WEBVTT 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 00:00:04.880 --> 00:00:10.759 first thing that you can tell about it is that design matters this is a 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:15.639 replacement logo for the one that they have on their uh whatever it is Extreme 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:19.119 something or other that includes USB 3.0 whatever it's a similar looking logo and 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 00:00:22.080 --> 00:00:30.599 engineered well it won't work very well okay so this board also includes HDMI 00:00:26.599 --> 00:00:33.200 DVI GPU boost DDR3 2133 support that's 00:00:30.599 --> 00:00:39.480 pretty cool for like an microatx entry level board and turbo V it is Windows 7 00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:41.960 ready it supports LGA 1156 socket CPUs 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 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 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:56.120 instant igpu level Bo level up so they take the integrated GPU in real time and 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 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 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 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:14.000 an overclocking button okay all right okay well why don't we get this thing 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 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:21.600 one of their most basic uhoh I'm losing accessories here you know what give me 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 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 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 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:40.799 then I have accessories so inside we will find two SATA cables one straight 00:01:38.399 --> 00:01:45.759 and one right angle then we will find one IDE cable now seriously personally I 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:49.320 would rather see another couple SATA cables because how many people are 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 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:57.240 Shield then we have a users guide which 00:01:54.439 --> 00:02:01.799 also includes a DVD that has all your drivers and whatnot don't use any of 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:05.079 this download the latest office.com and you will be able to have a much better 00:02:03.640 --> 00:02:08.759 experience out of the box with the latest drivers all right and then we 00:02:06.880 --> 00:02:12.879 have the board itself in ASUS's eco-friendly allp paper packaging 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:17.120 there's no foam there's very little plastic actually so I'm going to go 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 00:02:18.760 --> 00:02:26.480 front of it it's uh not ideal all right 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:31.560 so I don't see any mention whatsoever on this board for Crossfire support to be 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:35.000 perfectly honest but I haven't actually checked to see if it does support it so 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:38.480 hopefully I'll figure it out at some point and make an annotation but let's 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 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 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:53.280 configuration for a Micro ATX board these days because really if you're 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:54.800 going to be using a single slot GPU even 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 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 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 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 00:03:14.239 --> 00:03:20.200 love how so how so many lower-end boards these days are coming with more SATA 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:24.120 ports you can also see that even though this looks like kind of a random layout 00:03:22.040 --> 00:03:28.840 for them it's not random at all because here's your PCI Express Graphics slot 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 00:03:31.319 --> 00:03:36.920 got it positioned so you can conveniently make use of these even if 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 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:45.640 then you have your 24 pin power located in its ideal location along the right 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 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 00:03:52.200 --> 00:03:57.519 easy one-sided RAM install I don't I don't 00:03:56.360 --> 00:04:01.599 remember what this is called but basically there's only a clip on the one 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:05.480 side the other side this side doesn't actually have Clips so you see they're 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 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 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 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 00:04:21.479 --> 00:04:26.960 7s now this is an h55 board so that 00:04:24.880 --> 00:04:32.919 means you've got Onboard video including HDMI DVI and VGA but the bad news is 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:37.199 that the Onboard video is not on the motherboard it's not actually in the 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 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 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 00:04:52.400 --> 00:04:59.000 got an eight pin power connector which is quite surprising to see on like like 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 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:07.639 highend it's kind of both okay they've got their cool Fortress of Solitude 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 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 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 00:05:17.840 --> 00:05:24.039 but it might work with a mouse I have no idea normally those ones are colorcoded 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 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 00:05:31.720 --> 00:05:37.800 audio out you got a couple more GPU outputs again they don't work without an 00:05:35.479 --> 00:05:43.840 onboard GPU you've got gigabit Ethernet and 7.1 audio so thank you for checking 00:05:39.960 --> 00:05:47.759 out my quick unboxing of the ASUS p7 00:05:43.840 --> 00:05:47.759 h55m Pro