a computer only for work. I then
wanted to build a custom pc for work
and figured it would be nice to game
on also. So I built a modest pc.
Then once I built it I found overclock.
net and started seeing all the custom
builds and new parts coming out.
Forums can really push you to want
to build something better and get new
parts.
So I built a really awesome water
cooled gaming build. I then started
benching Valley and started to
compare my scores on the forums,
I kept trying to get better scores on
water and got really addicted to it
and moved to other benches like the
3dmarks and Catzilla.
Then the 780 ti K|NGP|N Edition
came out and I really started pushing
things and got introduced to the XOC
world. It didn’t feel right to keep a
card like that on water so that is what
started this whole thing for me.
What are your four favourite games
of all time and what are your three
favourite benchmarks of all time?
My favourite games of all time is
tough because I love a lot of games,
but I would have to say the original
Bioshock, followed by Fallout 3, all the
Madden Football Games, and Left for
Dead.
Bioshock was so amazing, the
world and atmosphere they created
was so special, I have never felt that
feeling with another game. Playing
multiplayer Left for Dead was some
of the best gaming memories I have,
it was so much fun. Also when the
original Gears of War was released,
the multiplayer was so much fun.
Some of the battles in the mansion
were great.
My 3 favorite benchmarks are
Catzilla, Valley, 3d Mark Firestrike.
and why is that?
I still get very excited every single
time I get to use ln2, I think getting into
the rankings and getting involved with
hwbot has made it even more exciting
because it gives me something to
work towards and the forums give you
a place to talk about it. I really love
the new OC Esports platform because
the competitions add some excitement
and give us something different to
overclock for. The low clock challenge
I was in, was really fun and it really
even’s the playing field because it
removes binning from the equation. I
am still very happy with overclocking
and I hope to bench with other people
in the near future.
If you could change one single thing in
overclocking what would it be?
I really wish some of the tools
available to the elite guys were more
readily available to guys just starting
out. Like Afterburner Extreme and
the ASUS and Galax power cards. It’s
really frustrating when you love this
stuff so much and people submit with
it but some of us can’t. It would be nice
for everyone in the extreme league to
have the same available tools.
As far as rankings go, you’re in the
top 80 in the Extreme league. Where
are you looking to move to in the
next say one or two months and what
benchmarks will you be focusing on
to get you there?
My goal is to make sure I steadily
rise up the rankings. I need to
improve my top 20 hardware subs. My
plan is to combine my 8800 gts zombie
and skylake and go for the legacy
3d benches and 3dmark vantage.
Hopefully that will give a nice boost to
my rankings.
I am also focused on making sure I
participate in the upcoming oc esports
competitions. I am still missing a lot of
the competition points for my profile so
that will really help my ranking also.
Your general sentiments about
overclocking regarding its future. Are
you as excited as when you ran your
first LN2 session, more so, less etc.
Any particularly strong hardware
you have at present that you will be
relying on to help you achieve this
goal?
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I just got the asus maximus viii
extreme and I have 2 6700k’s to test. I
also just purchased a 8800 gts 512mb
card with Samsung memory. So I am
going to change my zombie from the
8800 gts with quimonda memory to
the Samsung card.
Hopefully a nice 6700k and 8800
gts will get me some nice hardware
points. That’s my plan for right now. I
also have a EVGA 580 Classified I hope
to get some hardware points out of.
I really love the EVGA 980 ti
K|NGP|N Edition I just got a few
months ago, it feels just like the 780
ti K|NGP|N did. I plan to use that a lot
in the coming weeks. It uses so much
ln2 I need to wait until I can order a big
180 Liter tank so I can have some real
fun. It is another amazing gpu from
EVGA, K|NGP|N and TIN.
Finally, is there anything you’d like to
say to everyone reading this?
I would first like to say thank you
for reading this. It’s exciting to get
more involved with the world of
extreme overclocking. I hope we all
have a lot of fun overclocking in the
future and I really hope competitive
overclocking is around for a long
time. I hope it can become more
popular because that would only help
us all who really love it. The more
it grows, the more opportunities we
will all have. We need to embrace the
newcomers because it’s the future. I
really hope I get to meet some of you
at overclocking events and hopefully
there are some people close to New
York and NYC that I can bench with.
[ The Overclocker ]