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while just as intense as any other,
reduces the probability of unforced
errors due to arbitrary time limits.
For hardware, contestants were
allowed to use any motherboard
they so desired, but the DRAM of
choice would be the HOF DDR4
4800 CL19 memory kit, GALAX
SSDs and the HOF RTX 2080 Ti OC
Lab Edition. The CPU of choice was
the Intel Core i9 9900K, but
frequencies would be capped to
6GHz. This would prevent any
unfairness which may arise from a
select number of CPUs reaching
frequencies well above what the
rest can manage. That not only
served to make the competition
fairer, but as a result placed
emphasis on the contestants DRAM
tuning abilities. This cap would
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make all the difference in the CPU
benchmarks, as memory is almost
all you had to work with outside of
a few OS tweaks here and there.
Given the competition structure,
different overclockers inevitably
followed different strategies.
The pressures imposed by live
competition presented themselves
in a number of ways as
competitors had issues ranging
from water logged motherboards
to needing to exchange parts.
As unfortunate as that may be,
it’s all part of the live overclocking
experience, which in the end
comes down to how well and how
quickly you’re able to overcome
these challenges. Missing even
one result submission would
render the competitor’s chances