WEBVTT 00:00:00.799 --> 00:00:06.319 Maximus 4 extreme this is a p67 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:11.280 motherboard it is evidently designed for overclocking it is part of the Republic 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:16.760 of Gamers brand from ASUS it supports the latest Intel Core i7 Core i5 and 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:19.600 core I3 processors if for whatever reason you're putting a core I3 on 00:00:18.199 --> 00:00:26.119 Extreme motherboard which you shouldn't be doing um on the LGA 1155 platform it 00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:30.160 features the Intel p67 chipset it is fully SLI ready and ATI Crossfire X 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:37.520 ready although that should probably be called AMD Crossfire X at some point it 00:00:33.120 --> 00:00:41.000 features the I direct which is a on of 00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:42.960 gosh darn minute a Bluetooth no well you 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:46.280 know what we'll get into that later Rog connect which I am familiar with so you 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:51.199 use a USB cable to plug into a thirdparty computer using a utility to 00:00:48.760 --> 00:00:56.800 overclock your PC 3D Mark vantages included 10 USB 3.0 ports two at the 00:00:54.440 --> 00:01:00.480 front eight at the back uh We've also got a Bluetooth module accessory card 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:05.280 which is included RG connect which we talked about already 00:01:02.480 --> 00:01:10.600 supports three-way SLI and Crossfire X so not four-way but three-way is just 00:01:07.119 --> 00:01:13.920 plenty for an LGA 1155 socket anyhow I 00:01:10.600 --> 00:01:16.720 mean remember the CPU only has 16 PCI E 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:20.920 Lanes built into the uh the controller anyway oh you know what I haven't showed 00:01:18.600 --> 00:01:26.360 you the whole package yet there we go so more of the same information here uh oh 00:01:24.119 --> 00:01:34.360 okay I direct here we go tune your PC from your iPhone or iPad now 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:37.040 nice just in case you want to Extreme 00:01:34.360 --> 00:01:40.439 Engine Digi plus so that is uh powerful combination of analog and digital design 00:01:38.720 --> 00:01:45.119 elements for the vrm there's the motherboard itself let's get this baby 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:50.719 opened up so accessories box first because I always tease you guys like 00:01:47.520 --> 00:01:53.560 that here we go lots of accessories this 00:01:50.719 --> 00:02:01.640 is a high-end board so it has all the accessories so this is that uh Bluetooth 00:01:58.479 --> 00:02:04.479 module okay this is our three-way SLI 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:07.799 Bridge here's our two-way oh rather Crossfire Bridge here's our two-way SLI 00:02:06.360 --> 00:02:15.360 Bridge we're going to put those all together this didn't seem organized right to me all right we've got some zip 00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:18.480 ties we've got the Q connectors we've 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:20.440 also got um voltage checkpoints so 00:02:18.480 --> 00:02:22.959 probit quick installation thing so you can check the voltages and we'll cover 00:02:21.920 --> 00:02:27.680 that when we have a look at the board itself IO Shield couple temp probes 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:32.959 three to be exact uh Maximus 4 extreme user guide 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:36.680 including uh sticker and installation DVD as well as labels for your SATA CA 00:02:35.200 --> 00:02:45.120 so you can keep track of which or which once you've already routed them in your case finally exclusive feature guide so 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:47.959 Rog connect RC Bluetooth and rogi direct 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:51.959 overclocking from your iPhone next I'm expecting them to include uh utility 00:02:49.760 --> 00:02:57.080 that lets you overclock your iPhone got that weird case sticker the big huge one 00:02:54.840 --> 00:03:01.599 that I did eventually find someone who had installed it on their case so that 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:07.200 was uh that was interesting next we've got the Rog connect cable which is a USB 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:11.239 cable with Rog stamped on it essentially okay we've got four SATA 3 6 gbit per 00:03:09.799 --> 00:03:17.200 second cables which are only different from the other ones and the fact that they're white they're all right angle 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:24.440 and then we have four more right angle SATA 2 connectors we have rear USB 2.0 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:27.680 bracket and that is it for the 00:03:24.440 --> 00:03:30.519 accessories now let's close that back up 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:37.159 and have a look at the board itself so ASUS has had the whole Republic of 00:03:34.040 --> 00:03:38.879 Gamers color scheme thing just figured 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:43.760 out for a while now I mean look at this this looks fantastic oh you're in the 00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:47.959 light cameraman way to go all right so from that angle this should look pretty 00:03:45.959 --> 00:03:53.640 darn impressive which is what it looks like in person so why don't we start at 00:03:50.760 --> 00:03:59.920 the middle of the board here's our LGA 1155 socket surrounded by the digi plus 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:04.439 vrm so you can see here that they're using a fairly different looking design 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:08.200 for the for the voltage regulation modules remember that clean voltage to 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:12.400 your CPU is very important for achieving the highest possible overclocks we've 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:16.120 also got I mean they've done such a good job of these on the last few generations 00:04:14.079 --> 00:04:21.000 of boards really neat looking mosfet heat sinks as well as the heat pipes 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:24.880 that tie them into the Northbridge heat sink and then uh nothing connected but 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:28.320 you can see that the Southbridge heat sink is stylized similarly as well now I 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:31.280 do know they're not called North Bridge and Southbridge anymore but I'm old 00:04:30.080 --> 00:04:35.759 school like that you're not going to break that habit sorry guys all right 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:40.479 we've got our 8 Pin power connector up here at the top of the board right where 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:42.000 it belongs top left ideal location now 00:04:40.479 --> 00:04:48.120 we don't have dual eight pins but I would go as far as to say that's completely unnecessary on a p67 board 00:04:46.440 --> 00:04:52.800 all right we've got uh let's move this way so we have four DDR3 slots 00:04:51.400 --> 00:04:55.759 supporting dual Channel these are the easy install slots so they only have 00:04:54.520 --> 00:05:02.120 Clips on the one side you put your module in like this and you clip it closed all right we've got built-in 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:06.160 start and reset switches we have liquid nitrogen mode switch on and off so that 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:10.479 might be handy if you're benchmarking with liquid nitrogen this this is smart 00:05:08.840 --> 00:05:13.960 this is a much better place for the Post LED because you can actually see this 00:05:12.320 --> 00:05:21.120 when you have graphics cards installed love it start reset also we have the PCI 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:22.720 e6x switches these I'm a big fan of as 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:26.080 well if especially if you have water cooling installed full cover blocks it 00:05:24.440 --> 00:05:30.440 can be real pain to troubleshoot which card is on the fritz so you can turn off 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:36.080 your PCIe lanes and boot to whichever card you want here are all the uh 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:41.639 voltage checkpoints so we have RAM CPU 00:05:36.080 --> 00:05:45.680 uh nf200 chip even uh PCH PLL uh PCH CPU 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:47.440 IO CPU P CPU oh sorry this is uh CPU SAA 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:52.520 all right moving down we have the Go Button we have a 24 pin power connector 00:05:50.720 --> 00:06:00.400 and its ideal location along the right hand edge of the board we have SATA IO 00:05:56.639 --> 00:06:02.039 so the red ones red ones are SATA 3 6 GB 00:06:00.400 --> 00:06:05.800 per second these ones are running off the Intel chipset these ones are running 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:10.680 off a third party chipset these are SATA to 3 GB per second and since this is a 00:06:08.039 --> 00:06:16.039 B3 revision board they are not affected by the bug that affected the original 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:19.919 p67 boards here's a bio switch so we have two dedicated Hardware BIOS chips 00:06:18.400 --> 00:06:24.319 you can save one set of settings in the other one and then if you're experimenting you can switch over to 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:27.240 your other BIOS boot up to that one and then play around with whatever it is you 00:06:25.639 --> 00:06:32.800 want to do here's all your front panel connectors moving right along we've got 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:34.479 clear seos somewhere there's a little 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:39.639 arrow pointing somewhere not sure what in the heck okay you know what just 00:06:36.840 --> 00:06:43.639 don't one to2 disable enable one 2 to three disable two clear seam mode I I 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:48.000 don't know what this does okay forget it okay we've got four USB 2.0 front panel 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:52.199 headers cuz they didn't really have any room for them on the back since it's 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:57.960 full of USB 3 couple fan headers we've got a couple of easy plugs so one two 00:06:55.919 --> 00:07:01.080 easy plugs so if you are installing a ton of graphics cards I would definitely 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:07.680 recommend using those because they will help provide some supplementary power to 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:10.919 your cards we have 1 2 3 4 four PCI e6x 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:14.039 slots uh they are all wired for no hold 00:07:10.919 --> 00:07:15.360 on one two three of them are wired for 00:07:14.039 --> 00:07:19.360 16x so those ones are going to be running off the nf200 chip this one is 00:07:17.599 --> 00:07:23.120 only wired for adx so if you install three cards you're going to be using up 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:28.400 this this and this you will have no room for additional expansion cards now this 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:31.360 one right here is PCI e1x uh that one's going to have full bandwidth regard 00:07:29.520 --> 00:07:35.039 regardless this is a PCI e4x that's running off the chipset so that one will 00:07:33.479 --> 00:07:40.440 have full bandwidth regardless of what you install in all these slots so these are going to run in uh I could check the 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:46.479 manual but I'm just going to guess correct me if I'm wrong should be 00:07:42.400 --> 00:07:48.120 161616 or it could also be 8888 but you 00:07:46.479 --> 00:07:51.879 can't run four-way SLI or Crossfire anyway so I don't really see the point 00:07:49.919 --> 00:07:57.120 of doing that unless you're folding folding at home okay USB 3.0 rear panel 00:07:54.800 --> 00:07:59.759 header so that's an interesting location for that I guess if you're going to put 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:03.199 like a PCI bracket in that would be useful and then finally I think that's 00:08:02.280 --> 00:08:10.199 pretty much it so here's where the Bluetooth module installs the one that was in the packaging and one more thing 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:12.440 back out from the board so this is not a 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:16.319 standard ATX board like many Republic of Gamers boards in the past it is slightly 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:20.319 wider so an ATX board would end right here this board ends right here so while 00:08:18.280 --> 00:08:25.159 you don't need an eatx case you do need an ATX case um that is a little bit 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:28.680 wider than the farther far rightmost mounting holes to make sure that you'll 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:32.839 be able to install this board now another thing I want to talk talk about 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:33.680 is we have 1 2 3 four oh here back out 00:08:32.839 --> 00:08:40.919 cuz you're not going to be able to see where I'm pointing 1 2 3 4 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:47.399 5 six 7 eight pwm fan headers on this 00:08:45.040 --> 00:08:51.760 motherboard so you can plug in a ton of fans to this motherboard without 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:57.640 overloading it all right let's have a look at the back iio plate last but not 00:08:54.600 --> 00:09:02.839 least we've got a PS2 U PS2 keyboard 00:08:57.640 --> 00:09:06.720 mouse combo Port 1 2 3 4 5 6 78 USB 3.0 00:09:02.839 --> 00:09:10.240 ports two eeta ports a clear Simo switch 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:12.320 optical audio out two Intel gigabit 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:16.120 network connections so these are not using third party controllers we have 00:09:14.160 --> 00:09:21.640 the Rog connect button as well as the r connect Port as well as 7.1 audio out on 00:09:19.680 --> 00:09:25.800 the back of the board we find a couple of heat sinks for the mosfets so those 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:31.279 are going to give you an additional little bit of heat dissipation on the back of the board and also of noticed 00:09:29.079 --> 00:09:35.079 the fact that all of the heat sinks on this motherboard are using screws 00:09:33.040 --> 00:09:40.079 spring-loaded screws with plastic washers to ensure no shorting out and 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:43.320 also no disengaging like you can have happen from time to time with those 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:47.200 plastic Clips thank you for checking out this unboxing of the Maximus 4 extrem 00:09:45.640 --> 00:09:53.480 don't forget to subscribe to Lion Tech all the sun's in my eyes for more unboxings reviews and other computer 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:53.480 videos