A reasonably priced and feature-packed motherboard that performs well and shows some intelligent design choices.

We've seen our fair share of powerful mini motherboards recently, and although this little G1.Sniper isn't quite as diminutive as its mini-ITX compatriots, it's still one hell of a strong board.

Motherboards are dull. Decide the specs you need, compare on price and, maybe, take branding and reputation into account, and pull trigger. It's that simple.

AMD's new Piledriver processor uses the new FM2 socket. With their track record of maintaining compatibility across processors and sockets, how does this new mobo marry up?

The mini-ITX form factor has been around for a while, but it wasn't until the Sandy Bridge crowd tipped up that we started to see some lovely-looking, teeny-tiny motherboards worth a damn.

The battle between Asus and Gigabyte has traditionally been a heavyweight contest, though in recent years it's become more of a ritualised beating, as the Asus boards have consistently out-punched Gigabyte at every level.

This is the top Z77 board from Gigabyte, and has pretty much everything a full-spec £260 mobo should.

The Intel H77 chipset is the little brother to the beefier Z77 Ivy Bridge chipset, and when we're talking about the P8H77-I we really do mean little.

When a company like Asus slaps 'Deluxe' moniker on a motherboard you can be fairly confident in it being feature-heavy.

The Republic of Gamers (RoG) has come out firing on the Intel Z77 chipset once again with the Asus RoG Maximus V Formula.

Thunderbolt promises a hell of a lot, but the cost and shortage of compatible devices mean that early adopters might want to tread carefully.

With the usual big brand suspects rolling out motherboards based on Intel's H77 chipset, it's time for something a little different.

Gigabyte's H77M-D3H is one of the first motherboards we've played with to sport the H77 chipset, and so far the cheapest.

Intel's Ivy Bridge chips haven't been a revelation on the desktop, but the first 7 Series chipsets have been a lot more satisfying.

It's Intel's top chipset, so you'd think if anyone could do it justice then it should be the chip-manufacturers themselves.

The P8Z68-V Pro was one of our all-time favourites of the last gen, this P8Z77-V Pro update promises much in the same vein.

Ultimately it's a excellent, bargain Z77 board, offering impressive options for the PC gamer without breaking the bank.

An excellent, well-priced, well laid out board that performs over and above what we would have expected from Gigabyte.

MSI's first Z77 effort doesn't do a lot wrong, but it's not the best showcase of Intel's brand new chipset.

A budget board with a premium chipset. Is that the most effective combination for achieving maximum bang-for-buck? Could be...

Is it a case of incremental updates all along the line, or has MSI done enough to put this X79-based board in another class?

Gigabyte's task is to deliver quality and performance where it matters while not going overboard on the corner cutting.

The launch of yet another Z68 board is puzzling with Intel's new Z77 chipset imminent, but this is all about PCIe 3.0 now.

The latest addition to Sapphire's Pure Black family of mobos, the Pure Black FX990 represents the tippy-top end AMD chipset

Hot on the heels of the top-end AMD chipset, the FX990, is a little Intel lovin' by way of Sapphire's brand new Pure Black X79N.