1 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:15,200 welcome to my unboxing and first look at the p8 z77 V deluxe from ASUS this 2 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:19,439 supports the latest Intel processors that is to say second generation core I3 3 00:00:17,240 --> 00:00:24,519 Core i5 and core i7 processors on the LGA 1155 platform and also supports at 4 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:30,039 the time of publishing this upcoming Intel processor so that is 22 nanometer 5 00:00:27,439 --> 00:00:35,280 code name ivybridge third generation core I3 Core i5 and core i7 CPUs it also 6 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:39,440 has a bunch of other ASUS specific technology that we'll get more into as 7 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:43,879 we go along but let's start with their dual intelligent processors 3 so that is 8 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:48,760 a third generation of that particular initiative their epu and TPU which are 9 00:00:46,199 --> 00:00:52,559 dedicated processors allowing you to either take advantage of the best power 10 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:56,879 efficiency or get the best performance out of your system as well as their 11 00:00:54,440 --> 00:01:02,879 eighth generation digital power design which is now across the board haha board 12 00:01:00,039 --> 00:01:08,680 get it across the board on their z77 chipset boards with this board is SLI 13 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:12,759 ready supports AMD Crossfire X virtu MVP which gives you better performance less 14 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:16,320 tearing in high frame rate scenarios as well as the flexibility to plug into 15 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:21,360 whatever Port you want and still take advantage of Intel uh quick sync 16 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:27,640 technology next we've got support for smart response technology as well as 17 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:29,520 Intel's and ASUS SSD caching so more on 18 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:33,840 that in a moment it is Windows 7 ready and it sure as well better be ultimate 19 00:01:31,759 --> 00:01:37,240 cool and quiet is uh supported with their fan expert too I mean okay they 20 00:01:35,799 --> 00:01:44,200 can call it ultimate cool and quiet all they want but what it is is actually cooler than that because you can set 21 00:01:41,399 --> 00:01:48,920 fully custom fan curves user user configurable fan curves according to how 22 00:01:46,799 --> 00:01:54,560 you want your system to sound or how you want your cooling performance 23 00:01:50,799 --> 00:01:56,719 to go Wi-Fi go is included so this in 24 00:01:54,560 --> 00:02:02,320 this particular board is a dual band solution allowing you to not only uh 25 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:06,719 sorry not only use Wi-Fi but also Bluetooth it is a DLNA server which is 26 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:10,319 really really cool so you can stream media to various devices around your 27 00:02:08,399 --> 00:02:13,680 house as long as they support DLNA and it is also dual band which means that 28 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:17,720 it's going to give you the best performance I mean okay maybe not as 29 00:02:15,879 --> 00:02:22,000 good as like a you know dedicated card but as good as you could possibly expect 30 00:02:19,519 --> 00:02:27,519 from onboard Wi-Fi on a motherboard smart Digi plus okay OC performance 31 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:32,120 boost okay we've got more about their precise power control so yes they're 32 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:37,319 highend boards I mean these days there's not as much logic built onto a board 33 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:40,840 anymore as there used to be because we've gotten to the point where the 34 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:45,879 memory controller the PCI Express controller are both built on to the CPU 35 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:49,640 itself so it's not really left in the chipset anymore so what it comes down to 36 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:55,720 when you want the best possible overclocking and you want to choose the best possible motherboard now is pretty 37 00:02:53,480 --> 00:03:00,319 much the quality of the components that they're using so if you really want to 38 00:02:58,239 --> 00:03:04,840 go you know Balls to the walls as far as overclocking goes I'd still suggest you 39 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:09,640 go with an ASUS tough series board or an Rog series board but if you want sort of 40 00:03:07,799 --> 00:03:16,319 all of those consumer friendly features as well then the p uh sorry the p8 z77 V 41 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:19,760 Deluxe is not a bad choice either because you're going to get that 42 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:23,120 balanced approach and you're not going to get that far out aesthetic if you 43 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:26,519 don't care about the red color scheme or the like I mean here we have a 44 00:03:24,599 --> 00:03:30,959 saber-tooth board over here or like the thermal armor kind of there it is 45 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:34,879 thermal armor kind of coolness going on then you can go with the more uh the 46 00:03:32,959 --> 00:03:37,599 more mainstream oriented boards let me just make sure I haven't missed any 47 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:41,799 major features before we get too much further in so dual intelligent 48 00:03:39,599 --> 00:03:46,400 processors 3 got it okay smart digit plus technology yep got it uh actually 49 00:03:44,599 --> 00:03:50,280 one thing that's really cool about their new digital vrm as well not really new 50 00:03:48,439 --> 00:03:55,280 digital vrm but their new controls for their digital vrm is that you can 51 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:57,439 actually set a power threshold for your 52 00:03:55,280 --> 00:04:01,120 system and then it will dynamically adjust the performance of your CPU 53 00:03:59,799 --> 00:04:05,319 according to whatever you set so if you're in something like an office environment and you're deploying a ton 54 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:07,799 of systems you're probably not going to be using Deluxe level boards but the 55 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:13,680 good news is that it's actually supported on the lower-end boards as well so you can control the power that 56 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:18,320 your systems are consuming in your office very 57 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:22,360 easily USB BIOS flashback this is a fantastic feature without a CPU or 58 00:04:20,280 --> 00:04:27,880 memory installed you can easily just throw a BIOS file on a USB drive press 59 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:30,880 the button and restore there and recover 60 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:32,960 your BIOS just like that uh as ASUS USB 61 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:38,880 3 boost technology means that you can either use USB attached scuzi or uasp to 62 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:43,600 dramatically improve the performance of supported usb3 devices so anything 63 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:48,039 supports the USB attached scuzi protocol or sorry uh no not everything supports 64 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:52,320 the USB attached scy protocol but everything supports their standard uh 65 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:57,000 minimal boost one which just doesn't use the the uh the normal USB protocol ufi 66 00:04:55,560 --> 00:05:03,720 BIOS this is pretty much part for the course these days and network eye control so because ASUS is using Intel 67 00:05:01,039 --> 00:05:07,720 Lan across the board ha I did it again on their motherboards for this 68 00:05:05,039 --> 00:05:07,720 generation of 69 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:16,919 products come on the eye control functionality works on all of them so 70 00:05:14,639 --> 00:05:21,840 that is that you can prioritize various packets or various programs according to 71 00:05:19,479 --> 00:05:26,080 how you uh how you want the performance of them to go so you can prioritize your 72 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:29,440 games you can deprioritize things like Torrance or whatever else you might have 73 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:33,280 running in the background that you don't want want to affect your gaming 74 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:35,919 experience so let's do accessories really quick here and then we'll move on 75 00:05:34,319 --> 00:05:39,440 to the board itself so we've got a user guide other more different user guide so 76 00:05:37,919 --> 00:05:44,360 that's for Wi-Fi go that's for the board itself that is your drivers and 77 00:05:42,639 --> 00:05:50,160 utilities DVD download the latest from the ASUS website okay this board comes 78 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:53,360 in ahci mode on the SATA ports that is a very good thing that means if you're 79 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:58,000 running an SSD you will get the maximum performance out of the box without 80 00:05:54,680 --> 00:06:00,000 tuning anything here we go dual band 81 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:03,479 wireless antennas or du dual band wireless network adapters require two 82 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:09,240 antennas so there is our Wi-Fi go adapter so remember this guy is good for 83 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:11,759 Bluetooth as well as 802.11 84 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:18,280 abgn and you got your two spots there to plug in those antennas we have an IO 85 00:06:14,919 --> 00:06:19,880 Shield front panel connector assisting Q 86 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:23,680 connectors so this allows you to more easily plug in your front power switch 87 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:27,160 and Etc as well as one of your front USB tws we have an included SLI Bridge 88 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:31,240 remember your Crossfire bridge should come with your graphics card and then 89 00:06:29,039 --> 00:06:35,400 three packages of SATA cables so four SATA 3 6 90 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:39,840 gbit per second cables those are all straight to right angle and two SATA 2 3 91 00:06:37,639 --> 00:06:43,400 gbit per second cables and those are all straight to right angle as well I'm 92 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:48,680 actually just going to shift around a little bit 93 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:50,720 here and here we go so you can see all 94 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:56,520 the various phases of digital power delivery surrounding the LGA 1155 socket 95 00:06:54,400 --> 00:07:02,440 so that as I mentioned before supports pretty much any LGA 1155 CPU that you 96 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:04,960 would would deem it fitting to put in 97 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:09,240 it up here we find our eight pin power connector in its ideal location up at 98 00:07:06,479 --> 00:07:13,879 the top left we find ASUS's new vrm cooling design which looks pretty slick 99 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:17,520 it looks kind of like like a you know uh a cityscape or something along those 100 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:22,440 lines we've also got a heat pipe running all the way through this one down to uh 101 00:07:20,919 --> 00:07:27,440 down to one of the chipset coolers as well as we've got our other chipset cooler which is using a matching sort of 102 00:07:25,879 --> 00:07:32,599 aesthetic these boards look really really good and if you're like me then 103 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:38,240 yes it matters sorry guys I know I'm shallow we've got four us uh four usb3 104 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:42,440 four DDR3 slots supporting dual Channel operation as well as a memo button that 105 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:45,639 using that button basically means that even if you have high-spec memory that 106 00:07:44,039 --> 00:07:49,879 doesn't necessarily post correctly in any board this should set you to a safe 107 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:53,000 default that will get it booted up so that you can tweak it and get it to the 108 00:07:51,199 --> 00:07:56,120 right settings there's our TPU button for One Touch overclocking although I 109 00:07:54,639 --> 00:08:00,159 would definitely recommend if you want an easy overclocking experience use the 110 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:04,080 one in AI Suite because it will correctly tune for your individual 111 00:08:02,039 --> 00:08:07,479 processor rather than unnecessarily turning up the voltage too high to get a 112 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:11,599 lower clock speed or not getting the most clock speed possible out of the CPU 113 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:15,319 that you happen to have our 24 pin power connector is in its ideal location along 114 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:21,120 the right hand Edge and we have a front USB 3.0 header right about here that one 115 00:08:18,879 --> 00:08:26,560 is going to be running off of the Intel USB 3 chipset remember that four of the 116 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:30,240 usb3 ports on this board are using an Intel chipset and four of them are using 117 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:36,479 the as media chips set that supports uasp the Intel one does not at this 118 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:42,320 time all right moving down here we've got four sata2 3 gbit per second ports R 119 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:46,440 running off Intel the Intel chipset two SATA 3 6 gbit per second ports running 120 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:50,600 off the Intel chipset and finally the SSD caching Port so these are running 121 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:54,000 off of a Marvel chipset so a suggested usage scenario for something like this 122 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:57,360 is you have an SSD for your boot drive you run that off the Intel chipset for 123 00:08:55,480 --> 00:09:01,560 the best single drive performance and then if you have like a uh a steam 124 00:08:59,560 --> 00:09:05,279 driver or like a games Drive something along those lines instead of plugging 125 00:09:03,279 --> 00:09:10,399 that into a SATA 2 Port you can plug it into one of these ports and then use uh 126 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:15,000 a small SSD to Cache your favorite games so that they load a little bit more 127 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:19,720 quickly moving on down we have our front panel connectors our TPU chip yes it is 128 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:26,040 an an actual processor on the board unlike many competing Solutions we've 129 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:28,560 also got a post debugging LED two USB 2 130 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:31,920 front panel headers a clear seos button I still like to have dedicated button 131 00:09:30,399 --> 00:09:38,320 for this rather than shorting out two pins so that's nice to see a Thunderbolt 132 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:40,200 header so yes you can buy a uh an addin 133 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:45,800 piece that goes right in here and plugs into there and you can add Thunderbolt 134 00:09:42,079 --> 00:09:47,480 to any ASUS z77 board except the Ws one 135 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:51,680 there here's our epu button for better power efficiency as well as our front 136 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:57,920 panel audio header this right here is very expensive that is a PCI 3.0 plx PCI 137 00:09:55,560 --> 00:10:02,600 Express switching chip so that is one of the unique things about the Box level 138 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:06,920 board is that it is able to dynamically allocate the available PCI E Lanes cuz 139 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:11,120 remember those are limited due to the PCI Express controller being on the CPU 140 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:14,680 itself in order to give you the best possible performance of all the various 141 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:18,800 features on the board no matter what you have installed that's one of the reasons 142 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:24,760 we're able to have so many PCIe slots on this board four PCI e1x 3 PCIe 16x 143 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:28,399 although this is only really a this is only really a two-way SLI or Crossfire 144 00:10:27,399 --> 00:10:33,079 board so you're only going to really want to use these for that because these are the ones that are going to be 145 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:36,760 running directly off the CPU this one is going to be a little bit slower as it 146 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:41,079 has to there's there's more overhead involved in this slot remember guys 147 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:45,600 though even if you're running adx adx mode with two high-end cards this is 148 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:51,120 pcie3 so as long as you're running pcie3 cards that is 797s 79 50s GTX 680s uh 149 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:56,480 then you will still be getting the same bandwidth as PCIe 2.0 16x moving along 150 00:10:54,880 --> 00:11:04,920 to the back of the board we have four USB 2.0 ports six USB 3.0 ports two EA 151 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:07,800 ports optical audio out HDMI and display 152 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:12,279 port out uh dual Lan one of them being Intel gigabit L USB BIOS flashback 153 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:15,959 button so that's the button that you press when you have a USB device plugged 154 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:20,839 in in order to flashback the BIOS as well as 7.1 audio out on the back of the 155 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:25,639 board we've got a couple of little heat sinks here and let me just see if 156 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:30,000 there's anything crazy that I might have 157 00:11:25,639 --> 00:11:33,839 missed before I get any further Lucid 158 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:36,040 MVP talked about that DDR 3600 mahz J 159 00:11:33,839 --> 00:11:39,680 deck ah the fan control curves slick says I didn't talk about that I think I 160 00:11:37,519 --> 00:11:43,959 did though it's okay it doesn't matter you can you can set dynamically you can 161 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:46,399 dynamically adjust the fan Curves in order to okay I don't know what he's 162 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:52,279 talking about something about the oh yeah right 163 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:56,680 fan fan headers sorry guys so one two 164 00:11:52,279 --> 00:11:59,360 pwm 4 pin fan headers three four five 165 00:11:56,680 --> 00:12:03,200 and six so you can plug in pretty pretty much as many pwm fans as your heart 166 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:08,720 desires and don't forget to subscribe to lus Tech tips for more unboxings reviews 167 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:08,720 and other computer videos