Corsair®, a worldwide designer of high-performance components to the PC hardware market, today announced that a dream team of the world’s top overclockers set five new overclocking world records at the OC Main Event sponsored by ASUS®, Corsair, and Intel®.
The overclockers at the OC Main Event were Ronaldo Bussali (Rbuass), Roy Komansilan (Dumo), Charles Wirth (Fugger), Ian Graham Parry (8-Pack), and Mike Gorius (Gunslinger). All worked together to push the limited of overclocking using PCs equipped with Corsair memory, ASUS motherboards, and the latest Intel Core® i7 Extreme “Ivy Bridge-E” processors. Through close teamwork, the overclockers successfully set five new high scores including a new quad channel memory overclock speed of 3900MHz using Corsair’s Vengeance Extreme 3000MHz memory kit.
The scores recorded at the event are as follows:
Benchmarks | New Record Score |
3DMark 11 (entry) | 38231 marks |
3DMark 11 (performance) | 38227 marks |
3DMark 11 Firestrike | 32268 marks |
Cinebench (6-core) | 17.65 |
CPU-Z Memory – quad channel | 3900MHz |
The Official Memory and PSUs of the OC Main Event
To provide high stability and overclocking potential, the overclockers used Vengeance Pro, Vengeance Extreme, and Dominator Platinum DDR3 memory kits. The team also selected Corsair’s flagship AX1200i Digital ATX PSUs to provide ultra-stable electrical stability at continuous high-power levels.