GIGABYTE A75M-UD2H Has Won Tom’s Hardware 2011 Recommended Buy Award

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In Tom’s hardware’s most recent motherboard roundup review Six A75-Based Motherboards for AMD’s A8 and A6 APUSs,  they posed the question, “Which A75-Based Motherboard Is the Best”. It turn out, GIGABYTE’s little workhorse the A75M-UD2H came out on top and was awarded the coveted Tom’s Hardware 2011 Recommended Buy due to its feature set, overclocking performance and its low price.

Buyers looking for more features could balance Gigabyte’s FireWire controller against Asus’ extra pair of USB 3.0 ports. The importance of USB 3.0 continues to grow, while FireWire fades into history. But Gigabyte’s A75M-UD2H also costs 10% less than the F1A75-M Pro. Superb overclocking capability puts a huge spotlight on Gigabyte’s value-oriented price,

With so many good choices available, the easiest way to pick a winner would be to apply our own proclivity for choosing the lowest-cost option able to enable the highest performance. Doing so allows us to recognize Gigabyte’s A75M-UD2H for its modest pricing and unsurpassed overclocking capability

To read the full review, please visit Tom’s Hardware HERE.

GIGABYTE's GA-990FXA-UD7 a tops option for AMD fans says ATOMIC Magazine!

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AMD Bulldozer CPUs are looming on the horizon for a long awaited upgrade AMD fans are planning on and what better way to compliment your new chip purchase than a GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD7.

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Gaming magazines can’t stop raving about this board, first PC PowerPlay a week ago and now Atomic Magazine gives the board a big thumbs up.

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This motherboard sits above the Sabertooth 990FX on the food chain, as it were. Our results agree with this, with the 990FXA-UD7 edging ahead in most tests.

While this board performs above its competition, the real draws here are the extras such as the additional PCI-e slots, cutting edge design, and reasonable price. Reflecting back, it's actually quite amazing how such advanced componentry and design has become increasingly affordable and reliable over the years.

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Last Chance to Win Some Killer Prizes

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Scan Computers in the UK is currently hosting a Build a Killer Gaming PC giveaway, along with GIGABYTE, Intel, Bigfoot Networks, Corsair and Western Digital. From August 9-19, all you have to do is click HERE or click on the banner above to register and if you’re lucky, you might just win some pretty big prizes.

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The first daily prize draw is today, for a Western Digital the Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s. Tomorrow is the GIGABYTE G1.Killer motherboard the G1.Guerrilla, and the grand prize on Friday is all the kit you need to build a complete Killer system.

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Video: G1.Sniper 2 hands on with Sin0822

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Veteran video blogger Sin0822 was one of the very first to get his hands on our eagerly anticipated G1.Sniper 2 motherboards, and certainly one of the first to cover the our new Z68 gaming board on video. So get yourself nice and comfortable, sit back and enjoy an in-depth and detailed tour around the best Sandy Bridge gaming motherboard on the market today. Cheers Steve!

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Sin0822 also did a written preview article which you can heck out here.

GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2 specs in full here.

G1.Sniper 2 out-scores the opposition in Vortez.net review

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Writing for Vortez.net, UK reviewer David Mitchelson is one of the first to publish a review of our new flagship Z68 gaming motherboard, the GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2. Claiming both Silver and Approved awards from Vortez.net the G1.Sniper 2 impressed David with some of the highest benchmark scores ever seen on an Intel Sandy Bridge setup. Take a look below at these two 3DMark 11 scores; the G1.Sniper 2 thoroughly kicks the opposition into touch.

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From a visual aspect GIGABYTE have created an aesthetically pleasing gaming motherboard. It catches the eye, has the coveted black PCB and even LED lighting on the oversized heatsinks near the CPU socket. From the packaging right through to the board itself with magazine heatsink and visible bullet – GIGABYTE have captured the military feel with the G1 Sniper 2.

Performance-wise the G1 Sniper 2 is one of the best motherboards we have looked at so far. In all of the benchmarks it offered solid, consistent results and delivered great 3D performance – outmatching the ASUS Maximus IV Extreme, a board that is deemed as the ‘cream of the crop’ by Sandy Bridge enthusiasts.

As with all G1-Killer motherboards, the Sniper 2 has GIGABYTE’s well known Ultra Durable 3 componentry. The idea with the G1 Series is to give gamers an easy, hassle-free but quality-rich experience and we aren’t left in any doubt of that with GIGABYTE’s Touch BIOS – alter the BIOS within windows. Audio is also an area that GIGABYTE are keen to focus on, the Sniper 2 features audio support from Creative X-Fi and Bi-Polarized audio CAPs from high quality Nichicon MUSEES. These high quality CAPs give better sound resolution and reproduction… they also look very cool!

Bottom line is: GIGABYTE have delivered an astounding Intel Z68 motherboard in the G1 Sniper 2. It performs consistently good and if you like the dazzling looks then this is one to put on the wishlist!

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You can also watch our intrepid reviewer David walk us through the G1. Sniper 2 in person with this video:

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For the full written review on Vortez.net, please click here.

The full spec and detailed low down on the GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2 is here.

Video: Linus Unboxes GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2

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Linus of LinusTechTips.com has gotten his tech-hungry paws on our latest and greatest gaming platform, the Sandy Bridge-based GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2 motherboard. As unboxings go, this is a pretty highly charged affair as Linus gives us one hell of a pacy, thorough and detailed trip around pretty much every feature on the board.

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It’s great to see that our motherboards are appreciated by one as knowledgeable as you Linus….Cheers!

Catch the LinusTechTips.com website.

Also the G1.Sniper 2 specs and overview.

bob(nz) from TeamAU benching 4way SLI solo!

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bob(nz) from TeamAU broke into top5 3DMARK11 scores benching 4way SLI on his own this weekend!

Overclocking with liquid nitrogen (LN2) is very challenging. Keeping a CPU or a GPU pot within a certain temperature range is what can make it very difficult particularly when you have very hot GPUs or CPUs.

Peter, bob(nz) from TeamAU thought he would really challenge himself this weekend and decided to take out his GIGABYTE X58A-UD9, Intel Core i7 990X and 4xGTX580 grapgics card and bench alone with 5 pots (1xCPU and 4xGPU) using LN2.

Peter’s efforts were rewarded as he managed to score 22,417 in 3DMARK11 (5th fastest in the world). I am sure we will see a lot more as he gets more confortable and grows a few extra limbs hahah.

Well done!

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Look no further than 990FXA-UD7 says PC PowerPlay!

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Matt Wilson from PC PowerPlay Magazine just put an online preview of the upcoming magazine review of GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD7 motherboard. The reviewer was so impressed with the board he gave it 10/10. If I’m not mistaken that’s one of the first times I’ve seen any magazine in Australia give a perfect mark!

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With Bulldozer literally around the corner, what can you do in order to prepare? Well, you may not actually have to do all the much (if you are already on the AMD platform), as Gigabyte and a few other vendors will be providing support on their old 870-890 chipsets.

For those of you who do need a motherboard upgrade, however, look no further than the 990FXA-UD7.

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…and with rumours of 5GHz+ CPUs being available Q1 2012 really makes you wonder if there is any reason to not jump over to the 990FX chipset sooner rather than later.

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VERDICT: The best 990FX board available and also very well priced

SCORE: 10

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Keep an eye on issue# 196 coming up in the next month or so for this and other motherboard reviews!

PureOverclock.com see ‘Great Value’ in the GIGABYTE A75M-UD2H

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Jim Baranski from Pure Overclock took a good hard look at our A75M-UD2H motherboard, and from what we can gather, he liked what he saw. As well as being impressed with AMD’s new Llano platform as a whole, Jim also found the A75M-UD2H to be the perfect foil for this new breed of graphics touting processor and excellent value for money.

As usual, Gigabyte comes out with a bang with the GA-A75M-UD2H. The aesthetics on both the box and the motherboard are typical of Gigabyte's mainstream motherboards and give a soft look. The features hold today's updated hardware with 6G sata and USB 3.0.

Additional treats like multiple PCI(E) slots are not part of the package as the platform as detailed is engineered and positioned for mainstream desktops and workstations. The quality upholds Gigabyte's reputation for manufacturing a quality product.

Easytune 6 is a very good overclocking and management software but most of all, is user-friendly. We really could not find any negative issues with the GA-A75M-UD2H.

Adding an additional graphics card is what separates the men from the boys here as a 6xxx series GPU can run in Crossfire with the on-die GPU, which is in our opinion, groundbreaking territory and the results show major gains in performance. Although mainstream users may not add an additional graphics card, the 6550D gives plenty of graphic performance as a standalone for light duty workloads; don't expect this to be a gaming rig.

However, on the more enthuasiast slant, overclocking the A8-3850 gave a very healthy boost on this Gigabyte A75 board. For a micro-ATX motherboard, it packs all the features mainstream users will seek.

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The Pure Point: Retailing for aobut $100 US, the Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H is a strong performer at a great price.

 

You can read the.review in full on PureOverclock.com

The A75M-UD2H board can be found here.

Video: Motherboards.org show off high-end gaming machine featuring the GIGABYTE G1.Sniper

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Motherboards.org and Elric are back. After teasing us with a stack of high-end PC gaming hardware a few weeks ago, Elric returns with the rig all pieced together. And what a rig it is! Estimated at costing somewhere in the region of $4000 bucks, this monster is based around our renowned GIGABYTE G1.Sniper motherboard which packs a range of high-end features that are guaranteed to whet the extreme gaming appetite; a dedicated E2100 network chip from Bigfoot Networks, a Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Digital audio processor and support for 3-way SLI and Crossfire X graphics.

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Here's a breakdown of everything inside this monster:

Thermaltake Level 10GT Full Tower Case ($250)
Thermaltake Toughpower 1350W PSU ($350)
Gigabyte G1.Sniper ATX Motherboard ($400)
Swiftech H20-X20 Edge Liquid Cooling Kit ($290)
Intel i7-990X 6-Core CPU (OC to 4.2GHz) ($1,000)
ASUS GTX 590 3GB Video Card ($750)
12GB Kingston HyperX Black DDR3 1600MHz ($100)
Intel 510 Series 250GB SSD ($580)
Western Digital 1TB Black HDD ($75)
ASUS BW-12B1ST Blu-Ray Drive ($100)
Lamptron FC2 ($35)
Kingston HyperX Fan ($25)
Windows 7 Professional OEM ($120)

Total Cost - $4075

Cheer once again to Motherboards.org and Elric

To check the first part of the video, click here.

For G1.Sniper specs and details, go here.

To read this blog Chinese (中文版), click here.

Atomicans vote GIGABYTE top motherboard and VGA card manufacturer

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Atomic magazine has published their annual Atomican Choice Awards in their latest issue and we’re extremely pleased to say that GIGABYTE came out on top for both motherboards and VGA cards! The Atomican reader’s choice awards are decided according to the number of votes accrued by each vendor in their annual online survey.

According to Atomic magazine, “…in terms of preferred (motherboard) brand, it’s still a pretty clean win for old favourite GIGABYTE. They are a head and shoulders above rival Asus…” They also say that the drop off down to third place is one of the most dramatic in the entire survey.


The VGA card section was equally impressive with more than double the number of votes than the 2nd place holder.


We’d like to send a special word of thanks to all those who voted for us. Please rest assured that we’ll keep up the good work.

Links to the Atomic website announcing the wins will be provided shortly.

You can find a Chinese version (中文版) of this blog entry here.

Intel 6-Series boards now future-proofed with PCI Express Gen. 3 and 22nm processor support

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We’ve just made an announcement that GIGABYTE Intel 6 Series motherboard users will pretty pleased to hear, as all these boards have received a BIOS update that ensures their compatibility with two important technologies we’re going to see in the near future – PCE Express Gen 3 and Intel’s forthcoming 22nm processors.

If you’ve treated yourself to a socket 1155 motherboard, using either the Intel Z68, P67, H67 or H61 chipset, you can now rest easy in the knowledge that you’ll be able to enjoy a healthy performance bump in the near future: PCI Express Gen. 3 discrete graphics card support will bring almost twice the potential data bandwidth of the current PCIe 2.0 standard, while support for processors made by Intel’s forthcoming 22nm manufacturing process, will potentially bring a significant boost in overall CPU performance and improved energy-efficiency.

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For details about these BIOS updates you can refer to the press release, visit the relevant product support page for your motherboard, or better yet - simply use the GIGABYTE @BIOS update utility. Welcome to the future folks.

Read this blog in Chinese, (中文版) here.

OC mayhem, Mad222 reaches 7378MHz with a GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD7 and Phenom II X4 955 BE!

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HK overclocker Mad222 posted another crazy OC milestone by reaching an unbelievable frequency world record on AMD platform. He used a GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD7 and Phenom 2 X4 955 CPU to reach 7378MHz.

Congratulations Mad222 and Team Centralfield!

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He also did a 1M SuperPi record at 7155Mhz EEEEK.

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He even put up a video booting into windows at 6.86GHz, crazy!

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GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2 motherboard officially launches today: Packs Intel Z68 and PCIe Gen.3

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The latest addition to our G1-Killer extreme gaming series has now arrived with the launch of the GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2 motherboard, the first G1-Killer motherboard based on the Intel Z68 chipset, supporting 2nd generation Intel Core ‘Sandy Bridge’ processors.

The GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2 follows in the footsteps of previous G1-Killer series boards, packing all the additional features that serious gamers are going to want from a motherboard. The G1.Sniper 2 packs a Soundblaster X-Fi Digital audio processor from Creative and dedicated networking in the form of a Killer E2100 chip from Bigfoot networks. But of course, you already knew that.

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The G1.Sniper 2 takes it all to the next evolution cycle by including support for both PCI Express Gen.3 and support for forthcoming 22nm processors – making the G1.Sniper 2 about as future-proof as you’re gonna get at this moment in history. The board has two PCIe Gen.3 x16 slots (x16 and x8) which you can use in 2-way Crossfire X and SLI configurations. PCIe Gen.3 means you’ll be able to take advantage of forthcoming graphics cards that support the next level of PCI Express bandwidth.

And of course because this is an Intel Z68 board, we’ve included an onboard HDMI port so that you’ll be able use Virtu Switchable graphics technology; enjoy the full power of your discrete graphics card for serious gaming, then switch to the integrated graphics and video capabilities of your Sandy Bridge processor for less intensive tasks, powering down the discrete GPU, thus saving power. Lets not forget too that the integrated GPU also supports super fast video encoding with Intel’s Quick Sync technology. Want to encode some video? You’ll have it faster than ever before.

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The Z68 chipset also offers Intel Smart Response technology so that any games that you install on your system will enjoy faster loading speeds with Intel’s unique disk caching intelligence with a relatively small and affordable SSD. Modern games take up a lot of space, so you may not be able to accommodate more than one or two an SSD boot drive, making Intel Smart Response an attractive way of speeding up your PC.

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Oh and did I mention that’s sexy as hell? All in all, we’re really happy with to bring the G1.Sniper 2 to market and we’re confident that upper mainstream system builders will be tempted as well the extreme players. Check local retailers for pricing information in the coming days and weeks.

You find more information about GIGABYTE G1-Killer Series motherboards here. The G1.Sniper 2 product page is here.

Official press release can be found here.

GIGABYTE announces AMD A75 APU overclocking competition

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The latest GIGABYTE overclocking competition to be run on HWBot.org has just been announced, and interestingly it’s the first of its kind to be centered around the newly launched AMD A75 Series platform. In a series of stages involving several benchmarks, GIGABYTE invites overclockers to push the new AMD APU chips to the limit, placing heavy focus on getting the most out of the Lynx integrated GPU that you find in these new breed of chips. Here are the five stage outlines:

Stage 1 :3Dmark 11 P (Preset)
Stage 2: 3Dmark Vantage P (Preset)
Stage 3: PCMARK 7
Stage 4: Unigine Heaven DX11
Stage 5: UCBench2011

The competition is between hwbot members and is open to everyone. You must use a GIGABYTE A75 board to compete. The first stage has already begun, the competition lasts until August 31st.

First prize gets a GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD5, second and third place finishers get a GIGABYTE E350N-USB3 board.

Here’s the competition page on hwbot.org

Good luck! 

sin0822 previews the new G1 Sniper2 board

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Sin0822 put up some shots of the new GIGABYTE G1 Sniper2 gaming board on XtremeSystems forum, check it out here.

 

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CPU Magazine takes a peek at the mSATA bundled Z68XP-UD3-iSSD motherboard

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In the latest edition of CPU (Computer Power User) magazine you’ll be pleased to find a page dedicated to the only consumer motherboard that comes bundled with an mSATA SSD; I am of course referring to our own Z68XP-UD3-iSSD motherboard.

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Gigabyte’s Z68XP-UD3-iSSD motherboard is built to easily take advantage of the SRT (Smart Response Technology) found on the Z68 chipset. First off the motherboard is bundled with a 20GB Intel SSD (311 Series), and Gigabyte includes its EZ Smart Response utility to automatically set your PC for use with SRT. Thus there’s no need to buy an SSD, enter the BIOS to configure the RAID, reinstall the operating system, install the Intel Rapid Storage utility, or manually configure Intel’s SRT.

 

You can read the the digital edition of CPU magazine here and the Z68XP-UD3-iSSD in article full here.

To learn more about the GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD here.

Read this blog in Chinese (中文版) here.

Computer DIY Magazine: GIGABYTE X58A-OC is Born to Overclock!

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Taiwan's leading computer magazine, Computer DIY has tested the Gigabyte GA-X58A-OC motherboard, bringing insights regarding the appearance, innovative features, performance and overclocking performance of the board, concluding that the GA-X58A-OC motherboard offers leading overclocking performance making it the perfect choice for hardcore overclockers and gamers alike.

Regarding design, the Computer DIY reviewer said:

Expressing itself straight away as an ultra-running, dominant force of nature, the X58A-OC board uses a deeply contrasting Orange and Black color design which immediately reveals it’s intentions. Welcome to the OC series!

On the subject of materials including capacitors, chokes, ferrite cores and the board’s 12 + 3 phase design: 167-X58OC-02

The whole PCB board is full of solid-state capacitors, all of them high-quality capacitors that provide the best stability and current delivery with minimal leakage or waste. These capacitors can stand high temperatures and offer fast heat dissipation. This makes them ideal in extreme gaming or overclocking situations.  The processor power module also uses 12 + 3-phases, and includes high-quality ferrite core chokes which also offer better heat efficiency and extended board longevity.

Regarding the innovative connectivity options:

167-X58OC-03The Gigabyte X58-OC offers two PCI-e 2.0 x16 and two PCI-e 2.0 x8, ... and support for CrossFire X and SLI configurations up to 4-way. Usually high-end motherboards supporting up to 4 graphics cards will provide the extra PCIe power supply via large 4Pin connectors  The X58-OC instead offers a unique design with a SATA connector next to the two SATA data sockets which be additionally installed to provide additional power from the power supply to the graphics array. This is a more efficient use of SATA power connectors, of which there are usually plenty. This makes the VGA array much more stable in multi-GPU configurations.

Overclocking as you’d expect was a subject covered in detail:

Smart overclocking, also proved to be quite exciting! You can find 4G, Power and Gear buttons in the corner of the board167-X58OC-04  ... press the button to 4G, from system boot the CPU will be configured to reach a 4GHz clock frequency. This as you can appreciate, is a key feature for  easy overclocking, even if it is a somewhat conservative approach to true overclocking. The ‘Gear’ overclocking buttons are designed to let the user implement small overclocks at increments of 1MHz or 0.3MHz, so that step by step, you can slowly increase the processor clock. The user can also change the FSB and multiplier settings by adjusting the relative + and – buttons. ... users have never known BIOS setting that can be implemented for overclocking so easily, Oh!

Finally, the Computer DIY editor made ​​the following conclusions:

Orange black color is in full contrast with a strong flavor of ultra-running, capacitor design, but similar to the G1-Killer series boards this GIGABYTE OC motherboard also uses the high-end Intel X58 chipset which is still the performance master in today’s PC market.  It is also easy to overclock this motherboard, so the launch of the GIGABYTE X58-OC with the help of well-known overclockers like HiCookie who jointly developed the product, designed to build the ultimate extreme performance platform!

You can learn more about Gigabyte X58A-OC motherboard, here.

Computer DIY magazine can be found here.

This article was translated from Chinese. You can find the original Chinese version (中文版) here.

windwithme takes on the GIGABYTE Z68X-UD7 motherboard

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As always, veteran reviewer ‘windwithme’ has taken a thorough and detailed approach to his latest review project, the top-of-the-range Sandy Bridge offering that we call the Z68X-UD7. As well as a detailing the board and the package, he’s also taken time to explore GIGABYTE-exclusive features like our new EZ Smart Response utility and also our innovative TouchBIOS technology, two features that several reviewers have so far neglected to spend much ink on.

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Performance ★★★★★★★★★☆
Components ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Specification ★★★★★★★★★☆
Outlook ★★★★★★★★★☆
C/P Value ★★★★★★★☆☆☆

windwithme reckons this review is the longest he’s done so far this year, spending the best part of two weeks running benchmarks, tuning the BIOS and exploring all available features. Make sure you have a look at the forum post on Extreme Systems which has the entire piece in complete detail. There’s certainly a lot of information there to digest!

Exteme Systems forum post here.

Details about the Z68X-UD7 board here.

Ninja Lane award GIGABYTE X58A-OC a furious five out of five

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Writing for NijaLane.com, Dennis Garcia has published his review of our X58A-OC motherboard. I let him do the introductions:

The X58A-OC is specifically designed for overclocking and while the 980X and 990X offer the most performance options that doesn't mean you are limited to just extreme edition processors.  Low end processors like the 920 and 950 can benefit from the power of a X58A-OC especially if you are planning to do 3D benches and simply need a stable platform to bench with. Normally we limit our overclocking tests to whatever we started testing with but in the spirt of extreme overclocking we brought out the Single Stage Phase cooler and started tweaking.

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As overclockers and system enthusiasts we all have our ideas on what makes a good motherboard, some of us prefer to have a great set of features with the option to use them or not however for the hardcore overclocker those additional features only get in the way.  Gigabyte has set out to  differentiate between these two enthusiast groups and make specialized products for the gamer/overclocker and the enthusiast/overclocker  The X58A-OC is the board designed for enthusiasts who enjoy overclocking and want to get the most from their system.furious_v3_55

It’s really encouraging to see that Dennis appreciates what we tried to do with the X58A-OC, which is certainly not a board that will appeal to everybody. Seeing as this board is targeted specifically at a growing segment of overclocking enthusiasts, it’s brilliant to see that NinjaLane gave it a positive write-up. This hopefully helps validate our efforts and means we’ve hit the nail right on the head!

 

You can find the full review here on NinjaLane.com

You can read this blog in Chinese, (中文版) here.

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