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Pierŕe“QuantumX” van Rhyn
Country Name and City:
South Africa, Cape Town
What language(s) do you speak in
addition to English if any?
Afrikaans
Your nickname QuantumX, does it
mean anything and how did it come
about?
When I was younger I was really
interested in nuclear physics and
one day QuantumX popped into my
head and from then on it was the
nickname I used at local LAN’s
and eventually for all my online
accounts.
When did you start overclocking and
on what platform was it on?
I started overclocking when I won
a 8800GTS 320MB Graphics card
in a competition. I read reviews
about the card before it shipped
and in the reviews they tested the
overclocking ability of the card
which introduced me to it all. I had
an AMD Sempron 3400+ which had a
single core and only did 1.8GHz on
an MSI K9N Neo motherboard
(nForce 550 chipset). I soon realized
the CPU was bottlenecking my GPU
so I eventually overclocked it to
around 2.4GHz. The CPU seemed to
have more in it but unfortunately the
motherboard didn’t have any voltage
adjustment options in the BIOS.
On which forum or forums do you
spend the most time or share your
overclocking results?
I spend a lot of time on a SouthAfrican forum called Carbonite, and
then I also joined the Overclock.net
not too long ago
How many live overclocking events
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have you attended if any and if not,
which ones would you like to take
part in?
The only one was recently at the
HWBot World Tour in Cape Town .
Do you overclock competitively
or do you perhaps enjoy pushing
hardware and/or setting your own
goals?
I’m more the type of overclocker
that enjoys pushing each piece
of hardware to the max, but I do
check the rankings beforehand so
I definitely have a competitive side
too.
Who has been your most inspiring
overclocker since you started?
In the beginning I didn’t really
know any of the overclockers since
I was just doing my own thing but
later on when I got to know Vivi, he
taught me a lot and he is always
approachable.
Most overclockers have a “golden
time” or period in which they believe
overclocking was at its best. Do
you have such a time period and
if so, when was it or do you prefer
the present climate of competitive
overclocking?
I would say Socket 775 was a great
time for overclocking, as you could
literally overclock any CPU you
could get your hands on. People
didn’t need to overclock
to compete in rankings or to beat
anyone else, you could just take
what you have and overclock it for
free performance or extra FPS in
your favourite game. To me that was
always the most rewarding type of
overclocking.
Who do you usually have
overclocking sessions with if anyone
and how often are you having these
LN2 or Dry ice sessions?
Vivi and I have sessions from time