Set atop an unlikely oasis of greenery in the otherwise arid and industrial regions of Southern California is a mass of cutting edge technology and overclocking icons from around the country. The Gigabyte Invitational Overclocking Tournament kicks off today at the Pacific Palms conference resort in Industry Hills, CA.

Gigabyte has pulled in the top overclockers from around the country, including the likes of k|ngp|n and the guys from Iron Mods. The guys will be using many different overclocking methods, including phase change, liquid nitrogen, and even good old fashion water. Everybody will be using identical hardware and reporting results for various testing applications throughout the day. The winner when the dust settles will be holding a free airline ticket to Taiwan for the world finals of Gigabyte’s Invitational in September. Specs and such are listed below. Be sure to check in throughout the day for updates and tons of pictures.

Hardware:
CPU: Intel QX9650
Motherboard: GA-X48T-DQ6 (DDR3)
RAM: Corsair DDR3 2000 Memory
Graphics Card: GV-NX96T512H
Power Supply: GIGABYTE 1200 Watt
Hard Drive: WD SATA 250GB

Software:
OS: Windows XP
Utility: rivatuner 2.09; memset 3.5; setFSB; easytune 6; CPUz; GamerHUD
Graphics Card Driver: ForceWare 174.16
Motherboard BIOS: f5g
Benchmarks: Super Pi 1M; Aquamark; 3DMark01; 3DMark06

Rules
-Participants can update their results continuously within a valid set period of time set up by GIGABYTE
-Benchmark scores submitted after time is called will not count
-Participants must raise hands to indicate the submission of their scores
-Failure to submit a score for a round will not lead to disqualification
-Participants with the highest points at the end of the competition will be declared as champion
-Judge may ask competitor to run benchmarks again to verify scores

Regulations
-Hardware and software are provided by GIGABYTE; contestants are not allowed to use their own hardware and software
-GIGABYTE provide hardware replacement if the hardware dies or fails
-Participants are allowed to bring their own equipments for tweaking, soldering and vmods.
-Any cooling Apparatus are allowed
-HDD is pre-installed and configured with Windows XP drivers, and utilities
-No Outside software, thumb drives, optical device, etc. are allowed
-Brand new USB drive will be provided to save the scores and screen shots; participants may keep the USB drive after the event
-Participants may bring their own multimeter or digital temperature meter
-Hair dryers will be provided onsite to bring the LN2 temperature up
-Insulation tapes and nail polish will be provided for insulations
-Paper towels, extra thermos, Dixie cup, thermal paste, Vasoline, Scissors will be provided onsite

Prizes
Champion:
-Complimentary international flight ticket and accommodations to Taiwan for GIGABYTE Worldwide Overclocking Competition (September, 2008)
-GIGABYTE GA-X48T-DQ6 motherboard
-Corsair DDR3 2000 2GB memory
-Upcoming Intel X58 media sample testing before launch date (under NDA)

2nd Place:
-GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DQ6 motherboard
-GIGABYTE GV-NX88T512H GeForce 8800GT video card
-Corsar DDR3 2000 2GB memory
-Intel X58 media sample

3rd Place:
-GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3R
-GIGABYTE GV-NX88T512H GeForce 8800GT video card
-Corsair DDR3 2000 2GB memory
-Intel X58 media sample

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