Review-Gigabyte G1.Assassin: High-end Gaming in “Military” Style, Part 1 (Features)

Usually, the Renesas (NEC) D720200 supports only two USB 3.0 ports. However, by employing two VLI VL810 hub chips, the G1.Assassin expands that capacity to eight USB 3.0 ports. Four of which are located on the backpanel while the rest can be made available using a USB 3.0 bracket.

The “Quick Boost” feature can be activated once you connect the cable from the “Front Access Control Panel” to this white header as seen in the above picture.

On the right edge of the motherboard, there are six SATA II ports, two SATA III ports, one fan header, and the BIOS (CMOS) battery.

The SATA III functionality is entrusted to a Marvell 88SE9182 chip.

Two BIOS chips are situated between two expansion slots and the southbridge heatsink. G1.Assassin’s BIOS readily supports hard drive capacity of 3 TB and above.

Six memory slots can contain up to 24 GB of DDR3 memory. Right next to them, there is the 24-pin ATX connector that supplies power to the motherboard.

The “Freq LEDs” here light up according to CPU frequency settings. Higher overclock will light up more LEDs in this section. There are other LED locations on the G1.Assassin as well; each corresponds to a specific parameter, such as the CPU temperature shown by the line of LEDs placed nearest to the CPU socket, for example.

The LGA 1366 processor socket is surrounded by 16 power phases that feed power to the CPU.