1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:09,040 The Rampage 3 Gene is basically like the Rampage 3 Extreme but in a microATX form 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:12,400 factor. Okay, that's it. I'm done the video. I'm just going to knock off for 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:15,519 lunch. So, thanks for watching and don't forget to 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:20,480 subscribe to Linus Tech. No, I'm just kidding. Okay, so the Rampage 3 Gene, 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:22,800 this is an LG 1366 motherboard. It 6 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:28,560 supports Core i7 Extreme, Core i7 processors on LGA 1366. It's SLI and 7 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:34,160 Crossfire X ready. It's Windows 7 ready. It has a bunch of ASUS Republic of 8 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:37,200 Gamers features, including ROG Connect, so that means you can hook it up to 9 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:41,920 another PC, uh, tweak a bunch of hardware settings that way. It has 10 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:45,440 ProBuilt, uh, which is your voltage readout points. It has CPU level up, 11 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:48,399 which is a onebutton overclocking method, which you probably aren't going 12 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:55,280 to be using if you're buying a Rampage board. It has a game first, which is a 13 00:00:50,879 --> 00:00:57,520 LAN priority um, 14 00:00:55,280 --> 00:01:01,280 excuse me, LAN priority application. So you can actually set it so that your 15 00:00:59,039 --> 00:01:05,920 incoming and outgoing packets are prioritized to either games, media 16 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:11,040 streaming, VIP or file sharing. And you've got nice high-end onboard audio. 17 00:01:09,119 --> 00:01:16,159 It includes this Kasperski antivirus apparently as well. So let's have a look 18 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:18,240 at the included bundle accessories first 19 00:01:16,159 --> 00:01:22,000 and then we will have a look at the board. I really like the look of ASUS's 20 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:26,799 Rampage series boards these days. They look just amazing. Okay, so the first 21 00:01:24,159 --> 00:01:31,360 thing we've got is an IO shield. Next, we have some cable ties for 22 00:01:28,799 --> 00:01:37,759 managing your wires. We've got an SLI bridge. They're front panel connector uh 23 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:41,920 software software helper blocks. So, these enable you to connect all your 24 00:01:39,119 --> 00:01:45,759 front panels um buttons to this and then plug the whole thing into the board. 25 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:51,119 You've got a USB cable for the ROG connect. You've got one, two, three. 26 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:56,720 Actually, I'm sorry. There are two SATA 6 Gbit per second cables and then six 27 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:58,880 SATA 3 GB per second cables. Then we 28 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:05,280 have the users guide which includes a driver DVD as uh don't use this as well 29 00:02:02,399 --> 00:02:09,840 as a Republic of Gamers sticker and some labels for your SATA cable so that you 30 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:14,080 can uh see which one goes to which drive very easily. They have one of these side 31 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:18,400 window case sticker things. I don't think I've ever seen anyone put one of 32 00:02:15,599 --> 00:02:21,280 those on the side of their case before, but there's a first time for everything. 33 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:26,640 If you have one of those on the side of your case, please take a video of your computer and set it as a video response 34 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:31,360 to this video. I'm sure that everyone would be interested to see what your 35 00:02:28,319 --> 00:02:33,440 case looks like with that thing on it. 36 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:37,760 All right, here we go. So, let's start in the middle. We've got our LG 1366 37 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:41,280 socket with what appears to be eightphase power. So, that means I mean 38 00:02:39,920 --> 00:02:45,280 that's about as good as it gets for a microATX form factor. you have a lot 39 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:49,599 less PCB to work with. And given that we're seeing so many manufacturers 40 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:52,959 moving towards larger than ATX size boards, you can imagine there's a lot of 41 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:58,560 electrical routing that needs to go on with these high-end board designs these 42 00:02:54,560 --> 00:03:00,080 days. We've got six DDR3 slots, and you 43 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:03,760 can see that it's got the clips on the one side and no clips on the other side. 44 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:07,920 So, these are those easy insert style slots. They support triple channel 45 00:03:05,519 --> 00:03:12,319 memory. Here is the onboard battery for the uh SIMOS. Okay, that stores all of 46 00:03:10,959 --> 00:03:17,040 your BIOS settings. So, you take that out, it'll lose the BIOS settings. You got your 24 pin power in its ideal 47 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:21,040 location on the right hand edge. And then you've got an 8 pin power in its 48 00:03:18,879 --> 00:03:24,159 ideal location up at the top left. You only have to plug in four, but I would 49 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:29,040 recommend using eight, especially if you're running any overclocks. Next, 50 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:35,840 you've got two SATA 6 GB per second ports as well as six SATA 2 3 Gbit per 51 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:37,680 second ports. Here is the IROG. That's 52 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:41,599 their uh their chip for all of the Republic of Gamers overclocking 53 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:46,239 features. Here's your south bridge. So, that's covered by a very uh cool looking 54 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:50,560 heat sink. And then the north bridge is also covered by a similarly styled heat 55 00:03:48,959 --> 00:03:55,760 sink. I really like what ASUS is doing with their heatsink designs where they're going after practicality in 56 00:03:53,519 --> 00:03:59,840 terms of uh putting fins and heat pipes and everything on them, but they also 57 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:03,120 have a very uh very different angular look to them these days. I really think 58 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:06,319 it looks pretty cool. And this is probably a more practical design right 59 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:09,760 here, just the straight fins with a heat pipe through it. but that's going to be 60 00:04:08,159 --> 00:04:13,920 doing a lot of the cooling not only for the voltage del um for the power 61 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:17,600 delivery for the CPU but also for the north bridge because they are connected 62 00:04:15,439 --> 00:04:21,359 by that heat pipe. Down at the bottom of the board, we have one PCI slot, which 63 00:04:19,759 --> 00:04:25,840 is probably one too many for a board like this, but lots of people still do 64 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:31,600 have some PCI peripherals that they need to plug in. We've also got two PCIe 16X 65 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:36,320 slots. These will run at full 16x and then we have one PCIe 4X slots. So, if 66 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:40,240 you're using two dual slot graphics cards, you will not be able to install 67 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:44,720 any additional cards in this motherboard. It's just a limitation of 68 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:49,840 microATX. We've got onboard start and reset buttons as well as a couple of USB 69 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:56,560 2.0 front panel headers as well as a FireWire front panel header. 70 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:59,040 Moving around to here, we have the back 71 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:05,440 panel connection. So, we have our PS2 keyboard port. We have 1 2 3 4 5 six USB 72 00:05:02,479 --> 00:05:09,600 2.0 ports. a SIMOS clear button in its absolutely ideal, my favoriteest place. 73 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:14,080 On the back panel of the motherboard, we have optical audio out, FireWire, 74 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:19,759 gigabit Ethernet, ROG connect button and port, two USB 3.0 ports, and what appear 75 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:24,880 to be goldplated 7.1 audio ports. Thank you for checking out my unboxing and 76 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:27,880 first look at the ASUS Rampage 3 77 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:27,880 Extreme.