Gigabyte G1.Sniper 3

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

8
Good:

1
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Onboard Creative Audio, Onboard Killer NIC, Totally sweet color scheme, Full ATX motherboard, Quad SLI Support, Voltage test points, Thicker and Stronger PCB, Matte Black Finish

Cons:

Onboard power required to activate PCI Express slots, Heatsinks could benefit from active cooling
Stuttery GUI needs polishing

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Last revision on April 15, 2014

Reviewers Liked

Onboard Creative Audio, Onboard Killer NIC, Totally sweet color scheme, Full ATX motherboard, Quad SLI Support, Voltage test points, Thicker and Stronger PCB, Matte Black Finish

Reviewers Didn't Like

Onboard power required to activate PCI Express slots, Heatsinks could benefit from active cooling
Stuttery GUI needs polishing

Expert reviews and ratings

100

The G1 Sniper 3 is one of handful of motherboards aimed at satisfying the needs of overclocking, gaming and hardware enthusiasts at the same time. While this group may be small by comparison the things they look for in a motherboard can be rather...

By hardwareasylum.com on August 23, 2012

Ivy Bridge brings a slew of new technology and increased performance to the table: PCIE 3.0, USB 3.0, higher bandwidth and overall better performance than its older brother Sandy Bridge. The Z77 chipset addresses all these advances and companies like...

By Pureoverclock on July 17, 2012

The G1 series from Gigabyte has quickly established itself as a strong alternative to the ASUS Republic of Gamers range. The latest Z77 reincarnation is the G1.Sniper 3, with the potential to take the already respected series to a whole new...

By APC Magazine on July 11, 2012

The GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 3 is exactly what we expect from a G1.Killer series board. It has awesome performance and seemingly endless features. It earns the Bjorn3D Golden Bear...

By bjorn3d.com on July 09, 2012

Any review that we do, because of the nature of hardware testing, tends to be largely focussed upon the performance of the component in question. Maybe it comes with a nod towards the price and design, but this is a business that places a heavy...

By Overclock3D on June 18, 2012

GIGABYTE has been running the G.1 series for some time now, and while it's been largely successful, the company's now taking a step back and slightly changing the direction of the motherboard series. Instead of focussing purely on the gaming scene,...

By PC Authority on May 23, 2012

100

Looking first to Intel's new Ivy Bridge i7-3770K we have a CPU which at first glance doesn't seem to offer a huge change over the i7-2700K, for example matching the existing model in cores, clock speed, cache levels and so on. When we look a little...

By HardwareHeaven on April 23, 2012

When GIGABYTE launched its G1 series of motherboards in 2011, it had a single audience in mind: gamers. Often, vendors that release high-end motherboards tout an excellent experience for overclockers, the general enthusiast and of course, gamers. But...

By Techgage on May 03, 2013

The Gigabyte G1.Sniper3 delivered solid numbers across the board--not necessarily blowing away the competition, but certainly edging it out on occasion and holding its own throughout testing. The Crysis score was lower than expected, but based on our...

By HotHardware on July 16, 2012

In April we published a round-up of 20 motherboards with Z77 chipsets compatible with the new Intel Ivy Bridge processors. Those CPUs weren't available yet at the time so we had to do the tests with the previous generation Sandy Bridge processors....

By uk.hardware.info on July 03, 2012

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