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You can't get enough Three's Company reruns, your lucky number is 3, and this one time back in college you and two other co-eds, well, never mind on that last bit. The point is some of the best things often come in threes, but Gigabyte has a different magic number in mind. The motherboard maker just launched its Super4 mobo series, the latest range of next-generation motherboards based on Intel's H61 chipset "equipped with the very best components and a comprehensive range of unique features that raise the bar for mainstream desktop PCs."
The Super4 nomenclature is Gigabyte's attempt at clever marketing to draw attention to high quality components, not just on the company's high end boards, but on mainstream silicon too.
"Gigabyte was the first motherboard maker in the industry who pioneered the use of higher quality components such as all solid capacitors to provide a higher quality standard of motherboard to our customers," commented Henry Kao, VP of Worldwide Service and Marketing at Gigabyte. "With the new Gigabyte Super4 series, Gigabyte now hopes to challenge people's perceptions of what a mainstream motherboard should be by equipping them with the advanced features and extremely high quality components that you would ordinarily expect to see only on a more expensive motherboard."
Enough of the hype, what exactly is Gigabyte pitching here? The answer to that is a range of technologies broken down into four categories, including:
And so there you have Gigabyte's Super4 nomenclature in a nutshell. It's really just a lot of marketing, though Gigabyte deserves kudos for implementing higher end technologies on everyday motherboards, assuming the company can maintain mainstream prices. Current models with the Super4 designation include the GA-P61-USB3-B3, GA-P61-DS3-B3, GA-HA65M-D2H-B3, GA-H61M-USB3-B3, GA-H61M-D2-B3, and GA-H61M-S2V-B3.
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newegg911
June 13, 2011 at 7:44pm
Gibabyte stuff is solid. I use it for most of my builds and I've never had any major problems.
I was looking for a mobo it would definitely be Gigabyte,Asus, or MSI. Those top three are the most reliable in my experience.
I have 1156 Gigabyte board and it is really nice. It's a nice, thick, solid plank.
DDRDiesel
June 10, 2011 at 11:00am
I've never used Gigabyte's products before, and although I have no qualms with this company, I don't plan on using them in the future. I am happy with my ASUS and EVGA parts just fine, until I get a really big reason to try out Gigabyte's components. Also, something about their choice of color scheme just seems strange to me.
However; one thing does worry me about these boards:
"Super Speed: Integrated overclocking chip; Ultra Durable 2 power technology; 3x USB power for faster charging"
Sorry, but won't overvolting the USB ports make the devices short out, instead of just charging them faster?
D00dlavy
June 10, 2011 at 9:57am
I've purchased three Gigabyte motherboards (before Super4 these were Ultra Durable 3) now, a Radeon 6970 from them and the Aivia keyboard (Gigabyte). These guys make good shit and I swear by them.
Thanks to this campaign of theirs, I am more alerted to what components make up my motherboard.
Recidivist
June 10, 2011 at 10:10am
I buy a lot of my components from them too, never had an issue with any of their Mobo's or Gfx cards. Most of the components I sell at my store and that we build PCs with are Gigabyte too.
