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Motherboard Gigabyte G1.Sniper 3 Review

The development of motherboard segment was always characterized by experiments and competition. In earlier times manufacturers tried to differentiate their products by color and delivery set configurations. Nowadays the conjuncture seems to be quite similar, although contemporary technological approaches presuppose the development of motherboards from scratch, while the remnants from the past used ready-made base. Motherboard Gigabyte G1.Sniper 3 belongs to the generation of exclusive products with solid and high-end components, as well as original design.

Design and Framework

Gigabyte G1.Sniper 3 design is differentiated by the predominance of dark colors, but due to the bright-green radiator embedding, PEG-slots and memory slots coloring, the motherboard looks brisk. Enlarged dimensions are considered to be the major distinction of this motherboard from other products. This model is developed in XL-ATX form-factor that can be compatible only with full-tower casings. The implementation of enlarged dimensions was a necessary step to accommodate additional controllers and slots, and to simplify design and layout.

The availability of four PCI Express x16 slots promotes for the motherboard's functionality. Moreover, the developers have integrated an additional bus bridge PCI Express PEX8747 which allowed the replenishment with sixteen bus lines in addition to the sixteen nominal items. The bridge is located under a separate radiator which is connected with the chip radiator and power adapter by means of heat pipes. The board is equipped with a couple of PCI Express x1 slots and a single PCI slot. As far as Intel Z77 does not support the latter slot, Gigabyte designers had to implement an additional chip ITE IT8892E.

24-contact power socket is located on the bottom edge of the board, while the supplementary 8-contact socket – on the right side. There is one more power socket of SATA type located on the bottom edge. CPU-FAN socket destined for the processor cooler found its place next to the processor slot. In addition, the motherboard is furnished with four-contact SYS_FAN1-4 sockets, four DIMM slots for DDR3 memory modules. Thus, the board supports DDR3-type memory; the maximal memory volume equals to 32 GB.

Layout

The nominal delivery set includes the following elements packed in a separate box: multi-language user manual, four cables SerialATA, software with necessary drivers, CrossFire bridge, SLI, 4-Way SLI and 3-Way SLI bridges, expansion board GC-WB300D, plate with two additional USB 3.0 ports, plank with two eSATA cables, power cable, and a plug for the rear plate.

The standard set of components is quite decent. This is a vital point for consideration, since not all of the components can be found in IT or hardware stores. For example, Gigabyte furnishes its motherboard with three bridges for the configuration enlisting two, three or four Nvidia graphics cards. CrossFire bridges are practically universal and can be found in any store, however Gigabyte has taken care of their customers and included this component to the delivery set.

The list of non-typical elements involves expansion board GC-WB300D and a set for the external drives connection. This expansion board ensures the support of wireless connections by Bluetooth 4.0 and WiFi interfaces, including a couple of antennas, USB cable and soft to the delivery set. The set of external drives is represented by power slot, plank with two eSATA ports, and power cable along with two eSATA cables.

Specifications

Motherboard Gigabyte G1.Sniper 3 is based on Intel Z77 chip and belongs to G1.Killer series. This series is primarily destined for the resource-intensive games which are able to employ multi-core AMD and Nvidia graphics configurations. This model supports Intel Turbo Boost, Intel Rapid Start, and Intel Smart Connect technologies. The other specifications can be enlisted as follows:
— processor: Socket LGA1155 (Ivy Bridge support);
— graphics: support of Intel HD Graphics, AMD CrossFireX, Nvidia SLI;
— disk subsystem: support of SerialATA 6 GB/sec protocol, support of SerialATA 3 GB/sec, mSATA slot (joined with SerialATA 3 GB/sec channel);
— expansion opportunities: four additional USB 2.0 ports, ten USB 3.0 ports (six integrated + four additional), two additional IEEE1394 ports, two network controllers Gigabit Ethernet, sounding High Definition Audio 7.1;
— EFI: Gigabyte Q-Flash technology, Gigabyte Xpress Install applet, AMI BIOS with support of Enhanced ACPI, DMI, PnP Features, support of UEFI DualBIOS and Gigabyte @BIOS;
— miscellaneous: support of On/Off Charge, a single port for PS/2 keyboard and mouse, seven-segment Post-code indicator, Suspend to RAM option.
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  • 10 July 2012, 13:06
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