WEBVTT 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:13.920 Welcome to my unboxing and first look at Gigabyte. Actually, a really exciting 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:17.520 board from Gigabyte. This has a whole bunch of really cool stuff that I'm 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:22.080 super excited about. And I want to preface this whole unboxing video by 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 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:31.279 the middle of doing my my personal rig upgrade and I'm super excited about this 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:35.880 board. Ultra durable five ultra cool, ultraefficient, ultra performance and 00:00:33.760 --> 00:00:41.760 high current capability. So they have completely redesigned their VRM design. 00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:46.320 So well VRM design, yes, redesigned their design. Industry-leading 60 amp 00:00:44.239 --> 00:00:50.719 rated power stage with lower losses, higher efficiency, and excellent thermal 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:55.280 management. What this means to me is that in previous almost everyone's X79 00:00:53.680 --> 00:00:59.039 boards because there's so little room to build the VRM, you have to use really 00:00:56.879 --> 00:01:03.039 high quality components to deliver the kind of current those CPUs demand. 00:01:00.800 --> 00:01:08.880 Almost all of them made like whining obnoxious noises. So, Gigabyte has just 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:12.400 revamped it completely to the point where they're saying, "Yep, this is 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 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:19.360 US and Canada." And uh you know they're 00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:24.080 just basically like I wish I had sunglasses. Okay, cameraman tripped. I 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 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 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 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:40.479 Intel chipset C606. So they're using the officially Zeon supporting Xeon grade 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 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:48.640 power for the CPU and uh to for each of 00:01:46.240 --> 00:01:50.960 the memory channels uh or not for each of the memory 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 00:01:55.439 --> 00:02:01.439 desktop PWM provider. Okay. So they're actually giving you the brand of the 00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:07.360 power components they're using. Very cool. Uh so the 3D BIOS, a UFI BIOS with 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:12.239 uh with backup like physical backup SAS on board ECC memory support. So, this is 00:02:10.160 --> 00:02:17.760 more like a workstation board really than just a desktop board. This is not 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:22.560 like your grandpa's desktop board. Uh, cool power inside and out. So, single 00:02:19.760 --> 00:02:26.800 package design, industryleading 60 amp rated power stage, high-side MOSFET, low 00:02:24.720 --> 00:02:29.840 side MOSFET, all on a single package. So, check this out. So, they're saying 00:02:27.920 --> 00:02:35.040 compared to traditional or even lower RDS on MOSFETs, which their competitors 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:39.760 are still talking about, the IR 355 power IR stage, power stage. Oh, wow. 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:44.160 That's hilarious. runs cooler and delivers more power. Same thing here, 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:48.480 cooler temps equals high and higher overclocks. And this is for a couple of 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:51.840 reasons. So, number one is that your VRM components will perform better when 00:02:50.160 --> 00:02:56.959 they're running cooler. And number two is that when all these components down 00:02:54.360 --> 00:03:01.040 here over here, when all these components around the outside of the CPU 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:05.360 socket are hot, it does inherently make your CPU run hotter. And I think that's 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:08.920 pretty much it. So, they still got their two times copper PCB, which basically 00:03:07.200 --> 00:03:13.440 amounts to better cooling, better conduction, and let's get the board 00:03:11.040 --> 00:03:19.480 open. I am just like super stoked to check this out. So, motherboard 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:24.800 itself opened up. Oh, I love what Gigabytes been doing 00:03:23.040 --> 00:03:29.120 with their motherboard color schemes since pretty much P67. Matte black. 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 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:38.480 want to check out the board. So, here's their uh PCI Express Wi-Fi Bluetooth 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:41.360 module. This is a great value ad because you can not only install it in your 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:44.720 Gigabyte board, but you can also just install it in some other computer if you 00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:48.799 don't plan to use wireless in your gaming PC. So, um yes, they haven't 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. 00:03:52.640 --> 00:04:00.879 Way to go, Gigabyte. Figuring out the details and getting it done. Same thing. 00:03:58.040 --> 00:04:07.760 Flexible black Crossfire and SLI bridges. Perfect. black antennas for the 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:09.519 Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Perfect. Um, 00:04:07.760 --> 00:04:15.840 whatever this cable connects to, it's black and it's perfect. Uh, we've got 00:04:12.640 --> 00:04:18.400 six SATA 36 GB per second connection, 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 00:04:20.320 --> 00:04:24.720 couple USB 3 ports if you don't have um, 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:28.960 if you don't have that functionality built into your case. You've got a 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:34.440 three-way SLI bridge included. So, this board is three-way SLI and Crossfire 00:04:31.520 --> 00:04:40.080 compatible. Matte black, of course, gorgeous. I think this might be the best 00:04:37.840 --> 00:04:44.720 overall package that Gigabytes ever done on a motherboard ever. And Gigabyte can 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:48.320 take that feedback right back to their HQ because I have unboxed almost every 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:53.600 Gigabyte motherboard in the last few years. IO shield, color coded, but not 00:04:51.280 --> 00:04:59.199 too color coded. See, it's not overdone. Perfect. Manual was it's a driver disc. 00:04:56.560 --> 00:05:02.240 Download the latest uh manual for the wireless thing or something. 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:05.520 multilingual place your guide book. Okay, accessories are done. We're done. 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. 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 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 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:22.320 a little bit on the wide side, this should fit just fine. You've got the 00:05:20.320 --> 00:05:27.600 motherboard socket. This is an LG 2011 socket supporting Intel Core i7 up to 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:31.759 Extreme Edition processors with quad channel memory. You've got eight banks 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 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:39.039 64 gigs of memory, no problem. Although, you know, ECC does start to become 00:05:37.919 --> 00:05:43.120 something you might want when you have that much RAM. Fully supported on this 00:05:41.280 --> 00:05:46.880 particular board. Your eight pin power connectors in its ideal location at the 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 00:05:48.080 --> 00:05:54.320 understand why they've done this because it's right behind the PWM and then right 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 00:05:56.800 --> 00:06:04.080 not overdoing, you know, extra random traces that it takes to, you know, carry 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:07.759 the power over here through here. So efficiency is what it's all about with 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:11.280 this particular board. Onboard power switch is up here on the top right in 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:14.479 its ideal location. 24 pin power connectors on the right hand edge in its 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:18.319 ideal location. I wouldn't have minded seeing this USB 3 front panel header on 00:06:16.400 --> 00:06:23.199 a right angle, but other than that, not bad. Not bad. Now check this out. Look 00:06:20.880 --> 00:06:27.680 at all these connectors. Holy smokes. So you've got two Intel powered SATA 3 6 00:06:25.520 --> 00:06:34.080 Gbit per second connectors. You've got four Intel powered SATA 2 3 Gbit per 00:06:29.840 --> 00:06:36.240 second connectors and eight SAS 6 Gbit 00:06:34.080 --> 00:06:41.520 per second connectors. So that is a total of 14 SATA port uh SATA ports on 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:45.440 this board. So you can fill up pretty much any case that you can put this 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:49.680 board in with hard drives without worrying about a darn thing. Dual BIOS 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:52.800 right here. So you have two physical BIOSes. Here's your onboard reset 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 00:06:55.520 --> 00:07:02.319 panel connectors. That's your supercharging, you know, high powered 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:06.000 USB uh 2.0 front panel header. So, that'll allow you to charge your iPad 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:10.400 off of it. Extra current. Two regular USB 2 front panel headers, your trusted 00:07:07.919 --> 00:07:15.520 platform module, front FireWire, front audio, and moving right along, you got 00:07:13.440 --> 00:07:20.720 your PCI Express layout. So, even though this is an EATX board, usually X79 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:24.080 boards go for an XLATX longer form factor if they're going to try and 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:27.440 squeeze in seven slots. A Gigabyte has gone with six slots for this board, but 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:32.880 you're still going to have full 3-way video card compatibility. 1 2 3. So, 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, 00:07:35.039 --> 00:07:42.240 I nubbed out because they're using that C606 chipset rather than a regular 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:45.360 desktop chipset. That's where all your SAS connectivity is coming from. So, 00:07:43.919 --> 00:07:49.599 those are actually powered off the Intel chipset. And remember guys, you do need 00:07:47.039 --> 00:07:53.360 a Zeon if you want to run ECC uh registered DIMs or anything like that. 00:07:51.440 --> 00:07:57.520 So, bear that in mind. Aha. Okay. So, back to the PCI Express slot layout. 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. 00:08:00.080 --> 00:08:04.639 And there's actually a good reason for that. So, these are PCIe 3.0 ports, 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 00:08:09.039 --> 00:08:15.120 is there's less latency. Running through switches, even if they're switches that 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:19.759 increase the overall bandwidth being delivered to the slot, can increase the 00:08:17.840 --> 00:08:24.560 latency and can actually reduce performance in isolated cases. So, as 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 00:08:27.440 --> 00:08:33.039 to 16x PCIe2, then you're not concerned 00:08:31.039 --> 00:08:38.000 about not having enough bandwidth and uh it's better to not have the additional 00:08:34.680 --> 00:08:39.360 latency. So, there you go. So, oh yeah. 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:42.959 Okay. So, what do I think of the overall layout? So, once you install one 16X 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:48.959 card here, you're going to be left with three PCIe 16X physical slots. 8X 8X. 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 00:08:51.040 --> 00:08:57.440 good mix. You know, you want to throw in like your legacy sound card. Maybe you 00:08:54.640 --> 00:09:00.560 got an older like Ozentech XM or whatever, you know, really good sound 00:08:58.800 --> 00:09:04.720 card and then you got a few more PCIe expansion slots. Sounds good. I'm really 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. 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:13.920 More cooling on the back. So, pairing this up with a case like an 1100 or 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 00:09:16.560 --> 00:09:21.240 back of that case and your back IO. 1 2 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:30.080 3 4 5 6 Yes, 56 USB 2.0 ports, PS2 port, 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:37.760 clear SIMOS, OC button, as well as BIOS changer. Okay, this is a USB ESATA combo 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:40.399 port. This is an ESATA port. This is 00:09:37.760 --> 00:09:46.480 FireWire. 2 GB Ethernets, one running off the Intel chipset and one running 00:09:42.800 --> 00:09:49.839 off a Realtech third party chipset. Um, 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:51.760 optical audio out, 7.1 audio, and I 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 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:59.600 why this is perfect for me. It has the absolutely perfect color scheme. I 00:09:57.760 --> 00:10:03.360 really don't like the powder blue that one of Gigabytes competitors is using 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:09.360 for accents. I also really love the overall subdued matte um just oh 00:10:07.760 --> 00:10:13.519 performance look that they've got with these boards. Great cooling solution. So 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:17.680 this right here actually isn't really attached to anything. This is just 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:22.079 additional cooling for the chipset as well as due to the connection by heat 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:26.240 pipes uh the VRM up here. So, they've gone with sort of a traditional layout 00:10:23.760 --> 00:10:29.600 where normally on most motherboards you'd find additional VRM components and 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 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 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:43.120 you've got compatibility with almost every case out there with the exception 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:47.200 of very, very narrow, very cramped cases where you won't have that extra room. 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:51.839 And it's Gigabyte quality. I mean, honestly, is there really anything else 00:10:48.560 --> 00:10:53.680 to say? um whether it's Gigabyte or 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 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 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:07.279 pretty much trust it. I think that is pretty much it guys. Thank you for 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 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:17.120 subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos.