"The Controversial Gun Motherboard": Gigabyte G1 Assassin Lga2011 4-Chan Memory Support Rare Motherboards X79 Chipset

erek · Jan 28, 2022

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115226281226?hash=item1ad405850a:g:HccAAOSwXqJh9Czk

wra18th · Jan 28, 2022

That's some crazy shit right there.

erek · Jan 28, 2022

wra18th said:
That's some crazy shit right there.

ig on even multiple levels, not even just the price

"New Zealand customs destroys Gigabyte G1 Assassin 2 mainboard looking for weapon" -- https://www.slashgear.com/new-zeala...ssin-2-mainboard-looking-for-weapon-20393600/

guitarslingerchris · Jan 29, 2022

The G1 Sniper boards have been some of my favorite. My Z77 board was amazing for a long time.

Dan_D · Jan 29, 2022

I reviewed one of these back in the day. I don't remember them being controversial at all at the time. It was more like "WTF was GIGABYTE thinking?" It seemed gimmicky more than anything. It was a great board and didn't need to leverage that kind of nonsense.

erek · Jan 29, 2022

Dan_D said:
I reviewed one of these back in the day. I don't remember them being controversial at all at the time. It was more like "WTF was GIGABYTE thinking?" It seemed gimmicky more than anything. It was a great board and didn't need to leverage that kind of nonsense.

recently controversial, see: https://hardforum.com/threads/the-c...herboards-x79-chipset.2017273/post-1045262856

cpufrost · Jan 29, 2022

Remember this one?

The documentation actually had a disclaimer that the part (magazine and round) was not real and not designed to be inserted into a firearm! LOL

Sicario · Feb 1, 2022

I loved mine except for the boot loop issue it had. I really dig the green and black combo.

Dan_D · Feb 1, 2022

cpufrost said:
Remember this one?

The documentation actually had a disclaimer that the part (magazine and round) was not real and not designed to be inserted into a firearm! LOL

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I remember that one.

My issue with these is that they had some weird issues with some USB keyboards being recognized in the BIOS. I had to keep a USB to PS/2 adapter on hand for a lot of boards but the GIGABYTE offerings were particularly awful about needing them.

Mad[H]atter · Feb 1, 2022

So recently controversial now means that in 2015 New Zealand destroyed one, literally one that was being loaded via aircraft that they didn't investigate further? There's no collectability to be found here, just a mediocre at best x79 board.

Gunner_V · Mar 24, 2022

I don't know what is crazier, the concept or the asking price.

horse · Mar 24, 2022

ehwhild schtuff! never seen any of these before (and I wish I hadn't lol)

Dan_D · Mar 24, 2022

horse said:
ehwhild schtuff! never seen any of these before (and I wish I hadn't lol)

MSI and GIGABYTE both did this. That said, MSI did it better with a more subtle "ammunition" theme.

OFaceSIG · Mar 24, 2022

People used to have imagination and a sense of humor. We're not allowed to have that anymore. *SOMEONE* is crying looking at those images. I assure you.

D-EJ915 · Mar 24, 2022

The big bang ii was a pretty solid board, picked one up a few years ago. That gigabyte one in the OP however is pretty mediocre it doesn't even have 4 pcie slots.

cpufrost · Mar 24, 2022

Dan_D said:
MSI and GIGABYTE both did this. That said, MSI did it better with a more subtle "ammunition" theme.

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Hahaha! That's hilarious!

Sir Beregond · Mar 24, 2022

Wasn't controversial at the time. Kinda gimmicky, but everyone had lots of gimmicky "gamer" themes back then whether it was the XFX door hangers, EVGA posters, etc.

Dan_D · Mar 24, 2022

Sir Beregond said:
Wasn't controversial at the time. Kinda gimmicky, but everyone had lots of gimmicky "gamer" themes back then whether it was the XFX door hangers, EVGA posters, etc.

That was my point earlier. No one ever brought up the Second Amendment or gun control as a result of these motherboards that I ever saw. It was something that was thought to be a gimmick at the time and nothing more. There were all kinds of military themed products back then. The TUF series had some OD green stuff and ASUS managed to get matching RAM, cases and all kinds of things made to compliment the theme. There were even artic camo boards and all kinds of shit. It all felt very cheesy at the time but in retrospect, at least companies took some fucking chances with the aesthetics of their products.

Furious_Styles · Mar 24, 2022

Dan_D said:
That was my point earlier. No one ever brought up the Second Amendment or gun control as a result of these motherboards that I ever saw. It was something that was thought to be a gimmick at the time and nothing more. There were all kinds of military themed products back then. The TUF series had some OD green stuff and ASUS managed to get matching RAM, cases and all kinds of things made to compliment the theme. There were even artic camo boards and all kinds of shit. It all felt very cheesy at the time but in retrospect, at least companies took some fucking chances with the aesthetics of their products.

Yeah the Asus tuf Z170S is a pretty good looking board imo.

MrCaffeineX · Mar 24, 2022

The only chances they are taking now are with how many RGB LEDs they can cram onto the board and how badly they can mess up the RGB controller software.

Sir Beregond · Mar 24, 2022

Dan_D said:
That was my point earlier. No one ever brought up the Second Amendment or gun control as a result of these motherboards that I ever saw. It was something that was thought to be a gimmick at the time and nothing more. There were all kinds of military themed products back then. The TUF series had some OD green stuff and ASUS managed to get matching RAM, cases and all kinds of things made to compliment the theme. There were even artic camo boards and all kinds of shit. It all felt very cheesy at the time but in retrospect, at least companies took some fucking chances with the aesthetics of their products.

Yeah military themes were definitely popular. Corsair I remember also had a case that was military green or desert sand color that opened like an ammo box. I remember the power button looking like a nuke launcher.

randomdean100 · Mar 28, 2022

Sir Beregond said:
Yeah military themes were definitely popular. Corsair I remember also had a case that was military green or desert sand color that opened like an ammo box. I remember the power button looking like a nuke launcher.

The corsair vengeance c70. I still use one due to the disk drive space and stack ability factor it has with a ryzen 3800x build.

sleepeeg3 · Mar 28, 2022

Dan_D said:
MSI and GIGABYTE both did this. That said, MSI did it better with a more subtle "ammunition" theme.

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Never seen the memory on both sides of the socket. That's a killer looking design.
MSI is my go to for boards. They may not always offer the ultimate in overclocking flexibility, but I've had enough dead ASUS boards and unstable Gigabyte boards that I am done with those brands. MSI has been rock solid through 3 boards.

OFaceSIG said:
People used to have imagination and a sense of humor. We're not allowed to have that anymore. *SOMEONE* is crying looking at those images. I assure you.

Not so sure. I'm pretty sure it's just old computer nerds on these forums nowadays.

Dan_D · Mar 28, 2022

sleepeeg3 said:
Never seen the memory on both sides of the socket. That's a killer looking design.

The reason for this is due to it being an HEDT motherboard with quad-channel memory support.

Starfalcon · Mar 28, 2022

Yeah that was part of the reason I got my G1 Sniper 3 mobo for my 3770K build. Ran without a single problem for over 7 years.

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