Mumbai — GIGABYTE Technology Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards, is pleased to announce that GIGABYTE’s GA-H55M-S2 has won the “MAGICAL MOTHERBOARD FOR 2010” award at the 9th VARIndia Star Nite Awards 2010, held at a glittering event in New Delhi recently. The VARIndia awards have gained industry-wide prominence over the years because they are based on the customers’ and channel partners’ feedback, which is complemented by the study conducted by the VARIndia team in various markets, including metros, B and C class cities, in terms of vendors’ penetration and their level of engagements and commitments with the channel partners. GIGABYTE’s GA-H55M-S2 is a remarkably value-oriented microATX LGA1156 motherboard, suitable for building a media centre PC or simply putting together a budget desktop.

The motherboard offers features such as the All Solid Japanese Capacitors which offer a 50,000-hour life period, patented DualBIOS technology which automatically recovers BIOS Data when the main BIOS has crashed or failed, and 3 x USB power deliveries for greater compatibility and extra power for USB devices. In addition, the motherboard features On/Off Charge technology that enables charging of USB devices, such as iPod and iPhone, when the computer is in standby mode or switched off. The GIGABYTE GA-H55M-S2 delivers unbeaten performance at an affordable price. “GIGABYTE is honored to be felicitated with this award,” commented Rajan Sharma, General Manager, Marketing and Sales, GIGABYTE India.

“We are proud to offer our customers products that are not only feature-rich, but also affordable. This latest award reflects GIGABYTE’s commitment to working with our partners and maintaining the leadership spot in the motherboard market.” Availability GIGABYTE products are distributed in India by Avnet (India), Ingram Micro, Redington (India) and Neoteric Infomatique Ltd.