Gigabyte's Tech Talk 2007 Part I

**Capper** · July 25th, 2007

Last week I ventured out to Southern California to visit Gigabyte's US Headquarters, and over the course of 20 hrs and 900 miles (Las Vegas to LA to San Diego...and back to Las Vegas) i learned a lot.....

1. Gigabyte is extremely focused on taking the reigns of the enthusiast community.... from motherboards, to video cards, to enclosures, as well as power supplies and cooling....Gigabyte has positioned itself as a serious power player in an extremely competitive enthusiast market.

2. A road trip from Las Vegas to LA to San Diego to Las Vegas covering 20 hrs might be fun when you are 21, but at 38 I realized I'd rather sit at home and hit myself in the head with a hammer for an entire day.

3. That place in Temecula, CA. that claims "The World's Best Chiliburger"....... I'm still trying to figure out who gave them that title.....

Gigabyte's Tech Talk 2007 Part I

Jokerswild · July 25th, 2007

Hey Rich you shouldn't be eating chili burgers at your advanced age.

Nice write-up did Paul walk you thru it?

Tyreal · July 25th, 2007

That Gigabyte Volar looks like a stock intel heatsink on heatpipes.

Like most other's I've been really impressed by their motherboards and by how much Gigabyte has progressed in the last year.

EDIT: Picture four on the first page kind of looks like my basement. Just without the ventilation pipes, and change the boxes and computer parts to shoes.

Yellowhello · July 25th, 2007

Nice write-up, Rich. Great preview. I find it really surprising that Gigabyte's boards run 15C cooler than the comparable ASUS board.

robodude666 · July 25th, 2007

Nice article Capper! Can't wait for Part II!

Did you get any info or pics from Gigabyte about their new RD790 boards? Know if they are working on an AM2+ and Socket F board? =D

**Capper** · July 25th, 2007

they do have some AMD products in the works, but there are some problems with AMD's new processors that have caused a delay on AMD's end, which in turn have made most motherboard makers to step back and wait for AMD......really, not good news for AMD fans.

Jokerswild · July 25th, 2007

I hope AMD and ATi can pull out of their current problems otherwise there's only one game in town and thats not good for consumers.

July 25th, 2007	#1
Capper I'm Evil Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,615 Blog Entries: 6	Gigabyte's Tech Talk 2007 Part I Last week I ventured out to Southern California to visit Gigabyte's US Headquarters, and over the course of 20 hrs and 900 miles (Las Vegas to LA to San Diego...and back to Las Vegas) i learned a lot..... 1. Gigabyte is extremely focused on taking the reigns of the enthusiast community.... from motherboards, to video cards, to enclosures, as well as power supplies and cooling....Gigabyte has positioned itself as a serious power player in an extremely competitive enthusiast market. 2. A road trip from Las Vegas to LA to San Diego to Las Vegas covering 20 hrs might be fun when you are 21, but at 38 I realized I'd rather sit at home and hit myself in the head with a hammer for an entire day. 3. That place in Temecula, CA. that claims "The World's Best Chiliburger"....... I'm still trying to figure out who gave them that title..... Gigabyte's Tech Talk 2007 Part I INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU

July 25th, 2007	#2
Jokerswild ButtHead Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,047	Re: Gigabyte's Tech Talk 2007 Part I Hey Rich you shouldn't be eating chili burgers at your advanced age. Nice write-up did Paul walk you thru it?

July 25th, 2007	#3
Tyreal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,557	Re: Gigabyte's Tech Talk 2007 Part I That Gigabyte Volar looks like a stock intel heatsink on heatpipes. Like most other's I've been really impressed by their motherboards and by how much Gigabyte has progressed in the last year. EDIT: Picture four on the first page kind of looks like my basement. Just without the ventilation pipes, and change the boxes and computer parts to shoes. I Like Watercooling. D-Tek Fuzion, MCP655, MCR220 Last edited by Tyreal; July 25th, 2007 at 06:17.

July 25th, 2007	#4
Yellowhello Muse is Music Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA Posts: 4,239	Re: Gigabyte's Tech Talk 2007 Part I Nice write-up, Rich. Great preview. I find it really surprising that Gigabyte's boards run 15C cooler than the comparable ASUS board. Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL + Thermalright HR-05 IFX 2GB G.Skill 800MHz F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Silverstone Decathlon 650W Western Digital 250GB SATA II

July 25th, 2007	#5
robodude666 "...a happy ending" Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 324	Re: Gigabyte's Tech Talk 2007 Part I Nice article Capper! Can't wait for Part II! Did you get any info or pics from Gigabyte about their new RD790 boards? Know if they are working on an AM2+ and Socket F board? =D

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