TweakTown gives GIGABYTE BRIX BXi7H-5500 an EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARD

Tweaktown put up a review of the GIGABYTE Brix PC sporting the new Core i7 5500U. Steven goes through the full unboxing and tweardown, including individual chip identification and functions for those that like to know the full detail. It was also great to see NFC being tested and used. Interesting way to launch Netflix heh. The new Brix PCs based on Intel Broadwell are pretty good performers in all tests including 3D: The Intel NUC and this GIGABYTE BRIX both use Intel's 5th generation Core I series processors. The BRIX uses the i7 5500u, and the NUC uses the i5 5250u; they are almost identical except that the BRIX's 5500u has much higher stock and turbo frequencies than the NUC's 5250u, and it also has 4MB of L3 cache as opposed to 3MB on...

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GIGABYTE X99 SOC Champion overclocking guide for uncore and memory overclocking

Our technical marketing guru, Sofos, has put together an advanced overclocking guide based around uncore and memory overclocking using the GIGABYTE X99 SOC Champion motherboard and chipset so make sure you check this out if you are on X99 platform and need a few pointers. 1. Adjust the OC switch the position 2, otherwise you won’t have the voltages you need for Uncore and memories. 2. Voltages for UncoreIn the CPU Advanced Voltages, when you have the OC switch in the 2 position, you will see some extra voltages. VL1 to VL6.You only have to change VL4, VL5 and VL6 as below. The voltage you have to change to get higher uncore is mostly the VL6. Almost all the CPUs can do 1.45V, most of the CPUs can do 1.5V but some CPUs can do even higher...

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Chips, Buses and Compatibility!

John Cleese has been the funny guy for quite a bit, but did you know about his Compaq computer commercials? Here is a bit of laugh for you on this Friday. Source: http://io9.com/hilarious-tv-ads-from-the-dawn-of-the-home-computer-era-1693791663...

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Fastest dual core in the world at 7862.83MHz

Aussie overclocker Newlife has hit a pretty sweet frequency with a low end, dual core, CPU at 7862.83MHz. He used the GIGABYTE F2A88XN-WIFI board and froze the AMD A6-6420K with liquid nitrogen to hit the big numbers. Awesome stuff, congrats! ...

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Windows 10 Personal and Secure Solution

How do you feel about having your biometrics used as a security system? The idea to use iris, finger prints or face recognition to log into accounts instead of passwords is not a new one, but the tech behind it is getting better and better, which is very promising. One of the concern some people may have is that hackers are extremely innovative, and replicating this very personal information is certainly scary! What could a malevolent person do with that kind of information… But what if it could be more secure than ever before? According to the presentation video bellow from Windows, such technology could be ready with Windows 10. With Passport and Hello, Microsoft claims to be able to provide a more secure and personal experience to the user, and to make it “very very very” difficult for...

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The Overclocker magazine issue 33 is out, GIGABYTE X99 SOC Champion makes a mark!

Hot off the press, GIGABYTE X99 SOC Champion makes a significant mark in the latest issue of The Overclocker magazine. Also an important thing to note is that stocks are shipping out worldwide this week so make sure you keep an eye out on your local retailer, or even better send them a reminder you’re waiting impatiently for one of these beauties! ...

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[HWBOT] GIGABYTE X99-SOC Champion Dominates X99 2D Multi-threaded Benchmarks with 1 World Record and 5 Global First Place

HWBOT spotted we’ve been busy with the X99 SOC Champion and taking all the scores down! “When it comes pushing Intel’s Haswell-E platform to its absolute limit, there’s little doubt that GIGABYTE have done their homework. At this point in time the company’s flagship X99 motherboard, the X99-SOC Champion, is totally cleaning up in the area of 2D, multi-threaded benchmarking with the efforts from Sofos1990 and Dinos22 Utilizing the full capability the Intel Core i7 5960X and its 8 Haswell-E cores, the X99-SOC Champion currently holds top spot in no less than all six 2D benchmarks which receive global points: wPrime 32M, wPrime 1024M, Cinebench R15, Cinebench R11.5, XTU and HWBOT Prime. Hats off to Sofos1990 and Dinos22! Here are the benchmarks...

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GIGABYTE BRIX i7 5500U unboxing, RAM/SSD & Windows 10 installation guide

I got these new GIGABYTE BRIX i7 5500U PCs in and wanted to share a simple unboxing as well as a “How to do” guide on memory & hard drive installation as well as installing the latest operating system from Microsoft (Windows 10). This is really simple, even your grandmother can do this!...

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