Gigabyte P55 OC Challenge USA
In the minds of top ranked overclockers, GIGABYTE is widely known for its record-breaking Intel X58 platform, specially designed and engineered to push Intel Extreme processors beyond their limits. However, with years of experience and dedication as an engineering powerhouse, GIGABYTE has been able to take those "Extreme" overclocking features usually reserved for only the highest end platforms and has brought them to the mainstream, benefitting those who want to ride the edge of performance and get the most value out of their Intel mainstream platform.
The GIGABYTE Intel P55 OC Challenge is for those ready to demonstrate their skills in taking the mainstream to the extreme and showing to the world the art of overclocking.
This challenge is organized by GIGABYTE and is opened to end users in the United States and Canada from April 12 to April 30, 2010. The only hardware requirement is an Intel CPU and a GIGABYTE Intel P55 Series Motherboard. For more details about the event rules and regulations, please visit the Rules page.
# Competition entry period is scheduled "April 12 to April 30, 2010 by Pacific Time, USA"
# Scoring method
* Final Score (in seconds) = Intel Burn Test (in seconds) / 10 + Super Pi 1M (in seconds)
* For Example:
Intel Burn Test score = 119.67 sec
Super Pi 1m time = 10.374 sec
Final Score = 119.67/10 + 10.374 = 22.341 (sec)
# No limit to number of individual submissions
# Hardware requirements
* Contestants MUST use "GABYTE P55 chipset motherboard" for competition (See Gigabyte models list on homepage)
* CPUs are limited to Intel Socket 1156 CPU retail version only (See list of acceptable processors on homepage)
* There are no other hardware or software limitations for the competition, including VGA, memory, HDD, OS..etc...
* Any kind of cooling apparatus is allowed, such as air cooling, water cooling, dry ice or LN2
* Engineering Sample components are not allowed
* All components must be retail available
# Score post requirements
* Contestants are required to post pictures of their motherboard and CPU throughout the competition along with benchmark results screenshots
* Contestants need to submit their scores within the scheduled time
* Must screen shot the score and hardware list to post on
* Benchmark results must be published to be eligible
* No posting of old results. All submissions must have a date on final result screenshot and
must be uploaded in JPEG file format
1920 x 1200 (Max Resolution)
2 MB (Max File Size)
* GIGABYTE reserves the right to reject any entry
# GIGABYTE will judge the winners based on the ranking of attendees final
# Award provided for first, second and third place for overall highest total score (in case of tie Super pi 1M)
# Qualifications
* Register as a member on GIGABYTE P55 OC Contest microsite
* Contestants must be 16 years or older to participate.
* Contestant must be located in the USA or Canada; prizes will be sent to a USA or Canada address only
# Any questions, please email to marketing@gigabyte-usa.com
Enjoy riding the edge of performance
GIGABYTE Marketing, N.A
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) earns ALL of the "lucky draw" prizes for this week 
Originally Posted by Massman
Congrats on the win-by-default 
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