Gigabyte will host the upcoming X99 Champion Challenge beginning May 1st on HWBOT.org, and the overclocking contest runs in six stages ending on May 31. According to Gigabyte, “by participating, overclockers have the chance to win $2,800 USD in cash prizes and some exciting hardware, including the leader of them all, the X99-SOC Champion!” True to the name of the contest participants must use a Gigabyte X99 motherboard, and each stage offers a different challenge: Contest Stages Stage 1: XTU – May 1st until May 8th, 2015 – CPU frequency 4GHz max – RAM at 3300MHz max. – GIGABYTE X99 Motherboards only Stage 2: XTU – May 8th until May 15th, 2015. – CPU frequency 4.5GHz max – Uncore at 4.5GHz max. – GIGABYTE X99 Motherboards only Stage 3: XTU – May 15th until May 31st, 2015. – CPU frequency 5GHz max – GIGABYTE X99 Motherboards only Stage 4: Fire-Strike – May 1st until May 27th, 2015. – Single NVIDIA GT 730 graphics card – GIGABYTE X99 Motherboards only Stage 5: Catzilla 720p – May 1st until May 28th, 2015. – Single NVIDIA GT 730 graphics card – GIGABYTE X99 Motherboards only Stage 6: 3DMark 2001 SE – May 1st until May 28th, 2015. – Single NVIDIA GT 730 graphics card – GIGABYTE X99 Motherboards only The full press release with contest rules is available here.