Wanting to let everyone in on GO OC fever, GIGABYTE has opened up the competition to fans who can vote on who they think will win GO OC 2010. Not only will the people who guess correctly have a chance to win fantastic prizes when the winner is announced, GIGABYTE will choose one lucky person every week in an exciting lucky draw competition. You don't have to be an overclocker to compete, simply click on the 'Vote' button on the official GO OC web page and follow the directions to place your vote. You can place one vote per day, so be sure to vote every day to increase your chances of winning. ... more

On September 25^th, 2010, the global final for GO OC, 2010 (GIGABYTE Open Overclocking Championship), will take place in Taipei, where the top overclockers from around the world will fight for glory and the title of 'World's No. 1 Overclocker'! (watch the GO OC teaser trailer on YouTube). Find out more about GOOC 2010 and watch the live video broadcast on the official GO OC website. ... more

When most people think of uses for small form factor motherboards like the Mini-ITX, the first thing that usually comes to mind is HTPCs, media servers, surveillance systems, etc. Of course, because of their small size, most people don’t normally associate Mini-ITX systems as performance powerhouses. The GIGABYTE H55N-USB3 is the exception to the rule, however. As overclockers who participated in the GIGABYTE H55 mini-ITX contest held at HWBOT found out, the H55N-USB3 Mini-ITX board is able to deliver some pretty extreme performance for such an extremely small form factor. ... more

The GA-X58A-UD9 motherboard has again achieved the world’s fastest 3DMark Vantage score at P67148 marks using Corsair Dominator GTX2 memory and Corsair Professional Series Gold AX1200 power supply, proving that systems designed utilizing top-notch hardware can deliver truly impressive performance results. ... more

GIGABYTE announced newest flagship motherboard the GA-X58A-UD9 delivering 1500W of power to the CPU, which is the highest amount of power delivery of any motherboard on the market. Making this possible is the uniquely developed GIGABYTE Unlocked Power technology with an all new 24 phase design, which enables the GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD9 to provide maximum power delivery for Intel's latest 1366 socket CPUs including the latest Intel^® Core™ i7-980X Extreme Edition (6 core) CPUs, ensuring utmost system stability and overclockability. ... more

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Ninjalane.com recently took the H55N-USB3 out for a spin not only at stock speeds, but overclocked as well with an Intel Core i5 661 processor. Normally, Mini-ITX boards sacrifice features and performance in order to maintain the 17cm x 17cm form factor. But, as Dennis found out, the GIGABYTE H55N-USB3 is easily overclocked, allowing performance benefits that push the board beyond using it as just a HTPC device. ... more

Sean from TweakTown recently reviewed the small in size, but not small in features H55N-USB3 Mini-ITX motherboard and had this to say:

"What to think of the GIGABYTE H55N-USB3? It is small; very tiny to be honest. Still, this is also a very capable board. We were extremely impressed with the performance of the board even given the consumer level CPU in it."

"For now, we can and will highly recommend the GIGABYTE H55N-USB3." ... more

Spencer Pangborn from CNET Asia recently posted a good guide for anyone out there looking to build a small, yet powerful multimedia system. ... more

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