2008 is without a doubt the year of overclocking competitions. One component manufacturer after another have organized their very own championships. After many years of organizing the national overclocking competition in Sweden, we're of course glad to see that the sport is spreading. Gigabyte is currently holding a Nordic competition to find the best overclocker in the Nordics, while the MSI overclocking contest final will happen this weekend. Although, the most active of the bunch is ASUS. The first Advanced Overclocking Championship was held in Hong Kong earlier this year.

With 20 teams from around the world we proudly watched how our very own team consisting of Robert "crotale" Kihlberg and Jon "Elmor" Sandberg scored a silver medal. ASUS then decided to bring the Advanced Overclocking Championship to Europe for a product launch meeting. We can't reveal the specific product at this time, but more information will follow soon. Our reporter, Anton Karmehed, head of our Swedish sister site, was there to listen to the product presentations and of course cover the overclocking.

This time ASUS had gathered nine teams from around Europe. This time our team consisted of resident writer Robert "crotale" Kihlberg and NordicHardware fellow Marcus "Kinc" Hultin. The three times Swedish national champions were hoping do at least as well as Robert and Jon did back in Hong Kong. Even though we hold Jon as one of the best overclockers of today, being substituted by Marcus is nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, Jon will get a chance to prove himself in the MSI finals later this weekend.

On the following pages we've summarized the European AOC event in Berlin.