ASUS Maximus III Formula P55 SLI LGA1156 Core i5 Motherboard Unboxing Linus Tech Tips

Today we take the ASUS Maximus III Formula P55 motherboard for a quick spin. I'm really impressed by the look and features of this board, but the price you pay for it is quite high.

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Chapters:

0:00 Box and general overview
0:37 Unboxing start
0:53 Q-connect connectors
1:01 SLI Bridge
1:07 Zip ties
1:12 User guide and DVD
1:21 Labeling stickers for SATA connectors
1:37 One big ass republic of gamers sticker
1:47 USB cable
1:50 I/O Shield
1:54 6pcs of SATA cables
2:02 USB and eSata I/O extension
2:08 SupremeFX PCI-E Soundcard extension
2:26 The board itself
2:40 PCI-E slots
2:48 SATA ports
3:15 Power connectors
3:23 Power design
3:41 Fan headers and north bridge cooler logo
4:01 Fan headers
4:13 Dual Channel DDR 3 Memory slots
4:18 I/O

Review:

Now that is one nice looking motherboard. The color scheme is awesome, and cool to include a soundcard! I rate this a low 3/5

What am I doing, and why?

I want to watch, and review every single video on Linus Tech Tips channel.
I will provide chapters, if the video has none.
Why am I doing it? To pay a homage, and I am pretty sure that my head is a bit messed up.

[LinusTechTips]

because you can use a 4 pin connector instead of a native 8 pin connector. They cover the 4 optional ports so that customers will not try to force a 4 pin in the other side.

[thecatvrix]

2019 Here we go! Linus marathon session

[Ilovetubezz]

Definately my next motherboard. Will fit well with HAF 932 case from CM

[Alex]

Looks cool! Whats the purpose of covering 4 of the 8 pins on the 8 pins mobo connector though?

[imdabigboinow]

Christ! There are some crazy accessories that Asus includes! Those Sata stickers is a excellent idea. Whoever is on their marketing team/product stuff they have been coming out with great ideas lately...

[feromonxz]

Still want one, its just amazing motherboar.

[SinDragonSD]

you didn't do any research for the RoG connect...

the white usb connecter you showed connects the board to a laptop which opens up the ASUS bios... very interesting feature imo

[olivergren]

@MegaBris you are saying thats its an old motherboard its 2 years old it released 2009-09-08 but for the specs and things this one have lets just say dont judge it by its age

[RyanK]

I love how you 'launch' everything but the board out of the box :)

[Naopro]

@Significanto
usually the first pci slot is x16 ... actually usually both are x16 but they go down to x8 as soon as sli is on so it doesnt matter which one u put it in.. although id recomend first one.
as for ram ... usaually the first one is the best then the third. but in this case id go color coded... red being brightest id put it in the secon then the fourth. so put it in the red slots.

[thundr_vt]

Yeah, Videocards these days don't have enough bandwidth needs to even stretch the 8x lanes.

[lalalaa]

no, usb 3 have been released at 2010 i think, 1156 socket is old and expensive than 1155 socket

[iceCOLDkillaxDLoL]

@Limitbreak07 no it runs in only 8x/8x but it is no big deal because it is enough for sli, if you want 16x/16x sli buy an x58 1366 mobo and a 1500 $ core i7 :D

[ulungrinjanidharma]

I love how that thing didn't have any kind of RGB.

[Monkwrestler]

it only supports 8x in CS/SLI this is a limit to all 1156 based mobos as the PCI-E controller for graphics is based on the CPU!

[USAS]

Ive a very bad experience with the Striker II formula.. ive had two of them and both had the ''CPU INIT'' error..

after looking for some Maximus III formula info on google.. this board seems very good!

[marland]

AS Always, ASUS has made another awesome motherboard! Looking forward to someone actually posting some vids of these boards on youtube! 5/5

[splice]

yes minus 2 pcie and 1 pci, it still supports sli and cross, same oc for another pc and stuff

[thebrainbuilder]

Video 34 of watching all LTT videos
Damn you are addicted to making videos on motherboards