1 00:00:07,279 --> 00:00:14,160 welcome to my unboxing and first look at the Seuss Rog series Maximus 5 formula 2 00:00:12,519 --> 00:00:19,560 this is the thunder FX version and there'll be more on what makes it thunder FX but there is a plain formula 3 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:23,359 version as well it includes a Diablo 3 mouse pad that's kind of cool support 4 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:28,080 for Intel core I3 i5 and i7 processors from their third generation line of CPUs 5 00:00:26,080 --> 00:00:33,239 Intel z77 chipset means you get all those usual features including uh SRT 6 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:37,399 for SSD caching as well as virtue MVP for accelerating your GPU experience and 7 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:43,520 allowing you to use your integrated graphics for video transcoding in your dedicated graphics for gaming supports 8 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:49,120 two-way SLI or quad SLI with two dual GPU cards and up to three-way Crossfire 9 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:51,079 X or quad Crossfire x with two dual GPU 10 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:54,480 cards here are some highlight features including Fusion thermal completely 11 00:00:52,559 --> 00:00:58,399 redesigned thermal design uh thermal dissipation design for the vrm Supreme 12 00:00:56,719 --> 00:01:02,600 FX4 which has some really cool new Innovations we'll talk more about those later 13 00:01:00,519 --> 00:01:06,720 Thunder FX is included on this version and we'll definitely uh talk about that 14 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:11,040 more later and Diablo 3 mouse pad also included let's go ahead and get this bad 15 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:14,000 boy opened up so some more features we'll talk about those as we get it 16 00:01:12,159 --> 00:01:19,560 opened up comes with the Diablo 3 mouse pad which is here and you can get 17 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:24,600 the know how to get that out oh here at the top there's an envelope Sticky Thing 18 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:29,079 all right this is the thunder FX so the Thunder 19 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:31,320 FX this yeah this is the kind of thing 20 00:01:29,079 --> 00:01:34,920 that is a tremendous value ad for a board like this so yes you're spending a 21 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:40,079 bunch of money on a board but if you're a frequent upgrader sometimes you can 22 00:01:37,399 --> 00:01:43,280 get well I hate to say burned a little bit but you can get burned a little bit 23 00:01:41,759 --> 00:01:46,719 on spending a ton of money on these premium boards only to find out that 24 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:51,399 there's nothing you can really carry forward with you in the future well the 25 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:55,240 Thunder FX is something that you will be able to so this is okay what do they 26 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:59,320 have to say for themselves versatile gaming audio for PC and consoles right 27 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:05,719 is compatible with any device tablet phone PC console doesn't matter it it is 28 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:08,319 capable of driving up to 300 ohm 29 00:02:05,719 --> 00:02:12,239 resistance uh headphones and uses premium capacitors for Pure powerful 30 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:16,239 audio Supreme sound accessory that your console landan or entertainment 31 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:19,840 enjoyment requires so let's have a look at what they've got in terms of spec 32 00:02:17,519 --> 00:02:24,120 they're using a cdia 6631 audio processor they're using as I recall I 33 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:28,440 have notes on this so why don't we get more into it later actually let's just 34 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:33,920 put this aside for now so let's check out the board first we've got our 35 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:36,040 Thunder FX audio solution so we'll take 36 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:40,239 a closer look at that there's the USB interface and then you can also just use 37 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:45,680 a standard stereo input which will allow it to amplify the 38 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:47,640 signal and output to wherever you need 39 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:51,720 it to go so there's your headphones as well as your microphone in Xbox 360 40 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:55,920 voice in is also included that's pretty cool this is awesome check this out so 41 00:02:53,879 --> 00:03:01,800 this microphone Port right here is actually for active noise cancelling so 42 00:02:58,519 --> 00:03:06,280 if you paired this let's say for example 43 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:10,159 ASUS's uh where did they go there they 44 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:12,840 are Vulcan noise cancelling headphones 45 00:03:10,159 --> 00:03:16,959 you would have multiple rounds of noise cancelling going on so you would have 46 00:03:14,799 --> 00:03:20,599 the closedness of the headphones you would have the noise cancelling built 47 00:03:18,879 --> 00:03:26,720 into the headphones and then you'd have a microphone actively listening to what 48 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:32,439 is the ambient noise around you and then canceling that out at the sound card 49 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:37,159 level which is very very cool so what else we got here you can switch between 50 00:03:33,879 --> 00:03:38,560 PC Xbox 360 and PS3 mode you can also 51 00:03:37,159 --> 00:03:42,360 switch you oh yeah you've just got a volume knob and then that's pretty much 52 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:46,200 it for the physical attributes of the unit so this probably reminds you guys a 53 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:50,920 little bit of the essence one that we took a look at a while ago so it's more 54 00:03:48,799 --> 00:03:57,200 like uh it's a it's well it's not quite an Essence one which is like a $600 USB 55 00:03:54,799 --> 00:04:01,599 Dack and amplifier itself I mean this one's bundled with a motherboard but 56 00:03:58,879 --> 00:04:06,239 it's a on the same lines in terms of trying to deliver the best possible 57 00:04:03,799 --> 00:04:09,680 quality audio so there are advantages actually this is in line with their with 58 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:14,400 their Red Line concept so you see the red line that actually separates all of 59 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:18,079 the audio components on the PCB from the rest of the PCB this is to reduce 60 00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:23,360 interference there's also Shields here to again reduce stray interference and 61 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:27,080 uh there is an advantage to keeping it separated from the PCB that way you then 62 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:30,400 get a further Advantage going with something like a high-end Zone R sound 63 00:04:28,639 --> 00:04:35,320 card and putting that in a PC PCI slot or PCI Express slot because then you're 64 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:39,440 further removing yourself from all the hoo-ha that's going on inside your PC 65 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:42,759 case by removing it even further and plugging into via USB you can almost 66 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:48,000 completely eliminate it so that's one of the reasons that people do like using 67 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:50,360 these external USB sound cards so let's 68 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:54,000 start with just an overall look at the layout of the board so one thing that 69 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:57,960 you guys are probably going to be wandering about right right off the bat 70 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:02,919 is the Republic of Gamers logo in the middle they have brought back back the 71 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:08,520 breathing eye so it is no longer just illuminated it is not not illuminated it 72 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:12,320 has a breathing pulsating effect going on right under your CPU socket so that 73 00:05:10,759 --> 00:05:16,639 should look really really cool once we've got it powered on um oh I jump 74 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:20,319 straight to the board I didn't do accessories just a sec all right coming 75 00:05:18,759 --> 00:05:23,919 back to the board we'll do accessories later I guess so couple things I want to 76 00:05:22,199 --> 00:05:27,120 mention is it comes with a full one-ear copy of kasperski and comes with a full 77 00:05:25,639 --> 00:05:31,360 copy of demon tools which is kind of neat uh one thing to note though guys 78 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:35,160 about formula boards versus extreme boards because in theory like you know 79 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:38,600 an extreme level board should have everything a formula level board so why 80 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:42,360 is it that you can get this thunder FX one with a formula board not with an 81 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:45,919 extreme board and why does the formula board have this super high-end onboard 82 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:50,919 audio which we'll get more into later and not an extreme board the reason for 83 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:55,520 that is that ASUS is trying to appease the different market segments so an 84 00:05:52,479 --> 00:05:57,000 extreme buyer user is not necessarily 85 00:05:55,520 --> 00:06:01,880 even going to want to use onboard audio no matter how good it is they're probably going to want to buy like aad 86 00:05:59,639 --> 00:06:05,080 dedicated couple hundred own our sound card to throw on it so there's no point 87 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:13,639 providing them with that high-end onboard audio anyway although it'll still be pretty decent so 88 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:17,479 um networking here we go so they're using Intel networking again however 89 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:22,759 they have completely redesigned the Intel game first uh technology that 90 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:26,680 allows you to prioritize gaming or prioritize other applications depending 91 00:06:25,039 --> 00:06:31,639 on what you need and you can not only use it on the Intel gigabit Ethernet but 92 00:06:29,599 --> 00:06:36,680 you can also use it on the included Wi-Fi network module and even if you add 93 00:06:34,759 --> 00:06:41,599 a third party Nick like say even a multi-port Nick you can still use the 94 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:46,560 ASUS software that's built into AI Suite 2 in order to prioritize different 95 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:49,720 applications in and get the best possible experience so if even if you 96 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:54,400 load something in here you can still use game first 2 which has been completely 97 00:06:52,039 --> 00:06:58,960 Rewritten from game first one in order to provide better compatibility and a 98 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:04,080 more seamless overall experience the reason I went with Intel versus killer 99 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:07,639 for this particular application cuz if you guys have seen some highend 100 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:11,520 motherboards are using killer networking is that they wanted that flexibility to 101 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:15,919 allow you to use it not only on this one network connection here but also on 102 00:07:13,759 --> 00:07:22,360 everything else as well so I want to talk about the PCI Express slot layout 103 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:26,840 you it's going to run in 16x 8X 8X or it 104 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:28,639 will run in 8X 4X 4X now these are all 105 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:35,000 running directly off of the CPU and they are all PCI p e 3.0 enabled slots which 106 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:38,560 means that even if you're running 844 107 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:40,160 that's equivalent to PCIe 2 1688 which 108 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:45,000 is plenty of bandwidth assuming you're using newer Generation video cards that 109 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:49,960 use PCI E3 for three-way Crossfire configuration however NVIDIA doesn't 110 00:07:47,319 --> 00:07:55,199 allow 4X slots for SLI so you'll be limited to 2way SLI but one cool thing 111 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:59,000 that you should notice guys is that as you may have seen ASUS is doing a lot of 112 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:03,360 triple slot graphics cards with their direct U2 cooler and there's a lot of 113 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:07,360 boards that aren't really compatible with multi-GPU configurations with these 114 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:11,800 cards well they thought of that and they went okay well let's leave huge spacing 115 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:17,800 in between the slots so that you can even use two triple slot um PCI Express 116 00:08:15,159 --> 00:08:22,280 cards and still you're left with a PCIe 4X slot for expansion whether you want 117 00:08:20,199 --> 00:08:28,479 to throw a raid card in there a network card in there or whatever else you have 118 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:30,120 a desire for so moving on to the vrm you 119 00:08:28,479 --> 00:08:34,880 can't really see it very well well but something to note is that ASUS hasn't 120 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:39,479 gone overboard in terms of how many phases that they've built into the 121 00:08:36,959 --> 00:08:43,919 voltage regulation modules or into well into the power delivery system on this 122 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:48,560 board instead of going with huge like multi a huge multiphase design they've 123 00:08:45,959 --> 00:08:54,959 gone with a lower phase design that uses higher end components in order to make 124 00:08:50,959 --> 00:08:57,800 sure that the tolerances are as low as 125 00:08:54,959 --> 00:09:02,160 possible and speaking of low tolerances they've also gone with a slightly 126 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:07,000 different overall take on the component sourcing than some of their competitors 127 00:09:03,839 --> 00:09:09,120 have as well so while okay while it's 128 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:14,200 interesting to see what a capacitor is rated for in terms of current delivery 129 00:09:11,399 --> 00:09:18,320 at 105 degrees because that seems to a normal user you'd go okay yeah that's a 130 00:09:16,079 --> 00:09:22,519 highly stressful environment so that probably represents a worst case 131 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:27,200 scenario there are power delivery designs that will perform extremely well 132 00:09:24,680 --> 00:09:30,720 at 105 degrees Celsius but then will actually suffer in terms of their 133 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:35,800 efficiency at a more realistic temperature like maybe 70° which is what 134 00:09:33,399 --> 00:09:39,399 you might encounter in a typical gamer system so ASUS wanted whether you're 135 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:44,760 using extreme cooling all over your system you're going to be water cooling your vrm and you know you're going to be 136 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:47,920 going all out on that or whether you're going to be going for like a silent 137 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:54,000 system and it's going to be running completely passive with very little air flow around it they want it to perform 138 00:09:51,399 --> 00:09:59,399 well no matter what scenario that you're going to use it in so they're using 139 00:09:55,800 --> 00:10:00,920 Nikon GT caps and uh this is the same 140 00:09:59,399 --> 00:10:09,040 design they were using on their x79 boards and if it can handle x79 then d77 141 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:10,920 shouldn't be a problem also something 142 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:17,120 that isus specifically asked me to point this out is that they adhere fully to 143 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:20,399 Intel spec in terms of the build quality 144 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:22,040 of the socket itself the uh components 145 00:10:20,399 --> 00:10:25,839 that go around the socket itself and it's not just the marketing spec of what 146 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:30,160 they've built over here but they can actually deliver the quality of power 147 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:36,120 that they're generating to to the CPU itself and not all solutions are built 148 00:10:32,680 --> 00:10:37,480 equal in this manner it's also worth 149 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:43,360 remembering that it comes with all the usual ASUS features so there's actually 150 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:45,680 eight 4pin pwm fan connectors scattered 151 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:49,680 all over the board love seeing stuff like that there's two in here and you 152 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:53,680 can use fan expert 2 in order to control them some boards have fan control 153 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:57,959 options but not all of the ports are supported that's not the way that it 154 00:10:55,000 --> 00:11:03,079 works with the ASUS one and you can even use external temperature probes in order 155 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:07,480 to control those fans so it has up to three probes and I can't remember where 156 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:10,720 all the slots are there's one uh so you just hook up these probes and you can 157 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:14,000 run them wherever you want them to go I think there's one sort of over here 158 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:18,440 somewhere anyway there's three run them wherever you want them to go whether it's a hard drive and then you have your 159 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:21,959 chassis fan plugged in in the front you make sure your hard drive stays cool if 160 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:25,000 it's getting too warm uh or wherever you want to put them you can adjust your fan 161 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:28,440 Curves in order to make sure that everything stays appropriately cooled 162 00:11:26,639 --> 00:11:32,240 you've also got all your usual stuff including USB boost which gives you 163 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:36,880 better performance out of your usb3 ports you've also got AI charger which 164 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:41,480 supports not only Apple devices but also Android devices for Accelerated charging 165 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:45,920 over your USB ports uh there's the Thunderbolt header which is present on 166 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:50,680 almost all of the ASUS z77 boards which where is it it's around here 167 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:54,000 somewhere Thunderbolt header right there so there's the Thunderbolt header which 168 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:57,639 is allows you to add Thunderbolt retroactively to this board even though 169 00:11:55,480 --> 00:12:02,680 it doesn't include it it supports USB BIOS flashback um which basically 170 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:07,040 doesn't really need anything actually hold on let us let us let me find that 171 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:12,000 no button required folks you just rename the BIOS file to this file name right 172 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:14,839 here you put it in the Rog connect port and then you restart the system and 173 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:19,399 there's some flashing lights that indicate when the BIOS is flashed 174 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:23,199 remember you can use USB BIOS flashback without even a CPU or memory installed 175 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:28,199 in the board all right moving right along then 176 00:12:25,839 --> 00:12:31,959 Fusion Thermo this is cool so there's a heat pipe in here 177 00:12:30,079 --> 00:12:35,440 right there and then there is also a water channel so you can either use air 178 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:39,399 cooling or liquid cooling and while it'll perform perfectly well with their 179 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:42,920 Cooling and they've designed it they've they're actually using these uh the 180 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:46,360 special coating that enables better heat conduction all that good stuff the heat 181 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:51,440 pipeing there blah blah blah all this it's a great air cooler however you can 182 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:55,480 get phenomenal performance with it by using a water cooling setup so these are 183 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:58,480 38 barbs and there's a little they're a little bit narrower on the board than I 184 00:12:56,839 --> 00:13:03,480 would have liked to see however the restriction shouldn't be too bad because 185 00:13:00,959 --> 00:13:07,320 I saw a cutaway diagram of how the uh how the routing of the tube is done 186 00:13:04,839 --> 00:13:12,040 inside and they're using very smooth uh curves rather than using sharp 90° like 187 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:16,000 you often see um you know nonwater cooling oriented companies do so I would 188 00:13:14,079 --> 00:13:19,839 expect this to not really slow down your flow rate that much and I'm very excited 189 00:13:17,959 --> 00:13:24,120 to see that ASUS has made some significant improvements to the quality 190 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:28,480 of their water cooling versus what they were doing back in 2007 so it uses all 191 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:32,680 nickel and copper which means you're not going to run into any corrosion issues 192 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:35,959 if anyone had a foxcon Black Ops board and actually tried to water cool that 193 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:40,839 you know what I'm talking about those things corroded like crazy and just fell 194 00:13:38,399 --> 00:13:44,519 apart so ASUS has figured all of that out and they want you to be running this 195 00:13:42,079 --> 00:13:49,720 board two three four five years down the line without uh without well yes falling 196 00:13:47,199 --> 00:13:55,000 apart so moving on to the Supreme FX4 audio this is discret class audio and 197 00:13:51,839 --> 00:13:58,120 you look at how big the actual PCB that 198 00:13:55,000 --> 00:14:00,600 is laid aside for your onboard audio is 199 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:03,720 and it's almost a sound card worth of space so it shouldn't be that surprising 200 00:14:02,399 --> 00:14:07,240 that they're able to build in a fair amount of quality there so the red line 201 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:12,759 shielding actually is a physical separation of the PCB which is very very 202 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:15,160 cool and then uh they're using Ela 203 00:14:12,759 --> 00:14:19,519 premium audio caps so those are all here and then this guy right here is kind of 204 00:14:16,839 --> 00:14:23,639 special this is a 1500 microfarad massive cap it's what ASUS is calling it 205 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:28,759 a massive cap so what does this allow you to do it allows you to store power 206 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:32,120 in reserve for when you need it so let's say you know you're creeping down a 207 00:14:30,199 --> 00:14:37,120 hallway and everything's really quiet and then boom there's an explosion that 208 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:41,480 requires additional power draw that can't necessarily be delivered on the 209 00:14:38,959 --> 00:14:44,959 Fly by the normal Power delivery system that would go to something like an 210 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:49,279 onboard sound card so this capacitor right here is holding power in reserve 211 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:53,360 so it can deliver that responsiveness and that punchiness as soon as you need 212 00:14:51,399 --> 00:14:56,880 the additional power to go to your sound card so that's a really neat design 213 00:14:55,040 --> 00:15:02,040 choice that they've made they also went with audio grade caps which are 214 00:14:59,759 --> 00:15:06,160 different so there are higher okay higher quality capacitors than what 215 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:10,560 they're using on here in terms of the current they can deliver however audio 216 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:14,639 caps use completely different electrolytic content and completely 217 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:20,920 different foil to give a certain tonality to the noise versus just 218 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:24,480 managing power which is what regular caps are more about so there's some 219 00:15:23,079 --> 00:15:29,160 differences in how they respond to the requests and now isus believes that the 220 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:34,399 experience that they have in design audio products now I mean they've been doing Zonar for a while including some 221 00:15:32,399 --> 00:15:37,680 very high-end stuff has given them some big advantages over what their 222 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:43,199 competitors are doing in terms of discret grade onboard audio and uh I'm 223 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:48,000 really excited to try this one out because between the 300 ohm headphone 224 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:53,519 amp which is here and the uh the shielded chip as well as the audio grade 225 00:15:50,279 --> 00:15:55,600 caps and the super cap is is it super 226 00:15:53,519 --> 00:15:58,560 cap massive cap sorry my bad and the massive cap I'm expecting this to 227 00:15:56,959 --> 00:16:01,959 deliver a very good audio experience which start of 228 00:16:00,279 --> 00:16:06,000 begs the question why would they include this with it and I guess it's so that 229 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:10,759 you have like like the the best and then like the even like Bist uh included with 230 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:13,560 the same with the same board and you have the flexibility of using that on 231 00:16:12,279 --> 00:16:18,160 something else even when you're no longer using this motherboard which is kind of neat now let's go back to my 232 00:16:16,639 --> 00:16:22,959 regular programming so there's your lg1155 socket lots of space around it 233 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:26,720 for aftermarket coolers you got your vrm cooling here which I think we've talked 234 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:29,639 about plenty already your 8 Pin plus 4 pin power connectors are in their ideal 235 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:33,839 location at the the top left of the board and then moving along the top of 236 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:38,079 the board you got some more CPU headers you got some ah there's a debug LED so 237 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:41,519 if you don't want to use this though remember guys you always have the option 238 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:44,480 of using R connect so there's the button to turn it on there's the port for it 239 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:48,279 and that's where you plug in a separate computer in order to you can monitor 240 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:53,040 things like temperatures you can change overclocking settings you can uh see ah 241 00:16:51,519 --> 00:16:57,880 yes if you're booting up and for whatever reason you don't want to look inside your case lean over and look at 242 00:16:55,759 --> 00:17:00,759 the debug LED it'll give you a plain text version of any kind of error so if 243 00:16:59,519 --> 00:17:05,039 you accidentally turn on the computer without RAM in it plug this in it'll 244 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:08,959 just say there like there's no RAM so you better put some RAM in is kind of 245 00:17:07,120 --> 00:17:16,280 neat okay slow mode don't worry about that unless you're going below 10° C so 246 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:19,120 or below -1° C so leave it off for for 247 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:22,600 now um you've got onboard switches start and reset you've got your Go Button 248 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:25,520 which works as a memo Button as well so if for whatever reason you're not 249 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:29,600 posting that'll set it to very very safe settings and get you going you've got 250 00:17:27,439 --> 00:17:34,000 all your onboard here you want to get a close look at that all your onboard 251 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:37,559 voltage readouts so you don't have to trust the BIOS you can actually get ones 252 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:41,640 with you can get readouts with a multimeter you've also got ah these are 253 00:17:39,799 --> 00:17:45,720 neat so these are little boot up LEDs that tell you the status of things as 254 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:49,679 you're booting up you've also got your ln2 mode jumper so don't worry about 255 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:52,960 that unless you're using liquid nitrogen 24 pin connectors in its ideal location 256 00:17:51,679 --> 00:17:57,280 along the right hand Edge your front usb3 connectors in its ideal location 257 00:17:55,080 --> 00:18:00,720 along the right hand Edge and they've also changed the configuration of the 258 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:04,360 SATA ports a little bit here too so there's only four SATA ports here that 259 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:09,039 are running off the Intel chipset two SATA 2 ports uh running at 3 gbit per 260 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:13,240 second two SATA 3 6 gbit per second ports and all four of these are running 261 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:17,159 off of as media chipsets so while you don't have the caching feature that you 262 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:20,440 get on the third party Marvel controllers you do have better 263 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:24,679 performance with these as media ones so that's why Seuss opted for that so you 264 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:30,080 have a total of six SATA 3 6 GB per second ports and uh two SATA 2 3 GB per 265 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:34,400 second ports remember you can still run caching off of the Intel ports should 266 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:38,480 you so desire all your front panel connectors are here TPM your Thunderbolt 267 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:42,840 headers down here talked about that already two front USB 2.0 connectors 268 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:46,320 auxiliary power in case you are running multiple gpus although if you're running 269 00:18:44,559 --> 00:18:52,159 only two you should be fine your front panel audio connector on the other side 270 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:53,320 of the Thin Red Line and uh ah slot 271 00:18:52,159 --> 00:18:59,320 layout so we've talked about this a little bit already but three PCI e1x 272 00:18:55,320 --> 00:19:01,000 slots three PCI e6x slots and PCI 4X 273 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:04,679 slot make up all of that so the pulsating eye just so you guys know you 274 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:09,640 can if you for whatever reason don't like it you can unplug it and tuck it in 275 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:12,240 there without damaging the board in the 276 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:17,679 slightest ah up here this is cool so this is an mpcie combo and what we're 277 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:22,440 going to do is we're actually going to show you guys what goes on on this guy 278 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:27,919 so this is just a little check this out so you can use uh there's 279 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:30,240 mpcie and then there's also a an M SATA 280 00:19:27,919 --> 00:19:34,400 slot and it supports both of them and then you plug the whole thing into this 281 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:38,520 module right here that sits up at the top of the board like this so you can 282 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:43,679 see there's already a dualband Wi-Fi module plugged in here wherever the 283 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:48,480 where are the antenna ports give me a sec so these two little nubbins have 284 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:51,039 little adapters that uh plug into them and then you plug the full size antennas 285 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:56,240 into them and run them out of the back of the case so that's the mini PCI E card that they include did I already say 286 00:19:54,200 --> 00:20:00,360 it was Dual Band Wi-Fi as well as Bluetooth 4.0 okay cool and then there's 287 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:05,280 your m SATA slot so you can plug in an additional SSD should you so desire and 288 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:08,400 put the whole thing on here like this haha okay so we're not going to put 289 00:20:07,159 --> 00:20:11,760 whoops we're not going to put that on for now but uh let's have a look at some 290 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:16,520 more accessories so there's your antennas that go with that you got some 291 00:20:13,799 --> 00:20:22,320 included SATA cables four SATA 3 6 GB per second cables two SATA 2 3 GB per 292 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:25,840 second cables we've got an included Rog 293 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:28,720 flexy black SLI connector the very best 294 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:33,280 kind uh these are all related to thunder effect so we're going to hold off on 295 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:35,280 those for now IO Shield helpfully 296 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:39,080 labeled ah these are great so you can label all your hard drive cables so you 297 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:42,600 make sure you have boot discs make sure you don't accidentally unplug the wrong 298 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:46,039 thing at any given time there's your user guide which is extremely thick and 299 00:20:44,679 --> 00:20:50,559 extremely thorough I think this is the thickest user manual I've seen from an 300 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:54,400 ASUS motherboard yet and we've used it a couple times throughout this unboxing to 301 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:58,039 clarify things and it's very helpful driver dis don't use that though 302 00:20:56,280 --> 00:21:05,880 download the latest I'm gaming do not disturb door hanger very 303 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:05,880 cool Rog sticker with instructions for 304 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:12,520 application Rog connect cable as well as 305 00:21:10,799 --> 00:21:17,760 Q connectors for the front making it easier to plug in your front USB and 306 00:21:14,159 --> 00:21:19,520 front power in one Fell Swoop so let's 307 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:27,840 finish up with the rear IO uh clear seos Rog connect 3 USB 2.0 308 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:31,039 ports four USB 3.0 ports eeta display 309 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:35,200 port and H HMI out optical audio in and 310 00:21:31,039 --> 00:21:38,880 out gigabit Ethernet and 7.1 audio with 311 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:43,080 like the beastliest onboard audio 312 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:46,880 powering it very good stuff so now let's 313 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:48,919 move along to the Thunder FX so this 314 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:53,000 should not be confused with Thunderbolt which is totally different although the 315 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:56,720 board does support a a Thunderbolt add-on card this is thunder FX this is 316 00:21:54,919 --> 00:22:01,320 all about sound so we've looked at it physically now let's talk about what 317 00:21:59,039 --> 00:22:05,120 makes it special so accessory wise it comes with a USB cable which has two 318 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:09,559 USBS on one end and one on the other end that's so that it can get enough power 319 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:14,799 okay you've got an Xbox adapter as well as other more different Xbox adapter for 320 00:22:11,360 --> 00:22:16,440 your microphone in good stuff and that's 321 00:22:14,799 --> 00:22:20,600 pretty much it in terms of included accessory cables so just wanted to 322 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:24,799 clarify something that I nubbed out on before so this is noise cancelling for 323 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:28,159 your microphone not for your headphones 324 00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:35,520 themselves so you will need noise cancelling headphones which do their own noise cancelling for what you hear but 325 00:22:32,159 --> 00:22:38,720 what this guy does is it listens to the 326 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:40,440 ambient noise and where' the microphone 327 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:44,200 for this go oh I must have left it at home okay well if the microphone was 328 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:49,320 plugged in I would be talking into my microphone and this would be isolating 329 00:22:46,799 --> 00:22:53,039 the random ambient noise from the sound coming in through my microphone in order 330 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:57,240 to make sure that whoever I'm talking to hears me clearly even if I'm at a 331 00:22:54,480 --> 00:23:00,000 crowded land Center so I think that pretty much wraps this up than thank you 332 00:22:58,679 --> 00:23:03,360 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