Manila, Philippines -- MSI and the overclocking website HWBOT are co-hosting the Xtreme Speeder MSI P55 Online Overclocking Competition from November 15 through December 13, 2009. The competition will offer cash prizes up to USD 5000 to participating high-speed overclockers - simply break the overclocking record and watch the numbers rise!

The Xtreme Speeder online overclocking competition is broken into three categories: CPU-Z, SuperPI 32M and Wprime 32M. Over the four-week period, the selection process will be broken into parts, with each part having a different score. The top three overall winners will receive USD 2000, USD 1,500 and USD 1000 respectively, while the champion for each category will receive USD 1000. Should one be the winner in each of the three categories and the overall champion, he/she could win USD 5000, while any competitor who breaks the overclocking record will win an additional USD 500!

Additionally, to show its appreciation for the overclocking enthusiasts’ community's support and response, MSI will pick one lucky participant every week to win the latest MSI Big Bang Fuzion mainboard, and 5 participants will get a commemorative MSI Big Bang limited edition book bag! Prepare your MSI mainboard for its best performance ever, and take the title of Xtreme Speeder!

For more information, please visit the Xtreme Speeder event website: http://hwbot.org/article/news/msi_xtreme_speeder_p55_online_competition.

1. Time:

November 15 - December 13, 2009

2. Platform:

MSI P55 mainboard

3. Categories:

CPU-Z, SuperPI 32M, Wprime 32M

4. Prizes:

1. Overall top three prizes

- First Place: USD 2000

- Second Place: USD 1500

- Third Place: USD 1000

2. First place by category - CPU-Z, SuperPI 32M, Wprime 32M: USD 1000

　　3. Special Prize for Core i5 Overall Top Score: USD 1000

4. Lucky drawing:

- MSI Big Bang Fuzion mainboard: 1 given per week (4 altogether)

- MSI Big Bang limited edition book bag: 5 given per week (20 altogether)