Gigabyte G1.Sniper2 (Ultimate Z68 Gaming Motherboard)

[Geek-With-Lens]

GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 1155 - G1.Sniper2 (rev. 1.0)

Maximum PC | Gigabyte Officially (and Finally) Launches G1.Sniper2 Motherboard

Gigabyte is finally showing socket 1155 system builders some weapon themed love with the launch of the G1.Sniper2 motherboard, the 1155 version of the socket 1366 G1.Sniper and little brother to the G1.Assassin we reviewed in the June 2011 issue of Maximum PC (and by "little," we mean it doesn't require a honking XL-ATX chassis, a standard ATX case will do just fine).

The G1.Sniper2 is built around Intel's Z68 chipset and wields the same weapon inspired motif as Gigabyte's other G1 boards, most notably the magazine shaped heatsink Gigabyte clearly warns is "not a weapon. Cannot be assembled as a weapon," just in case you were wondering.

There's a whole arsenal of features included with the G1.Sniper2, including a built-in Creative X-Fi chip, integrated Bigfoot Killer E2100 NIC, a pair of PCI-E x16 slots, two PCI-E x1 slots, two standard PCI slots, support for CrossFireX and SLI, two SATA 6Gb/s ports, three SATA 3Gb/s slots, eSATA, RAID 0/1/5/10, support for up to four USB 3.0 ports, hybrid EFI BIOS, built-in audio headphone amplifier, a front access control panel, and a bunch of other (excuse the pun) bullet points.

Despite the official launch, Gigabyte didn't say when it will ship to retailers and how much of a hit it will put on your wallet. As a point of reference, the socket 1366 G1.Sniper streets for $400.

Only One Problem Only 2 Way Sli or CFX Support.

[Jaskanwar Singh]

GIGABYTE Unleashes G1.Sniper 2 Gaming Motherboard

GIGABYTE TECHNOLGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, announced the launch of the new G1.Sniper 2 motherboard, the latest G1-Killer Series motherboard designed for extreme gaming on the latest Intel® Z68 chipset and Intel® i7 Core ‘Sandy Bridge’ processors. Featuring several state-of-the-art onboard solutions from renowned industry leaders Creative and Bigfoot Networks, as well as many additional and exclusive GIGABYTE features, the GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2 motherboard takes no prisoners in its quest for gaming supremacy.

“The GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2 brings our acclaimed no mercy G1-Killer gaming philosophy to Intel’s mainstream Z68 platform”, commented Henry Kao, Vice President of GIGABYTE Motherboard Business Unit. “From listening closely to the gaming community, it’s clear that this is an eagerly anticipated motherboard, and one that will guarantee the fearlessly uncompromising gaming experience that so many of our customers crave.”
“Intel is pleased to see GIGABYTE extend its G1-Killer series to the high performance Intel® Z68 Chipset platform”, said Zane Ball, General Manager of Intel Desktop Platforms. “In combination with our 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processors, the new GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2 motherboard will offer an incredibly potent platform for today’s hardcore gamers.”

[Kola2842]

Big daddy may be coastly

[desiibond]

Killer™ E2100 Dedicated NPU
Dedicated Network Processing Unit (NPU) with 1Gb of dedicated DDR2 memory helps offload network traffic from the CPU, freeing it up to do other important computing tasks.

Interesting

[MatchBoxx]

Anyone help me rob a bank!

[Kola2842]

^^Lol... Great idea

[d6bmg]

Originally Posted by MatchBoxx

Anyone help me rob a bank!

Go to some rural area to get the work done quickly.
On a serious note, It sounds good till now & we will get the total info only after reviews are out.

Fingers crossed.