Gigabyte Mobo Can Feed (or Fry) CPU With 1500W
Ever feel like Captain Kirk, always asking for more power? This one's got the power.
Earlier this month, Gigabyte debuted its flagship motherboard, the X58-based UD9. At the time, the company talked up its "Unlocked Power" with its full 24 power phases, dual power switching, and 4-way graphics support for both SLI and CrossFireX – but at Computex, Gigabyte revealed a new feature of the board that it boasted was a secret up until today.
That feature is the ability to feed your CPU with up to 1,500W, which is a mighty big number for those who either want to fry processors or hit new records in extreme overclocking. Check out the video below.
Gigabyte also detailed a couple new overclocking features, both of which make things more convenient than ever. The first feature is called HotKey OC, which allows the user to switch on the fly between different bus speeds, multipliers and voltages at the press of a button. This could be handy for changing between CPU and GPU limited applications, or times when you just want to dial down the power to save some green.
The final new feature demonstrated was Cloud OC, which is a bit of a misnomer. Some of the Gigabyte motherboards have a basic web server so that you can log in from another computer or mobile device, such as your smartphone, and you can tweak your overclocking settings externally. This will be useful when you're running a full-screen app and you don't want to quit just to change a few things to make them run better.
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Holy Crap
I want one.
Holy Crap
What he said
Oh yeah, time to upgrade...
GigaWatt mobo......
just as awe inspiring as this beasts features and size, is the $699 price tag
Impressive without a doubt.
It's hard to hear what he's saying over the awful "techno" though.
Well looks like every one is going to start buying dual phase units that can supply 2kw on up.
"We need more power cap'n!"
Everyone's going to try it at home, that's the point of the motherboard.
damn... should have waited before i bought the UD7..........
Board does everything under the sun. But for $700 bucks? Seems a little steep to me when comparable boards are selling for under $500.
Talk about overkill...
why would anyone who isn't going to be trying to do the most ridiculous overclock every need 1500 watts just for the cpu, liquid nitrogen might not be enough any more, maybe liquid hydrogen
Which processor did they use? How much OC did they achieve?
If it hits 88 mph do I go back in time.
Light speed, too slow?
Yes, we're gonna have to go right to ludicrous speed.
Sir, they've gone plaid.
And how much will you pay on electrical bill when you install 4 GTX 480 ? the same as Pentagon ?
And how much will you pay on electrical bill when you install 4 GTX 480 ? the same as Pentagon ?
He's crossing the beamz!11!! MAXIMUM POWER!!!! *spontaneous molecular distortion occurs*
damn... should have waited before i bought the UD7..........
I say this every time I buy a new piece of hardware, lol.
1500w ?? I bet the first thing made by humans to get to Mars will be a processor shooting up from one of these motherboards at 4x the speed of light LOLOL
Man! I was going to buy the X58-UD7 soon. So... Should I wait until UD9?
I think it's time for me to find a power supply capable of accepting 480v electricity.
Holy Crap
Minor correction: HOLY SHIT!
Holy ......! you could probably start a car with that, or fry the motor
1500w ?? I bet the first thing made by humans to get to Mars will be a processor shooting up from one of these motherboards at 4x the speed of light LOLOL
The first man-made thing on mars was a Russian lander that crashed in 1971. There's been many others since.
The first man-made thing on mars was a Russian lander that crashed in 1971. There's been many others since.
um its a joke.
Holy frak!!!
I understand why a mobo would want to deliver so much power to all components, but the CPU? What CPU could possibly handle 1.5kW ?
Even if you poured liquid nitrogen directly onto the die, todays CPUs would still fry if you applied 1.5kW to them...
If your 4-way SLI GTX 480 doesn't fry your CPU, maybe this one can.
Board does everything under the sun. But for $700 bucks? Seems a little steep to me when comparable boards are selling for under $500.
I don't think there are any comparable motherboards that have said self-destruct "feature."