Tuesday, February 26, 2013

TeamAU on a roll breaking global #1 Heaven, #2 3DMARK01, #3 Aquamark records

TeamAU are no strangers to extreme overclocking and this blog. This past weekend proved to be a fruitful one with a plethora of amazing overclocking results being put up on HWBOT. We reported on the 3DMARK06 global world record a few days ago and now have a whole host of others to tell you about. Team Australia (Team.AU) is made up of a group of members from the Australian & New Zealand overclocking community (majority of members have their original roots are from i4memory.com), who have come together to push the barriers of today’s enthusiast computing technology and to redefine the local and international overclocking scenes. Team Australia as a group is independent from any hwbot teams and are not exclusive to any one manufacturer....

Friday, February 22, 2013

Team Australia takes out global 3DMARK06 world record!

Australia’s best extreme overclockers are having a weekend get together in Perth this weekend and just posted a monster world record. They just claimed the new global 3DMARK06 world record using GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7, 3770K and a pair of 5970 ATi graphics cards.Jump over to OCAU forum for more info: http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=1073833HWBOT score link: http://hwbot.org/submission/2359589_...

Year of the Snake Prize Draw: Week 3 Winner

Oh yes folks it’s the time of the week you’ve all been waiting for! Friday afternoon! Not because the weekend is nigh, no, no - but because of course you’re all waiting with baited breathe for the next winner in our Year of the Snake Prize Draw to be announced. This weeks lucky winner is 1BadMoJoe from the US. Congrats 1Bad…you are now the proud owner of a GIGABYTE Z77N-WIFI motherboard. Check out his (somewhat retro style) submission screenie below:   To make sure that you have a chance of winning a GIGABYTE Z77N-WIFI board in next weeks forth and final draw, make sure you’re submitting your scores with screenshots that feature the GIGABYTE OC Edition CPU-Z. Good luck. Read more about the Year of the Snake Prize Draw here....

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Build your own All-in-One PC: GIGABYTE launches Thin Mini-ITX motherboards

  Just a few hours ago we officially launched our new GIGABYTE H77TN and GIGABYTE B75TN motherboards  - catch the press release here. Obviously the cool thing about these boards, is that they are thin and conform to the latest Thin Mini-ITX guidelines that have been specifically developed for the construction of All-in-One PCs. The All-in-One PC segment is one that has shown a great deal of potential in recent years, and promises steady growth moving forward. But until now, there was no standard which manufacturers could use to help make their development easier. The finer details of any All-in-One PC design in regard to the placement of the CPU in relation to cooling and ventilation modules, drive bays and of course the screen...