Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87

stulid · 20 Nov 2013 at 13:26

Look at this new board with an RRP of £120

http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4802#ov
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=mb-477-gi&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2574

• creative core3d sound
• op-amp upgrade - http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4724#ov
• nicichon audio capacitors
• gold plated audio connectors.
• audio noise guard with path lighting
• killer nic
• sli+crossfire @ 8x/8x

for £120 it looks like a great board packed with the above features.

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/revie...7-gaming-motherboard-review-introduction.html
http://www.kitguru.net/components/m...gigabyte-g1-sniper-z87-motherboard-review/13/
http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/gigabyte_g1_sniper_z87_review/13
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7762/gigabyte-g1sniper-z87-review
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/60...erboard-review-the-gamer-s-choice-/index.html
http://www.hardwareluxx.com/index.p...boards/28941-test-gigabyte-g1sniper-z87-.html

Combine it with some green LED RAM for epicness,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-044-AR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1392

stulid · 20 Nov 2013 at 13:49

baz2963 said:
Any reviews yet ? I cant find any .... Ta

So new there are non yet.

stulid · 20 Nov 2013 at 14:03

Doomedspeed said:
Loving the Green caps too.

They are Nicichon MUSE audio grade caps - http://www.nichicon.co.jp/english/products/alm_mini/pict_f.htm

The black ones are these (same as the D3HP I reviewed) - http://www.chemi-con.co.jp/e/tech_topics/pdf/new_cp_201304.pdf

stulid · 20 Nov 2013 at 14:20

balky12 said:
As if by magic... this is what I had in mind...

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18558962

It's a sign from above

stulid · 20 Nov 2013 at 16:44

baz2963 said:
Well I've ordered one instead of the GD65, fingers crossed it's just like the M5 !

Update this thread with your thoughts, especially the sound

stulid · 30 Nov 2013 at 20:36

los said:
How does this compare to the z87x-sli and d3h?

It has better audio and the killer NIC, the Z87X-SLI is just a HD3 which is wired to do SLI, the minimal price difference makes the Sniper a no-brainer.

The D3H is ok but again doesn't have the sound and network chip of the Sniper.

stulid · 8 Jan 2014 at 21:21

So ive come back and read through this thread, is it just Atomic left with a faulty board? but has been contacted by Gigabyte to RMA right?

stulid · 9 Jan 2014 at 14:51

Well fingers crossed for you that it works out.

stulid · 11 Jan 2014 at 14:25

SiDeards73 said:
I cant get into my bios, my pc reboots too quick and i dont think my Logitech G510 powers up fast enough before windows is loading lol. I want to OC the cpu to 4.4 as initial test but currently cant get into the bios to do it hahah

Try your keyboard in different USB ports, hammer the DEL key for what its worth, reset the CMOS and power back up should make it enter the BIOS.

Did you enable one of the quick boot options in the BIOS? one of them I seem to remember is just too quick and as it loads drivers after it has booted this means your keyboard does sod all during the post start up procedure.

stulid · 11 Jan 2014 at 18:10

huggz123 said:
Hey guys with this mobo how do I set the CPU to be a stable speed? At the mo it is dropping during idle but I'm not sure which setting it is to make this stable.

Thanks

Under the advanced frequency section, try this,

http://cdn.overclock.net/1/11/11a9cc81_9ofl.jpeg

stulid · 11 Jan 2014 at 20:56

stulid · 12 Jan 2014 at 00:02

weldon855 said:
Hi
i have one more stupid question
this is my current ram 3x4gb Mushkin

will I be able to use 2 sticks in this motherboard or are they not compatible?

You can use two of them.

stulid · 14 Jan 2014 at 17:50

Screw Prime95.

stulid · 20 Jan 2014 at 22:37

You lose so much after formatting, makes it 2.78'ishTB after formatting.

stulid · 20 Jan 2014 at 23:35

System restore? I always disable this but I know it takes space for itself.

stulid · 16 Mar 2014 at 22:28

The problem is with front outputs that the wire acts like an antenna all the way from the bottom rear of the board, usually past the PSU at the bottom of most cases, then passing up inside the case and out at the front.

God knows what interference and crap this cable picks up along the way from other sources.

stulid · 7 May 2014 at 18:51

Brett82 said:
f3 release is out now it updated both bioses one after the other and now cant flash back to anything from before. It says bios is protected from using this bios. I need f2 back because now display driver keeps crashing every 2 mins and its driving me insane cant play any games

The board has a main and backup BIOS switch,, flip it and use the BIOS on the other chip.

stulid · 7 May 2014 at 19:02

Shouldnt have.

Have you tried it?

stulid · 7 May 2014 at 19:32

There are two switches by the ram slots.

One is single and dual bios mode and the other is a main/backup bios switch.

You cant flash both at the same time as you can only use one at a time.

stulid · 7 May 2014 at 21:29

Brett82 said:
I know it was in dual bios and main bios at the time and it flashed both one then the other it said this on screen at the time eg flashing main bios then flashing backup bios. some how they made it work like this don't know how or why but its annoyed me something crazy!

Dont think ive ever seen that before.