WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:07.200 Today we're going to be unboxing a pretty premium product from ASUS. So, 00:00:04.720 --> 00:00:11.679 you can tell from the deluxe moniker that this is a high-end board. This is 00:00:09.840 --> 00:00:15.599 their P8P67. So, I'm going to go ahead and interpret 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:22.320 that for you. P8 means it is the current generation of Intel CPUs. So, that means 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:25.760 we have full support for Intel's LG 1155 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:28.240 socket processors. P67 is the chipset. 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:31.279 Deluxe is what this board is all about. So, you're going to find pretty much 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:39.440 every feature that you could possibly want. We have dual gigabit LAN. We have 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:40.640 USB 3.0. We have a Bluetooth. Okay, 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 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. 00:00:50.559 --> 00:00:55.760 So, that means that you have a full mouse interface with your BIOS, 00:00:54.160 --> 00:01:00.879 including support for things like a scroll wheel. Like imagine that mouse 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:07.200 with scroll wheel support in the BIOS. Okay, so moving over here to the right 00:01:03.440 --> 00:01:10.000 hand side of the front of the box. There 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:15.520 you are. Oh, hold on. I'll turn it off for a sec. 00:01:12.479 --> 00:01:18.240 Okay, so full support for the uh Intel 00:01:15.520 --> 00:01:22.400 Core series of processors on 1155. You got the P67 chipset and that's pretty 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:27.920 much everything that's there up here. This is interesting. So they have their 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:30.159 digital VRM EPU. So that's their I think 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:33.759 it's efficiency processing unit or it's basically for making things more energy 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:40.520 efficient. And then they also have their TPU. 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:40.520 Okay, those are dedicated processors. 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:48.240 Moving over to this side, we have the world's first. Okay, so the ultimate 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:50.159 turbo processor TPU is a chip for their 00:01:48.240 --> 00:01:53.759 auto turning tuning and turbo V functions. So that is their automated 00:01:51.520 --> 00:01:58.880 overclocking. We've also got the EFI BIOS, which I talked about already. AI 00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:03.520 Suite 2 is their Windows software. So, it consolidates all of their ASUS 00:02:00.399 --> 00:02:05.520 features into one software package. 00:02:03.520 --> 00:02:09.920 Okay, we've got their EPU, which is, as I said before, is for energy efficiency. 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:17.760 And we have support for Oh, this is interesting. Quad GPU SLI and quad GPU 00:02:13.440 --> 00:02:20.239 Crossfire X. Okay. DTS surround. And 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 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:28.800 window to see the board through. Big fan of that, actually. Okay, so Oh, let's 00:02:25.920 --> 00:02:32.720 find out what BT Go is. Okay, Bluetooth model. Oh, it just means it has 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:36.160 Bluetooth. Oh, that's simple then. Okay, digital power design. The new standard. 00:02:34.480 --> 00:02:41.920 So, their new generation intelligent processors with Digi Plus VRM control 16 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 00:02:43.760 --> 00:02:50.800 on this particular board. Basically, that's to deliver cleaner 00:02:48.480 --> 00:02:55.120 power to your CPU, which should allow in theory for better overclocking. So, 00:02:52.720 --> 00:03:00.160 that's a good thing. Complete USB 3.0 solution, including back panel as well 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:02.319 as front panel USB. And they've called 00:03:00.160 --> 00:03:07.599 out the front panel USB again here. Extra SATA 6 Gbit per second support. 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:11.920 So, you actually have four ports on this board. Whereas with all of the previous 00:03:09.920 --> 00:03:16.560 generation, well I should say almost all of the previous generation Intel boards 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 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 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:32.720 accessory package. We've got an IO shield. We have four SATA 6 Gbit per 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:37.519 second ports and two SATA 3 GB per second ports. Please note these are 00:03:34.799 --> 00:03:41.920 identical other than the colors on the cables. There's no reason that you can't 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:46.400 use one for the other and vice versa. We have an SLI bridge. 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:49.599 We have their Q connectors. So that allows you to easily plug in your front 00:03:47.920 --> 00:03:57.280 panel connectors and then plug the whole brick into your motherboard. We have a 00:03:52.480 --> 00:03:59.920 front panel USB. Oh, this thing's heavy. 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 00:04:02.959 --> 00:04:11.760 on the top of it here that is quite quite classy. It plugs into or rather 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:14.080 slots into a 3 and 1/2 in drive bay. And 00:04:11.760 --> 00:04:19.600 then this cable is going to run over to your motherboard where they have a USB 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:20.639 3.0 front panel header. Outstanding. Oh 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 00:04:23.520 --> 00:04:31.199 great feature especially because most cases these days don't have USB 3.0 know 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 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 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:45.199 this motherboard including a powered by sticker and a DVD that you don't need 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:51.160 because you can download the latest drivers and utilities off of the ASUS 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:51.160 website. 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 00:04:59.520 --> 00:05:04.960 PAP67 Deluxe. So, first of all, I'll tell you 00:05:03.199 --> 00:05:08.960 guys, I really like the aesthetic of this particular board. It's pretty much 00:05:07.440 --> 00:05:12.479 in line with what they were doing on their P-55 boards other than the 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:17.919 Republic of Gamers series board. So, we've got kind of a pale and dark blue 00:05:15.440 --> 00:05:21.520 and white and black color scheme, which actually goes together a lot better than 00:05:19.919 --> 00:05:26.160 it might initially sound like. As you guys can obviously see, I love what ASUS 00:05:23.840 --> 00:05:30.000 has been doing lately with their uh PWM heatsink designs. Uh my personal 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:33.520 favorite was their what I call their Fortress of Solitude one where it was 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 00:05:35.520 --> 00:05:41.759 be waves or it could be grass, could be kind of anything actually. Very 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:46.320 abstract. I like it. You can see the 16phase power design under these heat 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 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:54.000 they've also got some of their key ASUS branding on the board as well. So 00:05:52.800 --> 00:06:01.280 they've got their dual intelligent processors too over here as well as uh 00:05:57.600 --> 00:06:03.680 ASUS logos sprinkled liberally uh along 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 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. 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:19.440 So, as I mentioned before, that has full support for Intel's new Core series 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:20.880 processors on the 1155 socket. And here 00:06:19.440 --> 00:06:25.360 in the top left corner, we have our eight pin connector exactly where it 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:31.520 belongs in its optimal, ideal, and preferred location. Over on the right 00:06:27.840 --> 00:06:34.000 side of the board, we have our four uh 00:06:31.520 --> 00:06:37.840 DDR3 slot supporting dual channel operation, as well as our 24 pin 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:42.560 connector in its ideal location. along the right hand edge of the board. We 00:06:39.440 --> 00:06:45.360 have our memo K button here as well as 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:49.520 their TPU processor switch. So bear in mind that is there. Okay, let's keep 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 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 00:06:55.840 --> 00:07:02.080 the front panel connector, that is probably the reason for the header to be 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 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 00:07:07.919 --> 00:07:16.080 pretty much reach anywhere in front of a typical case without any hassle. 00:07:13.840 --> 00:07:20.560 Okay, in terms of storage, we have SATA 6 Gbit per second. So those are 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:26.639 colorcoded dark blue and white. And then we have four SATA 3 GB per second ports, 00:07:22.960 --> 00:07:31.000 which are colorcoded pale blue. 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:31.000 Here's our chipset heatsink. 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. 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:42.319 Check that out. So, it actually has a bit of texture to the ASUS logo on 00:07:39.520 --> 00:07:46.639 there. It looks really, really sharp. Aesthetics matter to me, guys. I I I 00:07:44.880 --> 00:07:51.199 actually do care when I'm shopping for a motherboard. I wanted I have a windowed 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:55.759 case and cameraman's looking at my Star Wars t-shirt again. I have a windowed 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:59.280 case and I do like to see a nicel looking board because really that the 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 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:06.720 ugly. So, here we have a an LED post indicator. So, that'll give you any 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:11.599 error codes if you're having problems getting your system to boot up. And uh 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 00:08:13.840 --> 00:08:19.919 power switch, both built in. There's our EPU switch. So, that's for the other 00:08:17.440 --> 00:08:28.080 intelligent processor. And then moving up to our PCI slot layout. So, we have 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:30.879 one two PCIe 1x slots. We have two PCIe 00:08:28.080 --> 00:08:37.760 16X slots, but please note the P67 chipset or yeah, P67 chipset, much like 00:08:34.640 --> 00:08:41.680 the P-55 chipset, has support for a 00:08:37.760 --> 00:08:45.680 single card in 16x mode, two cards in 8X 00:08:41.680 --> 00:08:47.360 mode and not two cards in 16x mode. 00:08:45.680 --> 00:08:51.040 Okay, it doesn't matter in terms of performance, but it is a distinction 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 00:08:52.959 --> 00:09:00.480 move up to X58. So, we've got two PCIe uh two PCI slots 00:08:58.640 --> 00:09:07.040 if you have any legacy devices. And then down here, this is a physical PCIe 16X 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 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 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:20.480 that, really high-end Nick, whatever the case may be. 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 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 00:09:29.839 --> 00:09:37.279 ports. We have one of those PS2 mouse keyboard combo ports that I'm so fond 00:09:34.800 --> 00:09:42.640 of. We have optical audio out as well as coaxial audio out. Two ESATA ports. And 00:09:41.040 --> 00:09:47.360 then we've also got, like I said before, our Bluetooth. We have one FireWire 00:09:44.560 --> 00:09:53.760 port. We have two gigabit Ethernet ports. And I should mention these are 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:55.839 running off of the Intel built-in LAN 00:09:53.760 --> 00:10:00.000 rather than a third-p party controller. And that's one of the things that ASUS 00:09:57.440 --> 00:10:05.920 actually calls out right on their board. Intel Ethernet, great capability. 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:11.519 Okay, we have a clear SIMO switch as well as 7.1 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:13.040 analog audio on the back of the 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:18.000 motherboard. That pretty much covers everything I wanted to say about the P8 00:10:15.760 --> 00:10:21.120 P67 Deluxe. Thank you for checking out my unboxing and don't forget to 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:26.240 subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:26.240 videos.