1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:06,319 all right so today I've got another h55 board this one is from ASUS and the 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:10,759 first thing that you can tell about it is that design matters this is a 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:15,639 replacement logo for the one that they have on their uh whatever it is Extreme 4 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:19,119 something or other that includes USB 3.0 whatever it's a similar looking logo and 5 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:24,680 basically what they're saying is that engineering is important which it is from other boards because if it's not 6 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:30,599 engineered well it won't work very well okay so this board also includes HDMI 7 00:00:26,599 --> 00:00:33,200 DVI GPU boost DDR3 2133 support that's 8 00:00:30,599 --> 00:00:39,480 pretty cool for like an microatx entry level board and turbo V it is Windows 7 9 00:00:35,719 --> 00:00:41,960 ready it supports LGA 1156 socket CPUs 10 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:48,559 and that includes core i7 Core i5 and core I3 so there we go that pretty much 11 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:52,879 covers that here they've got a quick oh oh actually this is kind of neat okay so 12 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:56,120 instant igpu level Bo level up so they take the integrated GPU in real time and 13 00:00:54,840 --> 00:01:01,480 boost it for the best graphics performance so if you actually care about the graphics performance of your 14 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:05,720 onboard CPU on the core I3 or core i5 dual core then this is how you will be 15 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:10,920 able to take advantage of it it also has a turbo key which allows for easy it's 16 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:14,000 an overclocking button okay all right okay well why don't we get this thing 17 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:18,040 open and we'll have a have a quick look at it so this is a pro board so it's not 18 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:21,600 one of their most basic uhoh I'm losing accessories here you know what give me 19 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:26,640 just like two seconds I'm going to go ahead and adjust my camera down so you 20 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:30,520 can see what I'm doing here you know what I might even use the zoom today 21 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:35,920 check that out so you will be able to see even better wow how about that okay 22 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:40,799 then I have accessories so inside we will find two SATA cables one straight 23 00:01:38,399 --> 00:01:45,759 and one right angle then we will find one IDE cable now seriously personally I 24 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:49,320 would rather see another couple SATA cables because how many people are 25 00:01:47,439 --> 00:01:54,439 really using IDE drives with a new build these days all right then we got an IO 26 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:57,240 Shield then we have a users guide which 27 00:01:54,439 --> 00:02:01,799 also includes a DVD that has all your drivers and whatnot don't use any of 28 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:05,079 this download the latest office.com and you will be able to have a much better 29 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:08,759 experience out of the box with the latest drivers all right and then we 30 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:12,879 have the board itself in ASUS's eco-friendly allp paper packaging 31 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:17,120 there's no foam there's very little plastic actually so I'm going to go 32 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:23,840 ahead and no wrong way wrong way it's hard to operate a camera from like the 33 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:26,480 front of it it's uh not ideal all right 34 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:31,560 so I don't see any mention whatsoever on this board for Crossfire support to be 35 00:02:29,319 --> 00:02:35,000 perfectly honest but I haven't actually checked to see if it does support it so 36 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:38,480 hopefully I'll figure it out at some point and make an annotation but let's 37 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:43,640 have a look at the general layout of the board so first of all you've got two PCI 38 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:48,560 slots one PCI Express 16 slot and one PCI E1 slot this is kind of my ideal 39 00:02:46,159 --> 00:02:53,280 configuration for a Micro ATX board these days because really if you're 40 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,800 going to be using a single slot GPU even 41 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:59,720 if yeah even if you're using a single slot GPU you're going to want to leave the next slot open so it has some room 42 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:04,080 to breathe so this way you can use a pie PCI Express and a PCI and then you can 43 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:11,760 also use a video card in it if you want you've got a few USB 3 excuse me u3 USB 44 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:16,440 2.0 headers all right then you've got six SATA ports which is I I love that I 45 00:03:14,239 --> 00:03:20,200 love how so how so many lower-end boards these days are coming with more SATA 46 00:03:18,159 --> 00:03:24,120 ports you can also see that even though this looks like kind of a random layout 47 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:28,840 for them it's not random at all because here's your PCI Express Graphics slot 48 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:33,000 and here is the space that would be taken up by a dual slot GPU so they've 49 00:03:31,319 --> 00:03:36,920 got it positioned so you can conveniently make use of these even if 50 00:03:34,799 --> 00:03:41,280 you have a long graphics card installed you got an IDE port on the side here and 51 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:45,640 then you have your 24 pin power located in its ideal location along the right 52 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:48,760 hand Edge they've got their wow I can't believe they didn't call this out on the 53 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:53,319 box because I've seen it on every other box that has this they have their um 54 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:57,519 easy one-sided RAM install I don't I don't 55 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:01,599 remember what this is called but basically there's only a clip on the one 56 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:05,480 side the other side this side doesn't actually have Clips so you see they're 57 00:04:03,439 --> 00:04:10,159 they're shaped kind of different so all you have to do is you you put the the 58 00:04:07,519 --> 00:04:13,920 RAM module in this one and then you open up the clip put it in and then clip it 59 00:04:12,319 --> 00:04:19,239 in on the one side so it's kind of different that way all right uh then 60 00:04:16,359 --> 00:04:24,880 you've got your LGA 1156 socket which supports core I 3s Core i 5S and core I 61 00:04:21,479 --> 00:04:26,960 7s now this is an h55 board so that 62 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:32,919 means you've got Onboard video including HDMI DVI and VGA but the bad news is 63 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:37,199 that the Onboard video is not on the motherboard it's not actually in the 64 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:43,800 chipset it's in the CPU so if you put in a CPU that doesn't have Onboard video 65 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:48,600 then it won't work so you have to use a core I3 dual core or a core i5 dual core 66 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:54,199 in order to take advantage of the Onboard video just something you ought to be aware of all right so then we've 67 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:59,000 got an eight pin power connector which is quite surprising to see on like like 68 00:04:56,280 --> 00:05:02,960 I said sort of a it's kind of a hybrid like it's either either value or it's 69 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:07,639 highend it's kind of both okay they've got their cool Fortress of Solitude 70 00:05:05,199 --> 00:05:11,560 style of mosfet cooling here I really like this I can't even I can't even 71 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:14,240 explain why and then on the back panel let's have a quick look here I mean I 72 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:19,680 know I kind of showed it to you but let's have a better look so you got a PS2 Port looks like it's keyboard only 73 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:24,039 but it might work with a mouse I have no idea normally those ones are colorcoded 74 00:05:21,639 --> 00:05:29,160 green and purple then you've got six USB ports these are all USB 2.0 you've got 75 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:33,720 HDMI like I said won't work without the onard board GPU then you've got optical 76 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:37,800 audio out you got a couple more GPU outputs again they don't work without an 77 00:05:35,479 --> 00:05:43,840 onboard GPU you've got gigabit Ethernet and 7.1 audio so thank you for checking 78 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:47,759 out my quick unboxing of the ASUS p7 79 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:47,759 h55m Pro