WEBVTT 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:07.640 now this is a motherboard unboxing that I've been pretty excited to do this is 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:10.200 the assus Sabertooth p67 motherboard so 00:00:07.640 --> 00:00:14.519 it's part of their tough series which stands for the Ultimate Force which has 00:00:12.519 --> 00:00:19.800 a very clever little logo that's actually a t and then a u and then an F 00:00:17.720 --> 00:00:24.960 sort of but you you get the point right the Ultimate Force tough tough Series 00:00:22.080 --> 00:00:31.199 has a 5year warrantee so it has guaranteed reliability it also has a 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:36.040 Fring axe on the front of the box so it 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:39.160 is tough and will destroy you okay here 00:00:36.040 --> 00:00:40.760 we have its support for LGA 1155 so that 00:00:39.160 --> 00:00:46.079 means you have full support for all of the Intel Core i7 Core i5 and core I3 00:00:43.680 --> 00:00:52.079 CPUs on this platform it features the p67 chipset which means that the Onboard 00:00:49.399 --> 00:00:56.079 video on your core i7 processor will not be supported by this board but honestly 00:00:54.160 --> 00:01:00.399 who cares this is a performance board you're going to want to put a nice 00:00:57.600 --> 00:01:03.840 dedicated graphics card into it so let's have a look at what ASUS has to say for 00:01:02.120 --> 00:01:07.600 themselves about this board we have thermal armor armor which is total air 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:11.360 flow boosting heat dissipation and we'll show you that once we get it opened up 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:15.600 we have thermal radar real-time heat detection and heat removal so monitors 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:20.439 temps and critical parts of the motherboard in real time automatically adjusting fan speeds to make sure the 00:01:18.520 --> 00:01:25.520 system maintains High stability without overheating we have tough components so 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:31.320 certified by military standard for tough Duty hence the 5-year 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:34.600 warranty Digi Plus vrm so fully digital 00:01:31.320 --> 00:01:37.520 vrm for excellent voltage regulation we 00:01:34.600 --> 00:01:41.720 have a front panel USB support uh compatible with any chassis enjoy faster 00:01:39.399 --> 00:01:46.680 throwbot without relegating cables or devices to the hard-to-reach rear iio so 00:01:44.119 --> 00:01:51.640 that means it has a USB proper pinout header rather than just a cable in that 00:01:49.600 --> 00:01:56.119 goes around to the back of the board EFI BIOS which is awesome because it even 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:59.280 supports the scroll wheel in the graphical interface in the bio so you 00:01:57.960 --> 00:02:04.119 can use a mouse to change all those settings and of the keyboard and it has 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:08.520 a complete USB solution double USB access double convenience okay what does 00:02:05.960 --> 00:02:12.400 that mean fac facilitates strategic accessibility for both the front and 00:02:10.160 --> 00:02:15.160 rear panel okay well we'll see what they mean once we get that opened up let's 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:20.040 have a look at the back of the board where it probably says all of the same 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:23.319 stuff tested server grade reliability so that's something they hadn't mentioned 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:27.160 on the front and now let's get it opened up and have a look at this board this is 00:02:24.599 --> 00:02:31.200 a very unique looking motherboard and you can't really tell through that 00:02:28.640 --> 00:02:35.160 highly reflective surface I suspect so it will still we're still in suspense 00:02:33.480 --> 00:02:38.360 about what this new tough series board looks like let's have a look at the 00:02:36.640 --> 00:02:42.760 included accessories we have a users's guide a utilities and drivers DVD which 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:47.280 you should throw away a powered by ASUS sticker so download the latest off the 00:02:44.680 --> 00:02:53.120 ASUS website we have a 5-year warranty notice that comes with it as well as a 00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:55.920 thermal radar Digi plus vrm user guide 00:02:53.120 --> 00:03:02.720 cool thank you next we have an IO Shield we have two SATA 2 3 GB per 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:04.360 second cables and two SATA 36 GB per 00:03:02.720 --> 00:03:08.879 second cables although please note they are identical other than the white color 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:13.319 coding on the cables they will both work with either speed grade we have four 00:03:11.519 --> 00:03:18.280 mounting screws not sure what those are for guess we'll hopefully find out then 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:23.080 we have an SLI Bridge very tight spacing on the SLI uh compatible slot oh 00:03:20.959 --> 00:03:28.760 actually no that's not that tight uh no that's fine never mind and then we have 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:31.200 their Q connect for the front uh case 00:03:28.760 --> 00:03:36.319 switch LED all that good stuff as well as the front USB too and finally the 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:40.120 board itself so normally when ausa's boards come in one of these paper 00:03:38.239 --> 00:03:44.959 sleeves they actually don't have an antistatic bag on them but the 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:50.560 Sabertooth p67 seems to be a bit of an exception to that rule and here it is so 00:03:48.720 --> 00:03:55.959 that's the thermal sheath that we were talking about before you can see it has 00:03:53.200 --> 00:04:01.120 like a like a plastic covering on it okay that oh okay so that's what these 00:03:58.799 --> 00:04:05.720 screws are for so you can actually you have alternate mounting screws to 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:11.680 actually put a fan over the North Bridge should you so desire so wow this 00:04:08.720 --> 00:04:15.879 actually makes it kind of more difficult for me to point out a lot of the 00:04:13.480 --> 00:04:19.560 features of the board because I well maybe it makes it easier because I can 00:04:17.519 --> 00:04:23.040 only see the things that qualifies as features of the board one thing that 00:04:21.440 --> 00:04:27.120 this design will allow you to do is have a very clean looking interior of your 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:31.800 case because the only Parts you're going to be able to see are the business parts 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:38.280 parts of your board so let's start where we usually start which is the CPU socket 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:42.080 very non-crowded CPU socket 1 2 3 4 5 6 00:04:38.280 --> 00:04:43.720 7 8 9 10 11 okay I'm not sure how many 00:04:42.080 --> 00:04:50.000 phases the power design is okay hold on 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 okay looks like an 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:55.560 8 plus two phase power design on this guy LGA 1155 socket as I mentioned 00:04:52.680 --> 00:05:00.360 before supports all lga1155 boards because you're using the p67 chipset you 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:04.560 have full support for kseries unlocked processors overclocking those things to 00:05:02.440 --> 00:05:10.000 the max up here in the top left we have the 8 Pin CPU power connector and it's 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:12.759 in exactly its correct location we have 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:18.639 our mosfet heat sinks here as well as here using a typical assus tough series 00:05:16.280 --> 00:05:24.280 color scheme so we've got kind of a black um rough looking paint finish as 00:05:22.440 --> 00:05:30.360 well as like a green military rough looking paint finish on both sides we 00:05:26.479 --> 00:05:34.680 have full support for oops uh up to four 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:38.039 sticks of dual Channel DDR3 memory on uh 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:41.160 can I even get this off yeah there we go 00:05:38.039 --> 00:05:43.440 so these are also tough uh tough series 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:48.319 looking uh color schemes here as well ASUS is using their quick install I 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:52.240 forget what The Branding is for it but basically it allows you to slide in the 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:56.560 modules from one side and then clip in with only one side so you don't have to 00:05:54.400 --> 00:06:01.039 clip in both sides at the same time we have the memo K button which allows you 00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:04.960 to post with any memory sticks even if they're not 100% compatible it'll 00:06:02.919 --> 00:06:09.599 default to a very safe setting to allow you to post and then adjust your memory 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:14.479 timings for Optimal Performance we have our 24 pin power connector and its ideal 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:21.560 location along the right hand Edge and here we have a USB 3 header so that will 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:24.240 be for your front panel USB 3 we are 00:06:21.560 --> 00:06:28.599 also going to find uh what is this okay here we go so we have four SATA 2 3 gbit 00:06:27.000 --> 00:06:34.000 per second ports and it looks like we have four SATA 3 6 gbit per second Port 00:06:32.280 --> 00:06:38.000 so two of these are going to be running off of the Intel chipset and two of them 00:06:36.960 --> 00:06:43.919 are going to be running off some thirdparty chipset which I actually can't identify because most of the board 00:06:41.840 --> 00:06:49.479 is covered so here we have our front panel connectors that is your front 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:54.479 power reset LEDs all that good stuff we 00:06:49.479 --> 00:06:56.360 have a set of three front USB 2.0 00:06:54.479 --> 00:07:00.120 headers so that means up to six front USB 2.0 devices we have a front fire 00:06:59.039 --> 00:07:04.560 wire header as well as our front audio header in 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:10.000 terms of the PCI Express expansion we have a pretty good looking layout here 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:13.280 so we have 1 2 three PCIe 1X slots we 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:16.360 have two PCIe 16x slots remember p67 00:07:13.280 --> 00:07:19.840 boards that is all of them are going to 00:07:16.360 --> 00:07:23.120 split these PCI e6x slots into dual PCI 00:07:19.840 --> 00:07:26.240 e8x unless they have an nf200 or similar 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:27.879 chip and then finally One loan PCI slot 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:33.160 so if you're running sort of a mid-range configuration with one graph grac card 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:36.919 then they leave you one two PCI e1x a 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:38.280 PCI E up to 8X and then one PCI slot and 00:07:36.919 --> 00:07:42.319 if you're running dual Graphics so a high-end config they leave you two PCIe 00:07:40.440 --> 00:07:48.560 1X slots since those are the ones that a high-end power user is more likely to 00:07:44.919 --> 00:07:50.400 use here we have a like shroud on the io 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:56.759 C on the io Shield so we have one of those PS2 keyboard mouse combo ports 00:07:52.680 --> 00:08:00.960 which I'm a big fan of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 00:07:56.759 --> 00:08:03.199 USB 2.0 ports optical audio out e oh 00:08:00.960 --> 00:08:11.360 dual eata it looks like yep dual eata and then we've also 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:14.560 got USB 3.0 fire wire gigabit Ethernet 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:17.080 and 7.1 audio out on the back of the 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:22.840 motherboard we find some mounting screws and not a whole lot else and one thing I 00:08:20.919 --> 00:08:29.560 sort of want to figure out here is whether it's possible to 00:08:25.960 --> 00:08:31.879 remove the thermal armor Shield should 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:35.479 you so desire so sorry guys I'm going to take just a minute here on camera and 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:40.880 yes it looks like you can so there's mounting screws on the back for it they 00:08:37.640 --> 00:08:42.560 go here here here here here here here 00:08:40.880 --> 00:08:49.440 basically they're all over the back and it looks like you can quite easily 00:08:44.959 --> 00:08:51.000 remove the thermal armor if you want so 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:55.279 that would be totally up to you because there may be some aspects of the board 00:08:53.080 --> 00:08:58.240 that are more difficult to work with with this thermal armor plate on such as 00:08:57.279 --> 00:09:03.720 the PCIe um 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:07.440 fasten or retention Clips there so I'm going to show you guys what I mean keep 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:13.880 focusing that at the board while I walk over here and go get a graphics card 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:19.120 so uh this is one thing that might be a little bit challenging when you've got a 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:24.640 system completely loaded up it might be a little bit hard to access these these 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:29.600 kinds of mechanism so you know like let's say you got one card you got a 00:09:26.519 --> 00:09:31.640 dual slot card here and then you've got 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:36.760 like uh another dual slot card here so this is like you have this much room in 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:38.440 between to press down on that and pull 00:09:36.760 --> 00:09:41.360 out the card so I'm not sure how challenging that's going to be but 00:09:40.040 --> 00:09:44.920 another thing that might be a bit tricky is if you have a screwdriver with a wide 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:48.079 tip like mine it's probably not going to fit down here to fasten the motherboard 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:53.760 so make sure you have a skinny screwdriver so those are the only considerations that I'd probably uh want 00:09:52.079 --> 00:09:57.880 to be sure of oh another thing is you might want to make sure you have enough 00:09:55.480 --> 00:10:02.880 clearance between the io shield and like a 120 mm fan here in your case uh to 00:10:01.040 --> 00:10:06.560 make sure that you have room for this so those are the only considerations that I 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:10.720 can think of that would really be a concern for the p67 saber 2 thank you 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:14.519 for checking out my unboxing and don't forget to subscribe to lus Tech tips for 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:17.959 more unboxings reviews and other computer videos