GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, announced the winners of its latest overclocking contest, the GIGABYTE 'Feel the Force' Contest. Running from November 1st to December 1st 2013, HWBOT.org members competed on three stages to win GIGABYTE Z87X-OC Force motherboards, CORSAIR Graphite Series 230T mid tower cases and Force Series LS 120GB SATA 3 6Gb/s SSDs.
The GIGABYTE 'Feel the Force' OC Contest
Contest Stages
Stage 1: Highest CPUz CPU Frequency
Stage 2: Highest CPUz DDR3 Speed
Stage 3: Highest CPUz BCLK
Contest Winners
1st Place Winner: Vivi - South Africa
Stage 1: 6899.88 MHz (16 Pts)
Stage 2: 1943.1 MHz (16 Pts)
Stage 3: 204.5 MHz (25 Pts)
Total: 57 Points
2nd Place Winner: Hero – China
Stage 1: 7150.69 MHz (25 Pts)
Stage 2: 1867.3 MHz (13 Pts)
Stage 3: 203,54 MHz (18 Pts)
Total: 56 Points
3rd Place Winner: laoshu1919 – China
Stage 1: 6820.19 MHz (15 Pts)
Stage 2: 2027.5 MHz (18 Pts)
Stage 3: 200.2 (14 Pts)
Total: 47 Points
For complete contest rules, scoring and more details, please visit the contest page hosted on HWBOT.org: http://hwbot.org/competition/gbt_feelforce
GIGABYTE 'Feel the Force' Contest Prizes
1st Place Prize:
*GIGABYTE Z87X-OC Force Motherboard
*CORSAIR Force Series LS 120GB SSD
*CORSAIR Graphite Series 230T Windowed Mid Tower Case – Rebel Orange
2nd Place Prize:
*GIGABYTE Z87X-OC Force Motherboard
*CORSAIR Force Series LS 120GB SSD
3rd Place Prize:
*GIGABYTE Z87X-OC Motherboard
*CORSAIR Graphite Series 230T Windowed Mid Tower Case – Rebel Orange
GIGABYTE Z87X-OC Force
The GIGABYTE Z87X-OC Force delivers a sublime OC experience without compromising on features. Support for maxed-out 4-way SLI and Crossfire graphics configurations is paired with an incredible 16 phase digital VRM for the CPU and memory. The GIGABYTE Z87X-OC Force truly is peerless and utterly ruthless.
Learn more about GIGABYTE's exclusive overclocking features here: http://www.gigabyte.com/MicroSite/336/images/oc-features.html
GIGABYTE Z87X-OC Force
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