The long awaited X58A-OC motherboard today finally makes its way to computer markets around the world. The final product looks much like the early samples that we’ve seen on various forums, except that the North Bridge heatsink is a little lower on account of some of the larger aftermarket CPU cooler sizes.

Availability will vary according to shipping times from Taiwan, however, I reckon it’s safe to say that it should be available in Taipei’s Kuang Hua computer market this evening, and in the rest of the world over the next 2-3 weeks.

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We’ve just been informed that the GIGABYE G1.Assassin will be awarded the coveted Design and Innovation award from the organizers of Computex 2011, the Taiwan External Trade and Development Council (TAITRA). This is apparently the first time ever that a motherboard has received this honor… It must be very special!

Check out the GIGABYTE press release here.

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For those doubting Thomases out there… Check out the hwbot page here.

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Sin0822 just put up his performance review of the X58A-OC board. He had some nice results as well hitting past 5Ghz with a 930 and around 6.7GHz with a 990X.

One thing that caught my attention was a little amplifier chip he found on the board called “sexy” chip LOL.

Read the full review here.

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Dinos22, GIGABYTE marketing manager for ANZ, just set a new world record for 3D Mark ‘01 using what he calls “my little battler”, a new P67X-UD3R-B3.

For a closer look at his system configuration visit the hwbot score submission page.

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Colin did a video recently about SmartRecovery2 software utility that comes packaged with all GIGABYTE motherboards. It has some sweet features related to data recovery. They can be some serious life savers I’ll tell you that much!

Check out the video and try it out if you purchased a board from GIGABYTE range.