Review: Gigabyte G1.Sniper B6

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/03/2015 09:11 AM | source: | 21 comment(s)

We review the budget yet high-end board G1.Sniper B6 from Gigabyte, it is based on the lower cost B85 chipset from Intel. B85 based motherboards typically end up in business desktops and normally are limited from overclocking. Well, that is just different with the Gigabyte G1.Sniper B6! A small price, nice features and tweakability?

Read the full review right here.

Related Stories

Review: AMD A8-7650K APU and A68H chipset - 04/01/2015 11:17 AM
Let's review the A8-7650K APU from AMD in combo with a new A68H motherboard from ASUS. The 7600 series APU is based on AMD's Kaveri architecture bringing the CPU and the GPU even closer together. Ka...

Review: OCZ Vector 180 Series SSD - 480 and 960 GB - 03/25/2015 07:26 PM
join us as we review the new 480 and 960 GB OCZ Vector 180 Series SSDs. Based on an Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller the product comes with the latest iteration of Toshiba NAND flash memory. The end ...

Review: AMD FreeSync With the Acer XG270HU Monitor - 03/20/2015 10:11 AM
Join us as we review AMD FreeSync with a 499 EURO costing FreeSync compatible Acer (27-inch 2560x1440p - 144Hz) screen. Following NVIDIAs GSync AMD took a different approach, no more tearing and sync ...

Review: GeForce GTX Titan X - 03/18/2015 01:05 PM
Join us as we review the fastest graphics card in the world, the GeForce GTX Titan X. The 12 GB beast has arrived. Initially the Titan series was positioned to be a professional line of products, howe...

Review: Corsair H80i GT - 03/12/2015 08:38 AM
In todays review we have a look at the new Corsair H80i GT AIO liquid cooler. This newly introduced processor cooler is compatible with Corsair's LINK software. This allows you to program, customiz...

5 pages 1 2 3 4 5

vajoiner
Member

Posts: 90
Joined: 2014-03-09

#5043505 Posted on: 04/03/2015 05:47 PM

that whole strip on the right side are leds? thats pretty neat. can they be turned off or have anything like pulse etc?

Prince Valiant
Senior Member

Posts: 811
Joined: 2014-02-23

#5043763 Posted on: 04/04/2015 06:11 AM

I'm shocked that voltage was allowed for a preset OC mode :eek3:

alanm
Senior Member

Posts: 11448
Joined: 2004-05-10

#5043778 Posted on: 04/04/2015 08:06 AM

Now lets hope Gigabyte doesnt bait and switch with a 1.1 or 1.2 version with inferior parts, less phases, etc.

rl66
Senior Member

Posts: 3566
Joined: 2007-05-31

#5043856 Posted on: 04/04/2015 01:14 PM

I'm shocked that voltage was allowed for a preset OC mode :eek3:

if it was the normal version i would, but it is the sniper version...

how about the LN2 preset on the latest bios of OC version from MSI?
normaly if you buy those Mobo you know what you can do or not.

but i agree on the fact that it should be more explained on the box or manual (just in case of... lol :pc1

icedman
Senior Member

Posts: 1236
Joined: 2013-02-22

#5043977 Posted on: 04/04/2015 07:50 PM

This would be perfect to go with a Pentium k super cheap and powerful.

5 pages 1 2 3 4 5

Post New Comment

Click here to post a comment for this news story on the message forum.