[Taipei, Taiwan]  The grand final of the Master Overclocking Arena (MOA) 2011, the largest one of its kind in the world, is set to kick off at the Comprehensive Stadium of Taiwan University on Friday, October 7. The MOA 2011 is the fourth edition of events organized by MSI, the leading global mainboard and graphics card manufacturer. Sixteen teams of overclocking soldiers from the U.S., Romania, Sweden, Japan, Australia and many other countries are gearing up to fight for the ultimate title. In keeping with the theme of Military Operations at MOA, a vast range of thrilling events will be staged onsite, including the arrival of sexy female general Amber Ann and three female soldiers on the overclocking battlefront to boost morale, and the audacious invasion of the MSI battle camp by eight teams of master computer assemblers from higher-education institutions; where their computer knowledge will be put to the ultimate test. Also, MSI will offer a limited 10 sets of heavy-duty gears for the MOA battlefront. Purchasers will also get a CD autographed by Amber Ann!

The final entries for the MSI Master Overclocking Arena (MOA) 2011 Team HWBOT Qualifiers competition has finished on August 20th. The event took 4 weeks long with the last chance to attend the MSI MOA 2011 Grand Final; three challenges were faced, including Super PI 32M, wPrime 1024M, and 3DMark11 P-Score.  The MOA 2011 Team HWBOT Qualifier gathers extreme overclockers from across the world, but Perica Barii from Montenegro stood out from the competition and is going to face 15 global championship teams at the MSI MOA 2011 Grand Final!

This marks the fourth year that MSI, a world-leading mainboard and graphics card manufacturer, is organizing the MOA competition. After the American qualifiers in January, the European qualifiers in April, the Asia-Pacific qualifiers in July, and Futuremark’s LOC 2011 competition, the last qualification competition on HWBOT is now makes the whole name list complete. The MSI MOA 2011 Grand Final will be held in Taipei on October 7, 2011 when 16 teams from around the world compete and vie for the global overclocking master title. This is most exciting yearly MSI event and overclocking fans won’t want to miss it.

For more information, please visit the event website at: http://hwbot.org/competition/moa_2011_qualifier

MSI MOA2011 official website:http://msi-moa.com/

HELSINKI, FINLAND –Futuremark® today announced the winners of its annual Lords of Overclocking competition. The MSI sponsored event, which is Futuremark's premier OC contest each year, saw over 10,000 entries from more than 80 countries across the globe. With such worldwide interest, competition was fierce for the top prize: flights, accommodation and qualification to the MSI Master Overclocking Arena (MOA) 2011 grand final in Taipei.

[Jakarta, Indonesia] MSI (Micro-star International), the leader in mainboards and graphics cards, has once again achieved a great success with elite overclockers from the Asia Pacific region!

Soldiers of MOA 2011 APAC Final