OCZ APAC Summit 2006

OCZ, a company known for Enthusiast range of Memory and Power Supplies, dips into the graphics cards market. Pretty unexpected, and there are some more interesting stuff they have in store, announced during OCZ's APAC Summit 2006.

Scott Suo, OCZ APAC General Manager, addressing the media.

 

Watercooled Memory and Graphics Card:

And get this, CPU Water block with hard pressed Silver Pins:

This is the upcoming Silver-Ray CPU Waterblock. Nope, I can hear what you think, they'll only go for like USD$ 35 or so. And the Retail Version will have the mount plate on top instead to clear capacitors...

Overclockable Shuttle Rig with OCZ Memory

PC9200 FlexXLC, Cryo-Z Cooler

Tony, also well-known as Big Toe on many enthusaists' forums, demonstrated a Live overclocking session of the OCZ latest DDR2 Memory Modules PC2-9200 FlexXLC kit. Running on the ASUS Striker Commando board soon to be available based on the Intel 965 chipset, he hit a really high speed of 652/1304MHz... just running on 2.5v.

Tony firmly believes from long periods of testing that modules tend to degrade or die after a few weeks/months of continued high voltage runs above 2.5v.

OCZ had great support from many manufacturers down to grace the summit and showcase their latest technology running with OCZ power supplies and Memory.

 

Announced a little too early this year, we see the OCZ Cryo-Z Phase Change Cooler.

The controller unit was not present due to not being able to clear customs in time. Exact refrigerant and specs of compressor not known now, but it is probably a blend of R507. Tony explained that the delay was due to many other administrative issues, such as finding the right company to mass produce them, and even all the shipping issues.

Gigabyte's booth lets the Press get a first peek at the upcoming 680i SLI Motherboard.

 

Shuttle's booth showcased hgih performance small form factors designed for overclockers.

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DFI was proud to showcase their just about to be launched RD600 Motherboard:

Look, a new look for the box of this motherboard.

 

RD600 @ 450MHz FSB.

 

BioStar's booth:

 

ASUS's booth:

 

Albatron's Booth:

 

SiS's booth:

The less than 10w integrated GPU from SiS did not even need any heatsink to run!! This should be a really low power consumption/heat setup.

Interview with Tony Big Toe

I got a chance to do a short interview with the well-known and well-respected Tony AKA Big Toe from OCZ...

Tony, how long have you been overclocking now?

6 Years. I first overclocked my P80 Cyrix because I was bored and trying to find something interesting to do. I also recalled having great fun overclocking the Slot A Athlon Processors.

How did you get immersed in the overclocking community?

I was at ABXZone forums back then and I and a couple of mates were contributing relevant information for the people there and we did up some nice BIOS Mods. Then Ryan from OCZ approached me to work for OCZ.

You've done a hell lot of very informative guides for the whole community. Which one was you most satisfied with?

It was the PAT Enabling guide for the ASUS P4P800 motherboard, and it basically made the P4P800 run as fast as the P4C800!

Which was your most satisfactory overclock thus far?

It must being the second guy in the world to hit DDR500 CL2-2-2-5, on a 845 chipset motherboard. I was slower by one day than a Japanese overclocker.

How do you find the overclocking scene right now?

It's defintiely grown huge, but what I would like to see is more people contributing to the community, sharing information. Many such as FreeCableGuy, EVA2000, Hipro 5 contributes actively to the community, but more are less forthcoming.

Where do you think overclocking is headed?

Well for the Memory side of things, I think it is going to be like what happened with NetBurst, people are going to get over the huge numbers and get back to running less than maximal speeds but at much lower latency, which is the biggest influence on performance.

What product are you looking forward to most right now?

Definitely OCZ's new power supply which will be what all the enthusiasts really want! Not just because I'm the PM for it but because it will truly stand out from the rest. I'm sorry I can't release further details until a later date. You can also expect the unexpected... OCZ Gaming Mice at really affordable prices, etc.

What do you think of the Benchmarking community as a whole?

I think the current HWBot should be categorized according to cooling, so that those on air/water can also compete for top spots, instead of totally overwhelmed by the Liquid Nitrogen Benchers. Probably 3 seperate categories will set things at a much more level playing field. OCZ will look into giving out prizes to support those who put in effort to improve their benchmarking scores in time to come once the system is set up.