WEBVTT 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:07.600 so I have a bu request unboxing for you today this is the assus Republic of 00:00:05.560 --> 00:00:11.440 Gamers branded board so you know it's going to be feature Rich and have good 00:00:09.040 --> 00:00:16.160 accessories and this is the Crosshair 3 formula this is a motherboard it is 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 00:00:20.199 --> 00:00:27.840 and it has Crossfire X support so the first thing you will notice about the 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:29.199 Crosshair 3 is that it has a window nah 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 00:00:32.040 --> 00:00:37.719 store shelf before you buy they've done a quick overview of the features that 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 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 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:49.440 theory it should be able to post with pretty much any memory which will allow 00:00:47.680 --> 00:00:53.160 you to get into the BIOS configure the optimal settings and then get the 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:55.600 computer running you've got CPU level up which is a simple click for instant 00:00:54.520 --> 00:01:00.600 upgrade basically a software overclocking utility Supreme FX with xfi 00:00:58.760 --> 00:01:05.519 software that's pretty cool so they've updated their Supreme effects uh little 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:11.560 daughterboard sound card to xfi then you've got a bundled copy of 3D mar6 and 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:16.240 kasperski Antivirus and then oh yeah we've also got start and 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 00:01:18.119 --> 00:01:25.079 board it's a great feature on the back it reiterates pretty much the same thing 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 00:01:28.119 --> 00:01:34.200 is arguably the highest end am3 board 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:39.119 out there right now so accessory package first as per my usual Arrangement you've 00:01:36.960 --> 00:01:44.840 got a nice black box here containing all of your accessories so first of all 00:01:41.320 --> 00:01:47.000 you've got an IDE cable all right then 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 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:57.000 five and then you've got a USB and fire 00:01:53.479 --> 00:02:00.399 wire PCI back plate then you have the 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:02.200 LCD poster now I the LCD post has been 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 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:11.520 anything more useful than inform you with a CPU init error that your board 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 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 00:02:16.599 --> 00:02:24.720 different kinds of digital audio out with the Supreme FX listen with absolute 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:28.720 HD xfi supports up to eax 4.0 this is a 00:02:24.720 --> 00:02:30.360 PCI Express 1.0 card okay sorry PCI 00:02:28.720 --> 00:02:34.280 Express 1X card next we have some zip ties for cable 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:38.200 management then we have their Q connector technology I mean most cases 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 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:49.599 nice to have then you've got an IO Shield okay and then the Crosshair 3 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:51.840 formula users guide as well as a drivers 00:02:49.599 --> 00:02:58.080 DVD don't use this download the latest drivers off the manufacturer website as 00:02:54.480 --> 00:03:00.239 per my usual advice all right next let's 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:06.080 get to the board itself so so it comes in its nicely little 00:03:02.799 --> 00:03:08.680 windowed casing here let's get the top 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 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 00:03:15.920 --> 00:03:22.280 first thing let's do the general layout so you've got your power connectors in 00:03:19.920 --> 00:03:26.440 their usual desirable places with the 24 pin along the right hand Edge and the 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 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 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:39.080 design or your whatever 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 00:03:36.640 --> 00:03:43.319 9 10 phase power design right here as well as your mosfet Cooling and your 00:03:41.319 --> 00:03:50.720 North Bridge and South Bridge cooling then you've got your am3 socket so this 00:03:45.760 --> 00:03:54.120 supports am3 DDR3 chips only at well at 00:03:50.720 --> 00:03:56.000 this time only DDR3 chips because all of 00:03:54.120 --> 00:04:01.280 the dim slots on the motherboard are DDR3 dual Channel DDR3 compatible down 00:03:59.200 --> 00:04:07.239 at the bottom you've got three PCI Express 1X ports one PCI port and then 00:04:04.640 --> 00:04:12.920 two PCI Express 16x ports these operate at full 60 next and they are compatible 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:14.560 with Crossfire but not with SLI in terms 00:04:12.920 --> 00:04:17.600 of your oh yeah yeah yeah here let's have a look at these onboard power 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:21.560 buttons so there's your start there's your reset here's your memo okay button 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 00:04:22.919 --> 00:04:29.759 actually have a button for that internally but more on that later and 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 00:04:31.960 --> 00:04:39.199 additional non- angled SATA port now let's have a quick look at the back IO 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 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 00:04:46.400 --> 00:04:52.120 reason for it you've got one PS2 keyboard port and then you've got a 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:55.919 clear seos button bag here honestly this is my favorite place in the world for a 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 00:04:57.960 --> 00:05:03.240 EA fire wire and 1 GB Ethernet port so 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:09.080 thank you for checking out my unboxing of the ASUS Republic of Gamers Crosshair 00:05:05.520 --> 00:05:09.080 3 formula