Gigabyte announces 'classic challenge' winner aristidis sweeps and wins three ultra durable ™ 5 motherboards

GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd., the world leader in the manufacture of motherboards and graphics cards, announces the winner of the 'Classic Challenge' contest, the latest competition hosted at HWBOT.org. Greek overclocker Aristidis took all three Ultra Durable ™ 5 motherboards by winning, in both stages of the contest, which also allowed him access to the special bonus.

In the contest, overcloclers were invited to compete on two classic benchmarks: 3DMark 01 and Super Pi 32M, with the GIGABYTE X79S-UP5-WIFI motherboard and the GIGABYTE X79-UP4 up for grabs. In addition, with the added bonus of, if a participant had the talent and the ability to win in both stages, GIGABYTE would also give them a GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4 plate, which has not yet been released commercially. Congratulations to Aristidis for achieving everything!

GIGABYTE Classic Challenge stages

Stage 1: 3DMark 01 Full Out - Multi GPUs allowed

Stage 2: SuperPi 32M - CPUs set to 4.5GHz

Note: Participants could use any GIGABYTE Z77 series motherboard. Only retail hardware was allowed. The usual rules for sending and verifying the data by HWBOT were followed.

Winner of the GIGABYTE Classic Challenge - Aristidis

Stage 1 - 3DMark 01 - 160342 points

Stage 2 - SuperPi 32M - 6 min 55 sec

Awards:

Stage 1: GIGABYTE X79S-UP5-WIFI

Stage 2: GIGABYTE X79-UP4

Bonus: GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4

The GIGABYTE 'Classic Contest' was open to all HWBOT members from July 18 to August 15, 2012. For more details, competition rules and standings, please visit the 'Classic Challenge' page on HWBOT.org

hwbot.org/competition/gbt_classic_challenge/

GIGABYTE Ultra Durable ™ 5 Motherboards

All of the 'Classic Contest' competition awards support GIGABYTE's new Ultra Durable ™ 5 technology, which includes components capable of handling very high currents for the CPU power zone, including the IR3550 PowIRstage® chips from International Rectifier, 2X Copper PCB from GIGABYTE and ferrite core chokes that withstand currents up to 60A. Together, they allow operating temperatures of up to 60ºC less than in traditional motherboards.

GIGABYTE's Ultra Durable ™ technology, included in multiple motherboards based on Intel® X79 and Z77 Express chipsets, as well as AMD's impending A85X chipsets, represents the next step in the evolution of motherboard design.

* Test results used for reference only. Results may vary depending on system configuration.

* Up to 60 ° C lower laboratory temperature using a 4-phase IR3550 PowIRstage® with 2X Copper PCB compared to a 4-phase MOSFET D-Pak with 100A load, without heat sink, and for 10 minutes.

More information on GIGABYTE Ultra Durable ™ 5 technology can be found here:

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