1 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:13,920 Welcome to my unboxing and first look at Gigabyte. Actually, a really exciting 2 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:17,520 board from Gigabyte. This has a whole bunch of really cool stuff that I'm 3 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:22,080 super excited about. And I want to preface this whole unboxing video by 4 00:00:19,359 --> 00:00:26,480 saying this looks like it might be the board for me. I'm uh I'm in the still in 5 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:31,279 the middle of doing my my personal rig upgrade and I'm super excited about this 6 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:35,880 board. Ultra durable five ultra cool, ultraefficient, ultra performance and 7 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:41,760 high current capability. So they have completely redesigned their VRM design. 8 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:46,320 So well VRM design, yes, redesigned their design. Industry-leading 60 amp 9 00:00:44,239 --> 00:00:50,719 rated power stage with lower losses, higher efficiency, and excellent thermal 10 00:00:48,079 --> 00:00:55,280 management. What this means to me is that in previous almost everyone's X79 11 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:59,039 boards because there's so little room to build the VRM, you have to use really 12 00:00:56,879 --> 00:01:03,039 high quality components to deliver the kind of current those CPUs demand. 13 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:08,880 Almost all of them made like whining obnoxious noises. So, Gigabyte has just 14 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:12,400 revamped it completely to the point where they're saying, "Yep, this is 15 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:17,520 awesome. It's the best. We are going to put a five-year warranty on this in the 16 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:19,360 US and Canada." And uh you know they're 17 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:24,080 just basically like I wish I had sunglasses. Okay, cameraman tripped. I 18 00:01:22,799 --> 00:01:27,439 wish I had sunglasses so I could like put them on like this and just be like 19 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:30,240 yeah. So that's pretty much what they're doing at this point. So let's uh let's 20 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:36,320 finish up with the rest of the box. So this is the X79S UP5. This is using the 21 00:01:33,439 --> 00:01:40,479 Intel chipset C606. So they're using the officially Zeon supporting Xeon grade 22 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:46,240 chipset. Comes with you know what? Let's not talk too much about accessories. Includes their 3D power. So digital 23 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:48,640 power for the CPU and uh to for each of 24 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:50,960 the memory channels uh or not for each of the memory 25 00:01:49,759 --> 00:01:57,520 channels for each of the sets of memory channels or whatever something like that. Um worldwide number one digital 26 00:01:55,439 --> 00:02:01,439 desktop PWM provider. Okay. So they're actually giving you the brand of the 27 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:07,360 power components they're using. Very cool. Uh so the 3D BIOS, a UFI BIOS with 28 00:02:04,719 --> 00:02:12,239 uh with backup like physical backup SAS on board ECC memory support. So, this is 29 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:17,760 more like a workstation board really than just a desktop board. This is not 30 00:02:14,879 --> 00:02:22,560 like your grandpa's desktop board. Uh, cool power inside and out. So, single 31 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:26,800 package design, industryleading 60 amp rated power stage, high-side MOSFET, low 32 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:29,840 side MOSFET, all on a single package. So, check this out. So, they're saying 33 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:35,040 compared to traditional or even lower RDS on MOSFETs, which their competitors 34 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:39,760 are still talking about, the IR 355 power IR stage, power stage. Oh, wow. 35 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:44,160 That's hilarious. runs cooler and delivers more power. Same thing here, 36 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:48,480 cooler temps equals high and higher overclocks. And this is for a couple of 37 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:51,840 reasons. So, number one is that your VRM components will perform better when 38 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:56,959 they're running cooler. And number two is that when all these components down 39 00:02:54,360 --> 00:03:01,040 here over here, when all these components around the outside of the CPU 40 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:05,360 socket are hot, it does inherently make your CPU run hotter. And I think that's 41 00:03:04,159 --> 00:03:08,920 pretty much it. So, they still got their two times copper PCB, which basically 42 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:13,440 amounts to better cooling, better conduction, and let's get the board 43 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:19,480 open. I am just like super stoked to check this out. So, motherboard 44 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:24,800 itself opened up. Oh, I love what Gigabytes been doing 45 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:29,120 with their motherboard color schemes since pretty much P67. Matte black. 46 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:33,920 Okay, you know what? Hold on. Hold on. We got to do accessories first. We'll just blow through these because I really 47 00:03:32,319 --> 00:03:38,480 want to check out the board. So, here's their uh PCI Express Wi-Fi Bluetooth 48 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:41,360 module. This is a great value ad because you can not only install it in your 49 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:44,720 Gigabyte board, but you can also just install it in some other computer if you 50 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:48,799 don't plan to use wireless in your gaming PC. So, um yes, they haven't 51 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:55,200 locked it down the way that ASUS does with a lot of their add-ons. And check that out. Matte black PCB on this, too. 52 00:03:52,640 --> 00:04:00,879 Way to go, Gigabyte. Figuring out the details and getting it done. Same thing. 53 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:07,760 Flexible black Crossfire and SLI bridges. Perfect. black antennas for the 54 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:09,519 Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Perfect. Um, 55 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:15,840 whatever this cable connects to, it's black and it's perfect. Uh, we've got 56 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:18,400 six SATA 36 GB per second connection, 57 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:23,360 uh, cables. We've got a front 3 and 1/2 in bay that you can use to hook up a 58 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:24,720 couple USB 3 ports if you don't have um, 59 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:28,960 if you don't have that functionality built into your case. You've got a 60 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:34,440 three-way SLI bridge included. So, this board is three-way SLI and Crossfire 61 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:40,080 compatible. Matte black, of course, gorgeous. I think this might be the best 62 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:44,720 overall package that Gigabytes ever done on a motherboard ever. And Gigabyte can 63 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:48,320 take that feedback right back to their HQ because I have unboxed almost every 64 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:53,600 Gigabyte motherboard in the last few years. IO shield, color coded, but not 65 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:59,199 too color coded. See, it's not overdone. Perfect. Manual was it's a driver disc. 66 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:02,240 Download the latest uh manual for the wireless thing or something. 67 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:05,520 multilingual place your guide book. Okay, accessories are done. We're done. 68 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:09,759 We're done. We're moving on to the good part. So, let's check out this board. 69 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:13,440 This is not quite an ATX board. This is an EATX board, but it's not quite EATX 70 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:17,360 either. It's just a touch wider than ATX. So, if you have an ATX case that's 71 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:22,320 a little bit on the wide side, this should fit just fine. You've got the 72 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:27,600 motherboard socket. This is an LG 2011 socket supporting Intel Core i7 up to 73 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:31,759 Extreme Edition processors with quad channel memory. You've got eight banks 74 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:36,240 of memory on here. So that means you can with 8 gig dims, you can install up to 75 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:39,039 64 gigs of memory, no problem. Although, you know, ECC does start to become 76 00:05:37,919 --> 00:05:43,120 something you might want when you have that much RAM. Fully supported on this 77 00:05:41,280 --> 00:05:46,880 particular board. Your eight pin power connectors in its ideal location at the 78 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:49,440 top of the board. I wouldn't have minded seeing it a little bit over here, but I 79 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:54,320 understand why they've done this because it's right behind the PWM and then right 80 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:59,360 next to the CPU socket. So they've gone for a very efficient layout in terms of 81 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:04,080 not overdoing, you know, extra random traces that it takes to, you know, carry 82 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:07,759 the power over here through here. So efficiency is what it's all about with 83 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:11,280 this particular board. Onboard power switch is up here on the top right in 84 00:06:09,199 --> 00:06:14,479 its ideal location. 24 pin power connectors on the right hand edge in its 85 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:18,319 ideal location. I wouldn't have minded seeing this USB 3 front panel header on 86 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:23,199 a right angle, but other than that, not bad. Not bad. Now check this out. Look 87 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:27,680 at all these connectors. Holy smokes. So you've got two Intel powered SATA 3 6 88 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:34,080 Gbit per second connectors. You've got four Intel powered SATA 2 3 Gbit per 89 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:36,240 second connectors and eight SAS 6 Gbit 90 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:41,520 per second connectors. So that is a total of 14 SATA port uh SATA ports on 91 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:45,440 this board. So you can fill up pretty much any case that you can put this 92 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:49,680 board in with hard drives without worrying about a darn thing. Dual BIOS 93 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,800 right here. So you have two physical BIOSes. Here's your onboard reset 94 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:57,039 switch. Wouldn't have minded seeing that sort of up here with the power switch, but not the end of the world. Front 95 00:06:55,520 --> 00:07:02,319 panel connectors. That's your supercharging, you know, high powered 96 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:06,000 USB uh 2.0 front panel header. So, that'll allow you to charge your iPad 97 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:10,400 off of it. Extra current. Two regular USB 2 front panel headers, your trusted 98 00:07:07,919 --> 00:07:15,520 platform module, front FireWire, front audio, and moving right along, you got 99 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:20,720 your PCI Express layout. So, even though this is an EATX board, usually X79 100 00:07:18,319 --> 00:07:24,080 boards go for an XLATX longer form factor if they're going to try and 101 00:07:21,759 --> 00:07:27,440 squeeze in seven slots. A Gigabyte has gone with six slots for this board, but 102 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:32,880 you're still going to have full 3-way video card compatibility. 1 2 3. So, 103 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:37,479 that'll run in probably 168. You know what? Let me find out in just a sec. So, 104 00:07:35,039 --> 00:07:42,240 I nubbed out because they're using that C606 chipset rather than a regular 105 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:45,360 desktop chipset. That's where all your SAS connectivity is coming from. So, 106 00:07:43,919 --> 00:07:49,599 those are actually powered off the Intel chipset. And remember guys, you do need 107 00:07:47,039 --> 00:07:53,360 a Zeon if you want to run ECC uh registered DIMs or anything like that. 108 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:57,520 So, bear that in mind. Aha. Okay. So, back to the PCI Express slot layout. 109 00:07:55,039 --> 00:08:01,520 You're going to be running at 16 8X 8X. So, they have not opted for a PLX chip. 110 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:04,639 And there's actually a good reason for that. So, these are PCIe 3.0 ports, 111 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:11,360 which means they've got lots of bandwidth even if you're throwing a few GTX 680s in here. Um, what it also means 112 00:08:09,039 --> 00:08:15,120 is there's less latency. Running through switches, even if they're switches that 113 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:19,759 increase the overall bandwidth being delivered to the slot, can increase the 114 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:24,560 latency and can actually reduce performance in isolated cases. So, as 115 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:31,039 long as you're delivering at least 8x to the card, 8x PCIe 3 is equivalent to uh 116 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:33,039 to 16x PCIe2, then you're not concerned 117 00:08:31,039 --> 00:08:38,000 about not having enough bandwidth and uh it's better to not have the additional 118 00:08:34,680 --> 00:08:39,360 latency. So, there you go. So, oh yeah. 119 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:42,959 Okay. So, what do I think of the overall layout? So, once you install one 16X 120 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:48,959 card here, you're going to be left with three PCIe 16X physical slots. 8X 8X. 121 00:08:46,399 --> 00:08:52,560 This one is actually wired for 4X and a PCI slot. This gives you a pretty darn 122 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:57,440 good mix. You know, you want to throw in like your legacy sound card. Maybe you 123 00:08:54,640 --> 00:09:00,560 got an older like Ozentech XM or whatever, you know, really good sound 124 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:04,720 card and then you got a few more PCIe expansion slots. Sounds good. I'm really 125 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:10,320 shown the back of the board using all metal screws. I'm glad we've gotten completely away from plastic push pins. 126 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:13,920 More cooling on the back. So, pairing this up with a case like an 1100 or 127 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:20,240 something like that would be great cuz you'll get a little bit of additional cooling with that fan built into the 128 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:21,240 back of that case and your back IO. 1 2 129 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:30,080 3 4 5 6 Yes, 56 USB 2.0 ports, PS2 port, 130 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:37,760 clear SIMOS, OC button, as well as BIOS changer. Okay, this is a USB ESATA combo 131 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:40,399 port. This is an ESATA port. This is 132 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:46,480 FireWire. 2 GB Ethernets, one running off the Intel chipset and one running 133 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:49,839 off a Realtech third party chipset. Um, 134 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:51,760 optical audio out, 7.1 audio, and I 135 00:09:49,839 --> 00:09:55,760 think that pretty much covers it. So, I'm just going to do a little spiel on 136 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:59,600 why this is perfect for me. It has the absolutely perfect color scheme. I 137 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:03,360 really don't like the powder blue that one of Gigabytes competitors is using 138 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:09,360 for accents. I also really love the overall subdued matte um just oh 139 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:13,519 performance look that they've got with these boards. Great cooling solution. So 140 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:17,680 this right here actually isn't really attached to anything. This is just 141 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:22,079 additional cooling for the chipset as well as due to the connection by heat 142 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:26,240 pipes uh the VRM up here. So, they've gone with sort of a traditional layout 143 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:29,600 where normally on most motherboards you'd find additional VRM components and 144 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:35,200 cooling here, but they've just put the cooling over here and they've connected everything with heat pipes to move it 145 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:39,040 around. Um, I love the just the size of it. It's not XLATX, which means that 146 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:43,120 you've got compatibility with almost every case out there with the exception 147 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:47,200 of very, very narrow, very cramped cases where you won't have that extra room. 148 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:51,839 And it's Gigabyte quality. I mean, honestly, is there really anything else 149 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:53,680 to say? um whether it's Gigabyte or 150 00:10:51,839 --> 00:10:57,120 whether it's you know any other of the big three you know the real guys who are 151 00:10:55,839 --> 00:11:03,839 actually designing and building these things from the ground up manufacturing them and testing them um yeah you can 152 00:11:01,279 --> 00:11:07,279 pretty much trust it. I think that is pretty much it guys. Thank you for 153 00:11:05,839 --> 00:11:12,800 checking out my unboxing and first look at the X79S UP5 Wi-Fi. Don't forget to 154 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:17,120 subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos.