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GIGABYTE has some interesting products to show off at Computex next week. Make sure you come over or watch the coverage here and elsewhere. ...
Friday, May 30, 2014
Which review sites do you read before you buy PC parts?
Most people these days read reviews before deciding which PC component to buy from their favorite retailer. Tell us about your "go to" review sites... ...
Newegg shows off extreme overclocking live
Check out Newegg’s video on extreme overclocking featuring the GIGABYTE Z97X-SOC Force motherboard....
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Z97X-Gaming 3 ready for action
Goldfries.com got their GIGABYTE Z97X-Gaming 3 ready for action, you got yours yet? Click on the image to find out more about our new gaming boards...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Monday, May 26, 2014
OCAU Z97 comp is over, winners announced
I wanted to congratulate all the competition winners from the recent Z97 OC comp on OCAU forum (Overclockers Australia). GIGABYTE sponsored the competition with all top 3 prizes being Z97X-SOC Force and a participation prize (Z87X-OC). This competition was based on 3 tests: Stage 1 Catzilla - 576P - CCC (crap card challenge) GT610 test Stage 2 Superpi 8M - 4GHz Cap Stage 3 3dmark01 - CCC (crap card challenge) GT610 The competition was not that straight forward. Contestants had to learn how to solder modifications on a really cheap graphics card (Nvidia GT610) and see if they can extract more MHz out of the GPU via mods and various cooling techniques. The modified card could be used on two different stages and it proved to be more...
Friday, May 23, 2014
Gaming tournaments getting close to the US$10 million prize money mark, Olympics next!
New era of sports tournaments is upon us and it’s growing exponentially. I know this sounds unbelievable but I can see how Olympics will have a gaming tournament element in not too distant a future. Alright, I’ve said it. E-Sport will one day be just as big and popular as just about any other sport we currently have at Olympics. I can see the 40+ year old’s cringing now and blurting out one liners, “when I was a kid, we used to…”. Those days are long gone! I was in the transitional phase so I should know a thing or two. My generation is the first of its kind to grow up with gaming platforms such as Spectrum, Commodore64, Amiga, Atari, PCs and many others. I am showing my age here but it’s worth reminiscing about those all-nighters me and my...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Case modding done right!
Check out this video from Made By Kier featuring the new GIGABYTE Gaming logo using CNC. Nice wo...
GIGABYTE Z97 overclocking guide by sin0822
Sin0822 does a lot of forum write ups from OC guides to indepth looks at board spec when new gen stuff comes out. There are always interesting tidbits in there to have a look at. In this particular instance, sin0822 has done a full out overclocking guide with the new Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force motherboard and also compares some differences to the old Z87X-OC. There is also a video covering overclocking and some main features. Check out the OC guide at your favourite forum here: Xtreme Systems, Overclock.net, Overclockers Australia and Tweaktown Forums....
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
G.Skill brings another OC show to Computex 2014
Last year G.Skill put a crazy overclocking show for Computex crowds which was very popular, had lots of giveaways and records were broken left right and centre. GIGABYTE is joining the show this year as well with HiCookie, Sofos1990 and dinos22 on the stand. This year there is also a US$10,000 overclocking tournament happening on the stand as well, should be good fun. Here are a couple of videos from this year and last year’s show wrap up, check it out! ...
Best custom PC mod by a PC shop, check it out because it might just be THE one you are after!
I often see PC shops have a good crack at making cool custom made PCs but this one from Scorptec in Australia is seriously the best looking PC I’ve seen in a long time. How awesome does this green beast look? Good to see a nice G1 Sniper Z87 and GIGABYTE GTX780 GHz edition in the spec, very nice guys! Give these guys some love on Facebook over here! ...
Monday, May 19, 2014
Plextor M.2 drive has some pretty crazy speeds, upgrade to M.2 SSD yet?
Have you guys tried the new M.2 drives yet on the GIGABYTE Z97 motherboards? They are crazy fast! Plextor sent us their Plextor M6e M.2 PCI-E 256GB Solid state Hard Drive (PX-G256M6e) to use in one of our demo PCs at Intel show and we are pretty impressed with the impressive speeds the little solid state drive gives. Check out the ATTO test attached! ...
Sunday, May 18, 2014
The 20 most bizarre and innovative motherboards: 1999 - 2010
Hardware.info guys from UK put up an interesting article in which they examine some of the most bizarre motherboards that have ever reached their lab. Some are amazing engineering feats for the time and others are just wild. I am a bit of a veteran and remember all of these boards and must say some of them really bring back the nostalgia of the good old days. GIGABYTE features with some wacky cooling during the 975 chipset days as well as the blue board that started it all for us (journey away from the dull brown boards). Let’s also not forget the ever so cool Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (2005): with upgradable power delivery module. Here is what the magazine thought about that: A motherboard with expandable CPU power supply. In 2005, there...
Friday, May 16, 2014
GIGABYTE hardware installation guide e-book, check it out!
We’ve got a PC DIY guidebook 2013-2014 which goes into detail how to build or assemble your own PC. This guide should apply to the latest 9 series chipset if you are just looking at putting a new PC on the latest chipset. The guide has a pretty simple layout, it goes over the choice of components and how to put it together as well as how to use some special features on GIGABYTE boards. Click on the image to go to the GIGABYTE “How to build your own PC” guide e-book...
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force Extreme OC bios
Hey guys, here is the extreme OC bios for Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force motherboards we used in most of our recent benching. Z97X-SOC Force X04 bios link: https://www.mediafire.com/?v23ea3jffju22erI also got some requests recently for the Gigabyte X58A-UD9 GOOC bios, here it is as well!X58A-UD9 GOOC bios link: https://www.mediafire.com/?ejcuuy9b64yi138WARNING: These bioses are specifically designed for liquid nitrogen/dry ice overclocking. Do not flash these bioses for normal air or water cooling PCs! STAY FROSTY GEN...
Hardware Asylum podcast #40 is live
The guys over at Hardware Asylum have gone live with the latest podcast, #40. Computex is one of the main topics. Click on the image to go to the podcast: Show Notes A look ahead at Computex 2014Computex is one of the largest technology trade shows in the world and happens to be Dennis's summertime destination. His trips to Computex started over 10 years ago and has been a great make new contacts and witness firsthand what new bits of computer hardware will be available for the Christmas shopping season. Over the years the Computex show has grown quite a bit, not only in size but with elaborate booths and cool overclocking demonstrations. This year Dennis is looking forward to the GSKill OC World Cup which will likely replace the...
9 Series Launch in Korea and Japan
Last week GIGABYTE held a few launch events in Asia for its new 9 Series motherboards One took place in Seoul and the other in Tokyo. Here are some pictures from these events. ...
