GIGABYTE today announced the Target OC: Open Target challenge. The Open Target challenge will see the overclockers from all corners of the world compete in different cooling and CPU categories for big cash and GIGABYTE Z170 motherboard prizes.

From Nov 8 until Dec 27, contestants will attempt to hit challenging targets in Ambient and Extreme categories using XTU and Geekbench3, with new targets revealed weekly. You may use any GIGABYTE motherboard (no chipset restriction). Contestants have the opportunity to win prizes including Z170X-Gaming 3 and Z170X-SOC FORCE as well as USD $250 for a GFP. There's also a lucky draw of USD $500 and a Z170X-Gaming G1 motherboard for anyone who participates in 6 targets in minimum 2 categories.

System Spec's

GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 

Intel i7 6700K

16 GB DDR4 G.Skill Ripjaws V 3200 Memory 

X2 EVGA GTX 980 Ti King-pin edition graphics cards

Stage 1 XTU target = 1000 - current rank 8th - 3rd over all

http://oc-esports.io/#!/round/gbt_opentarget_extreme4c

Stage Two = XTU 922 Current rank 7th - 5th over all

OC eSports

Stage 3 Max out XTU 

Current rank is 2nd 1742 - 6th place over all

Stage 4 Greekbench 3 Target = 10000
Rank 2nd 10000