1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:07,200 Today we're going to be unboxing a pretty premium product from ASUS. So, 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:11,679 you can tell from the deluxe moniker that this is a high-end board. This is 3 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:15,599 their P8P67. So, I'm going to go ahead and interpret 4 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:22,320 that for you. P8 means it is the current generation of Intel CPUs. So, that means 5 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:25,760 we have full support for Intel's LG 1155 6 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:28,240 socket processors. P67 is the chipset. 7 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:31,279 Deluxe is what this board is all about. So, you're going to find pretty much 8 00:00:29,519 --> 00:00:39,440 every feature that you could possibly want. We have dual gigabit LAN. We have 9 00:00:34,719 --> 00:00:40,640 USB 3.0. We have a Bluetooth. Okay, 10 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:47,840 we'll have to figure out what that is in a minute. Bluetooth enjoyment. All right. We have full digital VRM, which 11 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:52,320 is the most precise. And this this one's actually the big one for me. EFI BIOS. 12 00:00:50,559 --> 00:00:55,760 So, that means that you have a full mouse interface with your BIOS, 13 00:00:54,160 --> 00:01:00,879 including support for things like a scroll wheel. Like imagine that mouse 14 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:07,200 with scroll wheel support in the BIOS. Okay, so moving over here to the right 15 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:10,000 hand side of the front of the box. There 16 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:15,520 you are. Oh, hold on. I'll turn it off for a sec. 17 00:01:12,479 --> 00:01:18,240 Okay, so full support for the uh Intel 18 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:22,400 Core series of processors on 1155. You got the P67 chipset and that's pretty 19 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:27,920 much everything that's there up here. This is interesting. So they have their 20 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:30,159 digital VRM EPU. So that's their I think 21 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:33,759 it's efficiency processing unit or it's basically for making things more energy 22 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:40,520 efficient. And then they also have their TPU. 23 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:40,520 Okay, those are dedicated processors. 24 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:48,240 Moving over to this side, we have the world's first. Okay, so the ultimate 25 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:50,159 turbo processor TPU is a chip for their 26 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:53,759 auto turning tuning and turbo V functions. So that is their automated 27 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:58,880 overclocking. We've also got the EFI BIOS, which I talked about already. AI 28 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:03,520 Suite 2 is their Windows software. So, it consolidates all of their ASUS 29 00:02:00,399 --> 00:02:05,520 features into one software package. 30 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:09,920 Okay, we've got their EPU, which is, as I said before, is for energy efficiency. 31 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:17,760 And we have support for Oh, this is interesting. Quad GPU SLI and quad GPU 32 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:20,239 Crossfire X. Okay. DTS surround. And 33 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:23,760 let's move along to the back. I like this box. I love it when there's a 34 00:02:21,599 --> 00:02:28,800 window to see the board through. Big fan of that, actually. Okay, so Oh, let's 35 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:32,720 find out what BT Go is. Okay, Bluetooth model. Oh, it just means it has 36 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:36,160 Bluetooth. Oh, that's simple then. Okay, digital power design. The new standard. 37 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:41,920 So, their new generation intelligent processors with Digi Plus VRM control 16 38 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:46,400 plus2. Wow, that's a lot of phases. So, they have a 16 plus2 phase power design 39 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:50,800 on this particular board. Basically, that's to deliver cleaner 40 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:55,120 power to your CPU, which should allow in theory for better overclocking. So, 41 00:02:52,720 --> 00:03:00,160 that's a good thing. Complete USB 3.0 solution, including back panel as well 42 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:02,319 as front panel USB. And they've called 43 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:07,599 out the front panel USB again here. Extra SATA 6 Gbit per second support. 44 00:03:04,879 --> 00:03:11,920 So, you actually have four ports on this board. Whereas with all of the previous 45 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:16,560 generation, well I should say almost all of the previous generation Intel boards 46 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:22,959 that is on the P-55 chipset, we'd only see two USB 2.0 or 3.0 ports and two 47 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:26,159 SATA 6 Gbit per second ports. So let's have a look at what we have in terms of 48 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:32,720 accessory package. We've got an IO shield. We have four SATA 6 Gbit per 49 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:37,519 second ports and two SATA 3 GB per second ports. Please note these are 50 00:03:34,799 --> 00:03:41,920 identical other than the colors on the cables. There's no reason that you can't 51 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:46,400 use one for the other and vice versa. We have an SLI bridge. 52 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:49,599 We have their Q connectors. So that allows you to easily plug in your front 53 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:57,280 panel connectors and then plug the whole brick into your motherboard. We have a 54 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:59,920 front panel USB. Oh, this thing's heavy. 55 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:05,120 Okay, so here it is. So, front panel USB 3.0 box. It's got a nice sort of finish 56 00:04:02,959 --> 00:04:11,760 on the top of it here that is quite quite classy. It plugs into or rather 57 00:04:07,599 --> 00:04:14,080 slots into a 3 and 1/2 in drive bay. And 58 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:19,600 then this cable is going to run over to your motherboard where they have a USB 59 00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:20,639 3.0 front panel header. Outstanding. Oh 60 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:25,759 yeah, there's what it looks like from the front as well. Okay, so that's a 61 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:31,199 great feature especially because most cases these days don't have USB 3.0 know 62 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:37,360 integrated in a in a with a header on them uh like that in the front. So, Digi 63 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:41,360 VRM BTC go there's a little user guide and here is your full user guide for 64 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:45,199 this motherboard including a powered by sticker and a DVD that you don't need 65 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:51,160 because you can download the latest drivers and utilities off of the ASUS 66 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,160 website. 67 00:04:54,400 --> 00:05:01,520 Now, let's pull this guy out and have a look at what there is to see on the 68 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:04,960 PAP67 Deluxe. So, first of all, I'll tell you 69 00:05:03,199 --> 00:05:08,960 guys, I really like the aesthetic of this particular board. It's pretty much 70 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:12,479 in line with what they were doing on their P-55 boards other than the 71 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:17,919 Republic of Gamers series board. So, we've got kind of a pale and dark blue 72 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:21,520 and white and black color scheme, which actually goes together a lot better than 73 00:05:19,919 --> 00:05:26,160 it might initially sound like. As you guys can obviously see, I love what ASUS 74 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:30,000 has been doing lately with their uh PWM heatsink designs. Uh my personal 75 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:33,520 favorite was their what I call their Fortress of Solitude one where it was 76 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:38,160 kind of like a spiky thing, but I like this too. This is kind of like uh could 77 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:41,759 be waves or it could be grass, could be kind of anything actually. Very 78 00:05:39,759 --> 00:05:46,320 abstract. I like it. You can see the 16phase power design under these heat 79 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:51,520 sinks. Okay. So, there's probably going to Yep. There's a couple more going around the corner over here. And then 80 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:54,000 they've also got some of their key ASUS branding on the board as well. So 81 00:05:52,800 --> 00:06:01,280 they've got their dual intelligent processors too over here as well as uh 82 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:03,680 ASUS logos sprinkled liberally uh along 83 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:06,880 the board. Okay, so let's have a look at the layout then. And I'm just going to 84 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:11,840 lift this up so we can start in the middle where we have our LG 1155 socket. 85 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:19,440 So, as I mentioned before, that has full support for Intel's new Core series 86 00:06:14,319 --> 00:06:20,880 processors on the 1155 socket. And here 87 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:25,360 in the top left corner, we have our eight pin connector exactly where it 88 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:31,520 belongs in its optimal, ideal, and preferred location. Over on the right 89 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:34,000 side of the board, we have our four uh 90 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:37,840 DDR3 slot supporting dual channel operation, as well as our 24 pin 91 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:42,560 connector in its ideal location. along the right hand edge of the board. We 92 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:45,360 have our memo K button here as well as 93 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:49,520 their TPU processor switch. So bear in mind that is there. Okay, let's keep 94 00:06:47,919 --> 00:06:53,840 moving down the board. We're going to find our USB 3.0 header. This might seem 95 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:58,400 like an odd location for it, but when you look at how short the cable is on 96 00:06:55,840 --> 00:07:02,080 the front panel connector, that is probably the reason for the header to be 97 00:07:00,639 --> 00:07:06,160 located there. So when you plug this in in the front of your case, right, you're 98 00:07:03,919 --> 00:07:09,599 going to only have to run it this far to get to the USB 3 header. So you can 99 00:07:07,919 --> 00:07:16,080 pretty much reach anywhere in front of a typical case without any hassle. 100 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:20,560 Okay, in terms of storage, we have SATA 6 Gbit per second. So those are 101 00:07:17,759 --> 00:07:26,639 colorcoded dark blue and white. And then we have four SATA 3 GB per second ports, 102 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:31,000 which are colorcoded pale blue. 103 00:07:26,639 --> 00:07:31,000 Here's our chipset heatsink. 104 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:37,680 All right, let me take this off. You can see it a little better. Oh, I like that. 105 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:42,319 Check that out. So, it actually has a bit of texture to the ASUS logo on 106 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:46,639 there. It looks really, really sharp. Aesthetics matter to me, guys. I I I 107 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:51,199 actually do care when I'm shopping for a motherboard. I wanted I have a windowed 108 00:07:48,639 --> 00:07:55,759 case and cameraman's looking at my Star Wars t-shirt again. I have a windowed 109 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:59,280 case and I do like to see a nicel looking board because really that the 110 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:03,759 largest thing in your case. So, it's going to be kind of overwhelming if it's 111 00:08:00,879 --> 00:08:06,720 ugly. So, here we have a an LED post indicator. So, that'll give you any 112 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:11,599 error codes if you're having problems getting your system to boot up. And uh 113 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:15,599 next over here, we have our USB 2.0 front panel headers. We have a reset and 114 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:19,919 power switch, both built in. There's our EPU switch. So, that's for the other 115 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:28,080 intelligent processor. And then moving up to our PCI slot layout. So, we have 116 00:08:22,639 --> 00:08:30,879 one two PCIe 1x slots. We have two PCIe 117 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:37,760 16X slots, but please note the P67 chipset or yeah, P67 chipset, much like 118 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:41,680 the P-55 chipset, has support for a 119 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:45,680 single card in 16x mode, two cards in 8X 120 00:08:41,680 --> 00:08:47,360 mode and not two cards in 16x mode. 121 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:51,040 Okay, it doesn't matter in terms of performance, but it is a distinction 122 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:55,360 that you should be aware of. If you want dual 16x slots, you're going to have to 123 00:08:52,959 --> 00:09:00,480 move up to X58. So, we've got two PCIe uh two PCI slots 124 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:07,040 if you have any legacy devices. And then down here, this is a physical PCIe 16X 125 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:12,399 slot, but this one operates only at 4X. So, you can either put a 1X card down 126 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:15,839 here or you can put in a 4X card like a RAID controller or something else like 127 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:20,480 that, really high-end Nick, whatever the case may be. 128 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:25,440 Moving along to the back of the board, we have all of these options. So, let's 129 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:32,800 Oh, yeah. There's our Bluetooth. Okay. So, we have 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 eight USB 2.0 130 00:09:29,839 --> 00:09:37,279 ports. We have one of those PS2 mouse keyboard combo ports that I'm so fond 131 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:42,640 of. We have optical audio out as well as coaxial audio out. Two ESATA ports. And 132 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:47,360 then we've also got, like I said before, our Bluetooth. We have one FireWire 133 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:53,760 port. We have two gigabit Ethernet ports. And I should mention these are 134 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:55,839 running off of the Intel built-in LAN 135 00:09:53,760 --> 00:10:00,000 rather than a third-p party controller. And that's one of the things that ASUS 136 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:05,920 actually calls out right on their board. Intel Ethernet, great capability. 137 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:11,519 Okay, we have a clear SIMO switch as well as 7.1 138 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:13,040 analog audio on the back of the 139 00:10:11,519 --> 00:10:18,000 motherboard. That pretty much covers everything I wanted to say about the P8 140 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:21,120 P67 Deluxe. Thank you for checking out my unboxing and don't forget to 141 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:26,240 subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer 142 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,240 videos.