Review Gigabyte G1.Assassin: Motherboard Gaming Kelas High End Bertema Militer
Di tengah hiruk-pikuk platform Intel Sandy Bridge, Gigabyte kembali merilis motherboard dengan menggunakan chipset Intel X58 yaitu Gigabyte G1-Killer Series. Berbeda dengan motherboard Intel X58 sebelumnya dari Gigabyte, Gigabyte G1-Killer Series adalah gaming motherboard bertema militer. Ini merupakan pertama kalinya Gigabyte merilis gaming motherboard. Gigabyte G1-Killer Series dilengkapi berbagai feature untuk memanjakan gamer yang menggunakannya. Gigabyte memberikan julukan tersendiri untuk feature tersebut, yaitu Super Sight, Super Hearing, Super Speed, dan Super Shield.
Gigabyte merilis G1-Killer Series ke dalam tiga varian, yaitu G1.Assassin, G1.Sniper, dan G1.Guerilla. Perbedaan di antara ketiga varian tersebut terletak pada feature yang dimilikinya. G1.Assassin merupakan varian dengan feature paling lengkap. Pada kesempatan kali ini, kami akan me-review Gigabyte G1.Assassin. Apa saja feature yang diusung motherboard ini dan bagaimana kinerjanya? Simak pembahasannya berikut ini.
Chipset Intel X58
Inilah blok diagram sistem yang menggunakan chipset northbridge Intel X58 dan chipset southbridge Intel ICH10R. Chipset Intel X58 menyediakan jalur PCI Express 2.0 hingga 36 buah. Jalur ini dapat dibagi sehingga memungkinkan konfigurasi multi-graphics card Crossfire dan SLI. Sedangkan chipset ICH10R bertugas menyediakan dan mengatur perangkat I/O, seperti SATA II, USB 2.0, dan lainnya.
Spesifikasi
| Processor Support | Intel Core i7 series in the LGA1366 package |
| QPI | 4.8GT/s, 6.4GT/s |
| Chipset | North Bridge: Intel X58 Express |
| South Bridge: Intel ICH10R | |
| Memory | 6x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 24 Gb system memory |
| Dual/3 channel memory architecture | |
| Support for DDR3 2200/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules | |
| Support for non-ECC memory modules | |
| Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules | |
| Expansion Slots | 2x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (running @x16 speed) |
| 2x PCI Express x16 slots (running @x8 speed) | |
| 2x PCI Express x1 slots | |
| 1x PCI slots | |
| Support for 4/3/2-Way ATI CrossFireX and 3/2-Way NVIDIA SLI Technology | |
| Storage | South Bridge : 6 SATA 3Gb/s ports |
| Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 | |
| Marvell 88SE9182 : 2 SATA 6 Gb/s ports | |
| Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 | |
| LAN | 1x Bigfoot Killer E2100 chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) |
| Audio | Creative CA20K2 chip (2/4/5.1/7.1-channel ) |
| Support for Dolby® Digital Live/DTS Neo:PC/DTS Interactive | |
| Support for S/PDIF Out | |
| USB | South Bridge : Up to 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers) |
| Renesas (NEC) D720200 chip and 2 x VLI VL810 hubs: Up to 8 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (4 on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers) *The USB 2.0 signals of the USB 3.0/2.0 ports are from the South Bridge. | |
| Internal I/O Connectors | 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector |
| 2 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors | |
| 2 x 4-pin PCIe 12V power connectors | |
| 2 x SATA 6 Gb/s connectors | |
| 6 x SATA 3 Gb/s connectors | |
| 1 x CPU fan header | |
| 1 x system fan header | |
| 3 x fan headers | |
| 1 x front panel header | |
| 1 x front panel audio header | |
| 1 x S/PDIF Out header | |
| 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers | |
| 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 headers | |
| 1 x clearing CMOS jumper | |
| 1 x Quick Boost button header | |
| 1 x heatsink LED power connector | |
| I/O Controller | iTE IT8720 chip |
| H/W Monitoring | System voltage detection |
| CPU/System temperature detection | |
| CPU/System fan speed detection | |
| CPU overheating warning | |
| CPU/System fan fail warning | |
| CPU/System fan speed control | |
| BIOS | 2x 16 Mbit flash |
| Use of licensed AWARD BIOS | |
| Support for DualBIOS™ | |
| PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b | |
| Form Factor | XL-ATX Form Factor; 34.5cm x 26.3cm |
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