Gigbayte Motherboards

Nice Quality Difference Of Gigbayte Motherboards If you are looking for a motherboard with an outstanding price, quality components, and a support team you can count on look no further than the motherboards from Gigabyte. I have used Gigabyte motherboards in a variety machines and have had great success with all of them. They have an over 20 year track record of high quality, top of the line motherboards. Recently they have begun to add more value driven products to their line card. These products have the same high quality of the top end motherboards, but come at a price that anyone can now afford.

Founded in 1986, Gigabyte has continued to grow year after year with sales topping 19 million products in 2008. Originally their major customers included Alienware and Falcon Northwest. Alienware is a premier gaming system manufacturer that was purchased by Dell in 2006. They now are the premier gaming brand for the largest computer manufacturer in the world. They still continue to use Gigabyte motherboards heavily and rely on them for their performance and dependability.

Gigabyte motherboards can work with both Intel and AMD processor chips. While these chips are not interchangeable, there are comparable models that can mount either manufacturer's chips. They currently manufacture motherboards that support the Intel Socket 1366, 775, 479/437, 478 and M chipset configurations. For AMD Gigabyte motherboards can support Socket AM2, AM2+, and AM3. All of these range from the newest chipsets to chips far older. They also can support a wide range of RAM types from low end budget RAM to high end overclocked performance RAM DIMMS. Before you purchase make sure that your motherboard will support the RAM that you are getting. If the RAM does not appear on the approved list, contact Gigabyte to see if whether they intend to test with that type. Many of the motherboards also have extensive options as far as upgrade slots are concerned as well. This combination of options for their motherboards means that you can find the exact right fit for your needs.

One of the biggest things that separates Gigabyte motherboards from the competition is the quality of the components that they use. There most recent innovation is the use of 2oz copper PCBs in all of their motherboards. While this may not seem like a big deal, for those that are focused on the quality of their computer components it is. As computer processors and other components have become faster and faster, they also have become hotter and hotter. While heat sinks and other components have been designed to compensate for this heat, the actual PCB for the motherboard has not. Gigabyte is the first to introduce dual copper layers for the PCB on desktop machines. What this means to you is that the Gigabyte motherboards are much more capable of distributing this excess heat. Less heat into the components means a longer life span, better performance, and overall considerably less wear and tear on the products. These new motherboards promise to be more reliable, more stable, and have a longer shelf life than any other products on the market today. With their wide range of choices and dedication to quality it is easy to see why Gigabyte sold so many motherboards in 2008