1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:08,000 So today I've got another ASUS motherboard. This is the P6TSE. So P6 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:09,360 would mean it's an LG 1366 board and SE 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,519 means it's part of their special edition. And so this is a pretty 4 00:00:11,759 --> 00:00:17,840 valueoriented board. So you can see first of all right off the bat there is 5 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:22,400 no SLI logo. So this is a Crossfire board only, but it does support quad 6 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:26,240 Crossfire X. It's Windows 7 ready. It's an X58 board. So that means it supports 7 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:32,559 the Core i7 as well as the Core i7 Extreme. So, it does not support Core i5 8 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:35,120 or any of the LG 1156 CPUs. It has solid 9 00:00:32,559 --> 00:00:39,920 capacitors upgraded at wow 57 years at 65 degrees. Very cool. 8 plus2 phase 10 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:46,000 power design, turbo V. It supports DDR3 up to 2,000 MHz. 11 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:47,840 And it has express gate, which is highly 12 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:52,079 irrelevant. Okay, so let's have a look at what is on the inside. First of all, 13 00:00:50,079 --> 00:00:55,520 you've got your IO shield. Okay, so that's a fairly standard IO shield. It 14 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:58,879 is silver. Has their little foamy backing on it. Very nice. You've got Q 15 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:04,640 connector. So, I'm guessing this board doesn't support FireWire based on there's one that's not or that's not in 16 00:01:02,239 --> 00:01:09,000 there. You've got four SATA cables. So, two of them are right angle and two of 17 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:12,560 them are straight. Then you have an IDE 18 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:14,720 cable. Then you have the user's guide as 19 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:18,400 well as Oh, there's like a little addendum in here. So, LAN port. Oh, no. 20 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:22,880 Okay. This is an information update for the user guide that comes with Yeah. Okay. So, they're telling you about what 21 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:27,280 it means if the LEDs are lit on your onboard LAN. Okay. Awesome. Then you 22 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:31,439 have a driver DVD which you shouldn't use. You should download the latest off 23 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:34,799 the ASUS website. And this user guide is all English. So that's a fairly thick 24 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:42,000 user guide there. Although not as thick as the P67 P6T7 WS uh supercomputer 25 00:01:40,079 --> 00:01:47,840 motherboard. All right, let's get this thing open. Now, like I said, it's a 26 00:01:45,439 --> 00:01:52,399 more valueoriented board, but don't get me wrong, this is still a full-fledged 27 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:55,680 X58 board, so you're going to find most of the features that you would come to 28 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:59,759 expect. First of all, you've got an LGA 1366 socket right here, and the 29 00:01:57,759 --> 00:02:04,079 obligatory support for triple channel DDR3 memory. Okay, they've got a warning 30 00:02:02,159 --> 00:02:08,560 right here. According to Intel CPU spec, gyms with voltage setting over 1.65 may 31 00:02:06,719 --> 00:02:14,319 damage the CPU permanently. So, you're going to want to use something like Gskill's Eco brand or eco brand eco line 32 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:20,000 of memory or anything else that runs under or at 1.65 volts. The lower the 33 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:23,599 better. Okay, so we've got our onboard power switch right here. Let's work our 34 00:02:21,599 --> 00:02:27,200 way down. So, we've got our 24 pin power connector exactly where it belongs. Six 35 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:31,200 SATA ports, two of which are coming right off the board and four of which, 36 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:35,120 all of these running off the chipset are coming out the side of the board. Now, 37 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:40,000 the reason for that is that you can see the top PCI Express 16x connector would 38 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:43,519 run exactly here. So, you can access these two, run them up to the top for 39 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:49,200 like an optical drive or whatever else. And then these four you can use for hard drives. Perfect. Then you've got your 40 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:53,440 IDE connector. Here's your chipset. Then you've got three USB headers as well as 41 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:57,599 your front panel connectors. Then you've got a Oh, there is a FireWire connector 42 00:02:55,760 --> 00:03:01,519 uh or header. They don't give you a uh Huh. They don't give you an adapter for 43 00:02:58,959 --> 00:03:05,120 it. Then there's a a spot for a floppy port, but there isn't one on the board. 44 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:10,400 Go figure. Then you have your front panel uh audio. Okay. In terms of the 45 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:15,040 PCI Express configuration on this board, you've got two PCI Express 16X, and I'm 46 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:20,080 going to go ahead and assume this one runs at 8X, although I can't see how 47 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:24,560 many connectors are in there. You've got one PCI Express 1X and two PCI slots. 48 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:28,640 You've got your chipset, which is connected by a heat pipe up to your VRM 49 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:32,799 cooling, one of them. And then you've got the other VRM heat sink up here. It 50 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:37,280 doesn't use their cool like Fortress of Solitude style VRM coolers, but no, 51 00:03:35,599 --> 00:03:40,560 that's okay. I can kind of let it slide this time. In its ideal location, at the 52 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:45,840 top left of the board, you've got your eight pin power connector. Okay. And I think that pretty 53 00:03:44,239 --> 00:03:49,599 much takes care of everything on the front of the 54 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:52,239 board. Yeah, I think so. Okay. So, let's have a look at what we've got on the 55 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:56,319 back panel. First of all, you've got a PS2 keyboard and PS2 mouse port. That's 56 00:03:54,560 --> 00:04:00,480 the wrong color. This is the first time I've ever seen a PS2 keyboard port 57 00:03:58,159 --> 00:04:05,120 that's like a dark blue rather than like a light purple. Totally irrelevant, but 58 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:09,439 interesting nonetheless. Okay, then we've got six USB 2.0 ports. This is a 59 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:13,840 bit of an older board, so you don't have USB 3.0 support, although it's hard to 60 00:04:11,599 --> 00:04:19,519 say how important that is yet. You've got both digital audio interfaces, both 61 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:21,919 coaxial and optical. FireWire, ESATA, 1 62 00:04:19,519 --> 00:04:27,280 GB Ethernet, and 7.1 audio. Thank you for checking out my unboxing of the 63 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,280 P60TSE from ASUS.