WEBVTT 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:06.640 Linus Tech tips coverage of computex 2013 is powered by Western Digital our 00:00:04.759 --> 00:00:11.040 trusted gaming gear partner is Corsair Vengeance and our trusted retail partner 00:00:08.840 --> 00:00:11.040 is 00:00:11.920 --> 00:00:17.279 nc.com guys it's still computex 2013 for 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:21.800 some reason I guess it's cuz it's not over yet and we are here in the ASRock 00:00:19.680 --> 00:00:25.599 Booth where I am holding a motherboard that looks pretty much like any other 00:00:23.560 --> 00:00:30.240 motherboard except for the very outrageous color scheme as well as some 00:00:28.400 --> 00:00:34.719 you know water cooling barbs here on the vrm cooling solution and all that kind 00:00:32.079 --> 00:00:38.920 of cool stuff you got four PCI Express 16x graphics card oh wait what's that 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:43.840 hold on a minute come over here come have a closer look what is this all 00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:49.320 right now I have long said that every motherboard needs to have a matte black 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:53.000 PCB I now officially have to take that 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:57.640 back because the glossy black PCB on the 00:00:53.000 --> 00:01:00.960 ASRock OC formula Z87 board enables it 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:03.000 to actually be waterproof roof they have 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:07.439 a live demo here with this system running this video demo right here of 00:01:05.799 --> 00:01:13.240 the board receiving its conformal codings see check that out and they have 00:01:10.080 --> 00:01:16.040 that demo running on a computer that has 00:01:13.240 --> 00:01:20.960 water running over it this is absolutely freaking unbelievable and what you might 00:01:18.479 --> 00:01:25.799 think to yourself is well why do I need a a liquid proof motherboard I can think 00:01:23.600 --> 00:01:30.560 of a couple reason number one is Extreme overclocking so this board actually 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:35.479 comes with a little a little Nick she right there little Nick she signature so 00:01:33.240 --> 00:01:40.159 he is a very famous overclocker he's got his designed by badge on this board when 00:01:38.399 --> 00:01:44.119 you are extreme overclocking it is incredibly important to avoid 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:49.079 condensation condensation can destroy your motherboard if you're not using a 00:01:46.119 --> 00:01:53.159 Z87 OC formula because wetness can become conductive very very quickly boom 00:01:51.320 --> 00:01:57.119 zap it's dead so for extreme overclocking where condensation is an 00:01:54.840 --> 00:02:00.200 issue then this is very beneficial now I can even think of applications that this 00:01:58.759 --> 00:02:03.680 might be awesome that that aren't extreme overclocking such as liquid 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:07.240 cooling if you're worried about oh a pipe burst somewhere and you get some 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:10.080 water on your board don't worry about it with this board you can actually I mean 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:13.160 I don't I still don't really recommend it you know firing it right up because 00:02:11.920 --> 00:02:17.200 the water might have gotten on something else but you won't have to worry about 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:22.519 your motherboard at all it's got a bunch of other cool features including check 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:27.560 this out a status OLED display gone are the days evidently of just like two 00:02:24.640 --> 00:02:30.720 little sort of you know singled digit things next to each other now you can 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:34.400 monitor things like temperature as well as base clock and all that kind of cool 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:38.920 stuff right on the motherboard itself you've also got onboard switches dual 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:42.599 BIOS dual USB 3 ports over there at the front onboard overclocking switches as 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:46.519 well as voltage checkpoints right there at the back behind the 24 pin connector 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:50.519 and check this out this is a feature that's going to be very beneficial for 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:54.239 guys like Gamers guys who have a secondary gaming system that they want 00:02:52.440 --> 00:02:58.640 to hook up to their monitor so for a long time companies like BenQ have been 00:02:56.080 --> 00:03:03.560 releasing monitors that have multiple inputs such as DVI HDMI or dual HDMI so 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:07.120 you can easily run both your computer and your game console through your 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:12.799 monitor but what asrock's done is they've added an HDMI pass through that 00:03:10.239 --> 00:03:17.400 allows you to use your computer to switch what is displayed on your monitor 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:20.400 making it a more seamless experience than reaching around to the back of your 00:03:18.959 --> 00:03:25.319 computer and unplugging or plugging something in or even reaching up to your 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:28.920 monitor to change the source input so if running water over a motherboard while 00:03:27.040 --> 00:03:34.040 it's operating wasn't ridiculous enough for you this right here is the Z87 00:03:31.439 --> 00:03:37.920 extreme 11 AC it has Wireless AC it's got overclocking features it supports up 00:03:36.040 --> 00:03:42.879 to four-way Crossfire so you can see that running right there and it actually 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:50.439 gets more ludicrous than that so check out this this is an SSD array a massive 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:53.200 number of ssds 22 ssds count them four 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:57.360 wide by five deep and then an extra two that are sitting back there at the back 00:03:55.319 --> 00:04:04.560 and I have something to share with you guys these are all connected to the Z87 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:07.799 extreme 11 AC right over here so this is 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:09.760 using the six SATA 3 6 GB per second 00:04:07.799 --> 00:04:12.640 connectors that are provided by Intel's chipset you actually can't really see 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:16.600 them all unless you get right in there at that angle so there are six coming 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:23.000 straight out of the board and there are another 00:04:18.320 --> 00:04:26.360 16 SAS 3 connectors running off of an 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:28.479 LSI SAS 3 chip that is built into this 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:34.120 motherboard if you have a serious need for storage don't think that you're 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:40.000 limited to just ssds if you want to run 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:41.560 22 SATA 3 or six sata3 with 16 SAS 3 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:47.639 devices off of your board at the same time for whatever reason this is the 00:04:45.039 --> 00:04:51.120 only board that is even remotely capable of doing 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:54.320 that but if you don't feel like building your own computer and pouring water all 00:04:52.600 --> 00:04:58.800 over it then check out the M8 Series right here this is a new thing from 00:04:55.960 --> 00:05:03.919 ASRock it's a DIY barebones unit that is going to allow you you to get that same 00:05:01.320 --> 00:05:08.160 ridiculously ludicrously fast gaming experience that we've seen with some 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:11.880 sort of you know some Boutique Builders doing with something like the iby power 00:05:09.880 --> 00:05:15.840 Revolt for example except that it's something that you can acquire yourself 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:19.560 and you have the flexibility of choosing your own components and building it 00:05:17.400 --> 00:05:23.720 yourself as well now you might have noticed that this is not exactly your 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:28.479 standard runof-the-mill barebones unit it uses an aluminum 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:33.840 chassis that was actually designed by BMW's design group much like the level 00:05:31.039 --> 00:05:37.520 10 m Mouse that's right here and the level 10m headset that are sitting right 00:05:35.960 --> 00:05:41.120 next to it so wouldn't these make a stunning combination the construction as 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:45.560 I said before is aluminum and ventilation is handled by two 60 mm fans 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:48.560 up here in the top is quite rugged feeling as well I can actually pick the 00:05:46.960 --> 00:05:52.800 thing up by one of the handles and I don't have to worry too much about it breaking making it extremely portable 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:58.759 and they've added some unique features as well so here on the front you've got USB 3 super speed and a slot load 00:05:56.639 --> 00:06:02.319 optical drive as well as this is kind of neat check this out so you can monitor 00:06:00.440 --> 00:06:06.000 things like your CPU clock speed as well as your time and then you can interface 00:06:04.400 --> 00:06:10.280 with it with a simple push button interface as well as a rotating rubber 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:14.199 knob with an LED backlight now let's go ahead and see how the magic Works inside 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:19.639 so I'm going to turn it around the wrong way first as if I don't know how this works check this out magnets which are 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:22.440 basically magic as far as I can tell so there's a window on the back how do you 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:26.800 get away with putting a window on the back of a computer case well I'll tell 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:30.599 you how by having extremely clean Cable Management so the case comes cable 00:06:28.840 --> 00:06:34.080 managed for you pretty much you don't have to worry about that and you can 00:06:31.880 --> 00:06:38.280 actually see the reinforcement that's on the motherboard tray here I mean it's 00:06:35.919 --> 00:06:42.919 one of Steve Jobs's design philosophies that a great device should look great 00:06:41.080 --> 00:06:46.440 not only on the outside but also on the inside so having clean Cable Management 00:06:45.080 --> 00:06:51.599 really does show that attention to detail that not all things achieve the 00:06:49.400 --> 00:06:56.560 side window also has kind of a unique octagon based concentric octagon design 00:06:55.080 --> 00:07:00.319 that you'll either like or you'll dislike personally I really like it 00:06:58.520 --> 00:07:04.879 moving on to the ins side we see very short cable runs which again is a 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:09.080 desirable feature and we also see check this out that is a full-size graphics 00:07:06.919 --> 00:07:12.199 card you could fairly easily run pretty much any graphics card you wanted in 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:17.319 here with the exception of sort of ludicrous stuff like a Radeon 7990 but 00:07:14.960 --> 00:07:20.560 you could easily get a GTX 780 in here it uses an sfx power supply but don't 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:24.879 worry that won't matter to you because it comes with that it also uses an ITX 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:30.440 motherboard that has onboard Wi-Fi as well as support for up to 2 8 gig dims 00:07:27.160 --> 00:07:33.199 of DDR3 and support for for pretty much 00:07:30.440 --> 00:07:36.879 any Intel CPU you'd want as long as it's has well so that's an LGA 1150 socket so 00:07:35.479 --> 00:07:42.720 you're going to want to put the latest 4670k or 4770k CPU into the unit so I 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:47.440 can never remember this so I'm going to get my lovely assistant to come and tell me this what do you actually have to add 00:07:45.840 --> 00:07:52.280 to this system in order to make it functional okay users who buy this M8 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:56.840 series motherboard can have the freedom of choosing their own CPU and graphics 00:07:54.879 --> 00:08:00.000 card or if they need more storage then they can add more storage into the 00:07:58.159 --> 00:08:04.759 motherboard so three things yeah three things so why couldn't I remember that 00:08:02.479 --> 00:08:09.319 uh maybe because its appearances is too stunning yeah I'm certainly stunned 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:12.919 right now so guys don't miss any of our computex 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