Report: Gigabyte X79 Plug-Fest OC Event @ KL, Malaysia

[siopao1984]

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Last weekend, tech media outlets like VR-Zone and other ASEAN-based overclockers were invited to attend the Gigabyte X79 Plug-Fest OC event which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Besides introducing their latest range of Gigabyte X79 motherboards for the new Socket 2011 chips, Liquid Nitrogen was provided for those in attendance to push the limits of the latest Intel Sandy Bridge-E processors at sub-zero temperatures.

Gigabyte X79 Plug-Fest - Various tech journalists and expert overclockers from Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and PhilippinesGigabyte Taiwan Product Development Manager, Mr. Hunter Lee giving a product briefing before the overclocking session.Gigabyte's X79 motherboard lineup catered to the different types of usersFor their X79 boards, Gigabyte have finally opted to switch to a fully digital VRM implementation for more precise power control and regulation which should help component stability during overclocking.Also making its debut on Gigabyte X79 boards is their "Patent Pending" UEFI Bios to give end users a more modern and verbose interface to tune and adjust traditional BIOS options.One exclusive feature on the higher end Gigabyte X79 boards is the inclusion of a "Bluetooth 4.0 + Wifi" PCIe x1 expansion card for faster syncing with your new fangled handheld devices.Gigabyte also showed off their mobile apps which will we should see in the Apple iOS App store soon.

Read more: Report: Gigabyte X79 Plug-Fest OC Event @ KL, Malaysia by VR-Zone.com

[siopao1984]

Pre-tested Sandy Bridge-E CPUs for the overclockers (do you see the one marked 54?)



Distribution of the ammunition to the overclockers



VRForums regulars Shrek and spyboy48 inspecting their loot



A whopping 180 litres of liquid nitrogen was procured for the event



This overclocker from Philippines can hardly contain his excitement of holding the excellent Corsair SSD and memory sticks in his hands



Overclocking is serious business - as shown on their faces of the representatives from Thailand. They appear to be using a 240mm dual bay water cooling setup



The RAMs used during the overclocking session is the latest GTX8 modules from Corsair and they are rated at DDR3-2400MHz CL10-12-10-30



Shrek and spyboy48 preparing their X79-UD7 for some LN2 action!



This team from Indonesia were the first to get their setup up and running



An overclocker with a heat gun - sadly the latest Sandy Bridge-E still suffers from the dreaded "cold bug" and temperatures must be kept at around -70 degree celcius for the best frequencies.



One of the successful overclocks under LN2 (5.3GHz) on a engineering sample C-0 stepping i7-3960X.

[kenox]

wa pa gani ta maka gamit ug triple channel na ram...naa nasad quad channel... >.<

how i wish naa ko'y daghan money pra ani..hahaha

[simoko]

representing the Philippines is Ronaldo Bejarin Jr. ...aka...bartman of Team OCXPH...