WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:09.519 ah the last member of the G1 series for me to unbox 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:12.759 this is the G1 gorilla so we've already 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:15.839 done the Assassin and the sniper this is 00:00:12.759 --> 00:00:17.520 the most value oriented of the G1 series 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:22.080 boards although they're not really value boards these are performance gaming 00:00:19.240 --> 00:00:27.240 boards but this is the least expensive of the lot of them and let's get started 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:33.840 it comes with a three-year warranty in the US and Canada it supports Intel core 00:00:30.199 --> 00:00:39.160 i7 processors on LGA 1366 so that is 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:42.520 920s 930s 940s 950s 960s 970s 980 Xs and 00:00:39.160 --> 00:00:44.760 990 XS yes that includes extreme Edition 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:51.840 okay it has the Intel x58 chipset it includes an X5 built-on sound card as 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:54.440 well as a killer e2100 gaming networking 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:58.960 card so those are pretty good values considering the fact that you do not 00:00:56.359 --> 00:01:04.479 have to now buy an add in network card or in theory an addin sound card because 00:01:01.559 --> 00:01:08.920 the add-in sound card not only has an X5 processor but also a built-in front 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:14.119 audio headphone amp which is pretty sweet as well as high-end audio 00:01:11.720 --> 00:01:20.640 capacitor so this is pretty important because I've always been a huge advocate 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:22.600 of better onboard features such as say 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:26.759 for example sound and networking and it's good to see somebody moving in that 00:01:24.920 --> 00:01:31.159 direction all right so we got the Bigfoot networks uh killer game 00:01:29.360 --> 00:01:36.560 networking platform we have a front access control panel let's see SATA 3 6 00:01:33.960 --> 00:01:39.759 GB per second USB 3 locked and loaded heat pipe design which will'll have a 00:01:37.880 --> 00:01:43.840 closer look at later five smart F connectors which can be easily 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:49.560 controlled with the easytune 6 software it includes Ultra durable 3 maximum CPU 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:55.840 power and oh there we go dual BIOS with 3 plus terabyte hard drive 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:58.280 support a super site what's a super 00:01:55.840 --> 00:02:02.439 sight with multiple GPU uh delivers maximum FPS allowing gamers to see more 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:06.439 clearly aim faster and move more quickly okay oh okay basically they're just 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:11.690 saying it has support for up to three-way SLI and three-way Crossfire X 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:13.120 that's what they mean by super 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:18.280 sight all right so when we open up the box we find some 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:27.160 digicam then put the box there so it can 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:31.480 pose there and look sweet and then we'll 00:02:27.160 --> 00:02:33.239 pull out the G1 gorilla 00:02:31.480 --> 00:02:37.959 itself okay see after all this I was expecting 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:42.319 an AP themed board n I'm just kidding that's a 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:46.959 different kind of gorilla okay here we go so we got a poster first thing this 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:53.080 poster would look pretty sweet on my wall it's got a skull and some weaponize 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:56.640 yourself stuff and on the back there's a target of a guy it's already 00:02:55.000 --> 00:03:00.599 conveniently got bullet holes in it so you won't have to bother shooting at the 00:02:58.519 --> 00:03:04.799 Target next we have some 00:03:01.920 --> 00:03:08.799 stickers G1 killer Bullet Hole stickers bullet stickers some more G1 killer 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:14.879 stickers more bullets and more bullet holes all right we've got that 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:16.840 convenient USB 3.0 front panel uh 3 and 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:21.159 1/2 in guy that connects to an internal USB 3 header since most cases these days 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:26.599 still don't have front USB 3 via a header that's an awesome feature here 00:03:23.640 --> 00:03:32.480 we've got a three-way SLI Bridge we have a two-way SLI 00:03:28.480 --> 00:03:36.959 Bridge as as well as uh four stated 00:03:32.480 --> 00:03:39.280 cables two straight and two right 00:03:36.959 --> 00:03:43.640 angle go ahead and put that there we also have a users manual with a drivers 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:47.439 and utilities DVD download the latest off the Gigabyte website rather than 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:52.640 using that we have a multilingual installation guide book as well as an IO 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:56.560 Shield that looks pretty cool because it says G1 killer on the back it's not 00:03:54.799 --> 00:04:00.879 colorcoded but it's black so it looks better so you know you got to make your 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:05.439 you got make a judgement call there do you prefer a good looking back panel or 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:08.840 do you prefer a labeled one it all comes down to whether you can find out where 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:12.760 things plug into without the color coding or whether looks are important to 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:18.040 you and all that stuff personally I prefer the black one just because I have 00:04:14.959 --> 00:04:20.120 no problem finding my USB ports um I 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:25.639 know what they look like and since the USB 3.0 On's are colorcoded blue inside 00:04:23.320 --> 00:04:31.440 the connector anyway that's not a big deal either so let's go ahead poose the 00:04:28.400 --> 00:04:35.320 box here and and let's have a look at 00:04:31.440 --> 00:04:37.000 the G1 gorilla itself so one of the 00:04:35.320 --> 00:04:40.840 first things I noticed about this board versus its bigger Brothers is that it 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:46.560 doesn't have as many power phases so this is only looks like an 8 plus2 phase 00:04:42.960 --> 00:04:48.240 power design for the 1366 socket it's 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:53.080 still a sweet looking board and it has a very similar looking cooling um system 00:04:51.440 --> 00:04:58.560 so why don't we do yeah let's do cooling first so you got your barrel of a pistol 00:04:55.720 --> 00:05:03.120 thing going on here then you've got uh all of these LEDs light up and look cool 00:05:01.080 --> 00:05:07.240 and this says gaming motherboard on it so this looks really good and then 00:05:04.440 --> 00:05:11.400 you've got your magazine right here with a bullet sticking out of it as well as a 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:15.680 helpful warning not a weapon cannot be assembled 00:05:14.039 --> 00:05:19.960 as a firearm so please be aware of that you may not recycle this board once it's 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:23.400 you know old and slow and make a gun out of it it doesn't work that way all right 00:05:21.639 --> 00:05:28.600 at the top left we've got an 8 Pin power connector moving over we've got our CPU 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:33.280 fan connector we've got six DDR3 slots supporting triple Channel 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:38.240 DDR3 our 24 pin power connectors in its ideal location along the right hand edge 00:05:35.080 --> 00:05:40.639 of the board moving down some more we've 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:46.000 got our SATA connectors so there are six SATA 2 3 gbit per second connectors and 00:05:42.960 --> 00:05:48.039 two SATA 3 6 GB per second connectors 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:50.680 here is our Southbridge heat sink which we've already looked at there's our 00:05:49.039 --> 00:05:56.919 North Bridge heat sink mosfet heat sink I don't think I ever said what they were cooling before front panel connectors 00:05:54.199 --> 00:06:02.759 are here we've also got three front USB headers we've got one front USB spe 3.0 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:07.280 header another fan we've got our front audio connector in its ideal location 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:12.360 along the bottom left not here where we used to often find them on Gigabyte 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:15.360 motherboards our PCI slot layout is 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:17.599 fairly ideal looking let me have a look 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:23.440 at what these are okay so it looks like what we got here is 16x 16x 8X now the 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:27.039 way I would probably use this board if I was to use it in my personal system is 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:30.240 I'd throw one of my cards in here I'd throw my other one in here taking that 00:06:28.599 --> 00:06:34.639 bandwidth hit because actually doesn't affect performance and that would leave 00:06:32.080 --> 00:06:38.880 me with a 16x slot and a 1x slot for any additional expansion cards this is a 00:06:36.479 --> 00:06:43.560 standard siiz motherboard although it's a touch wider than standard ATX it 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:48.840 should fit in most standard ATX cases but it doesn't have any additional 00:06:44.880 --> 00:06:52.520 length like the XL ATX G1 assassin does 00:06:48.840 --> 00:06:54.520 here is our builtin uh creative sound 00:06:52.520 --> 00:06:58.599 card so you can see here it's actually isolated where on the PCB all of those 00:06:57.039 --> 00:07:02.479 components are located so that's where you're going to have get better sound 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:06.240 quality from we've got uh also the headphone amplifier is built into that 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:10.720 particular part of the board here is our killer e2100 with its dedicated cash so 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:14.960 that's going to take care of the Ethernet capabilities of this 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:19.800 motherboard here on the back we will find two PS2 ports one for the keyboard 00:07:17.280 --> 00:07:24.280 one for the mouse optical audio as well as coaxial audio out an OC button which 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:31.199 as you may or may not be able to figure out based on the name of it will OC your 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:33.919 board that is overclock your board 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:40.919 all right we've got wow looks like two USB eSATA combo ports I love those those 00:07:36.919 --> 00:07:44.319 are awesome we've got um four more just 00:07:40.919 --> 00:07:47.840 plain USB 2 ports two USB 3 ports this 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:50.159 is a great mix actually of USB to e sat 00:07:47.840 --> 00:07:55.280 ports fantastic because you can do lots of external devices you can do lots of 00:07:53.080 --> 00:08:02.680 usb2 all that good stuff we' got a gigb Ethernet as well as 7.1 audio and uh 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:08.120 nothing much to say about the back of the board except that it has a matte 00:08:04.520 --> 00:08:09.800 black PCB which every single motherboard 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:15.960 in the world should have because it looks great just want to give Gigabyte kudos 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:20.280 for this they've done such a good job of improving the overall look and feel of 00:08:18.840 --> 00:08:26.560 their boards versus their last generation stuff I mean I bought an uh 00:08:23.080 --> 00:08:29.000 ex58 extreme back when it first launched 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:33.519 so this was their first x58 high-end board and I actually ended up getting 00:08:31.479 --> 00:08:36.240 rid of it to change out for something that had a very similar color scheme to 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:42.440 this even though I knew it was an inferior board it was a DFI uh t388 or 00:08:40.519 --> 00:08:45.200 something along those lines so uh yeah if IID had one of these I definitely 00:08:43.839 --> 00:08:48.399 would have just kept it thanks for checking out this unboxing of the G1 00:08:46.880 --> 00:08:53.160 gorilla don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech tips for more unboxings 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:54.839 reviews and other computer videos and 00:08:53.160 --> 00:09:00.240 never look directly down the barrel of a gun it's a really bad idea fortunately 00:08:57.200 --> 00:09:04.680 this isn't a gun it's just a heat 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:04.680 sink so just relax