A big Thank you to Gigabyte and Dinos22

[[XC] leviathan18]

thanks dinos and gigabyte really thank you

[Craftyman.]

wow that is just amazing, I wish more companies did things like this. I just love hearing about things like this... (at the risk of thread derailment) anyone have any similar stories?

congrats

[zsamz_]

nice to see gigabut put some PR into somethin better

[Tomasis]

g-butt ass rock!

dino, good iniative!

[Leeghoofd]

Now Francois must do the same generous act :p Superfolding CPU's required

Nice gesture Gigabyte and Dino !

[Ket]

There wasn't/isn't any ulterior motive that I could/can see.
Maybe a little exposure and a Thank you thread?
It's not something they need as lets face it, their current boards are excellent and selling well.
I had a X58 UD4 board here and no issues at all and I mean none.

Give stuff away = free good PR and boosted sales from people buying from "the good guys"

[radaja]

Give stuff away = free good PR and boosted sales from people buying from "the good guys"

gigabyte doesnt need to rely on this sort of thing to get people
to,as you say buy from "the good guys".they are doing very well
simply based on the quality and performance of their boards.
they have some of the best OCing boards available.

[Ket]

Every company laps up free good PR, espcially for causes.

[saaya]

wow saaya,negative much?
this is 100% a good thing.

lol what? did i say anywhere that it wasnt?

geez guys, i said its a great thing and it really is!
but its not gigabyte giving up their material wealth to save humanity out of good will without any ulterior motives...

We see things differently. When someone does a good thing for me I don't question their motives,I say thank you and mean it.

no, you suggested gigabyte had no ulterior motives whatsoever, and it would be an insult to both our intelligences to claim you wouldnt know otherwise your trying to glue a horn onto a beautiful white horse gigabyte gave to all of us and call it a unicorn... why? isnt a beautiful white horse good enough? you mean it well, but i disagree in making it look like more than what it really is... and why am i being negative? im being realistic...
its a great thing, im surprised about it and i really DO wish to see more of this.

Maybe it's a cultural thing that makes us see things so differently or just our outlook on life but I see the glass as 1/2 full and you see it as 1/2 empty.

its more like you claiming the glass is 110% full which is awesome i say its 100% full and its awesome.
im not being negative at all in this case, my reaction was and is 100% positive and i clearly expressed that in my post. i dont get why you felt you had to make it look like more than it already is... its like passing an exam with 98% and then using an erazer to fake the score and turn it into a 99%... why would you do that? and how am i negative for pointing out that its 98% and not 99? the result is still really really good, so hows it negative?
whatever, seems im entertaining you guys, and gigabyte got the props they deserve, so who cares hahah

[saaya]

Give stuff away = free good PR and boosted sales from people buying from "the good guys"

OMG! what the h3ll is wrong with you??? how can you be so incredibly negative! HATE MONGER! HATE MONGER! ^^ hahah

[Aerou]

Sasha and others, I understand your point of view and although you are right there is the PR part, such a wonderful gesture doesn't deserve these comments.

Gigabyte gets my deep respect for this.

[Movieman]

lol what? did i say anywhere that it wasnt? ~snip..

The point is that in a thread like this whose intent is to say thank you nothing negative is needed or wanted to be blunt.
The comments about PR do nothing but take away from the intent of the thread.
If you knew how this all came about maybe you'd think differently.
I was talking to Dinos22 on another subject and made this comment:
"Hey,if you guys ever get any boards that need a home I'll make sure they get into the hands of people that will put them to good use."
He said:"I like that,let me see what I can do."
That simple,no behind the scenes games or private aggrements.
Just two guys talking and one went and pushed it through.
He never mentioned that there were any stipulations.
The thread was my idea and out of pure courtesy to say Thank You.
Now I'll say it again; Thanks Gigabyte and Dinos22..
Very nice of you to do this.