1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:06,359 So today we're going to be having a quick look at the Maximus 3 Gene this is 2 00:00:04,319 --> 00:00:10,240 part of ausa's Republic of Gamers line of motherboard so it includes cool 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:14,200 features like Rog connect plug and overclock tweak it the hardcore way 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:17,480 whatever that means uh me perfect which is optimizing your memory without 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:21,920 lifting a finger actually I've never heard of either of these but what are you going to do memo K this one I know 6 00:00:20,519 --> 00:00:27,000 this is the button that you press to make sure that you run any memory at 7 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:30,480 bone stock settings at kind of a safe setting to make sure that you can post 8 00:00:29,039 --> 00:00:35,640 and then after you post you can tweak the memory afterwards okay you've got 9 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:37,800 supreme FX X5 built in so it includes 10 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:43,440 all of those high-end features but what we haven't shown you is that this is a 11 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:49,280 microatx motherboard so this is part of their LGA 1156 line of motherboard so it 12 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:52,640 supports core i7 and core i5 it also supports core I3 although I can't 13 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:56,840 imagine buying a really expensive board like this and putting a core I3 on it it 14 00:00:54,640 --> 00:01:01,280 does support SLI and Crossfire so if you're doing like a small Extreme Gaming 15 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:04,960 rig like in a go or another small form factor case this would be a perfect 16 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:07,840 motherboard for it it's Windows 7 ready and we'll flip it around to the back 17 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:11,680 where it says basically the same thing as it said on the inside so why don't we 18 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:16,400 get this box opened up and have a look so the first thing we find inside is the 19 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:21,200 motherboard bam just like that like all of their Republic of gamer boards it has 20 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:23,640 a very very cool catchy color scheme but we're going to actually take it away 21 00:01:22,479 --> 00:01:28,600 from you haha and look at the accessories first so we have a USB cable 22 00:01:27,439 --> 00:01:32,920 okay thank you for that just your standard a TOA cable uh there's got to 23 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:37,240 be something in here it plugs into there's no reason for that SLI Bridge 24 00:01:35,159 --> 00:01:41,880 remember if you need a crossfire Bridge it should come with your video card okay 25 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:47,200 then you've got some zip ties for cable management you've got the users guide as 26 00:01:44,479 --> 00:01:51,040 well as the oh okay this is interesting so you've got a users guide You've Got A 27 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:54,640 drivers and installation DVD as well as a republic of Gamers sticker don't use 28 00:01:52,960 --> 00:02:00,399 this DVD download the latest off ASUS.com all right and then this is neat 29 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:05,399 so they've included little stickers for labeling your hard drives so uh and 30 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:08,800 colorcoded too so that way you don't have to when you've routed all of your 31 00:02:07,399 --> 00:02:12,080 cables through the case you don't have to fuss around with which one connects 32 00:02:10,679 --> 00:02:16,680 to which drive so you can make a little label like oh this is my 750 gig and 33 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:21,280 this is my 500 gig and this is my SSD very cool and then your users's guide is 34 00:02:19,239 --> 00:02:25,760 all English and very thick so I'm not even going to try to go through that all 35 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:30,800 right then we have a huge Republic of Gamers sticker that goes all the way 36 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:35,640 over to the to the other side here and it's kind of come off a little bit uh 37 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:39,319 hopefully we can get that off without damaging it too much okay there you go 38 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:43,720 so that's I guess for your case window all right very nice then you have your 39 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:48,959 IO Shield which is their black premium looking IO shield with the uh kind of 40 00:02:46,319 --> 00:02:52,440 poofy shiny stuff on the back then we have six SATA cables three of which are 41 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:56,519 right angle and three of which are straight and then we have our Cube 42 00:02:54,720 --> 00:03:00,400 connector okay so I don't actually see what that USB cable is for but I guess 43 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:05,159 we'll get to that later so here's the Maximus 2 Gene like all p-55 44 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:11,280 motherboards and I hope I mentioned it's p-55 you do have support for an LGA 1156 45 00:03:08,519 --> 00:03:15,480 socket and you do have support for dual Channel DDR3 memory and you should use 46 00:03:13,319 --> 00:03:20,040 the color-coded slots this board does have a s's unique feature where this 47 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:24,080 side of the memory mod slot is not a clip only the other side is an actual 48 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:28,159 clip so what you do is you slide the memory in this side with the clip open 49 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:31,959 push it down and clip it shut with just one side it's in theory makes installing 50 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:35,680 memory a little bit easier your power connectors are in their ideal locations 51 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:40,000 at the top left corner of the board where you have an 8 Pin power and then 52 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:44,040 over on the right hand edge of the board where you have your 24 pin power one 53 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:47,120 thing that I really like that ASUS is doing with their Republic of gamer 54 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:54,319 boards is they're starting to include way more four pin fan connectors so if 55 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:57,319 you look at this board we've got one 2 3 56 00:03:54,319 --> 00:03:59,439 four five four pin power connectors so 57 00:03:57,319 --> 00:04:04,280 that means you can pwm control all the fans in your case without any additional 58 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:09,480 hassle we've got two PCI Express 16x slots that will run at 8X 8X if you're 59 00:04:06,439 --> 00:04:11,879 running in crossfire one PCI Express 4X 60 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:16,320 and one PCI slot for expansion you've got kind of a little uh cover here on 61 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:20,120 the chipset that looks pretty neat it's got like a mesh here so it gets a little 62 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:23,800 bit of ventilation and then you've got your onboard start and reset buttons you 63 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:29,280 got the premium ones that look kind of like cool then you've got two I was 64 00:04:26,919 --> 00:04:33,560 going to say two but I guess it's three USB spe headers and here is a plug for 65 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:37,479 the OC station which I believe is available separately it doesn't actually 66 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:42,199 come with it here's your onboard Supreme xfi FX and let me see if I'm missing 67 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:46,000 anything here oh yeah yeah yeah um over on this side okay so you've got six SATA 68 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:51,360 cables running off the chipset and one additional one here running off a third 69 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:53,840 party chipset here is your Go Button I 70 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:57,000 think that's the memo button actually I hope it is anyway all right so let's go 71 00:04:55,639 --> 00:05:02,360 around to the back and we'll find out why we have like a random lone SATA port 72 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:04,120 here and I'm assume it's because yes 73 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:07,560 there's e SATA on the back of the board so that's where the other SATA port from 74 00:05:05,639 --> 00:05:13,800 that controller is you've got a PS2 keyboard Port then you've got 1 2 3 4 75 00:05:10,039 --> 00:05:16,280 eight USB 2.0 ports as well as another 76 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:19,880 USB port here which I guess is what that cable was for it must do something 77 00:05:18,039 --> 00:05:23,919 specific something to do with this I think it's their little overclocking 78 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:27,479 thing okay and then you've got a seos clear switch I love this this is great 79 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:30,800 means you don't have to fish around in your case especially because it's a 80 00:05:29,199 --> 00:05:33,360 microw TX board that's going to be a real hassle so you can just press this 81 00:05:32,199 --> 00:05:38,199 to clear the seos digital audio is provided by 82 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:42,800 Optical only then you've got fire wire isata gigabit Ethernet and 7.1 audio 83 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:50,800 those look like goldplated connectors too so thank you for checking out my 84 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:50,800 unboxing of the Maximus 3 genan