Introduction

With the Intel 3rd Generation Core i5/i7 CPUs recently hitting shelves in the past few days, we've got another board preview before we retreat into the bunker to torture and interrogate Intel's latest, and this time I've got a G1.Killer to put under the screws, from none other than Gigabyte. The G1.Sniper M3 is a mATX gaming-oriented motherboard, packed with gaming-oriented hardware and features, including a true hardware-based Creative audio CODEC.

Gigabyte has been around for a long time, known for rainbow-colored products in the past, while more recently they've changed their look, and they also changed a fairly big part of their hardware design too. Their Intel Z77 Express products are the culmination of several years of innovation and advancement in design that few can match; gone are the technicolor slots, and here to stay is a highly-focused product design that centers on the individual needs of users, each met with a different product line. I've got several different options here from Gigabyte that I'll be covering in the coming weeks, but first, the G1.Sniper M3.

Specifications