WEBVTT 00:00:07.319 --> 00:00:15.360 welcome to my unboxing of the ASUS P9 x79 Pro so this is more of a uh value 00:00:13.639 --> 00:00:20.359 oriented although it's very difficult to say that with a straight face value 00:00:17.320 --> 00:00:25.439 oriented x79 board it features most of 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:28.800 the same key key marketing points as the 00:00:25.439 --> 00:00:31.320 other p9x 79 boards such as their all 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:35.559 new digital power control for the CPU and the RAM so dual intelligent 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:40.399 processors so they've got the epu as well as the TPU the TPU is cool we 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:45.520 actually have a showdown coming down coming up on my ncixcom channel where 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:49.680 I'm going to show you the ASUS TPU versus the OneTouch one button 00:00:47.199 --> 00:00:53.960 overclocking efforts that MSI and Gigabyte have come up with and let's 00:00:51.879 --> 00:00:58.800 just say the TPU wins by a fairly significant margin okay precise power 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:02.519 control so there's the digi plus vrm one click speed up 00:01:00.519 --> 00:01:05.960 with their ASUS SSD caching which uses a thirdparty SATA controller in order to 00:01:04.600 --> 00:01:13.600 enable that rather than the Intel controller because the Intel controller on x79 does not support that even though 00:01:09.799 --> 00:01:16.520 z68 does UEFI BIOS ASUS's UEFI BIOS is 00:01:13.600 --> 00:01:21.400 excellent uh Bluetooth enjoyment okay and quad Channel DDR3 for more bandwidth 00:01:18.680 --> 00:01:25.840 and up to eight dims this fully SLI and Crossfire X ready and concludes support 00:01:23.600 --> 00:01:32.280 for all the latest 2011 processors including core i7s and core i7 extremes 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:36.759 on the LGA 2011 platform so I'm going to go ahead and take this board 00:01:34.880 --> 00:01:40.320 out like that and we're going to show you guys the accessories so it comes 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:44.719 look at that I've had okay like I said not really a value board still a very 00:01:42.720 --> 00:01:49.320 pricey board comes with a three-way SLI Bridge you won't need that for a value 00:01:46.520 --> 00:01:53.960 board okay we've got four right angle SATA 3 6 gbit per second cables and two 00:01:51.759 --> 00:01:59.079 right angle SATA 2 3 gbit per second cables our front Hue connector so that's 00:01:56.680 --> 00:02:04.600 for plugging in your front uh Power and reset and all that stuff a little bit 00:02:00.520 --> 00:02:07.160 more easily uh flexible ASUS SLI Bridge 00:02:04.600 --> 00:02:14.040 an IO Shield hey look at that CPU installation 00:02:09.879 --> 00:02:15.879 instructions in full color ha oh as well 00:02:14.040 --> 00:02:20.480 as oh this is awesome this is awesome USB BIOS flashback so using that white 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:25.080 port and this button right here without a CPU plugged in without RAM plugged in 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:29.120 with nothing but power and a motherboard you can just load a BIOS file onto your 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:33.480 USB drive plug it in there and you can Flash the bio 00:02:31.160 --> 00:02:37.480 without any components Plugged In which means that say a new CPU gets released 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:41.239 and you buy it and you sold your old CPU and oh it doesn't post because it's not 00:02:39.440 --> 00:02:44.519 updated for the new CPU yeah doesn't matter because you can Flash the latest 00:02:42.640 --> 00:02:49.720 BIOS with just a USB key you don't even need a CPU so we've got our utilities 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:53.440 and driers disc which you should not use you should throw it away and download 00:02:51.239 --> 00:03:00.319 the latest from the ASUS website and I think that pretty much covers the 00:02:56.159 --> 00:03:02.440 accessories for the P9 x79 Pro so let's 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:06.840 go ahead and get this baby opened 00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:20.400 up don't worry I'm working on it I'm 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:26.280 trying here guys I'm trying here we go all right so there is our sexy x79 board 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:30.000 because which x79 board is not sexy I would argue that they all are okay so 00:03:28.519 --> 00:03:33.439 here we have some stickers telling the same things that were already on the outside of the box and since at this 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:38.959 point we've already bought the motherboard I'm not sure why they're still trying to sell it to us but power 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:43.200 to them okay what else we got here aha this is a good one usb3 boost why wasn't 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:49.879 that on the box that's an awesome feature let me see if it is on the box 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:51.239 it must be no way it's not even oh this 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:55.799 is one of the best features on this motherboard so it supports the upcoming 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:59.159 well I yeah upcoming cuz there's really no devices on the market yet that 00:03:57.239 --> 00:04:06.239 support it but it supports the upcoming uas P um method of transferring data to 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:11.120 usb3 which means using the same usb3 ports with uh updated firmware on your 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:16.880 usb3 devices you can get much much better transfer speeds and even on non 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:18.320 uasp USB devices you can still get 00:04:16.880 --> 00:04:23.199 better transfer speeds because you can use the scuzzy protocol which is faster 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:27.240 cool right fan Expert Plus allows you to install AI Suite to and set custom fan 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:31.199 profile see they've got a little tiny picture there and you can set fan curves 00:04:29.280 --> 00:04:34.360 based on temperatures and RPM targets and all that kind of good stuff which is 00:04:32.520 --> 00:04:38.880 great normally you have to buy like expensive third party controllers in 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:44.800 order to do stuff like that so what do we got here we got our LGA 2011 socket 00:04:41.919 --> 00:04:50.400 which has 2011 pins and came out in year 2011 cool we've also got eight that's 00:04:47.880 --> 00:04:55.000 right eight DDR3 memory slots which are supporting a grand total of at this 00:04:52.440 --> 00:04:59.240 point in time up to 64 gigs of memory because we only have 8 gig dims as far 00:04:57.039 --> 00:05:03.479 as unbuffered dims on the desktop go we got a heat pipe here and a vrm solution 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:07.479 that actually extends all the way to the back check that out so we've got a heat 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:11.199 sink here on the uh on the voltage Regulators that are on the back the 00:05:09.039 --> 00:05:16.479 thing about these x79 boards is look how much space gets taken up by the sheer 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:20.600 size of the socket and all the memory slots around it so the motherboard 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:25.240 manufacturers have had to be very Innovative about where they squeeze the 00:05:23.080 --> 00:05:30.639 voltage uh the voltage Regulators because look at this here's our 8 Pin 00:05:26.520 --> 00:05:32.319 CPU power capable of sucking up to 200 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:36.759 Watts through the socket they have to build enough digital power regulation 00:05:34.840 --> 00:05:40.560 modules around it in order to handle that kind of a load without overheating 00:05:38.400 --> 00:05:43.759 or causing any kind of instability it's actually kind of a Marvel that they can 00:05:41.919 --> 00:05:46.520 do it at all to be perfectly blunt here is our eight pin power connector and 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:49.639 it's ideal location at the top edge of the board here's our 24 pin power 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:55.360 connector and it's ideal location at the right hand edge of the board USB 3 front 00:05:52.840 --> 00:05:59.120 panel header in its ideal location along the right hand edge of the board and 00:05:56.919 --> 00:06:04.600 check this out we've got on the Intel controller 2 SATA 3 6 GB per second 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:06.560 ports four SATA 2 3 GB per second ports 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:12.440 and on the third party controller with caching enabled we've got the two more 00:06:09.400 --> 00:06:14.520 SATA 3 6 GB per second ports front panel 00:06:12.440 --> 00:06:17.160 connectors are here the TPU can be enabled or disabled with a Hardware 00:06:15.880 --> 00:06:22.400 switch here but you can also turn it off and on in the bio so I don't really see the point of that uh there's a clear 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:27.039 Simo switch three front panel USB two headers there's the epu which is the 00:06:24.080 --> 00:06:32.280 energy saving version of a TPU which is a power more go faster button uh version 00:06:30.400 --> 00:06:37.160 so the energy saving version I would say is less relevant on a performance 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:39.199 platform like this uh front post LED or 00:06:37.160 --> 00:06:45.599 not front post LED there's the actual TPU chip here's your built-in power and 00:06:41.160 --> 00:06:48.840 reset switches 1 2 3 four uh PCI Express 00:06:45.599 --> 00:06:50.280 16x Slots of which two are wired for 16x 00:06:48.840 --> 00:06:56.599 two are wired for 8X so it's going to run a little something like this 16 16 00:06:53.800 --> 00:07:04.919 1688 or 8888 2 PCIe 1.0 slots or PCI e1x slots 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:09.360 and no PCI slots yes this is a new high-end performance platform there are 00:07:06.520 --> 00:07:14.080 no PCI slots and no PS2 ports we got 1 two three I'm actually not sure if this 00:07:11.960 --> 00:07:21.280 one even works as a regular USB port but I'm going to count it so four six USB 00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:23.680 2.0 ports four USB 3.0 ports a BIOS 00:07:21.280 --> 00:07:29.479 reflash button here gigabit Ethernet optical audio out that looks like power 00:07:26.039 --> 00:07:32.400 D SATA cool beams two of those and bluet 00:07:29.479 --> 00:07:36.120 bluetoo and 7.1 audio out so thank you 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