GIGABYTE motherboards kick ass, we all know this, but just how much? Well, enough for them to claim the No. 1 spot in the world for motherboard durability. A lot of this comes from GIGABYTE's Ultra Durable technology, which has now spread its tentacles into Ultra Durable 4 on their upcoming 7-series motherboards.

GIGABYTE's industry-leading Ultra Durable 4 technology, is coming on their 7-series motherboards, and helps safe-guard GIGABYTE motherboards from common everyday threats such as humidity and moisture, electro-static discharge, sudden power loss and high operating temperatures.

Henry Kao, Vice President of GIGABYTE Motherboard Business Unit says:

With the launch of the first Ultra Durable motherboard in 2006, GIGABYTE revolutionized the motherboard industry by making quality the number one focus in our motherboard design. Five and a half years later, GIGABYTE maintains our leadership in quality design by equipping our upcoming 7 series motherboards with even more lifespan enhancing technologies in the form of Ultra Durable™ 4.

The first Ultra Durable 4 motherboards to hit, will be the G1.Sniper 3, GA-Z77X-UD5H, GA-Z77X-UD5H WIFI, GA-Z77X-UD3H, GA-Z77X-UD3H WIFI and G1.Sniper M3. Ultra Durable 4 "Classic" models will be: GA-Z77X-D3H, GA-Z77-D3H, GA-Z77-DS3H, GA-Z77P-D3, GA-Z77MX-D3H, GA-Z77M-D3H, GA-H77-D3H, GA-H77-DS3H, GA-H77M-D3H, GA-P75-D3, GA-B75-D3V, GA-B75M-D3H, and finally, the GA-B75M-D3V.

GIGABYTE's Ultra Durable 4 is some seriously slick stuff, read up more on it here.