[Press Release] Taipei, Taiwan (9th March 2018) – G.SKILL International Enterprise Co., Ltd., the world’s leading manufacturer of extreme performance memory and gaming peripherals, is announcing the online qualifier competition of its biggest annual overclocking competition G.SKILL OC World Cup 2018!

G.SKILL OC World Cup 2018 - G.SKILL OC World Cup overclocking competition consists of three rounds: Online Qualifier, Live Qualifier, and Grand Finals. The top 6 contestants from the Online Qualifier round will receive an invitation to the Live Qualifier round, as well as the chance to qualify for the Grand Final round, in the G.SKILL booth at Computex 2018 from June 5 to 8, 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan. The top two finishers from the Live Qualifier round will compete head-to-head on the fourth day of Computex 2018 for the grand prize.

Round 1: Online Qualifier - The Online Qualifier round will be held on HWBOT (hwbot.org) from March 13th to April 16, 2018, featuring 4 benchmarks: Highest DDR4 Frequency, Geekbench 3 Multi-Core Full Out, 3DMark11 with IGP, and SuperPi 32m Full Out. Contestants must use G.SKILL DDR4 memory, Intel Core i5-8600K processor, and Z370 chipset motherboards. For more event details and rules, please visit the competition page on HWBOT.

$20,000 USD Total Cash Prize & $10K for the Champion! - G.SKILL OC World Cup competition features the largest single cash prize in overclocking competition with USD $10K for the Grand Champion.

• Champion: 10,000 USD
• 2nd: 3,000 USD
• 3rd: 2,500 USD
• 4th: 2,000 USD
• 5th: 1,500 USD
• 6th: 1,000 USD

Read the full press release from G.SKILL here.