G.SKILL Announces OC World Cup 2024 Competition with $40,000 USD Total Cash Prize Pool

(29 February 2024) – G.SKILL International Enterprise Co., Ltd., the world’s leading brand of performance overclock memory and PC components, is excited to announce the 8^th Annual OC World Cup 2024 extreme overclocking competition, which will begin with the Online Qualifier Stage, which will run from March 1, 2024 until April 3, 2024 on hwbot.org. The 9 finalists from the Online Qualifer stage are invited to compete on the Live Qualifier stage, during the week of Computex 2024 in Taipei, for a share of the total prize pool of $40,000 USD, with the OC Champion taking home $10,000 USD.

The Clash of OC Elites

Considered to be one of the most challenging overclocking competition, the G.SKILL OC World Cup 2024 consists of three stages: Online Qualifier, Live Qualifier, and Grand Final. The top 9 overclockers of the Online Qualifier will be invited to compete against each other live during the week of Computex 2024 at the G.SKILL booth in Nangang Exhibition Hall, and the top 3 overclockers from the Live Qualifier stage will compete for the title of OC Champion in the Grand Final.

Online Qualifier: March 1, 2024 to April 3, 2024

Live Qualifier: June 4, 2024 to June 6, 2024

Grand Final: June 7, 2024

Online Qualifier Stage

For OC World Cup 2024, the Online Qualifier presents the overclockers with 4 challenge stages: DDR5 Memory Frequency, PYPrime 32B, 7-ZIP, and SuperPi-32M. For more event details and rules, as well as to participate in the Online Qualifier stage of the OC World Cup 2024, please visit the competition webpage at: https://esports.hwbot.org/#!/round/gskill_ocworldcup_2024_online_qualifier

$40,000 USD Total Cash Prize Pool

This year, the OC World Cup 2024 is providing a $40,000 USD total prize pool. Following the tradition of the OC World Cup competition, the OC Champion of the Grand Final will take home a grand prize of $10,000 USD - the largest single cash prize sum in the overclocking community.

8^th Annual OC World Cup 2024 Cash Prize Breakdown:

• Champion: $10,000 USD
• 2nd place: $6,500 USD
• 3rd place: $5,000 USD
• 4th place: $4,200 USD
• 5th place: $3,400 USD
• 6th place: $3,000 USD
• 7th place: $2,800 USD
• 8th place: $2,600 USD
• 9th place: $2,500 USD

Additionally, each of the top 9 overclockers in the Online Qualifier will receive a DDR5-8000 48GB (2x24GB) memory kit.

And for completing all four challenge stages of the Online Qualifier, three lucky participants will be randomly selected to win a DDR5-7600 32GB (2x16GB) memory kit.

For more product information about the prize, please refer to the following links:

https://www.gskill.com/product/203/375/1688609539/F5-8000J4048F24GX2-TZ5RW

https://www.gskill.com/product/203/375/1688609389/F5-7600J3848F24GX2-TZ5RW

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About G.SKILL

Established in 1989, G.SKILL specializes in high-performance memory and provides PC component and peripheral products designed for PC gamers, professionals, overclockers, and enthusiasts around the world. Combining technical innovation and rock solid quality through our in-house memory testing lab and talented R&D team, G.SKILL continues to create ultra-performance overclock memory for each platform generation.