Gigabyte G1.Assassin Motherboard

Conclusions

The Gigabyte G1.Assassin may be classified as a "wow" motherboard. It could be a "simple" high-end socket LGA1366 motherboard, just because it has six memory slots, a high-end voltage regulator, four PCI Express x16 slots, support for SLI and CrossFireX arrays, eight USB 3.0 ports, two SATA-600 ports, etc.

But it is aimed at the serious gamers who want some more. And the manufacturer probably thought, "If you are an extreme gamer with no budget limitations, what will you do after buying a high-end motherboard? You will buy high-end discrete networking and sound cards. So, let’s include these cards onboard." And so they did. They incorporated within the motherboard some of the best (and most expensive) Ethernet and audio chips available, which resulted in the G1.Assassin being over the "common high-en
d" motherboards.

Note, however, that even with good overclocking features, including a hardware overclock button at the front panel, the G1.Assassin isn’t designed specifically for extreme overclockers since it doesn’t have features like clear CMOS buttons or POST errors display. It’s just a matter of purpose; it is made for gamers, not for overclockers.

But the big drawback of the Gigabyte G1.Assassin is its price. You must take gaming really seriously (and have a stuffed wallet) to buy this motherboard.