Gigabyte G1.Sniper 5 Motherboard Review

Motherboards/Intel S1150 by stefan @ 2013-07-31

The G1.Sniper 5 Z87 motherboard from Gigabyte is packed with all bells and whistles and offers stuff like Killer E2200 NIC, a solid 16-phase VRM, Sound Blaster Core3D audio with interference PCB isolation and replaceable OP AMPs, a 2-in-1 heatsink on the VRM which also acts as a water block, 4-way CrossFireX/SLI support and many more.

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Packaging, A Closer Look Part I

The high-end G1.Sniper 5 motherboard from Gigabyte comes shipped inside a large cardboard box with lots of information on the outside. On the front we will be able to see a portion of the dual cooling system:

 

 

 

On the same side the manufacturer informs us by the presence of the OP AMP Upgrade Kit:

 

 

 

The lateral side of the box comes with the list of Features written in different languages:

 

 

 

On the back we have a photo of the motherboard along with explanations of each component:

 

 

 

The box is also provided with a plastic handle:

 

 

 

After removing the top packaging layer, we will be able to see the motherboard sitting inside a secondary black cardboard box, covered by a transparent plastic window:

 

 

 

The rest of the accessories and documentation are placed on the bottom layer:

 

 

 

The bundle is pretty big so we had to split the presentation into multiple parts:

 

-one GC-WB300D kit

-six SATA cables

-3.5’’ Front Panel with 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports

-one 2-way SLI bridge connector

 

 

 

The GC-WB300D kit also contains the antenna with stand:

 

 

 

The wireless card is placed on a mini PCI-E to PCI-Express x1 adapter, with sockets for the two antennas:

 

 

 

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