There are three PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots lending 3-way SLI and CrossFireX support, the usual two-port USB 3.0 + SATA 6 Gb/s duet, but a handful of interesting gamer-specific devices, such as the Killer 2100 hardware NIC, an HD audio CODEC that uses X-Fi MB software but high-grade electrolytic capacitors. The CPU is powered by an 8+2 phase VRM, wired to six DDR3 DIMM slots for triple-channel memory the northbridge heatsink looks like a modular rifle barrel, and the southbridge heatsink like a 5.56 mm magazine. This seems to be the case with the G1.Guerrilla, which goes close to looking like an NVIDIA desktop board. To quickly run you through its styling, 'Guerrilla' strikes a chord with a very 'jungle warfare' color-scheme, which is black+green. The socket LGA1366 motherboard by Gigabyte is based on the Intel X58 + ICH10R chipset, and is given the brand name G1.Guerrilla. Gigabyte's elusive LGA1366 motherboard part of the company's G1-Killer series of motherboards targeting gamers has finally seen the lens. The Assassin is also expected to have overclocking capabilities on par with the X58A-UD7/UD9 leviathans. A rich array of electrolytic capacitors gives the audio a more natural tone. The audio processor has its own 64 MB of memory, and the Killer NIC reportedly having 1 GB of DDR2 dedicated memory. While Guerrilla merely uses an HD audio CODEC backed by X-Fi MB software, Assassin uses an actual CA20K2 processor that can perform hardware mixing over OpenAL in Windows 7 and Vista. Like the Guerrilla, it features Bigfoot Killer 2100 hardware NIC. USB 3.0 and SATA 6 Gb/s are standard features here, too. The four PCI-Express x16 slots are connected directly to the X58 northbridge, apart from one PCI-E x1 and a PCI. It features the same 16-phase CPU VRM configuration found on the X58A-UD7 (rev 2.0). Unlike Guerrilla, Assassin is an XL-ATX motherboard, retaining the same green+black color scheme. While the Guerrilla has more in for gamers (and support for up to 3 graphics cards in multi-GPU), the Assassin boasts of a strong CPU VRM, an arsenal of overclocker-friendly features, support for up to four graphics cards in 4-way SLI/CrossFireX, while retaining the gamer-appeal. Also an LGA1366 motherboard based on the Intel X58 + ICH10R chipset, the G1.Assassin ropes overclockers into the equation. The second motherboard part of Gigabyte's G1-Killer series apart from the recently detailed G1.Guerrilla is the G1.Assassin.

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