GIGABYTE CATZILLA OC Contest to be hosted on HWBOT.ORG

Taipei, Taiwan, June 25, 2014: GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, has announced its latest overclocking contest hosted on HWBOT.org, the GIGABYTE CATZILLA OC Contest. The main focus will be centered on the latest GIGABYTE 9 series motherboards with two stages running the CATZILLA benchmark on air/water cooling and LN2 cooling. A $500 cash prize and a GIGABYTE motherboard will be offered to the winner of each stages. An additional raffle will take place on each Friday for the opportunity to win a GIGABYTE T-Shirt.

To celebrate its new custom made skin on the Catzilla 720P benchmark, GIGABYTE is inviting the overclocking community to participate in GIGABYTE CATZILLA OC Contest. Open to all HWBOT members from June 23^rd 2014 until July 21^st 2014, GIGABYTE invites all Overclockers to suit up for one epic cat fight and take on the following stages using any hardware platform on a 9 Series GIGABYTE motherboard.

To download the Catzilla benchmark with GIGABYTE skin, follow this link:

http://www.catzilla.com/jdownloads/Download/CatzillaGIGABYTE.exe

Note: Please register to unlock the 720P benchmark for free.

To download the contest wallpaper, go here:

http://news.hwbot.org/Competitions/897_GigabyteCatzilla/ALLBenchmark_Catzilla_Wallpaper%20-1.jpg

Contest Stages

Stage 1: Catzilla – 720p – 1x GPU using Air/Water cooling

Stage 2: Catzilla – 720p – 1x GPU using LN2 cooling

Contest Rules

All submissions must use a GIGABYTE 9 series motherboard. All screenshot submissions must include the competition wallpaper. All submissions must include a picture of the rig used, including competition background. Usual HWBOT submission and verification rules apply. For Air/Water cooling stage, a minimum CPU/GPU temperature of 30⁰C must be displayed.

Contest Prizes

• Air/Water cooling stage:

Winner gets $500 in cash and a GIGABYTE Z97X-UD5H

• LN2 cooling stage:

Winner gets $500 in cash and a GIGABYTE Z97X-SOC FORCE LN2

• Lucky draw (To be held on June 27^th, July 4^th, July 11^th and July 18^th)

Winner gets a GIGABYTE T-Shirt

The GIGABYTE CATZILLA OC contest will run for one month, from June 23^rd 2014 until July 21^st 2014 midnight GMT/UTC (8AM 22/07 GMT+8).