The overclocking community should
love using HyperX since the
overclocking potential is real. The
products are tested at higher
specifications so the products are able
to maintain this level of performance
throughout the entire warranty
period, which for memory is a lifetime.
What are your general thoughts on
live competitions, especially since
it looks like we will be having far
more going forward?
Live competitions are where
overclockers can show how they deal
with unusual or unfamiliar issues. In
addition, it is where we can see the OS
tweaking skills being pushed to the
limit in order to beat the lucky guys
with the best chips of the contest.
Usually the qualifiers are the biggest
challenge and the final battle is simply
the place where we try and earn back
what we’ve spent trying to qualify.
I’m really glad that the hardware
companies are starting to better
support this kind of competition. It is
what motivates some of the world’s
best overclockers. We love to compete,
but we also love the opportunity to
bench with the guys that have the
same crazy passion that we do.
I hope to see overclocking
recognized as a radical e-sport and
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getting not just the proper support but
having contests that motivate more
and more overclockers to give it a try
ushering more challengers into the
competitions.
Which was your first live
overclocking event, where was it
and how did you?
My first live overclocking event was
the MOA 2010, it was in Taipei. My
team (MARIOACE and I) finished 13th
place among the 20 teams. So I was
really happy reaching a really nice
spot for my first live contest. I was
really nervous on that day. The time
flew by. The whole day went by in
what felt like just a couple of hours.
Do you still compete in the rankings
personally or is that not important
for your anymore. Do you even find
time to be overclocking as much as
before?
Unfortunately now I’m really busy, so
I don’t have the time to compete in the
rankings as I would like to. But even
when I had the opportunity to do so, I
preferred to learn about the hardware
and about tweaking it with other
people and their hardware instead
of competing to get boints. I’m really
glad to help and learn instead of just
doing it by myself and for myself. It is
unfortunate as well that in Brazil
hardware is too expensive due to local
taxes. Add to which I didn’t have
financial support to pay for the really
expensive LN2 and to properly bin the
hardware. Due to this the contests I
enter at the moment have to earn me
some Boints as well.
I won’t ask you what your favourite
memory brand is, but what was the
best set of memory you ever had
since you started overclocking and
what was it capable of doing that
made you like it so much?
I had (by coincidence) a HyperX kit
with Elpida chips, those chips were
insane. I was able to reach 1866MHz
CL5. On that time (X58, P55, AM3),
when latency was more relevant than
frequency this was really helpful.
Other than overclocking at a high
level what are your other interests?
I like movies, motorsports,
sightseeing, partying, traveling,
photography, music (listening) and
games (all kinds, from board games to
computer games).
With so many changes happening
over at the OC-eSports site and at
HWBOT, Is there perhaps, anything
you’d like to see changed in the
overclocking community or in
competitions?
The community should start using
HWBot for small contests or