1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:07,520 so today we will be unboxing a motherboard from asass rock it is part of their true 333 series I'm not sure 2 00:00:05,520 --> 00:00:13,440 who they got that marketing thing from but they mean USB 3.0 SATA 3 and E sat 3 3 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:18,800 this is the 890 GX extreme so it's part of AMD's latest 800 series chipsets that 4 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:24,880 means it is six core CPU ready Phenom 2x6 Athlon 2 Windows 7 Crossfire X and 5 00:00:22,199 --> 00:00:30,039 integrated radon HD 4290 Graphics are some of the uh um what am I talking 6 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:34,879 about some of the Technologies included they also have support for True Blu-ray 7 00:00:32,239 --> 00:00:39,360 as well as unlock coreon unlocking they use Japanese made long life capacitors 8 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:43,000 and they also have eup Which is less than one watt in off mode very cool so 9 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:46,480 it's an energy savings feature let's move around to the back where we have 10 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:50,719 okay they basically reiterate most of what they said on the front already 11 00:00:48,559 --> 00:00:55,079 awesome so let's get this board open first thing we find inside in terms 12 00:00:53,199 --> 00:01:00,160 of accessories is the guide to their instant boot application okay so it 13 00:00:57,559 --> 00:01:04,119 unfolds about like that it comes in different languages then we have a 14 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:08,200 little a little pamphlet on their intelligent energy saver so this is a 15 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:12,040 little application that shows you looks like how much power your system's 16 00:01:10,119 --> 00:01:19,200 pulling uh how many power phases are enabled very neat okay and then okay 17 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:22,560 here we go so we've got included 1 two 3 18 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:24,600 four included satat 2 cables then we 19 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:30,680 have an IO Shield which is color coded for your convenience then we have one 20 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:35,680 Molex to SATA power adapter and and one 21 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:38,119 e SATA bracket very cool then we have a 22 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:42,439 users manual which includes a drivers and utilities DVD don't use this 23 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:46,479 download the latest this is all English holy cow this is oh no it's not oh good 24 00:01:45,159 --> 00:01:50,040 okay the language is Chang cuz I was going to say this thing's like a novel 25 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:54,719 so the manual shows you all the basics where to plug in your front panel connectors a little oh color picture 26 00:01:53,360 --> 00:02:01,200 Guide to the motherboard that's very nice I don't think I've seen a color 27 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:03,000 photo inside a motherboard manual before 28 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:08,759 something every day you know that you encounter for the first time all right 29 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:08,759 so the motherboard itself is not 30 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:15,599 sealed let's pull this baby 31 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:19,160 out now asrock's a bit of a value brand but a lot of the time that doesn't 32 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:22,800 prevent them from bringing a product to Market at a value price with all of the 33 00:02:21,319 --> 00:02:28,239 high-end features so let's have a look at what they've got included here they've got a typical am3 socket with 34 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:32,840 support for dual Channel DDR3 memory up to 16 gigs at this time their eight pin 35 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:36,160 power connectors in its ideal location up at the top left and then I've 36 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:40,000 actually had questions about what makes it an ideal location the reason is that 37 00:02:38,319 --> 00:02:43,440 that's the easiest place to Route up behind the motherboard tray most of the 38 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:47,480 time and then their 24 pin power connector is also in its ideal location 39 00:02:45,239 --> 00:02:52,239 along the rightand edge down here we're going to find the S Bridge cooler is 40 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:55,319 kind of a uh just a tower fin cooler a very standard Affair but it's going to 41 00:02:53,720 --> 00:03:01,840 do a good job you can tell just looking at it you've got our 6 SATA 3 6 gbit per 42 00:02:59,519 --> 00:03:05,599 second ports here as well as a post debug LED thingamajiggy here's your 43 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:10,040 front panel connectors they've also included onboard power and reset buttons 44 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:16,640 very high-end features once again despite a more value um image to this 45 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:18,120 particular brand we have four USB 2.0 46 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:23,840 front panel headers here's your clear seos jumper and USB 47 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:29,120 pw3 to be honest I can't tell you what that does okay so here is our slot 48 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:32,120 layout we have one PCI e1x slot three 49 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:35,040 PCI 16x slots although this one appears 50 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:37,959 to be wired for 4X only and then we have three PCI slots so if you're running 51 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:41,680 Crossfire you're going to want to use these two blue guys in fact this one's 52 00:03:39,879 --> 00:03:46,760 wired for 8X only so you'll be running 8X 8X which does not impact performance 53 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:50,239 significantly and then if you wanted to run three-way Crossfire I wouldn't 54 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:53,879 really recommend it CU this is a 4X slot the North Bridge cooling is a pretty 55 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:58,319 again a pretty standard Affair you've got just a nice little Tower heat sink 56 00:03:55,840 --> 00:04:02,720 here with a little ASRock logo one heat pipe connecting it to the MOs F cooler 57 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:06,400 which is again very standard very functional let's move around to the back 58 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:14,040 of the board where we will find all of our IO and uh here what do we got so 59 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:18,720 first we've got 1 2 3 4 USB 2.0 ports 60 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:21,000 then we have a PS2 keyboard Port VGA DVI 61 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:25,919 and HDMI interfaces for the onboard Graphics hey a back panel clear seos 62 00:04:23,759 --> 00:04:32,039 button that's awesome considering that this is a value board then we have an 63 00:04:28,280 --> 00:04:35,680 ESAT Port fire wire USB 3.0 1 GB 64 00:04:32,039 --> 00:04:38,479 Ethernet optical audio out as well as 65 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:43,600 7.1 audio so thank you for checking out my unboxing of the 66 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:47,840 ASRock oh shoot you know this doesn't happen to me very often but I forgot 67 00:04:44,919 --> 00:04:51,360 what it's called the ASRock 890 GX Extreme 3