GIGABYTE GAMING B8: A new generation of sniper lights with more dazzling

[PConline evaluation] Gigabyte's G1.Sniper sniper series has been used for many generations this year. Each generation has been built with the most popular chipsets. Like the previous G6 from the B85 chipset, the B7 was born from the B150. In this generation, the naming has undergone some changes. It has been merged into the GAMING series and the word "G1.Sniper" has been completely invisible. However, the combination of green and black and the word "B8" are still very high. It allows the Beastmaster to recognize the origin of its sniper at a distance.

● Or sniper's green temperament

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In fact, the ancient green sniper is Gigabyte's high-end B-series chipset, many MOD players will use it to form a green water-cooled console with the public version of the NVIDIA graphics card, won the love of Green Tea N powder players.

For example, such beliefs

GAMING South Bridge Heat Sink

3x alloy cured PCIe slot

The motherboard's PCIe slot uses a green color match and adds alloy curing to provide better protection when carrying heavy graphics cards. The distance between the first two PCIe slots is very wide, and the dual card operation cooling effect will be better. Support dual A card CF, the runtime will be × 8 + × 8 mode, the lower PCIe slot can be used Use a PCIe SSD or other expansion device. Between the second and third slots, there is also a 22110 NVMe M.2 SSD with a maximum bandwidth of 32 Gb/s, which can meet the fastest M.2 SSD on the market.

6×SATA 3.0 interface

It can be used with some cost-effective SATA SSDs. Players with larger capacity requirements can also use two or three large-capacity mechanical hard disks.

Backplane I/O interface

The two left-most yellow interfaces are Gigabyte's unique magic tone power supply interface. If you need to connect to a USB-powered speaker, you can use these two ports preferentially. If you do not need this, then you should also have a good mouse. The gold-plated USB interface in the middle housing is equipped with a constant-voltage power supply chip, which provides better support for the power supply of long-term VR devices. The red set is a USB 3.1 A+C interface that is currently popularized. Others are more conventional USB 3.0 and audio and network interfaces.

Motherboard price is 979 yuan to send a 100 yuan cool mother T400i mid-range air-cooled radiator, which is about 879 to start Gigabyte GAMING B8, the price is higher than the ordinary model of the B250, but its design, lighting effect, magic Sound technology and so on are extra points.

And the most direct alignment product is obviously the ASUS ROG B250F, which is also a high-end B250 product. To this level of the product in fact the belief or the value of the decision factor has exceeded the price, perhaps he especially likes green?

●Light effect: Surprise surprise me

CPU power supply module

Power supply chip and covered with two metal cooling fins to assist heat dissipation, using a 3 + 4 phase power supply, which 3 phase power supply for the CPU, 4 phase power supply for the GPU, this combination with a higher TDP i7-7700K may be a bit Difficulty. It will be clear later when it is fully loaded with tests.

DDR4 memory slot

The memory slot also uses alloy curing, and the access ground can effectively remove excess interference current and make the memory more stable.

AMP-UP audio module

Audio module is also very rich in materials, audio chip covers the electromagnetic shield and equipped with an LED audio splitter, Nichicon professional audio capacitors, these high-end materials for audio support are very good.

AORUS series light strips

Gigabyte GAMING Lighting Showcase

In addition to the original green, you can also adjust the lighting color and flashing mode by installing GIGABYTE's Light Effect App. The light strip is a detachable design and can be customized according to your preferences. It was also the first time that Gigabyte AORUS started to play this year.

Intel Gigabit LAN

This is the most common network card chip for high-end motherboards in the past two years. It shows that its technology is mature and its stability is very reliable. It can effectively handle complex network data and ensure that the game is free of delay interference.

Asmedia USB 3.1 master

The ASM2142 USB 3.1 solution supports PCIe 3.0x2 with a maximum bandwidth of 16Gb/s. It supports the fastest USB flash drive on the market.

After dismantling, you can see the ASUS Gigabyte B8's materials are quite good in this price range, at least like LED audio splitters, high-end customizable light strips, USB 3.1 and so on.

Performance measurement: 3+4 phase power supply with 7700K slightly difficult

Main interface

There are a lot of frequency-related settings in the main interface, and overclocking is done here.

Simple system setup

BOOT option

advanced options

Chipset options

Smart Fan option

The fan curve can be comprehensively set according to their preferences and the ability of the radiator.

Save option

Unsurprisingly, the current motherboard manufacturers' BIOS can not play much, perhaps AMD's BIOS can play more options, it is worth we look forward to, and perhaps AMD will learn AMD's gameplay to a certain extent after AMD turns around. .

● benchmark performance test:

By comparing similarly positioned ASUS B250F, the performance of the two are consistent in the silent state, indicating that Gigabyte GAMING B8 can stably play the performance of all the hardware on the motherboard.

Motherboard temperature test:

In the temperature test section, we mainly examined the problems of the CPU power supply of the mainboard. This part of the temperature is the place where the main board generates a large amount of heat, and it is also the key to the stability of the mainboard. We used the Fluke Ti25 thermal imager to test and recorded two data when idle (CPU, video card is empty) and full load (CPU full, video card is empty).

Idle temperature (left), full load temperature (right)

During the test, the evaluation room temperature is about 23°C. The power supply module temperature is 32.8°C when the main board is in standby. After 10 minutes of full load, the temperature of an inductor also rises to 77°C. This is also a disadvantage of the 3+4 phase power supply (3 phase supply CPU, 4-phase supply core display) For a 90W CPU such as i7-7700K, it will be a little pressure slightly. Of course, most players who choose this motherboard are not used with the 7700K, so it is still possible.

●PConline evaluation room summary:

The motherboard price is about 900 or so, and most of the B250s in this price range are GAMING series motherboards with all-embracing and e-sports design elements. Each brand has formed its own unique features. A green light like Gigabyte GAMING B8 is its biggest sign.

In terms of scalability, a USB 3.1 AC interface with an ASM solution with an M.2 SSD interface is also standard on this positioning motherboard. Other features include alloy-cured PCIe slots and DDR4 slots, removable custom LED light strips, and LED south bridge chips, all of which make its GAMING atmosphere even more eye-catching.

In terms of collocation, it is recommended to use i3 and i5 without K. As for why not i7-7700? Of course, because we have to wait for a wave of AMD Ryzen friends, i7 must cut prices!

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