ASUS 970 Pro Gaming Motherboard review

ASUS 970 Pro Gaming Motherboard review

ASUS 970 Pro Gaming Motherboard review

FORUEFI options that are familiar to multiple brands • High-end connectors and headers • Good performance and overclocking

AGAINST
VRM Heat sinks are a little too high profile • DIMM connectors really close to socket • Aura seems a little gimmicky.

ASUS 970 PRO GAMING/AURA
CPU	Build in AMD AM3+ FX™/Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/Sempron™ 100 Series Processors Supports AM3+ 32 nm CPU Supports CPU up to 125 W AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology
Chipset	Build in AMD 970/SB950
Memory	4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 2133(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory * Dual Channel Memory Architecture * Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists). * Due to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Install a 64-bit Windows® OS when you want to install 4GB or more memory on the motherboard. * Due to CPU spec., AMD 100 series CPUs support up to DDR3 1066MHz. With ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to DDR3 1333MHz.
System Bus	Up to 4.8 GT/s HyperTransport™ 3
Multi-GPU Support	Supports NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ Technology Supports AMD Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology
Expansion Slots	2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8) 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 2 x PCI
Storage	AMD SB950 controller : 6 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), black, Support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10 1 x M.2 Socket 3, , with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (PCIe 2.0 x4)
LAN	Intel® I211-AT, 1 x Gigabit LAN Controller(s), GameFirst technology Anti-surge LANGuard
Audio	SupremeFX 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC – Supports : Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel MIC Jack-retasking – High quality 115 dB SNR stereo playback output
Audio Feature	– SupremeFX Shielding™ Technology – Optical S/PDIF out port(s) at back panel – Sonic Radar II
USB Ports	ASMedia® USB 3.1 controller : 2 x USB 3.1 port(s) (2 at back panel, , Type-A) ASMedia® USB 3.0 controller : 2 x USB 3.0 port(s) (2 at mid-board) AMD SB950 controller : 14 x USB 2.0 port(s) (8 at back panel, , 6 at mid-board)
Special Features	§ Gamer’s Guardian: – ESD Guards on LAN, Audio, KBMS and USB3.0/2.0 ports – DRAM Overcurrent Protection – Stainless Steel Back I/O – DIGI+ VRMASUS Exclusive Features : – AI Suite 3 – Ai Charger+ – USB 3.1 Boost – Disk UnlockerASUS Quiet Thermal Solution : – ASUS Fan Xpert 2ASUS EZ DIY : – ASUS O.C. Tuner – ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 – ASUS EZ Flash 2 – ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode – Push NoticeASUS Q-Design : – ASUS Q-Shield – ASUS Q-LED (CPU, DRAM, VGA, Boot Device LED) – ASUS Q-Slot – ASUS Q-DIMMMedia Streamer RAMCache AURA: RGB Lighting Control § Operating System Support Windows® 10 , 64bit Windows® 8.1 , 64bit Windows® 7 , 32bit/64bit § Back I/O Ports 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port(s) 1 x LAN (RJ45) port(s) 2 x USB 3.1 (red)Type-A 8 x USB 2.0 1 x Optical S/PDIF out 6 x Audio jack(s) § Internal I/O Ports 1 x ReTry jumper 1 x Safe Boot jumper 1 x USB 3.0 connector(s) support(s) additional 2 USB 3.0 port(s) (19-pin) 3 x USB 2.0 connector(s) support(s) additional 6 USB 2.0 port(s) 1 x M.2 Socket 3 for M Key, type 2242/2260/2280 devices 1 x TPM header 1 x COM port(s) connector(s) 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connector(s) 1 x CPU Fan connector(s) (1 x 4 -pin) 1 x CPU OPT Fan connector(s) (1 x 4 -pin) 3 x Chassis Fan connector(s) (3 x 4 -pin) 1 x 24-pin EATX Power connector(s) 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector(s) 1 x Front panel audio connector(s) (AAFP) 1 x System panel(s) 1 x Clear CMOS jumper(s) 1 x Water Pump header (4-pin) 1 x Slow Mode jumper(s)
Accessories	User’s manual I/O Shield 2 x SATA 6Gb/s cable(s) 1 x M.2 Screw Package 1 x pack of cable tie 1 x Supporting DVD 1 x SLI bridge(s) 1 x 12 in 1 Cable Label (s)
BIOS	64 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, F12 PrintScreen, F3 Shortcut Function and ASUS DRAM SPD (Serial Presence Detect) memory information
Manageability	WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE
Support Disc	Drivers ASUS Utilities EZ Update Anti-virus software (OEM version)
Form Factor	ATX Form Factor 12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ASUS M5A97 PLUS

ModelBrandASUSModelM5A97 PLUS
Supported CPUCPU Socket TypeAM3+CPU TypeFX / Phenom II / Athlon II / Sempron 100 SeriesFSB2600 MHz
ChipsetsChipsetAMD 970/SB950
MemoryNumber of Memory Slots4×240pinMemory StandardDDR3 2133(O.C.)/ 1866/ 1600/ 1333/ 1066Maximum Memory Supported32GBChannel SupportedDual Channel
Expansion SlotsPCI Express 2.0 x161 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (blue)PCI Express x12 x PCIe 2.0 x1PCI Slots3 x PCI Slots
Storage DevicesSATA 6Gb/s6 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), graySATA RAID0/1/5/10
Onboard AudioAudio ChipsetRealtek ALC887Audio Channels8 Channels
Onboard LANLAN ChipsetRealtek 8111FMax LAN Speed10/100/1000Mbps
Rear Panel PortsPS/21 x PS/2 keyboard (purple)
1 x PS/2 mouse (green)COM1RJ451 x RJ45USB 1.1/2.08 x USB 2.0Audio Ports3 Ports
Internal I/O ConnectorsOnboard USB3 x USB 2.0 connector(s) support(s) additional 6 USB 2.0 port(s)Other Connectors1 x CPU Fan connector(s) (4-pin)
2 x Chassis Fan connector(s) (4-pin)
1 x S/PDIF out header(s)
1 x 24-pin EATX Power connector(s)
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector(s)
1 x Front panel audio connector(s) (AAFP)
1 x System panel(s)
1 x Clear CMOS jumper(s)
Physical SpecForm FactorATXDimensions (W x L)12.00" x 8.50"Power Pin24 Pin
FeaturesFeaturesCost attractive AMD 970 choice features easy-to-use UEFI BIOS and the AI Suite II software package

UEFI BIOS - Flexible and Easy BIOS Interface
AI Suite II - One-stop Access to Innovative ASUS Features
Fan Xpert+ - Customizable speeds with independent fan control
Superior Components - 100% All Solid Capacitors & Extra Durable Stainless Steel Back I/O Materials

Special Features

ASUS EPU:
- EPU
ASUS Power Design:
- 4 +1 Phase Power Design
ASUS Exclusive Features:
- AI Suite II
- Ai Charger
- Anti-Surge
- Low EMI Solution
- ESD Guards
- ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode featuring friendly graphics user interface
ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution:
- Stylish Fanless Design Heat-sink solution
- ASUS Fan Xpert+
ASUS EZ DIY:
- ASUS EZ Flash 2
- ASUS MyLogo 2
- ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode
ASUS Q-Design:
- ASUS Q-Slot
100% All High-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors

Operating System Support:
Windows 8.1
Windows 8
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows XP

BIOS: 64MB Flash ROM, UEFI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, F12 PrintScreen, F3 Shortcut Function and ASUS DRAM SPD (Serial Presence Detect) memory information

Support Disc:
Drivers
ASUS PC Probe II
ASUS Update
Anti-virus software (OEM version)
PackagingPackage ContentsAccessories:
User's manual
I/O Shield
2 x SATA 6Gb/s cable(s)

the 970 pro gaming aura from Asus so first full disclosure this motherboard was sent to me by Asus I did not pay for it and I get to keep this motherboard so yeah take that how you will but this motherboard is now mine so let's just take a quick look around it before in preparation for Saturday stream so let's start off with all the basic stuff here's your IO these red ports are USB 3.1 and the LAN port is an Intel NIC so you know that that's all you need to know there down

here you have the supreme FX audio and I'm 99% sure that that's an ALC 1150 under that but you know if you want to check then Google is your friend down here you can find the front panel audio comport trusted platform USB ports and over here we start getting the first of the interesting things so this is clear real-time clock this jumper here so that will reset your BIOS

date and time as well as all your BIOS settings because that's how that works next to that you get the ocj so that's your over that's a little overclock connector basically it gives you a pin out for safe boot retry and slow mode so safe boot is basically if say you screw up your BIOS and the motherboard won't post so you press the safe boot button it sets all your butt it sets all of the motherboard settings back to default so it'll start default CPU speed default Ram speed so

it'll start up however it'll retain all of your BIOS settings so whatever you know dodgy memory timings you put in or whatever those are going to still be there after you press the safe boot button so that's super useful except it's not a button here so you're going to have to I'm what I'm going to do is I'm going to wire in some extra buttons onto this board so that I can do everything quickly because shorting pins out is a massive pain there's also the retry retry

functionality what retry does is it basically quickly resets the motherboard and for is it to try again very useful if you're testing trying to get some very hard trying to get some very difficult memory settings to boot up so you know it fails to post once you can retry and it'll retry press the basically well we don't have a button short the retry pins a few times and eventually if you're lucky it'll it'll might be able to actually get all of your memory it might be able to post

after a few retries so that's why that's there in slow mode slow mode basically just drops your cpu clocks to the minimum possible clock speed basically on demand you shorted out CPU clocks fall off a cliff very useful if you're trying to boot up windows or you've just finished some kind of test mostly I would say this is very more useful for cold bug CPUs because I've personally never had a like I've never needed slow mode on an AMD motherboard so far so

yeah but it's there if you need it so you can use it if you want next to that you get a chassis fan header and all of your front panel connectors and again there is no power button on this board no reset button on this board so if you want to use this as a benching board you're going to have to get you know wire get some kind of wires and buttons and basically hook those up so that it's convenient to use over here we have a little LED that'll turn on if you have the 24 pin plugged

in and the power supply turned on because that'll basically that's hooked up to the 5 volt standby power which is the which is a basically a rail that the PSU puts out when it's in standby which means AC power goes in but you don't get 12 volts 5 volts and all that you just get standby power so that covers that there's an M duct to socket well slot I don't know what the hell you call this m dot 2 thing right there if you care about M dal-su you can you know use that

I personally don't have any M about 2 devices I don't have any interest in M belt 2 because I feel like SATA SSDs are still fast enough for me so I'm not going to be covering that in any more detail in the future above that we find a single socketed bios chip this board does not offer dual BIOS so if you screw up a BIOS flash ya the board's going to be bricked however since

this is a socketed bios chip you can get a replacement bios chip and i do believe you need to pay for the replacement BIOS chip but you can get one so it's not like the whole board is completely screwed if you mess up a BIOS flash but I would still recommend you don't do that because you're going to be without a board for several days and it's probably going to cost you next to that we get your 6 SATA 6 6 gigs 6 gigabit per second ports from the 970 chipset on this

motherboard so that's normal for this chipset so then you get another Chasse fan header USB 3.0 header 24-pin power single memory single phase memory vrm right here so you can see the choke for that and you have for MOSFETs white let me this is so awkward it's not used to having working with cameras so these four MOSFETs right here that is your I do believe that's let me check yeah so those so that's your high side right there and your low side is from the

other so these are low and whatever either way these are for c0 9s and they're rated for 39 amps at 39 amps continuous at 80 degrees case temperature here they don't have a heatsink so I'm going to go with the 25 degree ambient rating since that's the one meant for non heatsink situations and again continuous drain current is a ridiculous measurement for a high side MOSFET so with a 25 degree ambient temperature you can expect these to handle 25 amps

continuous so that basically means yeah you have plenty of memory power ddr3 does not run on and anywhere near enough power to actually put this vrm in any under any strenuous load so that's that so let's keep moving on around the board you get 3 more CPU fan well no you get three more fan headers right here these are for the CPU and one of them is a water pump header it'll still work as a fan header so says water pump and basically I have no idea why it's

labeled water pump I think it's to supply more power or it's slightly differently managed in terms of fan speed next then you finally get your 8 pin power connector in the you know a place where you can never get a cable to reach like I've never managed to it's like I've built a few systems in actual cases and yeah believe it and I've never managed to get this cable to go you know around the around the back and into that port because the cables never been want that

long so but yeah that's standard layout so no surprises there and one last thing before we get on to the interesting part of this board there's another fan header right here which I think is meant for your exhaust fan in a case right there that would usually go right there so the interesting part the vrm this is a very very unique vrm for an am3+ motherboard this is a seven plus one so

we take it from this angle you can see there are eight chokes seven of those are for your recore one of them is for your Northbridge voltage so that's the Northbridge built into the CPU it gets its power from this choke right over there the remaining seven feed the CPU calculation logic and the cores and l3 and all of that so seven phases well it's not doubled up because you can't double up you can't have three and a half pwm signals to double up so this is true seven true

seven phases however asus has cut down on the amount of capacitors that you would have compared to other am3+ boards the there's only six 560 micro farad capacitors on here that's say compared to the gigabyte that's half of what the gigabyte has however Asus can get away with this because they do have seven true phases so the voltage controller has much better

control over the power going through each phase so you basically don't need is capacitor bank to compensate for any irregularities in current demand because that's usually what you have a large capacitor bank to soak up any big spikes from you know the CPU suddenly changes power demands and if you lose too much power from the actual phases then the capacitor bank is there to basically keep the voltage steady with a true seven phase design you don't really need

such a big capacitor bank so the cut-down capacitor bank makes sense the other thing is less capacitors gets you more efficiency because big passive components all just burn power to get you better power quality but you know you lose efficiency so this VRM I want to do a comparison on efficiency between this vrm and the gigabyte board so I'll try figure out how to do that but that's we're going to be really hard because I'll have to match them for voltage and

everything and I don't know if I'll actually be able to do that other than that so yeah you've got seven phases so that's fine the Northbridge has two capacitors that's fine as well all of the capacitors on the board are as you can tell black so they're all special and black edition and whatever basically it just means they have five thousand hours endurance ratings so they'll last longer than your standard two and a half thousand hour capacitors so basically if you wanted

to use this board in a really high temperature environment for a really really long time these capacitors will you know survive better than other capacitors so that's what that means let's take a look at the actual power capabilities so I'm not going to pull off the heatsink on in this video because the board uses push pushpins see mount screws those are pushpins pushpins are a pain to remove and then well they're easy enough to install back in but it does use pushpins so

I can't pull it off right now and these MOSFETs so you actually get some MOSFETs on the back these are your low side fats these are for c0 60s from on semiconductor and those are rated for or 52 amps continuous drain current at 80 degrees and this is only one of the low side fats there is another low side of fat under the actual heatsink so basically the low side on this vrm is doubled up so you know you have plenty of current available almost 100 amps continuous assuming that you can actually keep the vrm at 80 degrees if you let the vrm get a

little too hot you're going to de-rate down to around 70 amps total low side current capability so that means each of these will each of the low side MOSFETs will basically be able to do 35 amps with two of them in there you'll get 70 amps per phase with seven phases that is still 490 amps so the low side is definitely powerful enough for anything you could ever want to power that leaves the question of will the high side survive it and that is a little bit more questionable so

there's a single high side MOSFET in this VR I'm parfaits and each of those is a 4c not for c09 also from on semiconductor and those are rated for 39 amps at 80 degrees and that's continuous again so at 80 degrees you can expect this vrm to do over 300 amps relatively easily if the vrm gets really really hot it's going to Deer eight hard it's going from eighty degrees to say 110 degrees you're going to lose half your power rating then you're going to have a problem I

suspect that's why Asus does not search it does not list this motherboard as compatible with the 9000 series FX CPUs because the 9000 series runs really really hot and if you know most normal people don't worry about vrm temperature so if you put a 9000 series in this and you you know if some and you didn't care about vrm temperatures and you had a case and you had bad air flow and the RM did actually hit into the hundreds you probably blow out the high

sides on this so capable vrm if you cool it but watch those temperatures if this gets too hot then you're going to have a problem but that goes pretty much without saying for any vrm ever except the ones where they go super super overkill on them and the vrm ends up costing almost as much as the entire motherboard there are a few motherboards where that's actually like like gigabyte has one motherboard with 32 phases and that's where you just go that's where even I

say now that the that's just silly okay don't do that so yeah but this VRM you know for the fact that this is a 917 chipset board and the fact that it is relatively affordable and it's not an rog board I'm really happy with that VR I'm very very very capable if you keep it cool it's going to power pretty much anything you can throw at this board if you don't keep it cool it'll power everything it's certified to power so you know meets expectations at the very least what else is there to say I'm pleasantly surprised by this board to be completely honest with you and I

actually really like it in terms of the hardware I've seen I am kind of worried that Asus have forgot to include the core unlocking options for Phenom CPUs in the BIOS however this board does actually have more OC features like admittedly they're implemented in headers instead of buttons but it does offer more OC features than almost any other 970 board on the market and I got more good news this vrm is capable the BIOS allows you to do 2 volts on the V Corps

while 2.0 7 v so this could very well be a great great great motherboard for you know lnto benchmarking with FX CPUs I'm not going to say it's good for Phenom 2's because with if you're benchmarking Phenom 2's I suspect you want to be able to unlock the cores and I'm and from my experience with Asus none of the newer Asus am3+ boards support that feature for compatibility reasons whereas everybody else does so I have no idea what's going on with that

but you know if you don't want to run enough a phenom 2 on this or more like if you don't want to run a phenom 2 with 2 cores in three core mode or a 4 core Phenom in five core mode this board is great if you want to actually unlock Corazon V gnomes.

ASUS 970 Pro Gaming Motherboard review

people coming at you with a review about the ACS 970 pool gaming or we're gonna be talking about a few things today things I like about the motherboard things I dislike about the motherboard things that are great in things are plain just don't understand all right we'll start with one that concerns me about future upgrades that I want to do and this right here MDOT 2 only supports data storage like what does that mean like I don't understand what that means

like can I use that for my OS like like I can't store my OS or my you know my operating system on it I can't store that on there like I don't understand isn't that the whole point of a freaking MDOT - is it stores your operating system and you use the operating system off of it like I don't understand it that's a bit of a thing that concerns me about upgrade to m2 because I was

thinking about doing that ourselves looking at this Kingston HyperX MDOT to drive that it was like man it's black up put that on my motherboard I live awesome and it'll be fast as hell but anyway so that's a bit of a thing I'm worried about like can you use that for your operating system I don't know but things that I like about it things that I like about this motherboard one

it's a great overclock I've seen a guy get his uh his 83 72 on 8 gigahertz on this board granted that he had to use liquid nitrogen to keep it cool and 8 gigahertz it's just not a real overclock that she should ever consider using ever or trying to get that's just that's just a bitch marking thing I think the highest you should ever shoot for is 5 gigahertz that's max don't ever try to go

over that but anyway I got my FX's 302 4.7 I could probably get five gigahertz out of it but anyway the reason I back I actually backed it down from four point seven to four point six because of the heat because my temperatures would go to like 70 C at four point seven and when I'm at four point six my my heat stays that stays that around 60 Celsius under full load

sometimes it'll like randomly jump to like 65 at the most so 60 Celsius on my hyper 212 Evo is about the best I could get out of it without having concerned about heat so I could probably get 5 gigahertz out of it if I had it all in one water cooler or any one quarter for that fact on this motherboard now things that I like and dislike about this one one you know one of the other

things the second thing that everybody right go a red accents up boy I like that the supreme FX lighting chip right there that's one of those things that kind of makes me angry but doesn't really bother me but I could see why they would make somebody angry one that light rate that is the light on the supreme FX of audio chip that light is default static red you cannot change them you could turn it off in the BIOS but I'll see why you would do that because this the theme

of this motherboard is red the heat sinks on it are red and have red accents like that SB 950 tips it the hints that you let us read the vrm hint sing is read some of the traces on the motherboard I read the overall thing when this motherboard is read so that's a little bit of thing that kind of clashes with the fact that is RGB so I don't see why you would not have it have the RGB lighting on it red and Plus this light right here right there above my finger right that light I

don't know what that light is but it's always red and it's always on that you can't turn that light off but you can turn that on as you may know that the RGB lighting off and you turn that off or whatever if you don't want that on and it would apply to go with your build but yeah I couldn't recommend this point if you were going for a certain color thing that was not red and yeah it's a great motherboard overall but things that I don't like about it one day a cynic the accenting

color is red even though red is my favorite color and that's the that's the theme of my build the accident color of my bill is red with the white case that I like that and yeah I can see how that how people could hate that like why would you make that red the heatsinks and all that stuff should be you know like a like a bland color that goes with everything like black and yeah those

lights you can't change them the like that one right there the supreme that face can't change that that light right there that's so Rosanna I don't know what that is can't change that that's always red so this motherboard is tier two red build it's tailored to a red build thing and things some people might ask about my build right now well you might ask well why dude you're a hyper 212 Eva I've never seen one there with that code before yeah that's because my hybrid

212 Evo is custom vinyl wrapped I custom vinyl wrapped it with a carbon fiber vinyl wrap and it looks great it makes you look at how it ties better and plus I didn't like the silver chrome look of it I hated that and it kind of must with their color thing with my bills and Plus make having it black makes it that's better yeah I'll take the side panel off yeah screw that take C in there yes carbon fiber like I think I might have to rewrap it soon because it's kind of it kind of

warped because of the heat in there I might have to rewrap it and wrap it tighter which I kind of have there's some kind of defects on it a little bit but since we're here we'll do a little orientation of my bill a little bit little run-through yeah I got my two coarser SP static static pressure fans right there got some good airflow and then the two exhaust friends that come with the case I'm never gonna chow probably not gonna change those because those fans don't really matter anyways I mean in the sense of like aesthetics I mean I might change them one

day but I'm just not worried about right now because I like the UH you know the black and the dark ray with the white I like how that looks and my airflow in this case is great you know and I got the hyper 212 Evo air oriented down so it pulls the heat off the back of the car and shoots it up through the exhaust friend on the top right there and I'm sorry I'm going off on a tangent right there but anyway if you were to have a bill in here what a hyper 212 Evo I recommend

you have the the habit orient have the fan oriented down because that fan is like right above the harbor 212 Evo and it'll take the heat off the back of the card so there's that there's a good little suggestion there but things that you should have or should get off the support site I'm sorry I gotta stand up enough but any of the things that I love about it another thing fan control any fans that you have hooked up to the fan which all the fan headers on this board are a four pin

so you don't have to worry if you have four pin of fans or they they're all the fan higher support pwm fans four pin fans so you don't have to worry about that if you have a three pin fan or you know a four pin friend what am I saying but yeah I got a set to silent there's I go through the modes that you have right here with this with this app that I suggest you should download from the support site as was latest drivers the dual intelligent processor four hat you should get that

as long as along with the the RGB oh that's another thing I should talk to you about the RGB the RGB lighting in the SB 950 you know R GB lighting on SB 915 chipset those lights on chip set default to color cycling every time you turn the system off so if you're one of those persons that don't like to put their system and sleep mode those lights will turn back on if you turn the system completely off so you will have to change those lights back to whatever you said it or

whatever every time you turn your system back on but we when you put the system into sleep the lifestyle default back is only we turn the system fully off and another thing I like about the RGB lighting and the accent lighting on the the supreme FX chipset and the lighting on an RGB lighting on the SP 956 at right there is that those lights stay on no matter what even when you turn the system off that might be a con for somebody that don't like lights in their system

when they have it turned off it'll turn off if you go turn off the power supply but there but I like having those always have an accent lighting inside much so I can surpass when I walk by and just looking at it be like it's awesome but anyway yeah there's that so those lights always turn on but let's get back to these apps that you should download of course you should download the app for the for the aura lighting control there's that who if you wanted to see the yes some of

the light changes I'll show you there's a pink or whatever and I won't have to show you the device change its RGB you know its changes but yeah this app this dual intelligent uh processor and you can overclock your cpu through the without going all the way into BIOS so I think that's actually kind of cool I haven't tested that yet because by the time I download that app I had already I already had the already overclock my CPUs to the BIOS so there was no point of me uh tinkering with my CPU so the windows with this app to see if it overclocked it right or

whatever but I'll probably do that later and make a post them on this video for you to see that as long as I will also put a link in the description of showing that this guy had his benchmarks for his old clocking and stuff these guys were comparing of benchmarks for their own clocks so you can see other people's performance under well board but yeah this app is you should get that as well as the control for your fans that you have hooked up to the board I have I will go

through some of the centers right here for the fans there's silent and then there's standard and then there's performance I sometimes I sent when I'm playing a heavy game like if I'm playing The Witcher 3 I'll set the performance you do not need the full set your friends to full blast I mean you could if the less you're gonna get a loud sound of your friends ramped up all the way from when you said the performance it says it's at the speed of the fans about pretty good you

see how it's as set to perform this and it's quieter and whatever their friends are still at a reasonable speed when you set them to our performance if you're worried about that and then there's standard standard it's just like a step above silent but I like it having a sonic because it's more about science we know difference between silent and standard and performance I think the sound of these uh these settings will depend on the RPM of your of your fans so I think it

would really go is low the medium then high and then really high I think that's our kind of measures if you had to put it in simpler terms instead of standard of silent standard and performance at a full speed so if I had a rated silent would be low standard would be medium performance would be high and then the full speed would be super high but the match speed of your fans which indicates for it's full speed.

the all-new asus 970 pro gaming or a motherboard kindly supplied by asus featuring their all-new RGB lighting this motherboard includes the 970 chipset from AMD with am3+ cpu sport of up 225 watts looking at the design we have a sleek black red theme along with their pro gaming branding vrm heat sinks to provide extra cooling also included on the motherboard is the asus supreme FX the high quality gaming grade audio with sonic radar - at the back of the

i/o we have a ps2 port 8 USB 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet with game first technology 2 USB 3.1 ports and 6 audio jacks a new addition to the motherboard is sport of the m-dot to drive in pcie 2.0 4x mode to allow faster storage devices to test this feature we're going to use the m-dot to HyperX predator thanks to HyperX for supplying this product this storage device will allow us to get the fastest possible speeds with our OS and other applications using this motherboard along

with the rest of the build will be using the r9 nano the newly released AMD Wraith cooler with the bundled FX 8 370 processor and eight gigabytes of HyperX fury ddr3 memory to highlight the motherboards great design we'll be using the corsair carbide 400 see there's a mid towel with its open window allowing great visuals inside of the case the RGB lighting on the aura

adds extra depth to the overall build highlighting asus is pro gaming branding on the motherboard within the asus or a software we're able to change the style of a lighting with a color wheel allowing us to choose a custom color from static to a smooth breathing effect far strobing color cycle music effect which allows the RGB lighting to react to your music and

finally cpu color temperature to monitor your pcs tenths from green to red testing the HyperX predator with the motherboard we're able to achieve a much faster result with the MDOT to drive rather than an SSD with SATA connection allowing this build have quick and fast

response times and extraordinary fastboot types overall the asus 970 pro gaming or a motherboard is a welcomed update to the am3+ lineup bringing great quality and RGB lighting to your gaming build.

I was going to get the cut in here new egg the other day and my motherboard in my computer originally just some other board for my home theater PC and it's I bought it open box like four years ago finally starting to the bed and it doesn't really support like half the stuff I have in this computer but it runs but USB ports are falling apart everything you know so what I bought

new egg had a good deal on it had like a 15 percent off code or something like that signs of getting this thing for a hundred and ten dollars overnight shipping because I wanted to get this up before I have to go back to work on the weekend so here's one of this Asus 970 pro gaming

motherboard I know the FX platforms kind of a dying thing right now but just to kind of get a little something you know get myself back into recording gameplay footage and whatnot because face at the asus i have in a month the computer now this isn't going to be cutting it much longer it's on the verge of dying go ahead and pop this thing open you.