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Gigabyte UD850GM Power Supply Review

Today's best Gigabyte UD850GM dealsThe Gigabyte UD850GM looks to have solved all the problems of its predecessor, but it stays behind in overall performance. You expect a new model to offer higher performance than the previous one, but this is not the case here. However, we choose reliability over performance any day of the week. If you want something better, you should look at the Corsair RM850x, which lives on our best PSUs article, and the Cooler Master V850 Gold V2.The Gigabyte UD series still uses MEIC, the same OEM…

Gigabyte Lists Multiple GeForce GTX 1630 Graphics Cards With the EEC

A quartet of Gigabyte-branded GeForce GTX graphics cards has appeared on the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) online regulatory database. However, bitter experience has taught us that an EEC listing doesn't always precipitate a shipping product. Even so, it may be the most solid evidence regarding Nvidia's covert preparation of this low-end GTX 16 series product.(Image credit: Gigabyte)Above, you can see a screenshot of the EEC entry with four unannounced graphics cards: the GV-N1630OC-4GD, GV-N1630OC-4GL,…

RTX 3070 Powered Gigabyte A5 X1 Yours For Just $1,299: Real Deals

Some great deals are popping up today for gaming laptops,  with a choice of either an RTX 3070 or RTX 3060 GPU inside. The Gigabyte A5 X1 is down to just $1,299 (opens in new tab) at Amazon. This powerful little gaming machine includes a Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU and an RTX 3070 GPU.Acer is selling the Predator Helios 300 at a reduced price of  $1,049 (opens in new tab). With a 144Hz FHD screen, a Core-i7 11800H CPU, and an Nvidia RTX 3060 GPU, this is a great price for this config. A luxury peripheral at a bargain price — the…

Gigabyte B660 Aorus Master DDR4 Review: A Master for the Masses

Today's best Gigabyte B660 Aorus Master DDR4 dealsSeveral months ago, we looked at the Z690 Aorus Master and found the upper-midrange board to have robust power delivery and many M.2 sockets for the latest storage. Today, we’ll look at the B660 Aorus Master that lives a bit down the product stack, on a chipset that eliminates CPU overclocking. Priced at a between $190 and $210 depending on where you find it, the B660 version of the Aorus Master also comes well-equipped and is a solid choice from a features…

Grab a 28-Inch Gigabyte M28U 4K Monitor for Just $599: Real Deals

It's Memorial Day today and we have our usual roundup of real deals on top of the other great spotlight deals going on at Tom's Hardware. If you're looking for a new 4k monitor that will work great on a PC and your consoles (thanks to a handy built-in KVM) then Gigabyte's M28U 28-inch UHD 144Hz IPS monitor for $599 (opens in new tab) might be within your budget. Looking to upgrade to Intel's new 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs then you will need a new LGA 1700 socketed motherboard.  With plenty of features and more importantly…

Gigabyte Aorus C500 Glass Mid-Tower Gaming Case Launched

Gigabyte has launched a new member in the Aorus Glass series of PC cases. Joining the existing Aorus Glass C200, C300, and C700 is the mid-tower Aorus C500 Glass mid-tower gaming case, supporting up to E-ATX motherboards. The new case looks stylish and sleek with its full-sized tempered glass side panel and the pre-installed quartet of aRGB fans.If you look at all four Aorus Glass PC cases, it is interesting to note that while they all have the full-sized glass side panel in common, the overall styling of each is…

Gigabyte and Maingear’s Project Stealth Hides All of the Cables in Your Case

Some people love cable management, making sure everything in their PC is neat and clean. Others do their best in the hopes it enables better airflow in their system. And some don't care at all and just hope the sides to their case close. But with a new collaboration from Gigabyte and Maingear, building a PC without messy cables might just get easier.The two companies today announced Project Stealth. It centers around a motherboard, the Z690 Aorus Elite Stealth, that moves all of the connections to the back, including…

Gigabyte UD1000GM PG5 Review: The First PCIe Gen 5 Compatible PSU

Today's best Gigabyte UD1000GM PG5 dealsThe Gigabyte GP-UD1000GM PG5 survived our demanding tests and achieved decent but not competitive overall performance. Its main advantage is the 12+4 pin PCIe connector, but very soon, all brands will update their PSUs with such connectors. Regarding ATX v3.0 compatibility, we found out that the GP-UD1000GM PG5 has trouble keeping up with this spec since it couldn't pass all corresponding transient response tests. This means that we won't include it in our best PSUs article. Other…

Gigabyte Launches Z690I Aorus Ultra Motherboard Exchange, Refund Program

Gigabyte has announced a product replacement and refund program for owners of its Z690I Aorus Ultra motherboard model. This mini ITX motherboard came in both DDR4 and DDR5 variants, but they both may exhibit issues with certain graphics cards connected in PCIe Gen4 mode, causing system instability.Gigabyte's press release specifically mentions users being faced with "WHEA PCIe errors when paired with some PCIe Gen4 graphics cards." WHEA is short for Windows Hardware Error Architecture, but the important thing is that…

Gigabyte Unveils S55U 55-Inch Android-Powered 4K Gaming Monitor

Gigabyte has launched a new 55-inch 4K gaming monitor, which is stuffed with modern technologies. The specs of the Gigabyte S55U are such that it appears to be a very attractive product without invoking fears that it might be financially unobtainable. In other words, this could be a sweet spot product if you are looking for an AMD FreeSync Premium compatible alternative to an Nvidia-certified big format gaming display.There are a lot of good-looking specifications here, so we will put them in a full-featured table below.…