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Here Are Your Winners of the GIGABYTE Z97 Last Hurrah Contest!

The GIGABYTE Z97 Last Hurrah wrapped up last week and now the results are official.

We would like to congratulate Xtreme Addict and Arhaam for winning the contest. Xtreme Addict took first place in the Extreme Cooling category with 79 points and won a GIGABYTE Z170X-SOC Force motherboard. Arhaam won the ambient cooling category with 73 points and is also taking home a GIGABYTE Z170X-SOC Force board.

For more information on the contest and the official results, head on over to HWBOTs OC E-Sports portal.

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GIGABYTEs Latest OC Contest Lets You Overclock on Your Favorite Chipset!

Every Overclocker has their favorite chipset that allows them to perform their best. This is why GIGABYTE is allowing overclockers to use whatever chipset they please in its next overclocking competition, Target OC: Open Target.

In this competition Overclockers will be tasked with hitting challenging targets in XTU and Geekbench 3 from November 8 until December 27. New targets will be revealed weekly, and users will be able to compete in both Extreme and Ambient categories. Overclockers are free to use any GIGABYTE motherboard and there are no restrictions on chipset.

Were giving away some big prizes for this contest that you dont want to miss out on. Contestants will have a chance to win awesome GIGABYTE prizes like GIGABYTE Z170X-Gaming 3 and GIGABYTE Z170X-SOC FORCE motherboards as well as USD $250 for those that achieve a global first place. At the end of the contest there will be a lucky draw for USD $500 and a GIGABYTE Z170X-Gaming G1 motherboard.

The contest kicks off November 8. You can find out more information on HWBOT.

Happy Overclocking!

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GIGABYTE CATZILLA OC Contest Winners

With $1,000 and two GIGABYTE Z97 series motherboards up for grabs, the GIGABYTE CATZILLA OC Contest invited the overclocking community to push their hardware to the limit by running the custom made CATZILLA benchmark skin on their GIGABYTE 9 Series motherboard.

We are happy to announce that WebTourist won the AIR/Water cooling stage and that DANCOP took the first place on the LN2 cooling stage.

On top of winning the cash prize and a limited edition GIGABYTE Z97X-SOC FORCE LN2 motherboard, overclocker DANCOP can also add to his winnings a gold cup for the World Record on CATZILLA - 720P benchmark with a 43121 mark using a GIGABYTE Z97X-SOC FORCE. Good work DANCOP!

GIGABYTE CATZILLA OC Contest Winners

· Air/Water cooling stage: WebTourist (http://hwbot.org/submission/2587632)

Wins $500 in cash and a GIGABYTE Z97X-UD5H

· LN2 cooling stage: DANCOP (http://hwbot.org/submission/2587636)

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

Give away

We would like to also congratulate Newlife, Mameluco, Marrawi and KA7RATA for winning the lucky draw held on each Friday of the contest. For their submissions to the GIGABYTE CATZILLA OC Contest, each of them won a GIGABYTE overclocking shirt.

Thanks to everyone who participated and see you soon at another GIGABYTE overclocking challenge.

To review all submissions of the GIGABYTE CATZILLA OC Contest, please visit the contest page hosted on HWBOT.org: http://hwbot.org/competition/gbt_z97_catzilla

To download the Catzilla benchmark with GIGABYTE skin, follow this link: http://www.catzilla.com/jdownloads/Download/CatzillaGIGABYTE.exe

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