March OC Madness 2017 – GIGABYTE Tips-Off the Overclocking Season

GIGABYTE is excited to kick-off 2017 March OC Madness. This overclocking contest is held by GIGABYTE and hosted on HWBot.org.  The worlds top overclockers can earn bragging rights along with awesome hardware from a prize pool with over $2500 USD worth of computer hardware! A lucky draw is also available to participants who submit scores in all stages of the competition that total up to over $600 USD.

This OC contest will have four challenges that will test your computers 3D graphics and processing: XTU 5G, 3DMark Fire Strike Physics, Geekbench 3 Multi Core and HWBOT x256 Benchmark. In each of these challenges participants can score points based on their benchmark scores. The top 3 participants who have the most points by the end of the contest gets to take home the prize!

March Madness: March 1^st, 2017 – March 31^st, 2017

1st Place Winner Prizes

GIGABYTE AORUS Z270X-Gaming 7 ($239.99 USD)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 8GB ($239.99 USD)

Intel Core i5-7700K ($349.99 USD)

2nd Place Winner Prizes

GIGABYTE AORUS Z270X-Gaming 7 ($239.99 USD)

Intel Core i5-7600K ($239.99 USD)

G.Skill TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3600 Memory ($159.99 USD)

3^rd Place Winner Prizes

GIGABYTE Z270X-UD3 ($149.99 USD)

Enermax Platimax 850W ($169.99 USD)

Enermax Liqtech 240 All-in-One Liquid Cooler ($240.49 USD)

Lucky Draw Prizes

GIGABYTE AORUS Z270X-Gaming 7 ($239.99 USD)

G.Skill Mouse or Keyboard ($129.99 USD)

Open Benchtable ($149.99 USD)

5x Heroes of the Storm Kerrigan Hero & Succubus Skin Codes ($10 each)

1x $50 USD Steam Wallet Code

Here are the rules to enter this awesome contest:

1. Open to all GIGABYTE motherboards, except for Intel HEDT (High-End Desktop Platform) CPUs.
2. Please attach a picture of your overclocking rig.
3. Entrants must use the official competition background.
4. A verification screenshot is required.

To be eligible for the lucky draw, participants must submit their scores in all stages of the competition.

In a case of a tie, the tie-breaker is the best score in Stage 3. If there’s still a tie, the best score in Stage 2, etc.

To enter and for more event details, please visit the contest page at HWBOT: