WEBVTT 00:00:07.680 --> 00:00:16.160 today I'll be unboxing the Gigabyte z68x ud3h B3 so this has most of the 00:00:14.360 --> 00:00:21.760 features you have come to expect from Gigabyte including touch BIOS hybrid EFI 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:23.760 technology which allows you to use 3 TB 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:30.119 plus hard drives a 3-year warranty in the US and Canada Ultra durable 3 it's 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:32.840 got NVIDIA SLI AMD Crossfire and it 00:00:30.119 --> 00:00:38.360 supports all the latest Intel core I3 i5 and i7 processors on LGA 1155 let's look 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:44.000 around on the back of the board and have a look if they have anything else to say for themselves yes we've got dual BIOS 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:47.719 which allows you to restore it to the other physical BIOS chip even if you 00:00:45.800 --> 00:00:53.359 corrupt the BIOS during a flash we have 3x USB power which allows you to charge 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:58.039 uh more powerful devices and run more powered devices off a hub than you can 00:00:55.520 --> 00:01:04.000 on competing motherboards we have USB 3 SATA 3 6 gbit per second and Driver Moss 00:01:01.160 --> 00:01:09.400 fets which reduces mounting area by 50% apparently interesting the onboard audio 00:01:06.240 --> 00:01:11.360 includes a 108 DB sound to noise ratio 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:16.000 and that is definitely a good thing more sound less noise always a plus we have 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:20.520 four SATA cables included two straight to right angle we have an IO Shield 00:01:18.240 --> 00:01:26.079 which has convenient color coating on it we have a little warning telling you not 00:01:22.520 --> 00:01:28.799 to put a socket 1156 CPU in this board 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:33.720 and we have an SLI cable next we have a user manual with a useless utility DVD 00:01:32.240 --> 00:01:37.439 download the latest off the Gigabyte website to make sure you have the latest 00:01:35.240 --> 00:01:42.479 versions finally a dual be home theater sticker and a multilingual installation 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:47.520 guide book next we have the board itself which has foam look at that never seen 00:01:45.320 --> 00:01:52.240 foam on a motherboard like that before and I'm not even being fous I 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:59.079 have never seen foam mounted on a motherboard like that so let's go ahead 00:01:55.159 --> 00:02:01.799 and find out why it has foam on it take 00:01:59.079 --> 00:02:06.719 that out oh beautiful motherboard especially for like a value price point 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:11.599 board so there you go that is to I'm going to go ahead and guess prevent the 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:17.040 mosfet heat sink from moving around during shipping there you go cuz it does 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:21.040 use plastic push pins so while those are not a risk while the board is stationary 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:26.519 while it's being moved around yeah it could loosen the uh bond between the 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:29.400 thermal compound and the mosfets themselves so let's have a look at the 00:02:27.920 --> 00:02:33.080 overall layout of this guy right here we're going to start with our 1155 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:36.400 socket in the middle of the board so that's where you put your CPU then we're 00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:41.480 going to move on to our looks like 1 2 3 4 6 plus one phase 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:45.239 power design we've got our 8 pin connector in the top left of the board 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:51.480 and its ideal location we've got our dual Channel DDR3 RAM over here on the 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:56.120 side and our 24 pin connector also in 00:02:51.480 --> 00:02:59.560 its ideal location we've got seven SATA 00:02:56.120 --> 00:03:02.080 ports so this is SATA 36 gbit per second 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:07.440 right here is SATA 36 GB per second and we've got three SATA 2 uh 3 gbit per 00:03:06.040 --> 00:03:10.760 second so this one's running off the Intel chipset this one's running off a 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:14.560 third party chipset these ones are going to be your higher performing ones and 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:18.319 these are your fallbacks the last SATA port is going to be on the back panel of 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:22.480 the motherboard and I'm a big fan of that running Intel off the Intel chipset 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:26.360 because it can be more convenient for raid configurations here are our front 00:03:24.519 --> 00:03:31.200 panel connectors as well as our front USB 3.0 fire wire powered front USB 00:03:29.799 --> 00:03:35.920 remember you can charge a tablet off the one with the red background and then 1 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:42.680 two three more front USB headers in terms of the PCI slot layout we've got 1 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:45.920 2 3 PCI 1X 2 PCI 16x although this one 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:48.319 is only wired electrically to 8X and two 00:03:45.920 --> 00:03:54.319 PCI slots this is a very very solid layout because it's going to give you 00:03:50.519 --> 00:03:56.879 two PCI 1X and one PCI left if you 00:03:54.319 --> 00:04:00.799 install two dual Slot Cards on the back here we've got a 00:03:59.239 --> 00:04:07.439 variety of good features remember this is a z68 motherboard so we have video 00:04:03.799 --> 00:04:09.760 out including VGA DVI HDMI and display 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:16.280 port yes everything is supported we've got 1 2 3 4 USB 2.0 ports one of those 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:22.120 PS2 keyboard mouse combo ports optical audio out fire wire ESAT off the Intel 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:25.360 chipset two USB 3.0 ports gigb Ethernet 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:26.960 and 7.1 audio out so I would say an 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:31.600 ideal type configuration for a motherboard like this is making sure 00:04:29.080 --> 00:04:35.039 that you've got a nice decent quadcore CPU I mean if you're going to get the 00:04:32.880 --> 00:04:39.120 z68 chipset you might as well go for a quad core this is a high-end chipset 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:43.440 also you're going to want to put most people aren't going to be running SLI or Crossfire on a board like this although 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:47.280 you will have the option so maybe go with a value board like or value card 00:04:45.880 --> 00:04:54.560 like a good bang for I shouldn't say value cuz they're still expensive but a bang for the butt card like a GTX 560 or 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:58.000 a radon 6870 something along those lines RAM is so cheap these days so I'd 00:04:56.120 --> 00:05:02.240 probably throw 8 gigs of RAM I'd throw an SSD in here remember this board 00:04:59.960 --> 00:05:06.600 supports Lucid virtue so you can use the Onboard video here out the Onboard video 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:10.720 here and still use your dedicated graphics for games but you can use this 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:15.880 one to do video transcoding and it also supports Intel SRT technology so you can 00:05:12.840 --> 00:05:19.000 take a 60 gig SSD even a SATA 31 throw 00:05:15.880 --> 00:05:21.759 it on the SATA 3 port and then throw a a 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:25.600 big hard drive like a wd black on one of the other ports in order to use the SSD 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:31.319 as a cash for awesome performance without blowing a bunch of money on 120 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:32.800 or 240 gig s s SD thank you for checking 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:37.840 out my unboxing don't forget to subscribe for more unboxings reviews and 00:05:34.520 --> 00:05:37.840 other computer videos