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Gigabyte Intel P35 or X38 chipset users can win $2500 based on their OC results

http://oc.gigabyte.us/

GL to you all

System Requirement:
a. Motherboard: GIGABYTE Intel X38 Series motherboard or/and GIGABYTE Intel P35 Series Motherboard
b. CPU: Intel CPU
c. Software: 3DMark06 CPU Score

(onur, Burkina Faso)

ooh I could use that money.... too bad the people who will win are the people who don't need money :p

(burcu, Brunei Darussalam)

there will be people cooling there crap with dry ice.. lol.

(Þükrü, Norway)

you forgot LN2 as well.. who ever said the winners aren't the ones that need the $ is correct. Not that this is anything new. The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer

(serhat, Tajikistan)

Darn, I have an abit IX38... :(
Oh well!

(erdem, Cook Islands)

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Originally Posted by sabregen (Post 1031828910)

you forgot LN2 as well.. who ever said the winners aren't the ones that need the $ is correct. Not that this is anything new. The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer

Yep, and it's not even that LN2 is expensive. It is that most people aren't willing to risk ruining that much hardware trying to achieve a record oc. Oh well... maybe I'll get a monster E2160 when I order my rig :cool:

(ýþgýn, Brazil)

Those rules are dumb. Anyone with a C2Q will beat a C2D on a CPU benchmark.

(nilay, India)

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Originally Posted by SirMarty (Post 1031829279)

Those rules are dumb. Anyone with a C2Q will beat a C2D on a CPU benchmark.

Yer right, it looks like they are basing the scores an a 3DMark result.
This competition is for Quads only.

(resul, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of)

My DS3R and Q6600 overclocks handsomely to 3.4GHz with only a bit of a temperature jump. I could go all in for this (haha, borrow a friends GTX or something) but I really don't feel like risking my hardware by pushing it father than I already have. I'd have to take grand prize or something to make it worth it, and I just don't have the cooling to accomplish that.

As someone stated earlier, the people that have the most money to blow on a project like this are going to be the ones to win in the end. I don't think I've got a chance.

(furkan, Bouvet Island)

The only way I would buy another Gigabyte board is if they paid me...so this seems about right..:)

(burak, Cayman Islands)

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Originally Posted by Crosshairs (Post 1031829798)

The only way I would buy another Gigabyte board is if they paid me...so this seems about right..:)

ditto that, brother.

(elmas, United States Minor Outlying Islands)

Hmmm....

Gigabyte: X38 Motherboard: $300
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650: $1300
Phase Change cooler: $900
TOTAL: $2500..........Grand Prize $2500

Free hardware anyone? :)

(\ BarBie ///, Guatemala)

"Hey, lets make a competition in which only people with Liquid Nitrogen, a QX9650, and a beast motherboard will win, and as a prize give them a Phase change unit, a QX9650, and a beast motherboard."

Worst competition in history. Use monster setups and get the same thing or less as a prize. Lets make a competition for billionaires. The person that earns the most money in the US this year gets a million dollars and a crappy t-shirt.

(sev, Niue)

Lol, Liquid nitrogen isn't that expensive. At least not where I am, you can get it pretty cheap around my parts. It's just making the blocks to hold the Liquid nitrogen that might cost ya some.(Not sure if you could use a typical liquid cooling system)

(kartal, Portugal)

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Originally Posted by Gen.Ben (Post 1031830873)

Hmmm....

Gigabyte: X38 Motherboard: $300
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650: $1300
Phase Change cooler: $900
TOTAL: $2500..........Grand Prize $2500

Free hardware anyone? :)

I think people will be coming out with more crazy cooling solutions then phase change :p

(asli, Eritrea)

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Originally Posted by ring.of.steel (Post 1031831092)

I think people will be coming out with more crazy cooling solutions then phase change :p

yeah, this is going to be crazy cooling on crack! people are going to try stupid things like submerging their mobo in liquid nitrogen and shit like that.

(funda, China)

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Originally Posted by n3g471v3 d3c1b3l (Post 1031831270)

yeah, this is going to be crazy cooling on crack! people are going to try stupid things like submerging their mobo in liquid nitrogen and shit like that.

*Buys plane ticket to north pole*

(saygin, Bermuda)

So USA & Canada only, shows what gigabyte think of rest of world.:mad:

(kerim, Netherlands Antilles)

check their scores (about 6 ppl posted their scores) and their set up

air cooling is ahead water cooling

so stop whining and post your results if you got the right mobo... I'm sure you can easily win (I'm thinking to buy the mobo from frys submit my results and return after )

(Mahir Berkay, Guam)

I'm assuming that anyone who is serious about this is going to use the next month to squeak every little bit out of their system, so the lack of people at this point means nothing imho.

(oktay, Norway)

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so stop whining and post your results if you got the right mobo... I'm sure you can easily win (I'm thinking to buy the mobo from frys submit my results and return after )

What's the point if you live elswhere :D
Yes I have the mobo Gigabyte GA X38 DQ6 Blog:p

(yiðit, Burundi)

19 days left

plz look at the winning 3dmarks ......show them how is done guys

(volkan, Guatemala)

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19 days left

plz look at the winning 3dmarks ......show them how is done guys

Are you going to organise one for the rest of the world next ?? Or don't you rate there??

(martinkiss, Bahrain)

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