sanko was lying on the bed under the blanket watching the TV with a pack of junk food

Anyway, this would be their testbed for the competition






All the best mates and lets wish them GOOD LUCK

P/S: Updated 1st Day Coverage on Page 2

This post has been edited by vearn27: Jul 29 2008, 01:21 AM

hehehe nice man..participates from MSIA cayala..hehe waiting more result later

Yeah, I already pass your regard to them and immediately sanko said, "Gaban!"

Today they'll be attending two presentation by Asus and Nvidia if I'm not mistaken. Tonight as well they got trip to "The Peak" at Hong Kong for sight-seeing

Perhaps I'll drop by Dragon Centre tomorrow after work, hopefully will bring some good result and news here . coolice complaining that it is sucks that they are not provided with Internet

I thought Hoodlums are the competitor....

Good luck to coolice and sanko

Goodluck to them. Always support a LYNer at competition. ..hope them come back with some new reviews .

Help me say "Good Luck" to them. And tell coolice that sayang can't meet him in KL right now.

P/S : This is Hyde`fK here. Using my friend's account to post accidentally. XD

This post has been edited by jye'n: Jul 28 2008, 03:53 AM

Sure I will do . Actually he did mentioned about you as well

The guy who can custom made that thingy

good luck coolice koko and sanko koko,muackssss.......

anyway,beat those opponents with all ur best!!!

i see a lady represent china

This post has been edited by AceCombat: Jul 28 2008, 09:58 AM

ive met sanko b4.he is a great ocer...

All the best to Coolice & Sanko, make us proud . Full support & encouragement to u guys

Good luck coolice and sanko

Good luck to coolice and sanko & all da best

good luck fellas.

good luck to them.
found tat 1 country only have 2 participants.

neat, fugger is there.

oii if u last place dont come back ya..heheh... coolice malaysia legend clocker ..hahah dont make us takda face.. hahahahh gogogogoog... bring me back RE for me to play play bench ln2 when ur back.. lets go:)

just have to wait and see, whether our guys can match up. Should be able to i guess. Make us proud then

they got sponsor or what?

haha saw AllnGap cooler there huhu..
that's beat all ram coolers surely..

haha yup..heard fully sponsored by ASUS

no wonderla i tried to mail sanko didn't reply any

anyway... good luck

Coolice & Sanko, I wish u all the best!!!

nice.. hope can show malaysian powa!

goodluck coolice & sanko achieve the best

Good luck to Coolice and Sanko.

GO Coolice.
GO Sanko.
GO GO GO

..............

cant wait to see the result

anyways... good luck guys

gud luck mates~~~~

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Added on July 28, 2008, 8:57 pmgud luck mates~~~~

This post has been edited by dro: Jul 28 2008, 08:57 PM

haha i jsut got off the phone with coolice... ahaha malaysia got last place..hahahahahahah... so dont come back ya.. i go rob ur room now no need to come back...

last place?
aww..

haha last place cause the rest of the team not there

what!!!!! last place lor.... so sad. its ok guys nvm nice try actually.. malaysian competitor always like that 'very cool' one..

wishes best luck for coolice & sanko

This post has been edited by R00T: Jul 28 2008, 09:47 PM

last place? nvm.. try harder next time.. as long as the name malaysia was there is good d.. rite

well i guess that was expected, but i am sure we can do better next time Good stuff coolice and sanko

any website showing the latest update?

Sorry guys... I just reached home after dinner with coolice and sanko after the competition. Photos and updates will be coming in a short while as I'm processing them right away now *not even mandi yet*

Anyway guys, they were really very lucky this time... the GFX DOA on them... RAM kaputed... and more problems

P/S: Not only them unlucky, actually both Hong Kong and India also scored nothing in the competition which same as Malaysia.

This post has been edited by vearn27: Jul 28 2008, 11:23 PM

Hmm... can't wait to see ur updates... GoGo.. Dun mandi .. Update first . hehe jkjk

Alright, first update is here. It been a busy day for me as well for my workload (I'm working in Hong Kong anyway). Been running a lot of places today and once I reached the competition spot, it already about 7.00pm which the end period of the competition.

Here it is. The place where the competition is held. Dragon Centre, Sham Shui Po



Once I reached inside, immediately I noticed that the scoreboard showing China leading by 15443 and time left 19 minutes and 29 seconds.



The place is divided into three sections of long tables for the competitors.

Here it is, the center part.



The right corner.



And finally we see someone familiar on the left corner



Sad to say, both coolice and sanko already about to give up on their bad luck as the time remaining not much...



Their poor luck on the hardware.



This post has been edited by vearn27: Jul 29 2008, 12:43 AM

Here come the 2nd part update

*breeeeeeeze*



The cups. No bra cups, but winner cups. This year they are giving up to 5th place. Really unlucky for them who took the 5th place last year at Singapore but prize only up till 3rd



I'm not sure if they bring that big chunk there themselves or it is placed there all the while



The champion, China Duo *the girl walked away somewhere else taking photos *



Australia's fun after the competition ended



Wow, still have time for PSP-ing in the middle of the competition?



This is Japan contestant if I'm not mistaken. He's cleaning the "mess" on the graphic CPU.



Did they mod the capacitors to the back of the board?

Final update part of the day

Here it is... the FINAL SCORE



Just in case for anyone who can't see it properly:

1. China - 100
2. Sweden - 86
3. Portugal - 75
4.Singapore - 55
5. Finland - 51
6. USA - 30
7. France - 24
8. Australia - 23
9. Indonesia - 21
10. Thailand - 21
11. Taiwan - 16
12. Italy - 15
13. South Africa - 12
14. Turkey - 8
15. UK - 6
16. Japan - 4
17. Korea - 3
18. Hong Kong - 0
19. India - 0
20. Malaysia - 0

Next, the individual score for each event.



Alright, group photo after a day of overclocking



Cheers



Finally, least but not... a souvenir for me from the MC who come from Singapore



I'm AOCC 2008 Crew?



This post has been edited by vearn27: Jul 29 2008, 01:11 AM

u saying that the hardware (GPU, RAM) provided was DOA? or they actually burned it up?

I'm not really sure about what's the real case which happened since I'm not there all day long. However, according to coolice and sanko, their graphic card was DOA and they experiencing problem with one faulty RAM and PSU. Anyway, this I'll let them explain when they're back later this week

DOA ??..so bad luck oo? then they didnt request to change it?

Yup, they did changed a few items. If I'm not mistaken GPU, RAM and PSU. Well, again in details and actual situation I'll leave it to them to update

This post has been edited by vearn27: Jul 29 2008, 01:37 AM

aiyo very bad.. it end up got 3rd last place if not oc..

why not check the items at the first place?
i'm sure atleast can get top 5

hehehe..hope they hav more luck in the next round...all the best ya

walauu..the t shirt ...can bring more bac ar?

This post has been edited by ciohbu: Jul 29 2008, 12:03 PM

Sorry, that is the last one

why were the tournament organisers sub standard... from loss of media coverage to bias procs being given to Team China.. hmm, maybe our Team was JUST unlucky.

anyway its good try lor......
next year still got/..


This post has been edited by CV6149: Jul 30 2008, 08:08 AM

vearn

are those hardwares all been ready on each contestant table?or they pick randomly one?

Agree.Team Japan,USA,Australia definitely not so bad Malaysia,India and HK can score if not bias

if u look at the RAMs they used. it was kingston hyperX.means fail rate tht high.Mobo is confirmed as Asus P5Q3 Deluxe(ddr3),graphic card looks like a GTX 260/280 since from page 2 the cooler tht one of the competitors removed is the reference cooler for GTX series, PSU i dunno which brand but its modular.anyone noes wat PSU they using,blue colour? modular? boycott hyperX since it brings shame to m'sia

This post has been edited by k!nex: Jul 29 2008, 09:22 PM

FSP 1200watt

may i know where you get this info? => bias procs being given to team China
i would like to know that. Let me know your source, thank you

Lousy organizers!! y got no extra buffer for faulty hardwares?

Lose because Hardware DOA.. wtf.. not fair

got replacement for the 1st time right?

If I'm not mistaken, it was given on the very first day (if not, the second day) they arrived at Hong Kong. They were allowed to play with the hardware in their room. coolice and sanko told me that they could hit 5.2 or 5.3 with dry ice, so actually they got pretty good confident for the competition. sanko in the other way had spend sleepless nights doing overclocking experiment, did you guys noticed his eyes bag?

Well, just that their luck screwed up on the competition day and couldn't provide any result at all.

Luck is an important attribute as well. We can't just make such conclusion that it is biased.

Here's the hardware configuration:

* Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 (QEFW C1-Step)
* ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe rev 1.02g (BIOS : 1103)
* ASUS ENGTX280/HTDP/1G/A (BIOS : 62.00.0E.00.01)
* Kingston HyperX DDR3-1800 (KHX14400D3K2/2G K2 1.9V)
* Western Digital VelociRaptor™ 300GB (WD3000GLFS)
* FSP Everest Pro1200W
* Windows XP SP3 (for SuperPI 1.5/XS Mod & 3DMark2001SE)
* Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 (for 3DMark Vantage 1.01)
* Intel Chipset Drivers 1.1.15.0
* Forceware 177.41

All contestants are allowed to change each of their hardware once. More than once will be consider disqualified. When they received the hardware earlier, they're suppose to test if their hardware is fine and then sign on an agreement that they received this this this hardware, this this this serial number... in good condition

Again, luck is an important attribute



P/S: I am not a very good overclocker myself. So I only understand partially the terms mentioned by both coolice and sanko. If you all would like to know in details and the actual case, perhaps we wait for them to return from Hong Kong first

All in all, they went there and participated. Even thou couldn't produce any result, yet they've learned something and admitted their defeat. So lets hope the better result to come soon.

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This post has been edited by CV6149: Jul 30 2008, 08:08 AM

quoted to you, pmed you on it

so easy to get top 5 ? look at the competitor list before posting. though this comp was down to luck. some of the guys have been clocking before we knew how to use pcs.

edited due to misinformation

BIAS? just beacuse of speculation everyone say bias?

there were rules set aside about hardware if u bother to read to read them

its all down to luck in comps like this.

This post has been edited by lolhalol: Jul 29 2008, 11:33 PM

@lolhalol

no probs mate..

This post has been edited by a1098113: Jul 29 2008, 11:33 PM

for u maybe not for me...

ok la guys.. shhh, lets move on aite.. the competition is over, lolhalol made an honest point about what he feels.. and its true, this guys in the competition are world class, its not easy at all to get a top 5. And well, i was shocked coz the organisers are established and they have organised competitions worldwide. Also well if its randomly picked then being bias is probably out of the picture..

so sheesh...

well.... this is pure luck... luck comes 1st then skills.... no siding to any country...from my previous oc competition experience, contestants will get to pick their own hardwares and there is fault tolerance but there is a limit for instance each team can only change 2 hardwares max if more than 2 means you are disqualify.... and even if they let u change hardware all the time u wont have the time to do preparation anymore.... such as insulation, vmods and stuffs.... team china is a very good team especially xu gang, i have seen him winning with faulty hardware, after changing the hardware he still can win... really respect him

remember the competition in jakarta.... our hardwares died once the competition officially start.... dam bad luck =x

This post has been edited by sup3rfly: Jul 30 2008, 12:14 AM

ya, hardware prone to die when its come to extreme OC, mayb sometimes those new hardware just cant hang on till the competition end or even start after some xtreme OC tested b4 the competition.... anyway malaysia team dun give up yet, still got chance to bounce back...

that wasnt the point of the line. it was a figure of speech.

Posting this in Xu Gang room - Drinking beer, Hong Kong

First of all, we would like to express my appreciation to those who shown interest and care towards this competition. Secondly, we are really sorry for the result of AOCC2008. I'll try to make this short and clear. And this competition we do not have a 'cameraman' with use except for vearn27, so i guess i won't be be writing a full report with pictures like what i used to do. I think vearn has done a good coverage on the event on behalf of us. Thanks.

During the 1st day, we reached Hong Kong in the afternoon. At night we got all the hardware for the competition. We were the 1st team to pick the hardwares and a box of Dry Ice. And every hardwares S/N will be recorded by VR-Zone. So there's definately NO BIAS from the organiser. We get to pick our one hardware for the list, which were 20 sets. We only need to return the HDD to the organiser at 5:30PM, 27th July.

When we get back to our room we started to test the setup. For this competition, me and coolice actually decided to focus on Super Pi 8M and 3DMark01SE. Therefore we focus to find stable FSB. The 1st day, which was 26th July we only focus on testing Super Pi. During our testing for the 1st day, coolice did the main overclocking while i was incharged of tweaking. We managed to do 470 FSB. For the 2nd day, 27th July which was the official testing day, coolice tried very hard to find higher FSB and finally managed to clock it to 490 FSB stable for Super Pi 8M. Our prepa

During our testing from Day 1 to Day 2, we use our own HDD. And we didn't bother to install the VGA driver because we focus on Super Pi. So after going to the AOCC2008 Presentation Talk and dinner in the evening, we started Dry Ice cooling. And because coolice was quite familiar with the setup already, we managed to clock it to 5.2GHz stable for Super Pi 8M in a short time. Before this, Team China and Hong Kong told us they can only run Super Pi 8M stable on Dry Ice with 4.7GHz and 5.0GHz. If i remember when we got the 5.2GHz stable for Super Pi, it was already 1 or 2 AM. So i was really tired and fell asleep with knowing it. Coolice continue to insulate the VGA card.

The next day in the morning, which is the Competition Day, coolice told me that the VGA card got problem with driver once i woke up. So this is where to problem started. We suspect it was our HDD that we used which was a very old benching HDD. So once we got to the competition at 10:00AM we immediately test the VGA card with the given WD VelociRaptor with floppy from VR-Zone. So confirmed our VGA cannot install driver and it was actually DOA. We regret that we didn't fully test our hardwares.

So this is the start of our bad luck. coolice need to redo a new insulation on a replaced VGA. Because the 1st Benching is Super Pi, the organiser provided another extra VGA to all contestants so that we won't need to run LN2 on VGA for Super Pi. So i started to power up our rig and find coldbug. It turned out our coldbug on -135 degree, which was very good compared to other competitors. But our coldboot is on -80 degree. So i tried to clock the CPU with the oc saved profile which is 5.2GHz we achieved on Dry Ice. By right it suppose to boot on LN2 easily but it just couldn't. I tried going for higher/lower vcore, vdimm, multiplier, timing and fsb. But it just wouldn't boot. After coolice done insulation on the VGA, he took over to try. After spending around 15 minutes finally he managed to rectify the problem. The oc profile saved on the BIOS was corrupted.

By the time our setup was ready to go, it was around 1:45PM and the competition will be started on 2:00PM. So we do not have time to find our highest CPU clock with LN2. So we tried very hard to go higher 5.2GHz. Even on 5.2GHz it wasn't as stable as our initial testing on Dry Ice. Finally we stop at 5.35Ghz to run Super Pi 8M when the time was going to finish for the benchmark. It was stable to finish the Pi run. Therefore i took over to apply the tweak. Our tweak has a few steps and during the final stage of the tweak, the rig just turned off and the time was only 10 minutes left. So i asked coolice to just use Copywazza which has a shorter process to try to get a final score. When coolice took over for around 10-20 seconds, our rig turned off again and couldn't be switched on anymore. So there goes our Super Pi 8M which was our main focus in this competition.

So we immediately try our best to boot up the rig. From our experience we supposed it was due to condensation. So we removed the CPU pot and clean it up. Then we try to switch on the rig without LN2 but it still refused to. After wasting around 15 minutes then we thought that the mobo failed on us. So we changed a new mobo but still it couldn't boot up. We exchanged CPU to diagnose which hardware died. But still it wouldn't boot. After than we switch power supply and it booted up with single ram. Then we quickly plug in another ram to start the benchmark. But once we plug in the ram again it couldn't boot up. At the same time TEAM Taiwan has problem with their rig. They are kind enough to test our rams and finally the culprit is one piece of our rams.

By the time we are ready for 3DMark01SE, it was already 45 minutes over. So we tried to run the benchmark with 5.3Ghz without taking anymore risk and it passed. So coolice started to clock our VGA card to 760/1250/1600 just to test stability and it passed. After that, coolice applied VMOD and try to clock higher. Once VMOD voltage adjustment was finished, guess what. . . rivatuner refused to recognise our clock. After spending 10 minutes to rectify it, TEAM China confirmed with us it was the rivatuner compatibility with the driver issue. They faced the same issue during their previouse competition. So exchanging a new HDD is the only way. And we need to apply our tweaks all over again. By the time everything was up and ready, it was 15 minutes left. Once coolice tried to clock the GPU properly and run, our rig died again. This time it was due to condensation.

After another failure on 3DMark01, we was really really down. But we still tried to put up a fight. At least to summit score. So after fixing the condensation problem, we carried on with Vantage Performance. Guess what, Vantage went smoothly as ever. For Vantage when the time was around 15 minutes, our mobo died. We only managed to run it stable on 5.3GHz CPU clockspeed and 850/1275/1700 GPU clockspeed which our score was only good enough for 11th or 12th placing. From what we know, TEAM India without VMOD able to hit 820 core speed for GPU.

So this was what happened during the event. Will edit this post for mistakes/error when i get back tomorrow.

This post has been edited by Sanko: Jul 30 2008, 04:28 AM

really sorry to hear that.
it's over already.
Hope you guys enjoy the rest of the days in hk
oh ya, how about the second day oc?

This post has been edited by dblooi: Jul 30 2008, 06:42 AM

ok² no offence

atleast we can learn something here to get ready on this big compy
-always check the hardware
-make sure the HDD/RAM is in the good condition
-no driver issue/conflict etc
-stable mobo bios

apart of that just have skills n luck
- luck should be the last one..

oh man.. i'm really sure we can show something..
keep up a good work..

anyway....coolice n sanko did a good job.dont gve up.we will win next year!!!!

This post has been edited by tnhafiz: Jul 30 2008, 09:36 AM

ouch sanko.. hmm, i guess next time, we will force u guys to prepare better Anyways, dont give up and try harder next time. Theres always next year to go

ya, both of them did not give up till last minute !!!

Should give them

Hmm dont be sad thou.At least we try.
By the way,this Championship is every year?

Agree.Prepare better so thing like that happend

@sanko
where my tshirt?

@vearn
u shud take 2 unit la..1 for me u take tshirt send me moshi

i pay rm100 for that shirt

anyway,coolice,sanko,vearn,u guys really did a good job

We need to put another thing into consideration. Our duo coolice and sanko didn't get enough resources, contributors or sponsors to provide them the necessary parts to let them do testing. It is the hardest way they took, isn't?

Anyhow, experience gained and we shall be better for the next one

Give them a break please... they had sleepless nights doing preparation before the competition... they're human too, just like us.

If I'm not mistaken, suppose this competition to be held in Malaysia this time. However, Asus Malaysia rejected it. Don't ask me regarding the source please, it may not be the actual case.

Hahaha... told you that it is the last piece of t-shirt for the event . Surprisingly the quality pretty good, like those "dri-fit" t-shirt.

RM100? @_@ Doesn't worth it man... it is just a t-shirt...

Well, it is coolice and sanko that in the competition. I just kepoh-kepoh kacau-kacau only since I'm temporarily posted to work in Hong Kong . In a way, I really hope I didn't bothered them during their days in Hong Kong

hey guys it's NR from Team SG. I was in Team Aussie for the 2007 AOCC.

just want u all to know that sanko and coolice really tried.

in fact once they collected their hardware i could not find them till the day of the compy.

want to call them for dinner also cant find them. they were camping in the room and trying.

in the end only went out with them ONCE for dinner!

can say they really sway. i also kena this sort of thing in the competitions i joined b4.. is really disappointing and sway but there's always next year!

i think my good friends sanko and coolice did really well. they did what they could and did their best

anyway that white psp is mine team sg no time to play psp but that was for my music.

not for me but the system haha~

I guess I know who you are . You are the one bugging them to go Lan Kwai Fong, right?

Then when chatting with the MC, you mentioned you need to get some stuff for someone someone

kudos to our representatives eventhou they didn't managed to make their names into d hall of fame. what passed is passed, just take it as luck was not on our side. besides, this kinda competition isn't all bout makin names, i see it as a chance for friendship, exchangin experience & showin sportsmanship.

better luck next time guys...

This post has been edited by ah_khoo: Jul 30 2008, 09:40 PM

yea i was trying to get them to join.... cuz they really been missing out on a lot of stuff. usual suspects team aussie, india, thailand, taiwan, indo all ard but malaysia always missing!

haha yea WE... needed to get stuff for family and all. so yup!

think i vaguely recall seeing u there too nice to meet u!

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Added on July 30, 2008, 9:42 pmi agree! winning is of course a bonus. it should never be a set back or the main objective.

one can be there to win. but he should never forgo the chance to make friends from all over and learn soemthing new!

This post has been edited by NightRaven: Jul 30 2008, 09:42 PM

well said bro Jeremiah...

Hahaha... I chatted with you and the MC on the 1st day after the group photos. We're discussing about Lan Kwai Fong and then where to buy some stuff to bring back to Malaysia

correct.. we need the tools to practice also..
if atleast we can perform at that compy sure we can work out on the sponsors..
hei this should be the high tech sport too right?
govmnt should take part.. atleast to show how good malaysian in technology..
even better than to send someone to the moon?

overclocking is a young, and expensive enthusiast sport in malaysia. Of course, we see almost 70% of us trying to overclock, but stop to a certain extent, because the higher you go in this padestal, the more expensive the hobby gets.

Secondly, parts here dont change at a rapid pace like in the US or Japan. Due to the demand of newer parts being high, older parts tend to be cheaper and affordable in those countries. unlike here, Where demand are the opposite.

Third, our gdp is not as high compared to tech enthusiast countries, we dont earn as much to support the hobby in the long run, things aint cheap for us, unless youre sponsored or ur just cold rich. As pointed in paragraph one. Our salaries are too weak to support our hobby.

Lastly, overclocking doesnt fit the agenda of the local government, there is no reason to be sponsoring events because the government here has other things in mind, in which its not right for me to point out here.

Considering all those circumstances, i believe the only way we can move up is by self supporting or finding ppl who can support our hobbies. Besides that, i dont see any reason for us to be on par with the worlds best.

On a personal note, as im a noob myself in overclocking, OC can get really technical too, as we get deeper entrenched to it. A background knowledge on electronics and computer architecture is essential, and this requires hardwork. How many of us are willing to put the hours to learn this things ?

for the driver issue tat it cant detect the vga,i had experienced it frequently when figuring out highest benchable fsb/ram clock,with both setup that given for competition and setup that local asus rep giving to me,this lead us to think the problems is caused by fsb/ram clocking instead of cacat vga

ram is working fine,its able to do DDR3-1900 7-7-7-16 without prob

bios are set by organiser instead of participant,even it is unstable,we still got to use it,and if u actually did try out p5q3-deluxe,u will know that this board is bad but not all,check out xs and there only few forumer got the good board,but most of them got the sucky 1

and luck is definitely not the last one

haha unless the luck when pickup the items..

yup agree wif u bro.... these hobby wont give benefit to us actually if for syok2 n burn money only nvm lar for those who can afford it....

the more we search and try to get the best result of it the more money we used... so is this hobby affordable?

i dont think the price is attractive....

ppl send USD10000 per hardware... but end up getting USD few thousand for 1st price.