WEBVTT 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 00:00:04.319 --> 00:00:10.240 part of ausa's Republic of Gamers line of motherboard so it includes cool 00:00:08.360 --> 00:00:14.200 features like Rog connect plug and overclock tweak it the hardcore way 00:00:11.920 --> 00:00:17.480 whatever that means uh me perfect which is optimizing your memory without 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 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:27.000 this is the button that you press to make sure that you run any memory at 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:30.480 bone stock settings at kind of a safe setting to make sure that you can post 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:35.640 and then after you post you can tweak the memory afterwards okay you've got 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:37.800 supreme FX X5 built in so it includes 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 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:49.280 microatx motherboard so this is part of their LGA 1156 line of motherboard so it 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:52.640 supports core i7 and core i5 it also supports core I3 although I can't 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:56.840 imagine buying a really expensive board like this and putting a core I3 on it it 00:00:54.640 --> 00:01:01.280 does support SLI and Crossfire so if you're doing like a small Extreme Gaming 00:00:59.160 --> 00:01:04.960 rig like in a go or another small form factor case this would be a perfect 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 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 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 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:21.200 motherboard bam just like that like all of their Republic of gamer boards it has 00:01:18.600 --> 00:01:23.640 a very very cool catchy color scheme but we're going to actually take it away 00:01:22.479 --> 00:01:28.600 from you haha and look at the accessories first so we have a USB cable 00:01:27.439 --> 00:01:32.920 okay thank you for that just your standard a TOA cable uh there's got to 00:01:31.320 --> 00:01:37.240 be something in here it plugs into there's no reason for that SLI Bridge 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:41.880 remember if you need a crossfire Bridge it should come with your video card okay 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 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 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:54.640 drivers and installation DVD as well as a republic of Gamers sticker don't use 00:01:52.960 --> 00:02:00.399 this DVD download the latest off ASUS.com all right and then this is neat 00:01:58.200 --> 00:02:05.399 so they've included little stickers for labeling your hard drives so uh and 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 00:02:07.399 --> 00:02:12.080 cables through the case you don't have to fuss around with which one connects 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 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 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 00:02:23.720 --> 00:02:30.800 right then we have a huge Republic of Gamers sticker that goes all the way 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 00:02:34.040 --> 00:02:39.319 hopefully we can get that off without damaging it too much okay there you go 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 00:02:41.200 --> 00:02:48.959 IO Shield which is their black premium looking IO shield with the uh kind of 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:52.440 poofy shiny stuff on the back then we have six SATA cables three of which are 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:56.519 right angle and three of which are straight and then we have our Cube 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 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 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 00:03:08.519 --> 00:03:15.480 socket and you do have support for dual Channel DDR3 memory and you should use 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:20.040 the color-coded slots this board does have a s's unique feature where this 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 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 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 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:35.680 memory a little bit easier your power connectors are in their ideal locations 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 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 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:47.120 thing that I really like that ASUS is doing with their Republic of gamer 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:54.319 boards is they're starting to include way more four pin fan connectors so if 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:57.319 you look at this board we've got one 2 3 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:59.439 four five four pin power connectors so 00:03:57.319 --> 00:04:04.280 that means you can pwm control all the fans in your case without any additional 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 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:11.879 running in crossfire one PCI Express 4X 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 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 00:04:17.880 --> 00:04:23.800 bit of ventilation and then you've got your onboard start and reset buttons you 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 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 00:04:31.960 --> 00:04:37.479 the OC station which I believe is available separately it doesn't actually 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 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 00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:51.360 cables running off the chipset and one additional one here running off a third 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:53.840 party chipset here is your Go Button I 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 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 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:04.120 here and I'm assume it's because yes 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 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 00:05:10.039 --> 00:05:16.280 eight USB 2.0 ports as well as another 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:19.880 USB port here which I guess is what that cable was for it must do something 00:05:18.039 --> 00:05:23.919 specific something to do with this I think it's their little overclocking 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 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:30.800 means you don't have to fish around in your case especially because it's a 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 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:38.199 to clear the seos digital audio is provided by 00:05:35.840 --> 00:05:42.800 Optical only then you've got fire wire isata gigabit Ethernet and 7.1 audio 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:50.800 those look like goldplated connectors too so thank you for checking out my 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:50.800 unboxing of the Maximus 3 genan