As you may or may not be aware, the HWBOT Country Cup just got underway a day or two ago, stroking the nationalistic fervor of overclockers around the world. The good news today is that GIGABYTE have just informed us that they will be upgrading the prizes they have generously offered as prizes for the contest. Originally the company had agreed to provide GIGABYTE Z170X-UD3 Ultra boards in the prize bundles for the teams that finish first and second. These have now been upgraded to GIGABYTE Z170X-UD 5 boards.

Thanks to G.SKILL, GIGABYTE, Kingpincooling, EVGA and the Open Benchtable Project, the contest offers a stack of solid prizes to the top three country teams. Here is the updated prize list in full:

Winning Country

• G.SKILL F4-4000C19D-16GTZKW
• G.SKILL F4-3600C16D-16GTZKW
• G.SKILL F4-3733C17D-16GTZSW
• GIGABYTE Z170X-Gaming 6
• GIGABYTE Z170X-UD5
• Kingpincooling Combo Pack (F1 Dark + Tek-9 FAT)
• EVGA Epower

Second Place

• G.SKILL F4-4000C19D-16GTZKW
• G.SKILL F4-3733C17D-16GTZSW
• GIGABYTE Z170X-Gaming 6
• GIGABYTE Z170X-UD5
• Kingpincooling Venom
• EVGA Epower

Third Place

• G.SKILL F4-3600C16D-16GTZKW
• GIGABYTE Z170X-Gaming 6
• GIGABYTE Z170X-UD5
• EVGA Epower

Check out all the scores, rules and prizes here on the HWBOT Country Cup contest page on OC-ESPORTS. So far, after just two days, the French have the lead.