WEBVTT 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:06.720 This video is brought to you by Cooler Master featuring the Siden 240mm 00:00:04.640 --> 00:00:09.440 all-in-one CPU water cooling system. Check it out at 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:16.720 www.coolermaster-usa.com. Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the ASUS Z87 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:21.680 Deluxe. This is from their channel series of boards where you find models 00:00:19.119 --> 00:00:24.560 like Pro and Evo and Deluxe and all those kinds of things traditionally. And 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:28.720 they have done a lot of things differently with this generation of 00:00:26.400 --> 00:00:32.960 product on the LG 1150 platform. So, these support the latest fourth 00:00:30.560 --> 00:00:37.360 generation Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 processors, code named Haswell. You've 00:00:35.120 --> 00:00:41.040 got full support for NVIDIA SLI, AMD Crossfire, as well as DTS audio. So, 00:00:39.680 --> 00:00:44.399 that's a license that they definitely did have to pay for. I'm also going to 00:00:42.800 --> 00:00:49.280 talk a fair bit about the four-way optimizations enabled by their dual 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:52.160 intelligent processors generation 4 technology. On the rest of the outside 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:59.920 of the box, you know what? We're not going to worry too much about that. Let's get this thing opened up. So, the 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:05.280 first thing we see once we get her open is the motherboard itself. And ASUS has 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:06.880 gone with a serious departure from their 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:12.720 traditional color scheme on these boards, which has been black and blue 00:01:09.119 --> 00:01:15.520 for quite some time. Now, we have a 00:01:12.720 --> 00:01:21.920 black and yellow and gold color scheme that looks quite striking. So, without 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:24.400 further ado, let's put that away. Next, 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:27.640 we're going to get into more ado, which is all this other stuff in here. So, 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:32.159 we've got an IO shield, Q connectors for easily 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:38.640 connecting your front panel connectors, a soft flexible SLI 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:39.759 bridge. This is interesting. So, you 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:47.040 guys are you guys are going to like this. This is a wireless AC dualband 00:01:44.360 --> 00:01:53.200 antenna. And I've actually seen a live demo of this running at in excess of 850 00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:56.320 megabit per second, which is very, very 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:58.240 cool. six SATA 3 6 Gbit per second 00:01:56.320 --> 00:02:04.799 cables uh including three right angle and three straight cables as well as a 00:02:00.880 --> 00:02:05.920 user guide with D driver disc which you 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:11.120 probably won't need because you're going to download the latest from the ASUS website. Round out the accessory 00:02:09.119 --> 00:02:14.640 package. So not as rich as what you might find on something like an ROG 00:02:12.720 --> 00:02:18.280 board, but I think that really is expected given that this is a lower tier 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:22.720 of product. So I want to clarify something 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:27.680 right from the start. This is a channel board. that this is not necessarily a 00:02:24.720 --> 00:02:31.280 gaming oriented board, but that I mean it's going to be an ROG board for that, 00:02:29.440 --> 00:02:34.480 but you're still going to find great performance in gaming, great performance 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:37.920 and overclocking and all that stuff, but it means that the features, particularly 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:42.640 what ASUS is talking about with these boards, are more focused on other things 00:02:40.720 --> 00:02:46.560 and that starts right with the power. So, you've got your eight pin CPU power 00:02:44.959 --> 00:02:51.360 connector up here at the top left in its ideal location. And you've got a nice 00:02:49.519 --> 00:02:56.879 beefy heat sink arrangement with a heat pipe on the chipset as well as the power 00:02:54.480 --> 00:03:00.720 delivery system, which is quite beefy as well. Next up, you're going to find this 00:02:58.720 --> 00:03:04.480 little guy right here. This is an EPU chip, and this is where their dual 00:03:02.480 --> 00:03:08.560 intelligent processors for really come into play. So, it allows you to do a 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:12.000 number of really cool things through the software. You can control things like 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:16.720 fan speed. You can control how much power your system is consuming. You can 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:21.280 even set a TDP target. So, you can set a power consumption target for your CPU. 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:24.480 Set it and forget it, and the EPU will automatically go, "Okay, yep, we'll make 00:03:22.720 --> 00:03:27.920 sure that CPU never goes over that power consumption." So, you can make your 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:32.720 system more efficient. You can do a number of other cool things with this, 00:03:29.200 --> 00:03:34.239 including turning off or on certain USB 00:03:32.720 --> 00:03:37.760 ports when the system's powered off. Remember, guys, onoff charging has been 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:41.120 a feature on motherboards for a couple generations now. But what if you didn't 00:03:39.440 --> 00:03:45.200 want all the ports powered on while the system isn't turned on? What if you had 00:03:43.040 --> 00:03:48.720 things like LED lighting as an underglow effect under your case and you wanted it 00:03:46.959 --> 00:03:52.480 to turn off when your system's not on? Well, now you can actually selectively 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:56.720 do that, which is really, really cool. The EPU also allows you to control or 00:03:54.640 --> 00:04:00.560 well, the EPU combined with the TPU also allows you to control performance 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:04.640 profiles with the TPU giving you two different tiers of of overclocked 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:09.280 performance. one of which is more like a more aggressive turbo boost and the 00:04:06.640 --> 00:04:13.519 second of which enables XMPP and starts overclocking all of the cores 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:17.680 concurrently. All of this is enabled by ASUS's fully digital power delivery 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:22.960 system as well as some of the other cool things they're doing like building in 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:24.639 only four pin fan connectors which is 00:04:22.960 --> 00:04:28.960 really neat because it allows you to take full control of these fans which 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:33.360 can also be configured as part of that whole system control. So you can control 00:04:30.880 --> 00:04:37.360 performance, power consumption, as well as cooling. And not only that, but it 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:40.639 has a special away mode that's going to be able to reduce your CPU power 00:04:39.280 --> 00:04:44.880 consumption and detect when you're not at the computer so that it doesn't take 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:48.160 as much power. But what it does do is allows you to still do passive things 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:51.600 like download or access files remotely and all that kind of cool stuff. So, 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:54.639 speaking of four pin fan connectors, there's a special CPU fan connector 00:04:53.199 --> 00:04:58.160 that's built into their new generation of boards that automatically detects 00:04:56.400 --> 00:05:02.800 whether you have a three pin or a four pin fan connected so that it can use 00:04:59.840 --> 00:05:07.680 either analog or PWM control for your CPU fan. You've got full support for 00:05:04.960 --> 00:05:11.919 four DIMs of DDR3 running in dual channel and higher memory speeds are 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:16.960 supported. The board supports natively up to DDR3 00:05:14.039 --> 00:05:20.960 2800 megahertz, which is incredibly cool. the 24 pin connectors in its ideal 00:05:19.520 --> 00:05:25.120 location along the right hand edge of the board. And I like to see this more 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:28.720 four pins over on the right hand edge of the board. So many boards hide all of 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:31.280 their fan connectors like back here. And I'm sitting here going, "Well, who has 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:35.600 all of their fans on the back of their case?" Nobody. There's usually like one 00:05:33.280 --> 00:05:39.039 there. Uh whereas you often will have a couple fans on the front of the case and 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:42.960 these can reach them easily. Your front USB3 connectors in its ideal location 00:05:41.039 --> 00:05:48.400 along the right hand edge. And you've got 10 SATA 36 Gbit per second 00:05:46.080 --> 00:05:53.840 connectors, six of which are powered by the Intel chipset. You've got hardware 00:05:51.039 --> 00:05:57.600 buttons built in for your TPU and EPU modes. So that's for your energy 00:05:55.520 --> 00:06:03.600 efficient processor, the EPU, and your TPU, which has one and two. So it's 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:08.240 actually got three positions. So TPU off, TPU 1, TPU 2. So those are those 00:06:05.919 --> 00:06:13.280 multiple profiles I talked about before. You've got your USB 2 front panel 00:06:10.080 --> 00:06:15.120 connectors, two LED post readouts, so 00:06:13.280 --> 00:06:17.680 the potential here is endless. There's all kinds of four-letter words I 00:06:16.479 --> 00:06:21.840 wouldn't mind putting on my motherboard if given the opportunity, as well as a 00:06:19.919 --> 00:06:25.919 clear SIMOS button, allowing you to well clear the SIMOS. You've got built-in 00:06:23.600 --> 00:06:30.800 power and reset boards which uh belong on a high-end board but are not 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:32.800 necessarily, you know, colored cool like 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:36.080 on the ROG board and located in a more prominent location because fewer people 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:41.440 are going to be using this in an outofcase sort of environment. Seven 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:46.560 expansion slots total with four PCIe 1X slots and three PCIe 16X slots. However, 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:51.840 it should be noted that two of them are going to run in either 16x or 8x8x and 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:57.280 one of them runs in 4X. So, this board supports two-way SLI or up to three-way 00:06:54.720 --> 00:07:03.280 Crossfire with a potentially a performance hit because that four third 00:06:59.280 --> 00:07:04.880 card is only going to run at PCIe 4X. 00:07:03.280 --> 00:07:09.680 Now, this brings me to one of the things that I think is coolest about this 00:07:06.479 --> 00:07:13.919 board. So, this Wi-Fi go right here, it 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:15.440 has built-in wireless AC, and I just 00:07:13.919 --> 00:07:18.639 think that is really, really cool, especially with some of the software 00:07:16.960 --> 00:07:24.240 things that ASUS has done. So, they allow you to use your computer as a 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:28.319 Wi-Fi hotspot. They allow you to easily take remote control of your computer. 00:07:26.080 --> 00:07:33.199 And they allow you to use the software as a DNA server. And it enables easy 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:37.919 file transfer. So, this is all cool stuff that is important to your your 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:43.280 mainstream or your channel customer. Also, on the back of the board, we find 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:44.639 that someone uh put these stickers on 00:07:43.280 --> 00:07:50.560 the wrong spots. These stickers are supposed to be up here. Give me a moment. and we're ready to have a look 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:54.960 at the rear IO. So, we've got a multitude of display outputs, including 00:07:53.120 --> 00:08:00.160 mini DisplayPort, full-size DisplayPort, and HDMI. So, we've moved away 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:03.599 completely from DVI and VGA. And remember, guys, what's cool about 00:08:01.599 --> 00:08:07.039 Haswell chips is they do support multi-dis outputs, meaning that from a 00:08:05.599 --> 00:08:10.000 productivity standpoint, so sure, you're not going to be gaming on a surround 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:15.039 setup, but from a productivity standpoint, that's really, really cool. 00:08:11.919 --> 00:08:17.039 We've got six USB 3.0 0 ports with full 00:08:15.039 --> 00:08:22.000 support on the as media controller for UASP which does improve USB3 performance 00:08:19.919 --> 00:08:27.039 with supported devices. We've got an optical audio out, a USB BIOS flashback 00:08:25.039 --> 00:08:30.639 button, and I have used this and it does work. If you brick your board, you can 00:08:28.960 --> 00:08:36.320 use this to reset it as long as you follow the instructions uh that you find 00:08:32.919 --> 00:08:37.919 online. We've got four USB 2.0 ports. 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:44.080 And I think the point of this was to say, "Hey, plug your keyboard and mouse in here." because some USB 3 ports still 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:47.279 have some compatibility weirdness with some keyboards and mice. There's nothing 00:08:45.680 --> 00:08:52.959 ASUS can do about it. It's not really their fault. I think it's going to be a long time before we see any motherboards 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:57.120 with no USB 2 or at least it'll be a long time before we should. We've got an 00:08:54.720 --> 00:09:01.600 Intel gigabit network controller as well as a different one. Use this one because 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:04.399 it supports ASUS's eye control software which allows you to set network 00:09:02.880 --> 00:09:09.760 prioritization and cool stuff like that within AI suite. And last but not least, 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:11.440 we've got 7.1 audio out. Now, a lot of 00:09:09.760 --> 00:09:15.440 the improvements that ASUS has made go beyond the hardware, such as in the UEFI 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:18.480 BIOS. And I call it the UFI BIOS, even though I know that's not correct. It's 00:09:16.560 --> 00:09:23.600 called the UEFI. So, they've got a bunch of really cool stuff, including ways 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:25.680 that you can uh segment away sort of 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:30.320 your most frequently used settings. They've got the simple mode much 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:34.080 expanded, so it includes some of the more frequently used things where people 00:09:31.920 --> 00:09:37.120 were just not even bothering to use it because it didn't allow you to do the 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:40.959 things you needed to do. They've got full control of every fan in the system 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:45.440 now, which is very, very cool. And they actually ran a demo for us showing how 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:50.720 quickly the system can actually set itself up to do things like figure out 00:09:47.920 --> 00:09:54.959 the RPMs of all your fans, u figure out the cooling that it all needs, and it'll 00:09:52.560 --> 00:09:58.560 just selfoptimize itself, which is very, very neat. You can also make notes 00:09:56.880 --> 00:10:03.120 within the BIOS, which is cool. Now, I've always liked features like BIOS 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:06.399 profiles because they allow you to kind of, you know, say, "Oh, well, this is my 00:10:04.800 --> 00:10:10.000 aggressive overclock. this is my safe one that I know works if that one bugs 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:15.440 out or whatever else. But you could never really label them. All I could do was put like 4 GHz stable and that was 00:10:13.760 --> 00:10:19.519 all I could really do. Now you can make notes within the BIOS and it even keeps 00:10:17.839 --> 00:10:22.720 a log of the last thing you changed. So when you're tweaking and overclocking, 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:28.480 you can be like, "Oh, well it was working before and now it's not. What did I actually change?" And you can go 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:32.079 back and fix it quite easily. The main information is pinned to the bottom. And 00:10:30.160 --> 00:10:35.680 from the demos that I've seen, I haven't actually fired one of these up for 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:39.440 myself yet. It looks much more efficient to navigate, which is really saying 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:43.040 something because it was already quite strong. Thank you for checking out my 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:46.480 unboxing and first look at the Z87 Deluxe from ASUS. Don't forget to 00:10:44.800 --> 00:10:50.079 subscribe for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos.