Everything you need to know about thermal pastes thanks to der8auer!

Hi guys,

I want to share with you a fantastic piece of writing from one of the best known German overclockers today, der8auer (Roman). Roman is what I would describe as your typical extreme overclocker (thankfully one that likes to share his findings and can write well!). His attention to detail, the amount of testing involved and dedication to find out for HIMSELF what the real story is with thermal pastes or anything to do with this hobby you know as extreme overclocking is what motivates and challenges hard core guys to stay in the game and challenge themselves in every possible aspect. This in turn provides possible months of testing information at your fingertips and helps you move on to the next challenge rather than keep the thermal paste debate going.

Good overclocker must get his tools spot on and it was nice to see Roman using the Gigabyte Z77X-UP5 TH as platform of choice for this thermal paste test.

Here is the article recently posted on HWBOT forum. Thanks to Roman for giving us permission to share it with our readers!

Extreme-Overclockers are always trying to achieve the highest scores possible. No matter if CPU, GPU, mainboard or memory - everything has to run perfect in order to set up new records. The latest generation of Core i7 - Ivy Bridge - scales brilliantly on deep cold. Without cold bug the CPUs are limited by the pot and thermal compound. I will test 26 different thermal compounds in the following test to see how they perform with air cooling and liquid nitrogen.

Index:

1. TIM Roundup 2013
   • Setup and description
   • Thermal compounds in detail
     • Alpenföhn Schneekanone
     • Coolink Chillaramic
     • Noctua NT-H1
     • Alphacool Silver Grease
     • Gelid GC-Extreme
     • Zalman ZM-STG1
     • Revoltec Thermal Grease Nano
     • JunPus D9000
     • JunPus DX1
     • Xigmatek PTI-G3606
     • Xigmatek PTI-G4512
     • Coolermaster Value V1
     • Coolermaster Essentials E1
     • Dimastech HTX EE
     • Dimastech Thermal Compound
     • Prolimatech PK-1
     • Prolimatech PK-2
     • Prolimatech PK-3
     • Akasa 455
     • Akasa 460
     • Akasa 5022
     • Arctic Silver 5
     • Arctic Céramique 2
     • Arctic MX-2
     • Arctic MX-4
     • ]Amasan T12
   • Test 1: Air cooling
   • Test 2: LN2 at -50°C
   • Test 3: LN2 at -150°C
2. Evaluation
   1. Evaluation of the results
   2. Awards

TIM Roundup 2013:
Acknowledgment:
First I'd like to thank all the vendors who supported me for this test and provided samples to me. Caseking was the most important as the provided the most products to me. Thanks a lot for that!
I also received some samples directly from vendors. Thanks to Akasa, Alpenföhn, Coolink, Noctua, Alphacool respectively Aquatuning, der8auer ECC, JunPus, Dimastech and Prolimatech.

Setup and description:
Theory

I'm sure you guys already know why we have to use thermal paste. But just in case if there are some new members out there, I will explain why you need thermal paste. So what is thermal paste and why do we need to use it?

Do you deserve a GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7 motherboard?

Fancy the chance to win a GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7 motherboard? If so, then today is your lucky day. Head on our to our Facebook where you will find this photo. Leave a comment telling us why you, above all others, are deserving of our top of the line, flagship motherboard, the GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7. 

The comment that gets the most likes between now and midnight on April 14^th 2013 will soon be a proud owner of one of the most attractive, powerful and feature filled boards ever. Good luck!Check out our Facebook page here.

More info about the GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7 motherboard can be found here.

Tweaktown breaks out liquid nitrogen and breaks records!

Dean Smith over at TweakTown posted about one of his adventures with TeamAU.net boys. Liquid nitrogen, awesome hardware, including Gigabyte Z77X-UP7, made up the hardware roll-call. Records fell as a result. For full story visit Tweaktown website.

GIGABYTE Launches ‘Dig for Victory’ OC Contest at HWBOT

Our latest OC competition is now up and running at HWBOT.org entitled the GIGABYTE ‘Dig for Victory’ contest. We’re offering two sets of prizes for the 1^st place winners of each of the two stages- a GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD5 motherboard plus an AMD FX-8350 processor. Here are the two stages:

Stage 1: 3DMark Cloud Gate - Any AMD Trinity APU

Stage 2: 3DMark Fire Strike – Any AMD Bulldozer CPU + any AMD 5000 Series GPU

 

Additional limitations and rules: You must use the official competition background. Verification screenshots are required and must include; 3DMark scores plus CPU-Z CPU/MEM/Mainboard tabs. Submissions must also include a picture of the rig used. Usual HWBOT submission and verification rules apply. Entrants must also use the GIGABYTE OC Edition CPU-Z (link below).

The competition runs from today until April 12^th. Check out the contest page on HWBOT here. Info about the GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD5 motherboard can be found here. You can download the CPU-Z GIGABYTE OC Edition here.

Tweaktown Twitter Giveaway – Tweet to win a GIGABYTE Z79S-UP5-WIFI

Each week Tweaktown host a global twitter giveaway, and this week we’re happy to see that they’re giving away a GIGABYTE X79S-UP5-WIFI motherboard – our Intel C606 based socket 2011 board which gives you a host of SAS connectivity, WIFI and of course wicked performance.

To enter, all you have to do is a) follow both @TweakTown and @GIGABYTE_USA then b) Tweet ‘follow @TweakTown and @GIGABYTE_USA and RT to win a new X79S-UP5-WIFI (Intel C606) Motherboard. Details: http://tweaktown.to/XpuCe7 #TTGBTC606’ and then finally c) sit back, relax, have a cup of tea and dream of what an amazing rig you could put together with this board.

Good luck. Find more info at the Tweaktown contest page.

Check out the full specs and details of the GIGABYTE X79S-UP5-WIFI board here.

Video: Hi Tech Legion get up close with the GIGABYTE Z77-HD4 motherboard

Ron Perillo from HiTechLegion got his hands on our GIGABYTE Z77-HD4 motherboard recently and did an excellent in-depth video covering pretty every aspect of the board inc, the retail package, IO options, power delivery, layout… the whole shebang.

In the end, Ron was impressed enough to give the board HiTechLegion’s Silver Award. You can find the full written review here on HitechLegion.com.

More info about the Z77-HD4 can be found on our website here.

Year of the Snake Prize Draw: Week 4 Winner

Congrats to EURO_BUCKS, the forth and final winner of our Year of the Snake Prize Draw. EURO_BUCKS takes home a GIGABYTE Z77N-WIFI motherboard after submitting his memory clock score at HWBOT.org using the new GIGABYTE OC Edition CPU-Z in submission photo.

Check out his submission photo below: