Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Review

[YABBA1-LONDON]

Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Vs MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming Series

I have a gtx690 & I7 2700k sandy asrock extreme 7. 16 gb ripjow. Need to now which motherboard be best for performing on bf3/4
. Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Vs MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming Series need your help pleas
Thanks

 

[Feronix]

Do realise that you're going to need a new CPU if you buy any of these boards as they are socket 1150

That being said, switching from Sandy Bridge to Haswell won't really give you any improvement in your gaming experience. The biggest difference will be switching from PCI-E 2.0 to PCI-E 3.0 which will probably get you a performance increase of ~5fps at max. It's up to you if you think that's worth the price of a new mobo + cpu.

Both boards are pretty similar and have epic sound and network solutions. I'd say go for which one you like the looks of best. Don't put an m-ATX board in a mid- or full tower though, it would look silly.

 

[BlueLou]

Hi

I have the G1.Sniper M5 motherboard and I would like to overclock a bit. I am really a noob when it comes to OC-ing so I have used GigaByte EasyTune app. So far I have gone with the Auto Tuning option and the application reports back that I am able to run the CPU at 4.6 Ghz. When running the stability test included in the AIDA64 app I get the following read out from CPU-Z and the following temps from Core Temp;


To my knowledge those temps are not good. Same goes for the Core Voltage?

Just wanted to add that my idle temps @ 4.6 Ghz is at 30-32 C

I know that OC by using the EasyTune app is not the best option in terms of outcome, but when trying to change those values I know of in the BIOS I only get BSOD. Can't evt get it to run stable at 4.2 Ghz when doing it manually.

Does anyone have a really good step by step guide on how to OC this board. It would be great if you Tom Logan would share the exact BIOS settings used in your review - especially since my setup is more or less exact to the one you used when reviewing this board.


MY SETUP:
CPU: i7-4770K
Mobo: Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5, Socket-1150 - F7 BIOS
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866MHz 16GB - 2x8GB CL9 XMP 1,5V, Red
Cooler: H100i With x2 Noctua NF-F12 PWM 120mm
GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 770 2GB PhysX CUDA - GTX770-DC2OC-2GD5

 

[Spiderz]

Hi

I have the G1.Sniper M5 motherboard and I would like to overclock a bit. I am really a noob when it comes to OC-ing so I have used GigaByte EasyTune app. So far I have gone with the Auto Tuning option and the application reports back that I am able to run the CPU at 4.6 Ghz. When running the stability test included in the AIDA64 app I get the following read out from CPU-Z and the following temps from Core Temp;


To my knowledge those temps are not good. Same goes for the Core Voltage?

Just wanted to add that my idle temps @ 4.6 Ghz is at 30-32 C

I know that OC by using the EasyTune app is not the best option in terms of outcome, but when trying to change those values I know of in the BIOS I only get BSOD. Can't evt get it to run stable at 4.2 Ghz when doing it manually.

Does anyone have a really good step by step guide on how to OC this board. It would be great if you Tom Logan would share the exact BIOS settings used in your review - especially since my setup is more or less exact to the one you used when reviewing this board.


MY SETUP:
CPU: i7-4770K
Mobo: Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5, Socket-1150 - F7 BIOS
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866MHz 16GB - 2x8GB CL9 XMP 1,5V, Red
Cooler: H100i With x2 Noctua NF-F12 PWM 120mm
GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 770 2GB PhysX CUDA - GTX770-DC2OC-2GD5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBEeXajbG2o&feature=player_embedded

No expert on the matter but that's the video I suggest you watch on overclocking intel CPUs. I know it says 1155 but the Haswell socets are pretty much the same.

I do know that you won't get anyone giving exact settings as every CPU is different.