Gigabyte G1 Sniper A88X Motherboard Review

Overall we are impressed with what the Gigabyte G1 Sniper A88X brings to the table. It is designed to cater to the enthusiast audience who want a high-performance gaming motherboard supporting the latest AMD APU's.

The green and black colour scheme of the G1 Sniper A88X is very distinctive and is sure to appeal to gamers – we love the recent Gigabyte motherboard colour schemes.  There are plenty of other green components available on the market so it will be easy to build a colour co-ordinated system.

When it comes to overclocking, the G1 Sniper A88X is very competent.  It was able to achieve a 4.6 GHz overclock without much effort, and we are sure that it is capable of more if you can fit a high end cooler. It is worth bearing in mind that many people buying an A88X system want something compact and affordable for a general purpose build, so spending £60 on a high level cooler may seem somewhat pointless.

At a price of £90 from Overclockers UK, we feel that this motherboard is fairly well priced considering it's sophisticated feature set.  We imagine that it will come down in price over the coming months as it's only just been released, which will make it very good value indeed!

Pros:

• Green and black colour scheme.
• Good overclocking performance.
• Decent value for money.

Cons:

• Needs an expensive cooler to make the most out of the overclocking abilities.

KitGuru says: Another impressive motherboard from Gigabyte which offers good value for money.

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