TAIPEI, Taiwan – January 3, 2011– GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards and other computing hardware solutions today announced a new overclocking competition in conjunction with HWBOT.org called the “AMD Highest Clock (ever) Contest!”

Running from January 1^st to January 31^st, the contest is split into 2 stages, Max validation and SuperPI 1M. Contestants who place in the top ten for each stage will receive points, and the person with the most points at the end wins the competition. The top 3 point earners will receive a new GIGABYTE GA-E350N-USB3 Mini-ITX motherboard based on the upcoming next generation AMD platform. There will also be a random lucky draw for all participates, with 2 winners each receiving a GA-E350N-USB3 motherboard as well. Good luck everyone and Happy New Year!

For complete contest details and rules, please visit: http://hwbot.org/competition/gbt_amd_highclock