GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 5 - The Ultimate Z87 Gaming Board

GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 5 - The Ultimate Z87 Gaming Board

Once you decide on an Intel®4th Gen Core™CPUs for your gaming PC build you have to find the perfect motherboard to go with it, and there are many to choose from. Narrowing them down may seem like a daunting task, but if you are looking for all the latest features, smart design,industryleading durability, and support for high-end configurations, your decision is simple: The GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 5 has everything you want and more.

FeaturesUEFI DualBIOS.The G1.Sniper 5 is equipped with a laundry list of cutting-edge features, starting with GIGABYTE’s exclusive UEFI DualBIOS. UEFI DualBIOS not only gives you access to your BIOS settings and system status information in a handy GUI, but also uses a secondary BIOS chip to recover your system settings automatically in the event of a corrupted or failed BIOS, ensuring that your system will boot normally.

Power up.The board also has GIGABYTE’s On/Off Charge 2 feature, which lets you charge your mobile devices via the board’s 10 available USB 3.0 ports (six on the rear panel and up to four available via internal header connection) just as quickly as if you used a charger plugged into a wall socket. Best of all, you have access to quick charges even if your PC is powered off; the days of booting your system just to charge your iPhone or iPad are over.

Cool down.Ever installed a closedloop CPU cooler and had to hunt around for an extra power connection on your motherboard because the cooler required one connection for the pump and another for the fan? GIGABYTE’s 8 Series boards come with OPT fan support in the form of a second CPU fan pin header, so you’re covered. Monitoring and controlling up to nine fans in your system is easier than ever, too, thanks to GIGABYTE’s Smart Fan 2 controller and its associated app, which let you easily configure individual cooling profiles for precise control. And speaking of cooling, the G1.Sniper 5 comes with flexible on-board chipset and VRM cooling; the unified heatsink is an effective passive cooler and also has connectors on either end that make it easy to add to a custom watercooling loop.

A/V.The G1.Sniper 5 has audio and video squared away, too. All 8 Series G1-Killer boards are equipped with a dedicated 600-ohm amplifier for the board’s frontpanel headphone connector, as well as Creative’s Sound Core3D audio processor that runs the latest SoundBlaster audio software and features a gold-plated EMI shield. All audio connector ports are goldplated, too, for improved conductivity and resistance to corrosion. And for those with truly discriminating tastes, GIGABYTE’s AMP-UP Audio feature lets you extract its standard OP-AMP (operational amplifier) quickly and easily with the provided IC extractor and replace it, either with one of the two included specialized amplifiers or with one that you buy separately. On the graphics front, the G1.Sniper 5 has four PCI Express x16 slots, two that run at x16 and two more at x8. The board has full support for 4-Way SLI or CrossFireX and PCI-e 3.0, as well as 4K displays.

Ultra Durable

Your PC’s motherboard is a longterm investment, so it’s wise to choose one that is built to last. The G1.Sniper 5, like all G1-Killer 8 Series boards, benefits from GIGABYTE’s Ultra Durable 5 Plus technology. That means that it features high-end 10,000-hour solid capacitors, rated for operation at up to 105 degrees Celsius, and GIGABYTE’s 2X Copper PCB technology, which includes dual layers of copper and a new glass fabric insulation layer that is stronger than traditional materials and providesbetter humidity protection.The G1.Sniper 5 also has a CPU socket with a 15μ layer of gold plating for resistance to corrosion and a longer overall lifespan. Each of the board’s 10 potential USB 3.0 ports has a dedicated fuse, so a malfunction of any one port is isolated to that port. And because getting the right amount of power to your delicate internal components is crucial for their continued operation, GIGABYTE built the G1.Sniper 5 with all-digital power control in the form of PowlRstage controllers from International Rectifier, which means that your CPU, memory, and other vital board components receive precisely the power they need. PowlRstage controllers also run cooler than traditional MOSFETS, so you can achieve better overclocks without worrying about overheating.

No Compromise

GIGABYTE’s G1.Sniper 5 is designed to connect all of the components you want in a high-end gaming PC, help them perform at peak levels, and protect them so that they can work together to provide you with cuttingedge performance for years to come.