TweakTown Gives GIGABYTE H55N-USB3 Editor’s Choice Award

 

Sean from TweakTown recently reviewed our small in size, but not small in features H55N-USB3 Mini-ITX motherboard.

What to think of the GIGABYTE H55N-USB3? It is small; very tiny to be honest. Still, this is also a very capable board. We were extremely impressed with the performance of the board even given the consumer level CPU in it.

For now, we can and will highly recommend the GIGABYTE H55N-USB3.

Take a look over at TweakTown to read the full review and make sure to check out the truly impressive performance numbers as the H55N-USB3 beats out some other full sized boards,even some that are overclocked.

GIGABYTE H55N-USB3 (Intel H55 Express) Mini-ITX Motherboard

iPhone 4 works with GIGABYTE On/Off Charge – no matter how you hold it…

Good news for iPhone users planning an upgrade to the new iPhone 4, GIGABYTE’s On/Off Charge works just fine with the latest addition to the iPhone family with 40% quicker charge times than traditional USB ports. It also quick charges whether your PC is on or off, as long as it is getting power from a wall socket that is. 

The official press release can be found here.

How to Build the Ultimate USB 3.0 Media Machine

Spencer Pangborn from CNET Asia recently posted a good guide for anyone out there looking to build a small, yet powerful multimedia system. He chose the GIGABYTE GA-H55N-USB3 mini-ITX motherboard for its small size and its USB 3.0 capability, a must have for anyone who has a large collection of multimedia.

If you've a massive collection of downloads, movies, and music, then you'd want to upgrade to USB 3.0 at some point. The market is coming around and devices that support the USB 3.0 interface are starting to appear.

To check out Spencer’s guide, please visit his blog, The Neon Rush.

X58A-UD9 hits the new World Record in 3DMARK Vantage, 67148points craaaaaazy!

Go OC European Regional was held in Spain this year. OC-TV just published some interesting videos!

Last Week in the Search for GIGABYTE’s #1 Biggest Fan Contest

Since this is the last week in the competition, the prize has to be a little something special. That is why we are giving away a GIGABYTE X58A-UD9 motherboard! We’ve also decided to keep the question simple:

Why do you deserve a GIGABYTE X58A-UD9 motherboard?

The winner will be posted on August 2.

To enter, please visit and “like” www.facebook.com/GIGABYTEmotherboards. To go directly to the discussion section, click here.

Remember, we are still looking for GIGABYTE’s biggest fan who will receive a ticket to Taipei for this year’s GO OC final, so If you haven’t already, introduce yourself on our fanpage. We will be announcing the final winner sometime in August.

Good luck everyone!

Week 9 Winner of a GIGABYTE X58A-UD7 Motherboard Announced

Lord Hypoglossal (Karthik Krishnan) is this week’s winner of the Search for GIGABYTE’s #1 Biggest Fan Contest on Facebook. This week’s question was: What is the most important feature(s) on a GIGABYTE X58 motherboard that would make you consider getting an upgrade for? For example, multiple graphics support, high performance, energy savings, motherboard cost...etc.

Karthik’s answer:

Lets be honest. We're talking about an upgrade here, we're not talking about what is affordable. I possibly can't represent the masses because I do not mind paying the premium if it leads to exclusivity and added performance over the average selection.
That said, personally for me, the criterion that interests me over selection are the following:

1) Stability
I'm an avid overclocker. Messing with the voltage supply to get that extra push. Stable motherboards are needed to push it to the extreme. Although voltage values are small, the difference from heat produced and the ability of the board to boot up successfully and stably is of great concern.

2) Performance
Why choose a gigabyte over any other offering? Obviously the tag meant for overclocking that gigabyte carries over enthusiasts and the fact that gigabyte motherboards top the overclocking charts ever so often is a simple sign.

3) Reviews
Before purchasing anything, I always read reviews from multiple sites. I tend to make my decision based on these reviews. If the reviews are good, it helps my decision making become that much easier. Of course some reviews become unrealistically bias and ridiculous, but having read reviews from multiple sites often help offset the difference.

4) Warranty
This is my main beef with most motherboard makers. Warranty is the most important thing to an overclocker, and especially warranty that is not voided by overclocking. There are so many motherboards in the market claiming to be "overclock ready" and the disclaimer claims that the warranty will be void if there is overclocking done? Cheap marketing tactics and unhappy customers won't let a business survive long.

Basically, those are my 4 important rules to upgrading. Note that pricing does not make a difference here because, if you're upgrading, you're expecting a boost in performance that is significant. Unless if your computer is 5-10 years old, an upgrade from an existing system won't come cheap. Multiple graphic card support for me is not a big deal because I fail to see a need to go beyond 2 cards. I personally do not believe there is any significant benefit for me for what I use my computer. Sure I fold, but I don't think I need 4 graphic cards for that.

How to make a motherboard - a GIGABYTE factory tour video with voice over

Trouff and Xyala from Overclocking-TV asked if they could take a tour of the GIGABYTE factory in Nanping, Taiwan in the days that followed Computex 2010. This Nanping factory is one for the most pictured and videoed high-tech factories simply because it is one of the few that actually allow visitors to take a camera inside.

Back in 2006, GIGABYTE started our quality drive when we introduced all solid capacitors on our motherboards. Ever since then we have continued to introduce better quality components and procedures, and this trend will continue long into the foreseeable future. This confidence behind our mobo quality is a large part of why we decided to allow cameras in our factory – you can see how every single motherboard is tested and quality checked continuously throughout the assembly process.

This video is unique due to Trouff’s voice over commentary that explains each step of the process, combined with some never seen before shots of the assembly lines from the creative cameraman, Xyala. Enjoy.

Rollercoaster day in overclocking community, No1 OCer on HWBOT Andre Yang banned for 1 year for result sharing!

Although HWBOT is not involved in this competition, we feel it’s our duty to stand up for the sake of the community and take actions based on what happened in the Lords of Overclocking competition. By sharing scores, you don’t only commit fraud in the competition, but also hurt overclockers from our small community that are trying to win this ticket by working hard to achieve their goal. This is something that no overclocking community, how small it may be, should tolerate. Therefore, we issue a 1-year ban to all the people involved: AndreYang, Hiwa, eXtremetweaker.de, KJ and Skinnee.

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XtremeSystems Forum, the home of extreme overclocking, took an even more extreme decision and gave Andre Yang a lifetime ban.

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Making things right after Mexico…

GIGABYTE admits mistake and gives Ronaldo and Lalo another chance in the Go OC North American regional final

Go OC 2010 is well on its way and the China, Pan Asia & Africa, Latin America and Euro regional finals have all been completed. In each event the CPUs used were B1 stepping Core i7 980x engineering samples (ES). We also had some B0 stepping CPUs that were used at each event for live demos. Now, those of you who have been following the 980x CPU overclocking scene will know that the B1 stepping ES samples are better overclockers than the B0 stepping samples – hence the choice of B1 for the competition.

This year, for the first time, GIGABYTE included Latin America in Go OC and as is often the case with first time events, there was a mix-up with the CPUs and three B0 steppings were mistakenly handed out together with five B1 stepping chips. As is the rule with all Go OC events, the winner, Sebastian from Columbia, was allowed to change his B0 CPU (he requested to change) and went on to win the event. However, Ronaldo and Lalo didn’t realise that they were the only ones using B0 CPUs until after the event, so didn’t feel the need to change their CPUs. Ronaldo brought this to our attention, and so with a red face we want to officially apologize to Ronaldo and Lalo for our mistake and invite them to compete at the North American Go OC regional finals on August 7th.

Ronaldo’s screenie

Lalo’s screenie

Rita and her team in LA have graciously agreed to set up two more overclocking stations for the Latin Americans who will compete under the same rules as the other participants. If Ronaldo or Lalo achieve the same or higher score as the first and second place winners, they will qualify for a ticket to Taiwan to compete in the Go OC 2010 global final.

I’d like to wish Ronaldo and Lalo the very best of luck, and look forward to (hopefully) meeting them in Taiwan at the end of September.

Tim Handley