Gigabyte Claim World's First Overclocking Mobo

[exfileme]

"World's first overclocking motherboard" is a very bold claim by Gigabyte.

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[darkguset]

Foxconn had designed the first (if not, one of the first) motherboards with the help of Samino (PRO overclocker) for overclockers. Did Gigabyte miss the event? lol

 

[Altheran]

Sooo .... what were we doing before this board was conceived ??? 0_o

 

[Ragnar-Kon]

I'm skeptical.

I guess only time will tell. Maybe Tom's can bake some cookies and send them to Gigabyte in exchange for a little more in-depth preview?

 

[techguy911]

LoL first i think not my P8 p67 pro from asus i can view my computer stats via smart phone and overclock, adjust fans from across the room switches are obsolete.

 

[banthracis]

And the difference btwn HW OCing/changing profiles using buttons on the mobo and OCing/chanigng profiles in the BIOS is?

 

[christop]

That is a bold statement... umm Asus>>1

 

[ab0tj]

Abit BH6, anyone?

 

[Guest]

@banthracis

to hazard a guess, a reboot.....

 

[tsnor]

"...Overall the board's highlights include three DDR3 memory slots, ..."

I count 6 ?

 

[AMW1011]

DFI's been doing it exclusively for years...

 

[mikem_90]

[citation][nom]ab0tj[/nom]Abit BH6, anyone?[/citation]

Hell, a lot of 486 MBs could be overclocked by fiddling with the settings. I remember overclocking my VESA bus.

btw: I had the BH6 and the Celery 300a too.

I seem to recall people overclocking their Amigas and some crafty people overclocking older Commodore hardware.

 

[thespin]

DFI Lanparty NF4 Expert allowing saves of FOUR BIOS configs and a host of OC tweaks ??

 

[krinkles619]

world's first my buttocks. my asus republic of gamers board does most of the things gigabyte claims it got first, and mine is a mATX board to boot!

 

[sephirothmk]

I bet some Asus midrange board will overclock better than this

 

[kilo_17]

Looks nice, but not a fan of the color scheme.

 

[eklipz330]

[citation][nom]darkguset[/nom]Foxconn had designed the first (if not, one of the first) motherboards with the help of Samino (PRO overclocker) for overclockers. Did Gigabyte miss the event? lol[/citation]
everytime i hear foxconn, i think about suicide


those suicide really effed up their rep.

 

[slothy89]

Price wise I'm guessing will be higher than their Killer series, ie $600+

Secondly the advantage of this board over others is that all the basic features needed by consumers, but not Pro Overclockers have been removed. Note the minimal Backplate Connectors and lack of Legacy PCI or PICe x1 (yes I know there is one Legacy PCI..) Also theres about 6-7 Fan headers on the board.

OK there are other "Overclocker" boards on the market, but this one is aimed purely at the Professional, Competitive OCers.

Also Tom's, bit slow on the announcement.. Bit-Tech had this preview about 5 days ago.. Oh and they went into more detail.. And had a photo with the Heatsinks ON..

 

[11796pcs]

I bought my Asus M4A79T Deluxe because it said on Wikipedia that overclockers got a Phenom II 955 to 7.127 GHz with it

 

[snoogins]

Don't really care too much about the news, but that is one sexy mobo!

 

[pocketdrummer]

It's a little late for that claim since I've been using overclocking boards for the last ~6 years....

 

[tomate2]

[citation][nom]Ragnar-Kon[/nom]I'm skeptical.I guess only time will tell. Maybe Tom's can bake some cookies and send them to Gigabyte in exchange for a little more in-depth preview?[/citation]
or maybe send a hammer??

 

[liveonc]

Make a contest! The 3 highest OCs get a new CPU & Mobo (the rest can buy new ones) ;-)

 

[Cons29]

this is like 20% substance 80% marketing bs, dont get me wrong i like gigabyte stuff (also like asus), but not these

 

[jsc]

[citation][nom]mikem_90[/nom]Hell, a lot of 486 MBs could be overclocked by fiddling with the settings. I remember overclocking my VESA bus.btw: I had the BH6 and the Celery 300a too. I seem to recall people overclocking their Amigas and some crafty people overclocking older Commodore hardware.[/citation]
First system I overclocked was a TRS80 Model I in 1978 - 1.77 MHz to 2.01 MHz. Had to piggy back chips, cut PCB traces, and run jumpers.