WEBVTT 00:00:00.719 --> 00:00:08.040 So today we're going to be having a look at a motherboard from EVGA so this is 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:11.040 part of their refreshed series of x58 00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:12.840 board so this is the x58 for the win 00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:16.119 three and the three means a couple of things we'll get into that a little bit 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:20.920 more later first of all like I said this is an x58 board that means it supports 00:00:18.359 --> 00:00:26.880 all Intel Core i7 processors both in the extreme and regular variety so four cor 00:00:24.279 --> 00:00:33.559 six cores you name it it uses the x58 express chipset and is NVIDIA SLI as as 00:00:30.119 --> 00:00:35.559 well as AMD Crossfire ready on the back 00:00:33.559 --> 00:00:39.079 we're going to find an outline of the various features that it includes but I 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:45.879 actually don't need this list I'm going to go ahead and figure that out as we go 00:00:41.760 --> 00:00:47.559 along because motherboards are not that 00:00:45.879 --> 00:00:51.840 difficult for me I've done quite a few motherboard unboxings over the last 00:00:49.440 --> 00:00:56.719 little while so uh I like to think I know my way around a 00:00:54.320 --> 00:01:01.519 motherboard I like to think anyway I could be wrong it's happened before it's 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:05.760 happened a lot of times if you follow my videos um anyway here we go first thing 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:10.000 we find when we open up the box is a little note from EVGA EVGA says please 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:15.040 note if your product is not working properly do not return to the store evj 00:01:12.479 --> 00:01:20.360 offers Direct customer service you can call us here and that will be a good 00:01:17.119 --> 00:01:22.320 thing whoa everything's spilling out 00:01:20.360 --> 00:01:27.000 hold on I got it I got it okay so what we're going to find inside in terms of 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:30.280 accessories we find a little x58 for the 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:31.960 win 3 motherboard layout thing ofama 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:36.240 along with a quick start guide tells us how to install a graphics card 00:01:33.880 --> 00:01:40.759 how to install a CPU RAM power supply all that good stuff covers the basics 00:01:38.479 --> 00:01:45.560 you got full color there oh yeah and it's even got sort of some more uh 00:01:43.240 --> 00:01:50.840 detailed stuff on the back so how to plug things into the back how to plug in 00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:53.759 your front uh case switches good stuff 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:58.560 all right next we have an EVGA sticker EVGA 3-way SLI sticker cool so I guess 00:01:56.880 --> 00:02:02.479 this board supports three-way SLI that was easy that's maybe that's part of the 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:07.159 for the win 3 all right next we've got motherboard installation guide so that's 00:02:04.520 --> 00:02:11.800 sort of a more book shaped version of the other one we just looked up all 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:18.120 right in terms of cables we have Molex to SATA power cables we have six SATA 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:23.440 data cables and then we have an IDE cable so from there we can uh presume 00:02:20.959 --> 00:02:30.720 that the board does support IDE we also have a USB fire wire PCI back bracket we 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:32.800 have a three-way SLI Bridge 00:02:30.720 --> 00:02:40.480 we have a two-way SLI Bridge that's a floppy bridge this is a PCB inflexible 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:43.040 Bridge we have a IO 00:02:40.480 --> 00:02:48.760 cover all right and finally we have a disc that you should throw 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:51.239 away next we have the motherboard itself 00:02:48.760 --> 00:02:54.760 which looks oh man EVGA does such a great job of the Aesthetics of their 00:02:52.720 --> 00:02:59.080 boards just phenomenal smells like fresh motherboard 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:02.519 too if you guys know what I'm talking about please please leave a comment 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:06.080 under the video saying that you also appreciate the smell of fresh 00:03:03.799 --> 00:03:08.879 motherboard because it's very noticeable okay why don't we start up here we'll 00:03:07.440 --> 00:03:13.319 start at the top left so first thing we've got is our 8 Pin CPU power 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:17.000 connector we have only one on this board although that's not to say that the 00:03:14.799 --> 00:03:22.120 board can't provide a whole lot of juice to the CPU we've got 1 2 3 four we've 00:03:20.239 --> 00:03:26.000 got what appears to be 8 plus 2phase power delivery to the CPU and one of the 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:31.159 things that I noticed right away about this board is that the CPU is located um 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:34.799 not quite in not as much in the center but very high up near the top edge of 00:03:33.319 --> 00:03:39.400 the board so you're going to want to watch out if you have a top mounted power supply and a very large heat sink 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:43.000 you might actually get a little bit of interference going on there so watch out 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:46.400 for that although it does have quite a spacious area around the socket so if 00:03:44.920 --> 00:03:50.519 you're installing a big cooler and you don't have something like right here 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:57.319 above your board you should be just fine we've got support for six DDR3 dims so 00:03:54.200 --> 00:03:59.599 that's a triple Channel memory up to 24 00:03:57.319 --> 00:04:03.959 gigs lots and lots of memory supported by this particular board then we've got 00:04:01.519 --> 00:04:08.280 our 24 pin power connector and its ideal location along the right hand edge of 00:04:05.480 --> 00:04:13.040 the board and moving down we have an IDE connector as well as here's another 00:04:10.799 --> 00:04:19.199 reason it's called three that is a SATA 3 6 gbit pers second pair of ports so 00:04:16.799 --> 00:04:25.360 there's two SATA 3 6 gig per second ports and then six SATA 2 3 gbit per 00:04:22.400 --> 00:04:30.840 second ports right there here we have a couple of really are those USB wow but 00:04:28.400 --> 00:04:35.240 they're red very strange okay we have red USB headers we have a South Bridge 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:39.199 heat sink as well as a North Bridge heat sink which is looks like it's made up of 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:43.479 a couple different components so there's a bit of an underplate here that's using 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:47.600 like a black anodized finish and then we've got some nice big fins here that 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:52.320 look like man there's got to be some way to install a fan on there but it looks 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:56.840 like the board is passively cooled by default coming from EVGA so I guess if 00:04:54.800 --> 00:05:02.320 it can run that way then awesome so much the better we've got our front 00:04:59.919 --> 00:05:05.479 connectors here for the power LEDs all that good stuff we got a couple fans and 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:11.520 I'll show you all the fans in a minute cuz it looks like this board the board's a lot of fans next we've got a clear 00:05:10.039 --> 00:05:18.000 seos button here although there's another one on the back rendering this one pretty much useless we also have 00:05:15.080 --> 00:05:24.840 integrated power and reset switches as well as lots of PCIe expansion slots 00:05:21.400 --> 00:05:26.919 we've got a total of four PCI E slots 00:05:24.840 --> 00:05:30.360 two PCI slots so you can run up to three-way SLI although if you do run 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:35.120 three-way SLI and you're running dual Slot Cards and if you're running three-way SLI you better be running dual 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:38.960 Slot Cards if you're running three-way SLI with dual Slot Cards you won't be 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:44.160 able to install anything else however if you are running two-way SLI then you 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:51.639 will have access either to an additional PCI e6x or PCI or an additional PCI 16x 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:56.919 and an additional PCI so here we go 3 PCI E 16x 2 PCI one PCI e1x although the 00:05:55.400 --> 00:06:01.199 odds of being able to access that one are pretty slim given you probably have 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:04.919 a dual slot graphic card here okay what else is there to say 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:09.160 about this let's look at the back oh I like this you know what it's little 00:06:06.880 --> 00:06:13.319 touches that some guys do right and some guys don't on the back of the board look 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:17.759 at this screws okay these are spring-loaded screws mounting the South 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:23.080 Bridge heat sink the North Bridge heat sink which is up here as well as the 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:26.639 mosfet heat sink nice little touch because we're not using Cheapo push pins 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:30.160 we're using something that's going to stick something that's going to last and 00:06:28.840 --> 00:06:35.199 also something that can be easily removed if you want to take the whole thing off and mount a water block on it 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:38.280 say for example if you were into that sort of things okay so let's have a look 00:06:36.960 --> 00:06:44.240 at the back of the board where we are going to find the final three thing that 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:47.400 is USB 3.0 so we have two USB 3 ports we 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:48.720 have eight USB 2 ports one PS2 keyboard 00:06:47.400 --> 00:06:53.120 port a clear seimos I'm at a loss for this one so 00:06:51.080 --> 00:07:00.520 I'll be back in a second uh and then we also have 2 GB Ethernet ports one fire 00:06:55.400 --> 00:07:00.520 wire as well as 7.1 audio 00:07:01.440 --> 00:07:06.560 sorry guys that's the evbot connector so 00:07:04.479 --> 00:07:12.840 uh sorry about that anyway thank you for checking out the unboxing of the EVGA 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:14.560 x58 for the win 3 from EVGA don't forget 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