Taipei, Taiwan, March, 28^th 2012 – GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, today the winners of the GIGABYTE ‘Spring Extreme’ overclocking contest hosted on HWBot.org. Open from February 15^th to March 15^th, the “Spring Extreme’ contest invited all HWBOT members in possession of an AMD processor and a compatible GIGABYTE motherboard, to compete in four highly competitive stages to decide who can truly claim the AMD performance crown.
 
‘Spring Extreme’ Contest Stages
Stage 1 - Super PI 1M
Stage 2 - Super PI 32M
Stage 3 - PiFast
Stage 4 - PC Mark 05
 
‘Spring Extreme Contest’ Winners
1^st place –Coldest – 34 points (Indonesia)
2^nd place -I.nfraR.ed – 28 points (Bulgaria)       
3^rd place –I.M.O.G. – 21 points (U.S)
 
Congratulations to first place winner ‘Coldest’, who will take home a GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD7 motherboard, with second and third places awarded 990FXA-UD5 and 990FXA-UD3 motherboards respectively.
 
Also special congratulations to I.nfraR.ed who broke the PC Mark 05 World Record for an AMD FX8210 processor during the ‘Spring Extreme’ contest using a GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD7 motherboard. For more details, please go to:
http://hwbot.org/submission/2259791_i.m.o.g._pcmark_2005_fx_8120_42727_marks
 
For complete ‘Spring Extreme’ scoring, please visit the contest page hosted on HWBOT.org: http://hwbot.org/competition/gbt_spring_extreme
 
1^st Prize: GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD7
The 990FXA-UD7 motherboard is designed to offer a blisteringly fast and efficient, high-speed platform for the latest AMD FX Series processors. With a unique hardware design that includes lower resistance fuses for ensuring lower voltage drops and providing more stable and plentiful power delivery, the 990FXA-UD7 is the ultimate platform for AMD ‘Bulldozer’ performance processors.
 
To learn more, visit: http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3880#ov