Gigabyte's first annual overclocking competition, the GIGABYTE Open Overclocking Championship (GO OC 2008) is set to begin. Fifty of the world?s top overclockers will fly to Taiwan to join the competition and fight for the title of GIGABYTE GO OC Overclocking Champion.

The GIGABYTE Open Overclocking Championship (GO OC 2008) will be held on September 25th, 2008, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan.

The company will have a live blogcast from the competition at the GO OC 2008 official website, http://gooc2008.gigabyte.com.tw. Everyone who is interested can log on to the event website and still be part of the competition during the event.

In addition, there is another chance for you to be a part of this GO OC competition. From September 3rd to 24th, Gigabyte will host two online competitions: "Guess the Winner" and "Predict the Best SUPER PI 1M score" at the GO OC 2008. You can sign up on the GO OC official website (http://gooc2008.gigabyte.com.tw) and make your guess, for your chance to win a brand new GIGABYTE EP45-DS3R motherboard.

After the competition on September 25th, Gigabyte will pick 2 lucky users whose Best SUPER PI 1M prediction is equal or closest to the competition results. The 2 people selected will each receive their own GIGABYTE EP45-DS3R motherboard. For the "Guess the Winner" competition, Gigabyte will select 3 lucky users who correctly predicted the winner. Gigabyte will announce the winners to both competitions on the GIGABYTE GO OC 2008 website on October 1st.

Sponsors of the event include Intel, ATI, Corsair, WesternDigital and ViewSonic.