WEBVTT 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:07.839 welcome to another lonus tech tips unboxing this is going to be for 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:10.880 gigabytes highest end p67 series board 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:13.719 this is the p67a ud7 we have full 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:19.119 support for Intel's latest core I3 i5 and i7 processors on the LGA 1155 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:23.160 platform although if you're putting an I3 on this thing shame on you um so the 00:00:22.080 --> 00:00:29.560 first thing we're going to find out about this board is that it has a three-year warranty okay and it delivers 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:33.399 maximum CPU power so why don't we go ahead and open up the front of the box 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:40.480 and find out what exactly Gigabyte means by that well they have equipped this 00:00:35.480 --> 00:00:43.680 motherboard with a 24 phas power design 00:00:40.480 --> 00:00:45.680 because on the p67 platform most of the 00:00:43.680 --> 00:00:48.960 overclocking Intrigue has been removed from the motherboard side because we're 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:53.399 pretty much just overclocking using the CPU multiplier the most important thing 00:00:51.480 --> 00:00:58.160 the motherboard manufacturers can do for you these days is provide a stable 00:00:55.520 --> 00:01:01.840 platform with lots of features and great power delivery because that's how you're 00:00:59.680 --> 00:01:06.520 going to get the most out of your chip they've also designed their chipset 00:01:03.440 --> 00:01:08.560 cooling design to be uh cooled well by a 00:01:06.520 --> 00:01:13.920 downdraft CPU Cooler so something like a Noctua NH c14 would be a great choice 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:17.040 for a board like this let's go ahead over here and have a look at what else 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:21.600 Gigabyte has to say for themselves on this board here's the 24 phase power 00:01:19.360 --> 00:01:26.119 yeah delivers maximum CPU power we get it you've got uh overclocking 00:01:23.720 --> 00:01:29.280 performance which they're saying is more higher is better okay and then they're 00:01:27.960 --> 00:01:35.399 saying they've also got a longer lifetime because because they have their Ultra durable 3 technology plus dual 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:40.320 power switching okay thanks guys next we have their 333 onboard acceleration 00:01:37.759 --> 00:01:46.159 which means you have support for SATA 3 6 gbit per second you've got USB power 00:01:43.600 --> 00:01:50.600 3x which means that you can run up to three times the number of peripherals 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:57.880 off one USB 3.0 Port using a hub and then you've also got 3x uh USB 3.0 which 00:01:54.280 --> 00:02:00.600 is up to 10 times the speed of USB 2.0 00:01:57.880 --> 00:02:04.880 support for three-way SLI and three-way oh I'm sorry that totally moved and 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:09.360 three-way Crossfire which is a bit unique for our p67 board because most of 00:02:07.520 --> 00:02:14.599 them are only going to have support for two-way SLI and two-way 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:20.360 Crossfire and that's pretty much it oh yeah also they're onof charge feature so 00:02:16.760 --> 00:02:23.360 you can charge your uh iPhone or iPad or 00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:26.720 whatever other device even when this PC 00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:29.560 is powered off so they've got nice black 00:02:26.720 --> 00:02:34.319 internals or in internals interior here on the all the packaging let's see what 00:02:31.480 --> 00:02:42.640 Gigabyte has included with this board okay first we have a warning 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:45.519 socket 1155 is not socket 1156 so please 00:02:42.640 --> 00:02:51.959 please make sure if you're buying a p67 board like this one you are not trying 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:54.120 to install a socket 1156 processor in it 00:02:51.959 --> 00:02:57.840 here we've got our users manual as well as a six series drivers and utilities 00:02:56.440 --> 00:03:03.319 DVD which you should throw away and download the latest from the Gigabyte website multilingual installation guide 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:07.239 book showing you how to install your CPU RAM all that good stuff next we have a 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:13.159 couple of stickers a Gigabyte one and a Dolby Home Theater one finally we have 00:03:10.519 --> 00:03:17.840 an IO Shield so that'll go on the back of the board handily 00:03:14.799 --> 00:03:21.440 colorcoded for your convenience next we 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:23.599 have uh two no four SATA cables uh two 00:03:21.440 --> 00:03:27.720 right angle and two straight we have a three-way SLI Bridge a two-way SLI 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:32.439 Bridge remember that if you need Crossfire Bridges those will be included 00:03:29.920 --> 00:03:38.080 with your graphics card we have one of their awesome back panel 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:39.680 eSATA PCI guys so you plug that into two 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:43.560 of your internal ports you get more eSATA then you can use that adapter to 00:03:41.959 --> 00:03:47.560 plug in a couple Standalone drives and you got some eSATA cables this is a 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:52.400 great little kit big fan gigabytes been including that with their boards for a 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:56.120 little while so this is appropriately bright yellow okay so 00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:59.879 let's go ahead and close that up we're done with that let's have a look at the 00:03:57.760 --> 00:04:07.040 board itself this is it the p67a ud7 now unlike some 00:04:03.640 --> 00:04:09.400 of their uh last generation ud7 boards 00:04:07.040 --> 00:04:14.680 Gigabyte has not opted for a non-standard size to this board this is 00:04:11.760 --> 00:04:19.560 a standard ATX board although other than that there's nothing really very 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:23.880 standard about it this is an exceptional looking board and out of all of the p67 00:04:22.320 --> 00:04:30.680 boards I've seen so far I think it features the best color scheme which yes 00:04:26.840 --> 00:04:33.840 I'm shallow whatever guys deal with it I 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:36.840 love the color scheme I was pretty tired 00:04:33.840 --> 00:04:38.520 of seeing the traditional here I happen 00:04:36.840 --> 00:04:46.320 to have one handy the traditional Gigabyte baby blue 00:04:42.320 --> 00:04:48.120 and you know white and blue and I mean 00:04:46.320 --> 00:04:52.520 it looks all right but show me something it matches that's the challenge right so 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:57.080 let's start with the uh the overall layout of the board here we've got our 00:04:53.919 --> 00:05:00.360 LGA 1155 socket right here in the middle 00:04:57.080 --> 00:05:03.039 surrounded by 24 phases of C CPU power 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:07.039 delivery we have our 8 pin connector up here in the top left of the board 00:05:05.039 --> 00:05:11.120 exactly where it belongs we've got a pretty Innovative looking cooling design 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:14.720 going on here on the mosfets as well as on the chipsets so you can see there's 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:18.440 heat pipes connecting these two heat pipes connecting this guy and this guy 00:05:16.840 --> 00:05:24.319 and then I can't tell if it's one heat pipe going all the way through but there's also a heat pipe running between 00:05:21.280 --> 00:05:28.160 the North Bridge and the mosfets up here 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:30.680 uh in terms of RAM support we have uh up 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:35.160 to four dims in dual Channel mode so that is 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:39.520 a two Banks of dual Channel memory supported by this particular board this 00:05:36.960 --> 00:05:46.120 is DDR3 memory just like the last generation p-55 so if you are upgrading 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:48.639 you can reuse your old p-55 compatible 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:51.600 memory moving down this uh right hand edge of the board we've got a couple 00:05:49.919 --> 00:05:56.120 useful things first we have an onboard power switch love these and I love the 00:05:53.960 --> 00:05:59.280 location of this I'm actually pretty tired of seeing them down here on the 00:05:57.919 --> 00:06:04.360 down on the bottom edge of the board because when you have a bunch of graphics cards installed you can't reach 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:08.960 that anymore so this is great next we have a clear Simo switch also 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:11.960 conveniently located right here and last but not least we have a reset switch 00:06:10.599 --> 00:06:15.880 right here the reset switch you don't use as much so I can uh definitely 00:06:14.280 --> 00:06:19.680 forgive them for using a cheaper switch than the power one there we have our 24 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:25.280 pin connector in its ideal location along the right hand edge of the board 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:27.599 and then next we have our let's see what 00:06:25.280 --> 00:06:34.919 are these okay here we go so these ports are sort of colorcoded these are SATA 2 00:06:30.479 --> 00:06:38.360 3 gbit per second these ones are SATA 3 00:06:34.919 --> 00:06:40.919 6 gbit per second and these ones are 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:46.599 running off of the thirdparty chipset SATA 3 6 gbit per second so SATA 2 SATA 00:06:44.599 --> 00:06:52.479 3 this one's running off the Intel chipset this one is not we have an LED 00:06:50.039 --> 00:06:58.280 post reader and apparently there's a clear SEO somewhere around here although 00:06:54.360 --> 00:07:00.080 I don't actually see it um so maybe you 00:06:58.280 --> 00:07:04.879 guys can sort of point out where that is for me here's all of your front panel 00:07:01.960 --> 00:07:11.639 connectors here is your USB there is your front USB 3.0 apparently wow you've 00:07:08.919 --> 00:07:16.800 got look at that you've got two front USB 3 how many chipsets did they put on 00:07:14.440 --> 00:07:21.000 this thing okay well that's outstanding so you have two front panel headers for 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:24.240 USB 3.0 that's great right now there aren't really any cases that support 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:28.840 that standard yet but hopefully by the time you watch this video there will be 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:32.800 if you're watching it a lot later here is fire wire which if you're honestly 00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:36.759 still using then good for you I guess someone has to and then let's have a 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:44.159 look at our slot layout we've got a single PCIe 1X slot we've got three PCIe 00:07:41.039 --> 00:07:47.879 16x slots which are all actually only 00:07:44.159 --> 00:07:51.120 wired up to PCIe 8X and then we have an 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:53.759 oh sorry okay these two are wired for 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:58.039 full 16x operation although I don't know what they actually run at and then this 00:07:55.919 --> 00:08:01.800 one is wired only for 8X and this one is wired only for 8x 00:07:59.960 --> 00:08:05.280 so if you are running three-way Crossfire or three-way SLI don't kid 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:10.919 yourself you're not going to be running it 16x 16x 16x but it hasn't really been 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:16.080 demonstrated that it impacts performance negatively anyhow all right we have two 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:19.280 Legacy PCI slots in what I'd say is pretty much an ideal location because it 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:25.520 looks like the way it's set up these are going to be your uh 16 X1 and 16x2 Slots 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:28.800 so you would cover these these ones if you're running two dual slot graphics 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:32.519 cards it doesn't leave as much spacing as I normally like to see but it does 00:08:30.960 --> 00:08:39.120 leave you pretty good expansion options you have one 8X slot left as well as one 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:42.080 PCI slot and one 1X PCIe slot for any 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:45.800 expansion cards that you require let's move around to the back of the board and 00:08:43.959 --> 00:08:50.600 have a look at is one of the more impressive IO Shields that I've ever 00:08:47.880 --> 00:08:55.760 seen so we've got our PS2 combo Port which I'm still a big fan of love these 00:08:52.560 --> 00:08:57.279 things they're great we have six yes 00:08:55.760 --> 00:09:05.200 count them six USB 3 2.0 super speed ports we have 00:09:02.760 --> 00:09:12.880 digital audio in both Optical and coax seal flavors we have dual EA two USB 2.0 00:09:09.959 --> 00:09:17.920 ports and two fire wire ports dual gigabit Lan as well as 7.1 audio out so 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:22.480 thank you for checking out my unboxing of the p67a ud7 don't forget to 00:09:20.920 --> 00:09:30.519 subscribe to Linus Tech tips for more unboxings reviews and 00:09:24.560 --> 00:09:32.040 other videos about computers and stuff 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:37.560 so I just want to give you guys a brief explanation of how the PCIe slots work 00:09:34.920 --> 00:09:44.040 on this board there is an nf200 chip which is basically splitting the two 8ex 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:46.000 slots into either okay here so bear with 00:09:44.040 --> 00:09:51.920 me here it's either taking the 16x bandwidth and splitting it into 16x 16x 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:58.279 or it's taking that 16x bandwidth and splitting it into 8X 8X 8X and 8x so you 00:09:55.399 --> 00:10:02.519 still do have good bandwidth to all four slots even if they're all populated