Friday, 14 December 2012

TeamAU attend Atomic’s Perfect PC giveaway and do some overclocking, also freeze a Samsung smartphone with LN2

Atomic Magazine in Australia held its last event and gave away a perfect PC with a host of cool hardware including GIGABYTE Sniper 3 gaming board. TeamAU was in attendance with some overclocking and freezing of other stuff, namely some grapes, apples, pizza slices and a Samsung smartphone which was captured on video.

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The boys also managed to pickup a global #3 3DMARK06 score with a GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7, 3770K CPU clocked at 6.55GHz and a pair of 5970 GPUs!

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Yup, a Samsung smartphone was frozen with liquid nitrogen and torched for good measure, epic!

Dave’s Tech Table specs out some pro rigs using GIGABYTE Dual Thunderbolt motherboards

Dave Helmly is a specialist working for Adobe, specifically working with system integrators and builders creating digital audio and video hardware solutions for Adobe's pro creative applications. Check out his DAV’s Tech Table blog here. So the kind of applications we’re talking about are pretty demanding when it comes to both raw computational performance and storage mediums. Apps like Adobe Premier Pro, After effects and others often need to stream very high def, very heavy video content on the fly, with tons of processing going too, so let’s just say that Dave knows how to spec out a machine that will suit today’s professional content creators.

So here’s a great video that Dave posted which explores a couple of different builds that feature Thunderbolt on Windows. This is a relatively new scenario for content creators as Thunderbolt, prior to few months ago, was an Apple-exclusive feature. So it’s easy to see why Thunderbolt on Windows is clearly something that excites many users of Dave’s ilk.

It’s great to see that Dave has opted for GIGABYTE boards, and in fact has found suitable homes for all there of our TB offerings. Actually, being the only solution on the market featuring two TB ports, it’s easy to see why GIGABYTE got the nod. If you want to check out the details regarding specs etc hit the links below.

Here’s Dave’s blog ‘DAV’s TechTable.

Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Introducing the ‘The Ultimate OverClockers Dream Giveaway’

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Fancy winning some seriously sexy hardware? I’m talking about a pretty damn nice OC setup that includes a GIGABYTE Z77X-UD4H motherboard, an Intel core i7 3770K CPU, a G.SKILL Trident 2600MHz CL10 8GB memory kit and some nice memory cooling gear from KINGPIN. Well, if you d fancy the chance to win all that and more, then pop over to this page:

You’ll be asked to ‘Like’ us (as if you don’t already) and share the event with your buddies. It really is that simple. What are you waiting for?

Ultimate Prize:

· Intel® Core™ i7 3770K Processor

· GIGABYTE Z77X-UD4H Motherboard

· G.SKILL TridentX 2600MHz CL10 8GB Memory Kit

· KINGPIN Memory Cooler Z77X_UD4H

· GIGABYTE Key Chain and G.SKILL Lanyards

Runner-Up Prize 

· GIGABYTE Z77-HD4 Motherboard

· G.SKILL RipjawsX 2133MHz CL9 8GB Memory Kit

· KINGPIN Memory Cooler

· GIGABYTE Key Chain and G.SKILL Lanyards

3rd, 4th and 5th Places

· KINGPIN Memory Cooler

· GIGABYTE Key Chain and G.SKILL Lanyards

Again, the competition page: https://www.facebook.com/kingpincooling?v=app_154581087931912

Good Luck!

windwithme checks out Intel i3-3220 performance on B75 and H77 chipsets

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windwithme (and his signature wee glass cat) has once again come up with the goods, publishing an in-depth article on the lower power Intel i3-3220 processor. While it might not always be the best choice for overlockers or real high-end gaming systems, the lower 55w TDP and of course, better affordability makes it a great choice or mid-range systems based on Intel’s B75 and H77 platforms.

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windwithme puts the entry level Ivy Bridge Core i3 CPU through its paces using a GIGABYTE B75M-D3V and GIGABYTE H77-DS3H, two affordable boards that make good economic sense for a build that might not break world records, but nonetheless still makes a pretty awesome everyday PC.

You can find the full article here on Overclockers.net

More info about the GIGABYTE H77-DS3H and GIGABYTE B75-D3V can be found at their respective product pages.

Friday, 7 December 2012

GIGABYTE UEFI BIOS Survey: Winner announced!

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A few weeks ago we launched a new survey hosted on our Facebook page centered around UEFI BIOS; a simple and fun way to help us understand the opinions and thoughts of our loyal Facebook followers when it comes to an important issue such as motherboard BIOS.

All submissions were entered into a prize draw to win  a GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3 motherboard, and today we are delighted to announce that Mr Peter Bennet from the UK is the official winner. Mr Bennet my old mucker….Enjoy!

We plan to have many more competitions, polls and surveys throughout 2013, so there will be plenty of opportunities in the near future to win fantastic GIGABYTE motherboard prizes. Also a big thanks to all who entered the GIGABYTE BIOS Survey. We had a fantastic response of well over 1,5000 submissions…. giving us unprecedented insight into our customers opinions on BIOS.

Cheers to all who took part.

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

SniperOZ from TeamAU sets a global Unigine Heaven DX11 world record

I knew SniperOZ, Carl, had a bit more room in his setup sporting a GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7 running 4WAY 7970 and sure enough went to global number 1 spot today after a productive bench session overnight. Benchmark in question is Unigine Heaven Xtreme Preset.

Legendary work Carl, keep pushing mate! I’m feeling patriotic today, go Australia!

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GIGABYTYE “UP7, strong 4WAY board” he says! Good to know Winking smile

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Saturday, 1 December 2012

SniperOz from TeamAU takes #2 Unigine Heaven DX11 on UP7 4WAY

SniperOZ from Australia has been putting together some impressive scores lately. After setting the single card world record in 3D11 he set his heart of something a bit more challenging, 4way Crossfire 7970 on GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7! He took second place overnight with a sky high score of 8248.3 points in the Xtreme Preset, Unigine Heaven. He was a mere 7 points behind MTECH from Ukraine.

Well done Carl, good to see you putting the UP7 through its paces properly mate and keep pushing!

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