1
00:00:07,439 --> 00:00:18,359
today I'm going to be doing my first socket fm1 motherboard unboxing this is

2
00:00:11,759 --> 00:00:21,080
the ASUS f1a 75m Pro it uses the AMD a75

3
00:00:18,359 --> 00:00:26,119
chipset as I mentioned before fm1 socket this is a brand new socket this is for

4
00:00:23,359 --> 00:00:31,119
special chips cuz I can't even call them CPUs anymore that are called apus so

5
00:00:28,519 --> 00:00:35,920
they have a CPU component a graphicss component and that is a DirectX 11 ready

6
00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:40,559
Graphics component so let's Dive Right into this so we've got A8 Vision or E2

7
00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:44,559
Vision I'm actually not familiar with that what that means but the chip that

8
00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:52,320
I'll be trying this with is actually an A8 CP GPU Apu sorry it's an APU so that

9
00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:57,640
is what I will be having uh in terms of my experience this A8 Vision level okay

10
00:00:55,280 --> 00:01:04,479
we have Digi plus vrm that's nice to see on a microatx board UEFI iOS also great

11
00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:06,240
to see uh their TPU and epu processors

12
00:01:04,479 --> 00:01:11,920
for performance and Energy savings respectively USB 3 is featured on this

13
00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:15,439
chipset and let's have a look at the back so the digi plus vrm they're

14
00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:19,680
showing you that lower interference is better I should certainly think so and

15
00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:23,720
giving us a little bit more information about those features so the epu is all

16
00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:28,560
about uh detecting your current PC loadings and automatically adjusting the

17
00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:32,600
Energy savings TPU is for Turbo they've got their auto system level up up autot

18
00:01:30,759 --> 00:01:37,119
tuning that's available in the BIOS as well and the ufi BIOS allows you to use

19
00:01:34,759 --> 00:01:41,840
a mouse their their ufi BIOS layout is actually outstanding so uh I would

20
00:01:39,479 --> 00:01:45,960
definitely recommend using it if you have this board not that you'll have a

21
00:01:43,759 --> 00:01:49,200
choice you'll have to use it okay oh this is a slightly different packaging

22
00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:53,640
layout than I've seen on isus motherboards before so let's take the

23
00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:56,159
board out really quick here and let's uh have a look at what they've done with

24
00:01:55,040 --> 00:02:00,360
their accessories okay we've got two SATA 3 6

25
00:01:58,719 --> 00:02:05,000
GB per second cable yes this is SATA 3 6 GB per second

26
00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:09,080
native motherboard so the chipset supports you don't need any third party

27
00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:13,560
chips and that is six ports so they're both straight to right angle cables we

28
00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:18,400
have a user's guide which includes a driver DVD as well as a powered by Aus

29
00:02:15,879 --> 00:02:23,400
sticker download the latest drivers off Theus or AMD website next we have an IO

30
00:02:21,319 --> 00:02:28,040
Shield which is helpfully labeled in terms of what's what now let's have a

31
00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:31,879
look at the board itself okay

32
00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:35,720
this is going to be a good unboxing because it's the first one of a brand

33
00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:40,440
new platform I'm always excited about that kind of stuff so why don't we start

34
00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:43,400
right here this is the socket fm1 now it

35
00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:46,599
looks similar to socket am3 but it's not quite the same first of all I want you

36
00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:50,319
guys to notice these blocked off pins right here can you see those okay so

37
00:02:48,519 --> 00:02:55,120
those blocked off pins right there right away you know socket fm1 if you can't

38
00:02:52,400 --> 00:03:00,840
read so you're not going to even be able to physically fit older am2 or am3

39
00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:05,120
processors into thisof socket now I also want to show you guys how to tell which

40
00:03:02,959 --> 00:03:07,599
way to orient your CPU there's a little triangle right there you're going to

41
00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,640
match that up with a little gold triangle on the bottom of your chip

42
00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:14,080
that's the way to put it in you lift up your lever you put CPU and you lock it

43
00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:21,200
down that's how it works it works with A4 A6 and A8 apus and you will have full

44
00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:25,239
support for onboard Graphics remember uh one of their competitors had kind of a

45
00:03:22,799 --> 00:03:28,519
silly platform before where depending on which CPU you plugged in you did or

46
00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:33,360
didn't have access to the onboard Graphics it will all work no problem

47
00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:37,599
okay we've got our eight pin power in its ideal location up at the top left

48
00:03:35,159 --> 00:03:44,000
corner of the board we have a CPU pwm fan header right there we have support

49
00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:47,319
for dual Channel DDR3 memory up to four

50
00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:49,879
slots just like that we have our epu and

51
00:03:47,319 --> 00:03:53,360
TPU switches right here we've also got a memo k switch so what that means is no

52
00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:59,280
matter what memory you're running in here you can press the memo okay button to boot it up and the memory will run at

53
00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:03,439
a safe setting so you can get into the BIOS and make any adjustments to the

54
00:04:01,079 --> 00:04:07,480
timings and speed our 24 pin connectors in its ideal location along the right

55
00:04:05,079 --> 00:04:11,560
hand Edge we've got another pwm chassis fan controller we've got our chipset

56
00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:16,359
here which is excellent to see it's got a little tiny heat sink on it so it's

57
00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:21,959
clearly not doing much uh most of the most of the cool stuff is happening up

58
00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:23,880
here in the Apu we've got six theta 3 6

59
00:04:21,959 --> 00:04:27,919
gbit per second ports those are native those are off the AMD chipset awesome

60
00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:31,280
love to see that here's our front panel headers so that's for your power switch

61
00:04:29,840 --> 00:04:36,759
your LEDs your all that good stuff we have a USB 3 internal header that's also

62
00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:42,320
oh that's terrific to this board has six usb3 ports on a microatx port

63
00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:45,440
outstanding we've got four USB 2 headers cuz all that support is still built into

64
00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:48,800
the chipset so I guess assus figured well we'll just throw the headers on

65
00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:54,759
there they can plug in as much USB as they please okay we've got our front

66
00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:58,000
panel audio and in terms of the slot L look at that another four pin pwm fan

67
00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:01,440
this is actually a pretty high-end motherboard especially considering the

68
00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:07,479
Factor as well as a three pin fan connector so we got four PW or 3 pwm and

69
00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:11,000
one three pin fan controller all right let's have a look at what we got in

70
00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:17,080
terms of slots so we've got a PCIe 16x slot PCIe 1X slot a PCI slot and then a

71
00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:21,720
PCIe physical 16x slot but you can actually see in here the wires it's only

72
00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:25,520
wired for 8X so if you were to run Crossfire X which means two discret

73
00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:29,759
Graphics then you would be running it at adex

74
00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:34,759
adex okay let's see what AMD says about AMD ASUS says about this board you got

75
00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:38,759
dual Graphics direct X11 support what's dual Graphics well dual Graphics means

76
00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:43,039
take your Apu you put it there you take your GPU you put it there and they will

77
00:05:40,919 --> 00:05:47,400
actually work together kind of like a hybrid Crossfire used to do except it

78
00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:51,400
actually seems to work quite well this time around so that's a pretty cool

79
00:05:49,479 --> 00:05:56,560
feature uh other than that I guess they're not really saying too much about

80
00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:59,639
it oh yeah this is cool check this out so this bracket here looks kind of

81
00:05:58,479 --> 00:06:04,039
different from what we've seen before for on AMD motherboards but guess what

82
00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:08,120
still compatible with your old AMD compatible heat sink so you've got the

83
00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:11,919
same mounting holes you've got the same Clips right here so you shouldn't run

84
00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:15,280
into any problems as far as using your older Solutions so you don't have to

85
00:06:13,319 --> 00:06:21,280
waste money upgrading stuff that still works just fine we've got four USB three

86
00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:27,560
ports on the back one of those PS2 mouse keyboard combo ports optical audio out

87
00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:30,319
HDMI VGA and DVI of note is the fact

88
00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:36,720
that the DVI port supports up to 25 60 x600 dual link very cool haven't seen

89
00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:41,479
that on onboard Graphics yet uh two USB 2 ports an Ethernet port gigabit

90
00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:46,639
Ethernet of course and 7.1 audio out thank you for checking out my unboxing

91
00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:48,440
of the FM a75m Pro from ASUS don't

92
00:06:46,639 --> 00:06:53,280
forget to subscribe to lus techtips for more unboxings reviews and other

93
00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,280
computer videos