1 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:13,519 welcome to my unboxing of the p8 z77 V 2 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:18,240 Pro this is an all new platform from Intel the z77 chipset supporting not 3 00:00:16,279 --> 00:00:24,439 only second generation that is sandybridge core I3 Core i5 and core i7 4 00:00:21,199 --> 00:00:27,000 processors but also third generation 5 00:00:24,439 --> 00:00:32,239 processor so that is code named ivybridge so these are all these 77 6 00:00:30,519 --> 00:00:36,520 boards have the following traits in common actually I'm going to stick with 7 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:40,079 what all ausi 77 boards have because not all of them have things like the Dual 8 00:00:38,399 --> 00:00:44,800 intelligent processors that is for Energy Efficiency or for performance as 9 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:51,320 well as their smart Digi plus which is their eighth generation of digital vrm 10 00:00:47,399 --> 00:00:54,320 so they are all PCIe 3.0 ready they all 11 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:55,840 have support for Crossfire X and then 12 00:00:54,320 --> 00:01:02,440 the certified boards have support for NVIDIA SLI okay second 22/32 NM 13 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:07,479 processor support so that is uh second and third generation processors virtue 14 00:01:04,799 --> 00:01:10,600 MVP this is really cool virtue MVP actually has a number of need effects so 15 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:16,400 one is it can actually boost your performance two is it can reduce tearing 16 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:18,119 in scenarios where your frame rate goes 17 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:22,479 above the actual refresh rate of the Monitor and finally it no longer 18 00:01:20,439 --> 00:01:26,079 requires you to plug the cable into a specific Outlet in order to switch 19 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:30,240 between D mode and IM mode so you can make use of that quicksync technology on 20 00:01:28,159 --> 00:01:35,360 the CPU which allows you to quickly code video without sacrificing gaming 21 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:39,880 performance okay moving on down we've got Intel smart response technology 22 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:45,439 which allows you to use an SSD as a cache to uh boost up the performance of 23 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:50,360 your boot drive as well as moving over here aha this is awesome USB BIOS 24 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:54,360 flashback easy BIOS flashback this is a killer feature because basically it 25 00:01:52,479 --> 00:02:01,200 allows you to no matter what you do to your motherboard recover it quickly and 26 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:05,520 easily just by loading a iOS file onto a USB drive throwing it in the back of the 27 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:09,360 board and pressing you know what I'm just going to show you guys pressing 28 00:02:10,959 --> 00:02:14,400 the where'd it 29 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:21,360 go yeah I found it guys normally it's here so I was expecting to show you guys 30 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:24,879 the button that you press but uh actually on this particular board it's 31 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:31,840 down here doesn't make much of a difference it's not something you'll be using very often knock on wood but it's 32 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:36,280 there and it's super handy because you don't even have to have a CPU or memory 33 00:02:34,239 --> 00:02:39,159 installed in order to recover your BIOS thumbs up because it could save you an 34 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:45,280 RMA which can be up to a week of downtime without your system moving on 35 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:49,680 we have their Network eye control which the coolest feature in the network eye 36 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:53,560 control is actually the ability to prioritize various applications it's 37 00:02:51,599 --> 00:02:59,440 pretty easy to set up in the AI Suite so all you do is take any network using 38 00:02:56,040 --> 00:03:01,599 applications you bump them up into the 39 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:04,519 sort of the the managed applications cue and then you just click on the priority 40 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:10,120 in order to set them to high medium or low so that's really neat as well uh 41 00:03:06,319 --> 00:03:12,280 usb3 boost so true uasp support now this 42 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:19,000 is kind of tricky because the z77 chipset natively supports Intel usb3 43 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:26,120 Port so this guy oh hold on one of these two front ones is going to be an 44 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:28,280 Intel usb3 Port uh set of ports and then 45 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:34,120 two of these rear ones are going to be are okay hold on one header for the 46 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:36,080 front will be Intel two ports for the 47 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:39,920 back will be Intel one header for the front is going to be as media and then 48 00:03:38,519 --> 00:03:45,200 two ports for the back are going to be as media so the Intel ports are going to 49 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:48,280 over time have the advantage probably of you know more General wider 50 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:52,720 compatibility due to it being Intel and they validate everything to death but as 51 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:58,079 media has the advantage of supporting uasp so with an compatible device you 52 00:03:56,319 --> 00:04:04,000 can get dramatically better performance out of the as media ports so seus gives 53 00:04:00,319 --> 00:04:06,480 you the option use this and this or use 54 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:11,599 this and this whatever you decide you will get the best possible 55 00:04:09,079 --> 00:04:16,400 balance uh precise power control so as I mentioned before this is their eighth 56 00:04:13,079 --> 00:04:18,600 generation uh this is a fully digitally 57 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:22,240 powered board now what's cool about what asusa has done with their z77 boards is 58 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:26,040 they're actually moving away from using different types of pwm designs 59 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:30,520 throughout their lineup so this is a pro level board this is a fairly High tier 60 00:04:27,759 --> 00:04:35,240 board but even on their low boards they are still going to be using digit 61 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:40,280 digital power for the CPU the memory as well as the integrated GPU So Gone are 62 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:45,400 the days when you have to buy a Deluxe level board or a sabertooth or an Rog 63 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:50,639 board to get digital power control for your integrated GPU which you are in all 64 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:55,199 likelihood not using no ASUS has moved those features down with a trickle down 65 00:04:52,639 --> 00:04:59,160 effect to the boards that really need it finally Wi-Fi go so this particular one 66 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:04,240 comes with a Wi-Fi module which can actually be used not only to access your 67 00:05:02,199 --> 00:05:09,800 wireless network but also to stream media to supported DLNA devices as well 68 00:05:07,199 --> 00:05:15,080 as use your motherboard as an AP so as an access point for networking so DLNA 69 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:18,720 media hub got that covered Wi-Fi connectivity everywhere yep so you can 70 00:05:16,759 --> 00:05:24,600 stream to your iPad to your phone other DLNA devices very cool um you know what 71 00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:31,199 if you guys are curious about TPU you should probably check out my my Roundup 72 00:05:27,639 --> 00:05:32,880 of preann over clocking utilities so you 73 00:05:31,199 --> 00:05:37,000 can either use the TPU button to get an automatic overclock although I wouldn't 74 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:41,800 recommend that because the uh the aggressive mode in their AI Suite the 75 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:47,319 most extreme mode allows it to tune itself find the sweet spot for your CPU 76 00:05:44,759 --> 00:05:52,240 and really Max it out in a way that uh these these one button utilities cannot 77 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:55,600 do let me just see if I've missed anything else on the back here fan 78 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:58,800 expert 2 is really cool so you can set user 79 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:02,880 definable sorry about that you can set user definable curves so that uh you 80 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:10,479 basically tell it what temperatures you want it to run at what RPMs also 81 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:12,240 provides an RPM fixed mode as well as an 82 00:06:10,479 --> 00:06:15,960 automatic fan speed detection mode which allows you to basically just more 83 00:06:14,199 --> 00:06:20,080 intelligently figure out what exactly you want to do as far as balancing your 84 00:06:17,479 --> 00:06:27,280 fan speed and your cooling goes here we go so we got support for HDMI 1.4 which 85 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:29,840 means 3D very cool SATA mode notice are 86 00:06:27,280 --> 00:06:34,520 configured to ahci mode by default thank you ASUS it is about time more 87 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:38,919 motherboard manufacturers started moving to HCI mode by default because so many 88 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:41,960 users are like oh my new SSD it doesn't perform very good it's like well you're 89 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:46,720 running an IDE mode what can we do for you and once you once you've installed 90 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:51,520 the OS onto an ID mode drive it's a bit of a bear to get it changed around to 91 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:54,440 ahci mode here's the Wi-Fi go-kart user 92 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:59,599 guide including various things such as access point mode the Wi-Fi engine Wi-Fi 93 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:01,080 go the movable omnidirectional antenna 94 00:06:59,599 --> 00:07:04,280 all right we've got the user guide as well as the drivers and utilities disc 95 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:10,160 which you should ignore and download the latest off the exus website we've got an 96 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:11,560 SLI cable we've got the Q connectors so 97 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:15,360 these are to more easily plug in your front ports including front USB 2 as 98 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:22,560 well as your front panel connectors such as your power and whatnot uh we have 99 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:27,319 okay a Wi-Fi module here which unfortunately I was traveling recently 100 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:31,400 and I forgot to uh put my knife back on my keychain I don't know how I'm going 101 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:35,680 to get this open guys never mind we're good slick was going to 102 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:39,160 turn off the camera for me mercifully but I didn't end up needing it so there's the 103 00:07:39,479 --> 00:07:46,120 module and presumably there's an antenna that I missed yep okay more accessories 104 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:49,400 sorry about that guys uh so then there's a movable and this is cool because it 105 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:52,479 has magnets on the bottom of it so you can actually position it wherever you 106 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:56,199 want uh it looks like he's moved the one that was on my test bench before but I 107 00:07:54,000 --> 00:08:00,240 had it just like bolted to the side of the power supply actually here oh that 108 00:07:58,039 --> 00:08:04,039 didn't work oh that's too bad because okay just the 109 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:10,159 wires here but yeah you can stick it to anything metal IO 110 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:12,319 Shield rear uh a rear e SATA as well as 111 00:08:10,159 --> 00:08:17,960 USB 2 just if you want some extra ports back there two SATA 36 GB per second 112 00:08:15,039 --> 00:08:22,520 cables two SATA 2 3 GB per second cables these are all straight to right angle 113 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:25,120 and finally the board itself so we've covered most of the features so we're 114 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:30,120 going to go pretty quickly on the overview ASUS has actually got a really 115 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:34,320 cool heat snc design I'm always sort of you know I'm always interested to see 116 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:37,800 what they have my favorite is still the uh I think I called it Fortress of 117 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:42,039 Solitude design that they had on their p-55 boards I really liked that but this 118 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:45,360 one's pretty good too it's very new age and digital like it kind of looks like a 119 00:08:43,560 --> 00:08:49,160 city sort of thing I think it looks kind of neat and then this one is matching 120 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:53,240 down here so that's your uh your chipset heat sink I mean mostly these heat sinks 121 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:56,519 are for decoration these CPUs on this platform aren't going to pull a 10 of 122 00:08:55,160 --> 00:09:00,600 power I shouldn't say they're for decoration we do still need to cool the 123 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:04,399 vrm but we're not talking you know an x79 platform where you got a six core 124 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:09,320 CPU or anything like that this will be a four core CPU platform here is our 125 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:14,200 digital power delivery as well as our LGA 1155 socket so be careful when 126 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:19,279 you're installing it and don't try and install an 1156 CPU I remember when all 127 00:09:17,079 --> 00:09:23,040 of them came with warnings about that and right support out of the box for 128 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:27,959 second generation and third generation CPUs dual Channel DDR3 is over here this 129 00:09:25,839 --> 00:09:33,640 is another cool thing about z77 boards is they support the DDR3 1600 MHz jde 130 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:38,720 specification so that means if you have jde modules that is like bone stock 131 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:44,079 modules that run at 1600 MHz they'll work completely zero configuration in 132 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:47,320 these boards here's the uh the memo K button so that allows you to post pretty 133 00:09:45,839 --> 00:09:51,240 much no matter what kind of memory you gotten there um you've also got a 24 pin 134 00:09:49,959 --> 00:09:56,160 power connector and the 8 Pin power connector and their ideal locations along the right hand Edge in the top 135 00:09:53,880 --> 00:10:03,800 left front USB 3.0 Port we kind of already harped on that included SATA 2 3 136 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:05,760 GB per second ports included SATA 36 GB 137 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:09,760 per second ports as well as two other SATA 36 GB per second ports so two of 138 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:14,279 these are running off of the Intel chipset for these ports ASUS is using an 139 00:10:12,399 --> 00:10:17,519 as media controller which while it doesn't support their SSD caching that 140 00:10:16,079 --> 00:10:22,079 we've seen on previous generation products it is slightly faster than the 141 00:10:20,079 --> 00:10:26,120 controller that does support the caching we got our epu as well as our 142 00:10:24,399 --> 00:10:31,279 TPU buttons remember this is for Energy Efficiency this is for Extreme 143 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:39,160 Performance front panel connectors four front USB 2.0 uh headers front uh front 144 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:41,880 panel USB 3 uh front panel audio as well 145 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:48,480 as moving along here ah yes ports let's talk ports so we have two PCIe 1X slots 146 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:53,279 three PCI e6x slots although this guy is really only good for PCI e4x and this 147 00:10:51,279 --> 00:10:59,399 guy is really only good for PCI E 8X although bear in mind PCIe 3.0 8X is the 148 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:00,800 same bandwidth as PCIe 2.0 16x so even 149 00:10:59,399 --> 00:11:05,240 if you're running two high-end graphics cards in here you're going to have 150 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:12,279 plenty of bandwidth two Legacy PCI ports round out the seven slots that are 151 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:14,360 available uh oh yes fan headers so you 152 00:11:12,279 --> 00:11:19,959 can use ASUS's software in order to control these fan headers we have 1 2 3 153 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:25,440 four five should be six where's the last one six uh four pin pwm fan headers and 154 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:30,600 we can set all kinds of cool curves I believe it's uh fan headers 1 to four 155 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:34,920 that you can actually use to um use the autot tuning software for on the back we 156 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:41,040 find a PS2 Port that's for keyboard or Mouse I still like to see these we've 157 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:43,279 got uh four USB 3.0 ports two USB 2.0 158 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:49,079 ports optical audio out HDMI DisplayPort VGA and DVI are all included Intel 159 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:54,720 Ethernet that's how they're able to have that uh that packet sorting included on 160 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:56,440 all of their z77 boards as well as 7.1 161 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:59,760 audio out on the back of the board we find a little bit of extra cooling for 162 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:04,040 the vrm that's definitely Ely not for decoration as well as little quality 163 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:08,120 touches like installing the chipset heat sink using screws rather than push pins 164 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:14,279 so thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at the p8 z77 V 165 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:17,800 Pro don't forget to subscribe to lius techtips for more unboxings reviews and 166 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:22,040 other computer videos and last but not least USB charger plus allows you to 167 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:26,079 quickly charge your devices plugged into the USB 3 or the USB ports on this 168 00:12:24,279 --> 00:12:31,199 motherboard even when the system is powered 169 00:12:27,639 --> 00:12:34,560 off and one of thing I pretty much 170 00:12:31,199 --> 00:12:35,800 forgot is the Thunderbolt header so ASUS 171 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:40,920 is going to have available for their full line of z77 boards with the 172 00:12:37,839 --> 00:12:43,880 exception of I believe the Ws board a 173 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:48,000 PCIe 4X Riser card that you can install in here and then run a little cable over 174 00:12:45,839 --> 00:12:52,680 to the TB header so you can add Thunderbolt compatibility to your board 175 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:57,560 for a very reasonable charge if you have a Thunderbolt ready device that you want 176 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:57,560 to use