In roughly 12 hours from now, one of the world’s most prestigious overclocking championships kicks off . The GIGABYTE Open Overclocking Championship 2009, a battle that pits the top computer enthusiasts from across the globe against each other for fame and fortune.

The second annual GIGABYTE Overclocking Champtionship being held in Taipei, Taiwan is set to start at on June 3rd, 2009 and given the rough half a day time zone difference (depending on your location), be praepared to grab a comfy seat and snacks as the competition starts after midnight tonight for those North American viewers. Hardware Canucks has a representative on site, and hopefully we will be privy to some insider information as the time draws closer – Be sure to check back later today for further updates.

“The winners from the 4 regional finals are set to head to Taipei to compete against each other as well as last year’s GO OC 2008 Best P45 Overclock and Free Style champions, allowing them to not only compete for title of world-wide overclocking champion, but also to take part in one of the world’s largest IT tradeshows, COMPUTEX Taipei. The GO OC 2009 winner will not only gain the title of worldwide overclocking champion, but will also receive prizes valued well over US$5,000, including a cash reward and products provided by the GO OC sponsors. 

Overclocking teams who have won their regional finals & seed teams are shown below:

The participants will be given the following hardware and will be competeing for the top scores in two common benchmarking programs: SuperPI 32M and 3DMark Vantage. Full Competition Rules

• Intel Corei7 CPU
• Intel® X25-M SATA Solid-State Drive (80GB)
• GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD5 Motherboard
• GIGABYTE GV-N26OC-896H-B Graphics Card*2
• Kingston KHX16000D3K3/3GX DDR3 Memory
• ENERMAX Revolution85+ 1050W Power Supply

When the event starts, hopefully *fingers crossed* the Live Scoreboard will be active and you can view results here, otherwise check the HWC Forums for regular updates.