Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87

[fluidz]

Yeah it is great, bios is nice, it is holding my 4.5Ghz overclock steady and it looks fantastic

Interestingly: I've just put my headphones into the headphone slot in the front of my case rather than the slot in the back of the board, I can barely hear the static sound at all anymore even though it seems to be going through the amp as it is very loud...Going to investigate further!

For a board with audio in mind static through the headphones is unacceptable.

 

[FiRez]

Anyone else having issues with the front panel mic not being detected on the M5?

 

[Divine Pain]

ive been told its got 16 power phases.. can anyone confirm?

I seriously doubt it has 16 phases. The M5 only has 8 phases and is £40-ish more expensive. I would assume the G1.Sniper Z87 has 8 or less to hit the price mark its at.

 

[Neolink]

I took the amp chip out and put it in again upside down (its 4x4 pins top and bottom, reversable) and the noise is pretty much gone when I tested it on skyrim and bf4. Still investigating though so don't consider this a fix yet, I thought i fixed it yesterday too but the noise cropped up again.

Performance is still great, bumped it to 4.6Ghz today and it is still happy

 

[atomic7431]

have to say so far i have not seen this on mine. I have ocd my 4770k to 4589.05 mhz on 1.245 v been stable for over a week now

 

[troops]

Seems like a nice board, haven't had chance to play tho.
Dunno if its just me but the new bios setup looks too confusing i used the classic with F2.

 

[atomic7431]

Seems like a nice board, haven't had chance to play tho.
Dunno if its just me but the new bios setup looks too confusing i used the classic with F2.

F2 bios?

 

[dutchbrit]

Decent review here..

Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Motherboard Review

 

[Fulax]

Decent review here..

Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Motherboard Review

Looks good value, then. I'd certainly take it over MSI and Asrock's similarly priced offerings.

I'd agree with Kitguru on fan header locations: they aren't as convenient or numerous as they could be. An extra header on the right of the board next to the 24-pin would make life much easier.

 

[troops]

F2 bios?

No, i meant if you press F2 whilst inside the new style bios it switches to the classic style bios.

 

[Neolink]

Sound is still great since I flipped the amp chip, I heard a touch of buzz on an occasional loading screen today but that was all. Sounds about as good as the Xonar D2X in my other machine, very impressive for onboard sound

 

[atomic7431]

No, i meant if you press F2 whilst inside the new style bios it switches to the classic style bios.

ah thanks

 

[Defiled]

Can I just ask - how can the G1.Sniper 5 possibly be roughly £200 more expensive than this G1.Sniper Z87???

Okay, so the Sniper 5 gives you quad SLI support as well as keeping both cards in PCIe x16 when running dual SLI (whereas this board will go down to x8) - but honestly, that alone is not worth 200 quid - surely? Really shows how much extra you do pay for the ultra high end stuff.

This board is ridiculously good value for money in my eyes!

 

[wazza300]

im tempted by this board myself tbh,if it wasn't for me having a decent z77 setup

got everything id want,decent sound/lan/price

 

[los]

Yeah I'm tempted as well. Just wondering how much higher over click I would get on a z87x oc compared to this on everything

 

[wazza300]

bout the same unless your using ln2,then pick the oc board

you'll reach the cpu limits/temps waay before any of the boards imo

 

[los]

What about memory?

 

[wazza300]

should clock as high depending what memory you use,haswell has better imc anyway

so its party the cpu but 2400mhz is the norm,maybe higher with decent memory/cpu 2600mhz ect

 

[los]

I use Sammy greens so will havea good go
Cheers for your help I think I will get one soon

 

[wazza300]

sam greens should do 2400mhz,ive seen them do 2600mhz but not sure if that was stable 24/7