GIGABYTE Z97-Pentium® AE Beat the Heat Challenge to be Hosted on HWBOT.ORG

PRESS RELEASE

Keep It Cool for a Chance to Win Big in Cash Prizes and GIGABYTE Hardware

Taipei, Taiwan, August 19^th, 2014 - GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, today announced its latest overclocking contest hosted on HWBOT.org, the GIGABYTE Z97-Pentium AE Beat the Heat Challenge. The main focus will be centered on the latest GIGABYTE 9 series motherboards and the G3258 Intel^® Pentium^® Anniversary Edition CPU. The challenge is open to all HWBOT.org overclockers and will be separated in 5 stages running various benchmarks on air/water cooling and LN2 cooling. A total of USD $2,000 in cash prizes and two GIGABYTE Z97X-SOC LN2 will be offered to the winners, as well as a lucky draw with 5 participants winning a GIGABYTE G-Powerboard kit.

To celebrate the 20^th anniversary of the Pentium^® brand, Intel delivered to the overclocking community an unlocked processor with great potential at a very fair price. To put this bad boy to the test, GIGABYTE is giving HWBOT's community the opportunity to see if they can keep their cool under pressure and win big from August 24^th until September 28^th, 2014.

Contest Stages

Stage 1: XTU

Submission deadline: Sunday, September 7^th

Stage 2: HWBOT Prime

Submission deadline: Sunday, September 7^th

Stage 3: Super Pi 32M

Submission deadline: Sunday, September 14^th

Stage 4: Memory Clock

Submission deadline: Sunday, September 21^st

Stage 5: CPU Frequency clock

Submission deadline: Sunday, September 28^th

Contest Rules

All submissions must be made using a GIGABYTE 9 series motherboard (except Z97 SOC FORCE LN2) and retail Intel^® Pentium^® G3258. All screenshot submissions must include the competition wallpaper including the benchmark score. All submissions must include a picture of the rig used, including competition background. Usual HWBOT submission and verification rules apply. Stage 1 is open to HWBOT Enthusiast, Rookie and Novice overclockers only using Air/Water cooling, LN2 not allowed. Stages 2 to 5 are open to all HWBOT overclockers. To remain qualified, the participants of Stage 2 to Stage 5 MUST submit a score before the deadline. For the lucky draw, the G-Powerboard kit version (Nvidia/AMD) will be sent randomly. Winners of Stage 1 and Stage 2 to 5 will be excluded from the Lucky draw.

Point allocation

Stage 1:

1^st place gets 1 point.

Stage 2 to 5:

For each stage

Contest Prizes

• Stage 1

1^st place receives $500 USD

• Stage 2 to 5

1^st place receives $1,000 USD and a Z97X-SOC FORCE LN2

2^nd place receives $500 USD

3^rd place receives a Z97X-SOC FORCE LN2 motherboard

• Lucky draw (To be held at the end of the competition)

Five randomly selected participants will receive a G-Powerboard kit

*G-Powerboard kit includes a G-POWERBOARD, a Powerboard controller, cables and a copper sheet.

The GIGABYTE Z97-Pentium AE Beat the Heat Challenge will run from August 24^th 2014 until September 28^th 2014, midnight GMT/UTC (8AM 29/07 GMT+8).

For complete contest rules, scoring and more details, please visit the contest page hosted on HWBOT.org:

http://hwbot.org/competition/gbt_beattheheat/

About GIGABYTE

GIGABYTE, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is known as a global leading brand in the IT industry, with employees and business channels in almost every country. Founded in 1986, GIGABYTE started as a research and development team and has since taken the lead in the world's motherboard and graphics card markets. On top of Motherboards and Graphics cards, GIGABYTE further expanded its product portfolio to include PC Components, PC Peripherals, Laptops, Desktop PCs, Network Communications, Servers and Mobile Phones to serve each facet of the digital life in the home and office. Everyday GIGABYTE aims to "Upgrade Your Life" with innovative technology, exceptional quality, and unmatched customer service. Visit www.gigabyte.com for more information.