GIGABYTE has come to market with a great execution of concept that is shrouded by me-too branding. The Ultra Durable BLACK EDITION motherboards are tested to work before you purchase, and not only that, these motherboards are load tested to work for a full week before you ever open the box.

The G1 GAMING series has been around in some form for awhile now. Previously the G1 Gaming series had distinguished itself in a world of red and black, blacked out, and even black and gold color schemes with a green and black color scheme often clad in a ridiculous "gun motif" or ammunition styled heat sinks. We?ve seen stuff like that from MSI and others, but GIGABYTE actually did it best. Love it or hate it, GIGABYTE had a personality of its own in the G1 series.

Today things have changed. GIGABYTE now emulates the ASUS? Republic of Gamers motherboards with a black and red color scheme and even an eyeball logo that looks like a straight knock off of one of ASUS? motherboards. To go a bit further, GIGABYTE has adopted the "Black Edition" brand. While ASUS reserved the Black Edition moniker for only its very best motherboards (using the name only twice so far) GIGABYTE will seemingly apply the name to several motherboards as there are currently at least three of these so far according to the GIGABYTE website.