April 20 2011 review by lanoc

The G1 Assassin stands out in the crowd, the cooling system design puts the entire G1 Killer series of mainboards into a class of their own, just like the ASUS ROG series. With a price of over 500 dollars it's pretty expensive. If we are ever going to see AMD and Sandy Bridge versions of the G1 remains to be seen.

Benchmarks:

3D Mark 2011, 3D Mark Vantage, Battlefield : Bad Company 2, Cal of Duty Black Ops, DiRT 2, Game Ping Testing, Mafia II, Metro 2033, PC mark vantage.

Compared To:

Sapphire Pure Black X58, Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5

Test Setup:

• HDD : Seagate Constellation 2 Terabyte
• Memory : Patriot Sector 7 DDR3
• Power Supply : Sparkle Gold Class 750 Watt
• Processor : Intel i7 930
• Video Card : Sapphire Radeon HD6970 BF:BC2 Edition
• Water Cooling : Corsair H50

Overclocking:

Not tested by the reviewer.