ASUS extends its Overclocking tour to Bengaluru

ASUS continued the second leg of their ‘Overclocking Tour’ in Bengaluru, to promote the community of highly intellectual and passionate Overclockers in India facilitated by ASUS hardware. The event saw a large presence of overclockers along with PC Gamers, modders and Enthusiasts. The finale of the OC tour cumulates in Mumbai.

After successfully concluding India’s first ever ‘overclocking’ tour in Kolkata, ASUS have brought the second edition to Bangalore as part of an ongoing four city tour. The Kolkata event saw a turn up of over 50 enthusiasts along with Jimmy Tangree, Head of 91.9 FM and Sportskeeda. The tour also yielded many young enthusiasts pursuing and climbing up the ranks in overclocking on HWBOT.org, an overclocking portal dedicated to promoting overclocking achievements and competitions for professionals as well as enthusiasts worldwide.

ASUS’s latest lineup of components and products were showcased as part of the Bangalore tour led by  Vinay Shetty, Regional Director, ASUS India, Component Business.  The VivoStick PC was unveiled at the event as part of the showcase. ASUS VivoStick is a pocket-sized Windows PC that gives you desktop-like computing whenever you need it. It is powered by an Intel Atom processor. As part of the event the following products were showcased:

Motherboards: X 99, ROG STRIX X99, Rampage V Edition 10

Graphics Cards: 1080 STRIX, 1070 STRIX

Projectors: ASUS P3B Ultra-portable projector

Networking: ASUS RT AC 5300 and RT AC 3200 Triband Gigabit Router

Peripherals: Cerberus Gaming Series

Monitors: PG248Q, MG279Q, MG248Q

“We are delighted with our unique initiative and Kolkata gave us the impetus and confidence to go on further in this OC Tour. Bangalore has been the city with a diverse audience of Hardcore PC gamers and enthusiasts. I’m happy we have introduced them to the concepts of overclocking and piqued the interest of these talented minds. We may see a new wave of talent pool for the overclocking community coming from Bangalore the next time. ” said Shetty

The mainstay was Overclocking and extreme overclocking which intrigued the Bengaluru audience. The overclocking competition saw participation from all the enthusiasts attending the event. Three participants won prizes worth INR 35,000. Gaurav Bhardwaj, won the first prize at the competition, an ASUS Maximus VIII Hero motherboard.