Get Ready for a Showdown at CES

GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD7 Preview on Bjorn3d

For those of you waiting in anticipation for the Intel’s next generation 6 Series to launch, Bjorn3d.com has a sneak peak at GIGABYTE’s top of the range GA-P67A-UD7 motherboard. Personally speaking, I really like the “Midas” look of this board, but here’s what Peter had to say:

The GIGABYTE P67A-UD7 motherboard looks like an excellent board for hard core gamers and overclockers. The overall motherboard has a very clean and high-quality design which represents GIGABYTE’s Ultra Durable 3 motherboards really well. We can physically feel the sturdiness of the board, making it even more suitable for heavy heatsinks and other coolers.

To read the full review, please visit: http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1956&pageID=9780

OCAU Article: Inexpensive Greener File-Server Guide (with a MiniITX GA-D525TUD motherboard)

Check out a new review from OCAU (Overclockers Australia) about an inexpensive low power consumption NAS server based around the GIGABYTE D525TUD.

First step: the heart and brain of any PC build, the motherboard and CPU. A quick search revealed a Mini ITX wonderland of small, low power, high feature, ATOM processor based motherboards. I wanted a decent processor so I decided I would look for an Intel Atom D5xx series based motherboard, which is the highest-spec Atom CPU I could find released on a motherboard and available to buy in Australia. Ideally it needed more than 2 SATA ports, gigabit networking and a serial connection for my UPS. I ended up with two boards from reliable manufacturers that fit the requirements; the Gigabyte GA-D525TUD and the Asus AT5NM10-I. Both are priced similarly at $120 and $125 respectively. So let’s take a closer look.

I decided to go with the Gigabyte GA-D525TUD board: the four SATA ports just can’t be ignored and I like the sound of the faster processor, along with the fan forced cooling. Gigabyte is also a company I've had good experiences with in the past.

Source: http://www.overclockers.com.au/article.php?id=918715

Gigabyte Holiday [H] Give-Away!!!

GIGABYTE and HardOCP are getting into the holiday spirit with a new motherboard giveaway.

Gigabyte is giving away TWO brand new motherboards: One P55A-UD7 is up for grabs and one 880GMA-UD2H is up for grabs as well!

To enter this week simply post in this thread http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1562947 ONCE and tell us why you want one of these GIGFABYTE motherboards.

Good luck! HardOCP will draw a random winner next week and will notify the winner by PM.

This drawing is open to North American residents only.

Argentinian overclocking makes it to national press, featuring the X58A-UD9 watercooled!

GOOC 2010 world final had a representative from Argentina for the first time and what a top bloke he is (forum alias nacho_arroyo).

I had the opportunity to have a chat about all things overclocking with the bloke during one of our tech mall walks in Taipei. He was very excited about extreme overclocking and has clearly rubbed off some of that excitement onto the local press because it is not every day you see overclocking featured in national press.

This takes me back to 2008 when Sydney Morning Herald did a story on my travels to 2008 GOOC final. The only difference is that they called me an overclocking extremist LOL.

Well done mate and keep spreading the overclocking virus in Argentina!

I love the fisheye shot of this watercooled X58A-UD9. I also spy a 3way GIGABYTE 5870SOC Crossfire. The man has great taste what can I say!

Source (in Argentinian): http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1326018

Jeffery Stephenson takes USB 3.0 to a whole new level

No stranger to the Mini-ITX form factor, Jeffery Stephenson’s newest creation shows just how compact yet feature rich these little boards can be. He’s using a GIGABYTE H55N-USB3 motherboard in his latest mod called Level 12. Here’s an idea of what it’s going to look like:

He has USB 3’d it to the absolute max with what looks like a total of 8 USB 3.0 ports! Look out for Jeffery’s Level 12 at CES in January next year. For a full photo description of how he build it visit the thread on hardocp.com.

Paul, the psychic octopus, passed away recently but he’s still on fire in heaven!

Paul is still making the right calls after his passing lol. He loves those GIGABYTE H55 boards!

Paul the octopus passed away but he’s still on fire in heaven!

GIGABYTE E-Sports Championship 2010 team lineups announced! Online qualifiers on 21st and 28th November!

Teams for both rounds of qualifying for GIGABYTE E-Sports Championship grand final have been announced on the official website http://gigabyte-esc.com/.

Livestream will be announced on the day. Gamestah will shoutcast the finals on 11th December.

Did you see GIGABYTE’s 2011 miniature calendar?

How cool is that! Are you a fan of GIGABYTE on Facebook? Jump onboard and get more cool updates over here http://www.facebook.com/GIGABYTE.

If you like what you see you can jump on our microsite and download the wallpapers or screensavers too. There are also cool e-cards you can send to your friends. Check it all out over here http://www.gigabyte.com/MicroSite/255/download-en.htm.

Somebody’s getting ready for a show down at CES 2011!

If you’re a journalist with an interest in high performance, feature rich motherboards, pencil in 7PM on January 5th at the Venetian hotel for what promises to be a killer party.

Official invitations to follow shortly…