Futuremark announced a new competition for PC overclockers everywhere. The contest will see game, DIY, and overclocking enthusiasts from Europe, Asia and the Americas competing for the "Lord of Overclocking" title for their region. With Futuremark anticipating over 200,000 entries, the online contest will be the largest overclocking competition ever staged.

The contest will run from May 18th to June 14th with prizes on offer for the top weekly, random, and overall winners in each region.

Furthermore, one overall top winner will also be invited to attend the MSI Master Overclocking Arena 2009 event in Beijing, China in September 2009.

Grand Prize includes: MSI P45 Diamond motherboard and N260GTX VGA card, Huntkey X7 900W power supply, Thermaltake Element S pro case, GlacialTech XWing NB Cooling Pad, Enermax Apollo (8cm+12cm) cooling fans.

Weekly prizes include: MSI X58 Pro-E motherboard and N250GTS VGA card,Huntkey X7 800W power supply, Thermaltake V9 gaming case, GlacialTech UFO CPU Cooler, Enermax Cluster, Everest, Magma (8cm+12cm) cooling fans.

Weekly random prizes: Patriot Memory 3GB 1600Mhz Viper Tri-Channel memory kits.

Contestants will be competing to see who can achieve the highest score with 3DMark06, a benchmark program from Futuremark that measures the 3D gaming performance capabilities of PCs.

For further details of the "Lords of Overclocking" competition visit http://www.futuremark.com/community/competitions/overclocking/regional09