WEBVTT 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:09.040 The Rampage 3 Gene is basically like the Rampage 3 Extreme but in a microATX form 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 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:15.519 lunch. So, thanks for watching and don't forget to 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:20.480 subscribe to Linus Tech. No, I'm just kidding. Okay, so the Rampage 3 Gene, 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:22.800 this is an LG 1366 motherboard. It 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:28.560 supports Core i7 Extreme, Core i7 processors on LGA 1366. It's SLI and 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:34.160 Crossfire X ready. It's Windows 7 ready. It has a bunch of ASUS Republic of 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:37.200 Gamers features, including ROG Connect, so that means you can hook it up to 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:41.920 another PC, uh, tweak a bunch of hardware settings that way. It has 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:45.440 ProBuilt, uh, which is your voltage readout points. It has CPU level up, 00:00:43.760 --> 00:00:48.399 which is a onebutton overclocking method, which you probably aren't going 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 00:00:50.879 --> 00:00:57.520 LAN priority um, 00:00:55.280 --> 00:01:01.280 excuse me, LAN priority application. So you can actually set it so that your 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:05.920 incoming and outgoing packets are prioritized to either games, media 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:11.040 streaming, VIP or file sharing. And you've got nice high-end onboard audio. 00:01:09.119 --> 00:01:16.159 It includes this Kasperski antivirus apparently as well. So let's have a look 00:01:12.720 --> 00:01:18.240 at the included bundle accessories first 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 00:01:20.240 --> 00:01:26.799 Rampage series boards these days. They look just amazing. Okay, so the first 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:31.360 thing we've got is an IO shield. Next, we have some cable ties for 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:37.759 managing your wires. We've got an SLI bridge. They're front panel connector uh 00:01:34.960 --> 00:01:41.920 software software helper blocks. So, these enable you to connect all your 00:01:39.119 --> 00:01:45.759 front panels um buttons to this and then plug the whole thing into the board. 00:01:43.520 --> 00:01:51.119 You've got a USB cable for the ROG connect. You've got one, two, three. 00:01:48.720 --> 00:01:56.720 Actually, I'm sorry. There are two SATA 6 Gbit per second cables and then six 00:01:53.600 --> 00:01:58.880 SATA 3 GB per second cables. Then we 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 00:02:02.399 --> 00:02:09.840 as a Republic of Gamers sticker and some labels for your SATA cable so that you 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 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:18.400 window case sticker things. I don't think I've ever seen anyone put one of 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:21.280 those on the side of their case before, but there's a first time for everything. 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 00:02:25.040 --> 00:02:31.360 to this video. I'm sure that everyone would be interested to see what your 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:33.440 case looks like with that thing on it. 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 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:41.280 socket with what appears to be eightphase power. So, that means I mean 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 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:49.599 less PCB to work with. And given that we're seeing so many manufacturers 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:52.959 moving towards larger than ATX size boards, you can imagine there's a lot of 00:02:51.440 --> 00:02:58.560 electrical routing that needs to go on with these high-end board designs these 00:02:54.560 --> 00:03:00.080 days. We've got six DDR3 slots, and you 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. 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:07.920 So, these are those easy insert style slots. They support triple channel 00:03:05.519 --> 00:03:12.319 memory. Here is the onboard battery for the uh SIMOS. Okay, that stores all of 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 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 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 00:03:22.640 --> 00:03:29.040 recommend using eight, especially if you're running any overclocks. Next, 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 00:03:31.920 --> 00:03:37.680 second ports. Here is the IROG. That's 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:41.599 their uh their chip for all of the Republic of Gamers overclocking 00:03:39.440 --> 00:03:46.239 features. Here's your south bridge. So, that's covered by a very uh cool looking 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:50.560 heat sink. And then the north bridge is also covered by a similarly styled heat 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 00:03:53.519 --> 00:03:59.840 terms of uh putting fins and heat pipes and everything on them, but they also 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:03.120 have a very uh very different angular look to them these days. I really think 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:06.319 it looks pretty cool. And this is probably a more practical design right 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 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:13.920 doing a lot of the cooling not only for the voltage del um for the power 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:17.600 delivery for the CPU but also for the north bridge because they are connected 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 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:25.840 is probably one too many for a board like this, but lots of people still do 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 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 00:04:34.880 --> 00:04:40.240 you're using two dual slot graphics cards, you will not be able to install 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:44.720 any additional cards in this motherboard. It's just a limitation of 00:04:41.840 --> 00:04:49.840 microATX. We've got onboard start and reset buttons as well as a couple of USB 00:04:47.840 --> 00:04:56.560 2.0 front panel headers as well as a FireWire front panel header. 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:59.040 Moving around to here, we have the back 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 00:05:02.479 --> 00:05:09.600 2.0 ports. a SIMOS clear button in its absolutely ideal, my favoriteest place. 00:05:07.840 --> 00:05:14.080 On the back panel of the motherboard, we have optical audio out, FireWire, 00:05:11.440 --> 00:05:19.759 gigabit Ethernet, ROG connect button and port, two USB 3.0 ports, and what appear 00:05:16.800 --> 00:05:24.880 to be goldplated 7.1 audio ports. Thank you for checking out my unboxing and 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:27.880 first look at the ASUS Rampage 3 00:05:24.880 --> 00:05:27.880 Extreme.