1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:07,600 so I have a bu request unboxing for you today this is the assus Republic of 2 00:00:05,560 --> 00:00:11,440 Gamers branded board so you know it's going to be feature Rich and have good 3 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:16,160 accessories and this is the Crosshair 3 formula this is a motherboard it is 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:22,960 designed for gamers and it has support for the AMD fenom 2x4 X3 it is 790 FX 5 00:00:20,199 --> 00:00:27,840 and it has Crossfire X support so the first thing you will notice about the 6 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:29,199 Crosshair 3 is that it has a window nah 7 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:34,280 the motherboard doesn't have a window the box has a window window so you can actually check out the board on the 8 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:37,719 store shelf before you buy they've done a quick overview of the features that 9 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:41,960 set this board apart so let's go through that really quickly here you've got memo 10 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:46,239 K which is a solution that allows you to press a button on the board and in 11 00:00:44,079 --> 00:00:49,440 theory it should be able to post with pretty much any memory which will allow 12 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:53,160 you to get into the BIOS configure the optimal settings and then get the 13 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:55,600 computer running you've got CPU level up which is a simple click for instant 14 00:00:54,520 --> 00:01:00,600 upgrade basically a software overclocking utility Supreme FX with xfi 15 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:05,519 software that's pretty cool so they've updated their Supreme effects uh little 16 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:11,560 daughterboard sound card to xfi then you've got a bundled copy of 3D mar6 and 17 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:16,240 kasperski Antivirus and then oh yeah we've also got start and 18 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:20,280 reset buttons on board I always like to see that on any highend or even a lowend 19 00:01:18,119 --> 00:01:25,079 board it's a great feature on the back it reiterates pretty much the same thing 20 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:31,680 and yeah that's it okay so let's get this thing open and dive right into what 21 00:01:28,119 --> 00:01:34,200 is arguably the highest end am3 board 22 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:39,119 out there right now so accessory package first as per my usual Arrangement you've 23 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:44,840 got a nice black box here containing all of your accessories so first of all 24 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:47,000 you've got an IDE cable all right then 25 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:53,479 you've got five sat cables this is kind of an odd number of SATA cables okay 26 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:57,000 five and then you've got a USB and fire 27 00:01:53,479 --> 00:02:00,399 wire PCI back plate then you have the 28 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:02,200 LCD poster now I the LCD post has been 29 00:02:00,399 --> 00:02:06,360 around for a while in their Republic of Gamers line and I've never seen it do 30 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:11,520 anything more useful than inform you with a CPU init error that your board 31 00:02:09,239 --> 00:02:14,680 isn't working but if I didn't already know it wasn't working I wouldn't have 32 00:02:12,879 --> 00:02:18,720 plugged in the LCD poster okay there's your 7.1 audio as well as your two 33 00:02:16,599 --> 00:02:24,720 different kinds of digital audio out with the Supreme FX listen with absolute 34 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:28,720 HD xfi supports up to eax 4.0 this is a 35 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:30,360 PCI Express 1.0 card okay sorry PCI 36 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:34,280 Express 1X card next we have some zip ties for cable 37 00:02:32,319 --> 00:02:38,200 management then we have their Q connector technology I mean most cases 38 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:41,599 come with block connectors these days anyway so it's not a huge deal but it's 39 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:49,599 nice to have then you've got an IO Shield okay and then the Crosshair 3 40 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:51,840 formula users guide as well as a drivers 41 00:02:49,599 --> 00:02:58,080 DVD don't use this download the latest drivers off the manufacturer website as 42 00:02:54,480 --> 00:03:00,239 per my usual advice all right next let's 43 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:06,080 get to the board itself so so it comes in its nicely little 44 00:03:02,799 --> 00:03:08,680 windowed casing here let's get the top 45 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:13,200 plastic cover off and figure out how to get it out of here I think I need to 46 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:18,040 move these aside and then I can lift the board out this way here we go okay so 47 00:03:15,920 --> 00:03:22,280 first thing let's do the general layout so you've got your power connectors in 48 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:26,440 their usual desirable places with the 24 pin along the right hand Edge and the 49 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:30,239 eight pin up at the top left corner of the board you can see the plug right 50 00:03:28,159 --> 00:03:36,640 here for your LCD poster so so be aware of that and then you've got your power 51 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:39,080 design or your whatever 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 52 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:43,319 9 10 phase power design right here as well as your mosfet Cooling and your 53 00:03:41,319 --> 00:03:50,720 North Bridge and South Bridge cooling then you've got your am3 socket so this 54 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:54,120 supports am3 DDR3 chips only at well at 55 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:56,000 this time only DDR3 chips because all of 56 00:03:54,120 --> 00:04:01,280 the dim slots on the motherboard are DDR3 dual Channel DDR3 compatible down 57 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:07,239 at the bottom you've got three PCI Express 1X ports one PCI port and then 58 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:12,920 two PCI Express 16x ports these operate at full 60 next and they are compatible 59 00:04:09,599 --> 00:04:14,560 with Crossfire but not with SLI in terms 60 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:17,600 of your oh yeah yeah yeah here let's have a look at these onboard power 61 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:21,560 buttons so there's your start there's your reset here's your memo okay button 62 00:04:19,919 --> 00:04:24,560 and then clear seos is still done with a jumper on this board so you don't 63 00:04:22,919 --> 00:04:29,759 actually have a button for that internally but more on that later and 64 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:34,800 then here we've got four SATA ports that our right angle and then we have one 65 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:39,199 additional non- angled SATA port now let's have a quick look at the back IO 66 00:04:36,919 --> 00:04:45,039 panel of the board so you've got six USB ports that's very few on a 67 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:48,360 board of this sort of uh a price point but I'm guessing there's some kind of 68 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:52,120 reason for it you've got one PS2 keyboard port and then you've got a 69 00:04:50,199 --> 00:04:55,919 clear seos button bag here honestly this is my favorite place in the world for a 70 00:04:53,840 --> 00:05:01,720 clear seos button it can come in handy and be a total Lifesaver then you've got 71 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:03,240 EA fire wire and 1 GB Ethernet port so 72 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:09,080 thank you for checking out my unboxing of the ASUS Republic of Gamers Crosshair 73 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:09,080 3 formula