ASUS PRIME B360M-A, Intel B360 Motherboard - Socket 1151 [90MB0WQ0-M0EAY0]

The chipset natively supports a M.2 slot connected via PCIe for the particularly fast NVMe SSDs as well as Intel Optane. Socket 1151 motherboards with B360 chipset form a good basis for budget gaming PCs and home office computers.
The features of the ASUS PRIME B360M-A at a glance:
1x PCIe (3.0) x16 & 2x PCIe (3.0) x1
2x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4 / SATA) / 6x SATA 6G
2x USB 3.1 Type A on the I / O panel
Total 3x USB 3.0 and 6x USB 2.0 (internal & external)
Supports max. 64 GB DDR4 RAM up to 2.666 MHz
LED Lighting & RGB LED Headers for ASUS Aura Sync
The ASUS PRIME B360M-A in detail
The ASUS PRIME B360M-A mATX motherboard has a PCIe x16 slot connected to the chipset with a full 16 lanes. For plug-in and expansion cards, the board has two PCIe x1 slots.

The two M.2 slots connected via four PCIe 3.0 lanes support the NVMe protocol and, in combination with a corresponding M.2 SSD, enable a data transfer rate of almost 4 GB / s. This is about eight times faster than a SATA 6G connected SSD! Additional drives such as SSDs, HDDs and optical drives can be connected via six SATA 3.0 ports. A maximum of 64 GB of RAM with a clock speed of up to 2,666 MHz can be accommodated in four DDR4 DIMM slots.

The ASUS PRIME B360M-A provides two USB 3.1 ports on the I / O panel. USB 3.1 ports are twice as fast as conventional USB 3.0 ports with maximum speeds of 10 Gbps! Other peripheral devices can be connected via two USB 2.0 ports and a USB 3.0 port, which comes as a particularly thin and double-sided plug-in type C port.

There is also a DVI, D-Sub and HDMI port for image playback via the integrated graphics processor unit on the I / O panel. For the output of the on-board sound, the motherboard has three 3.5 mm jack outputs. Internal connections include a COM port, TPM, power LED and speaker header, three fan connectors, two USB 2.0 and one USB 3.0 headers. The mainboard also has LEDs for illumination and provides a RGB LED header for control via the ASUS Aura Sync.

Technical details:
Format: mATX
Chipset: Intel B360
Socket: 1151 (for Intel CPUs of the 8th core generation ("Coffee Lake"))
RAM: 4x DDR4 (max .: 2.666 MHz, max 64 GB)
Dual-Channel
Slots (physical):
1x PCIe 3.0x16
2x PCIe 3.0x1
Internal connections:
6x SATA 6G
1x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4 / SATA, 2242/2260/2280)
1x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/2260/2280)
1x COM port header
1x TPM header
1x LPT header
1x chassis intrusion header
1x Power LED & Speaker header
1x CPU fan (4-pin)
2x housing fan header (4-pin)
1x front panel audio connector
2x USB 3.0 (one header)
4x USB 2.0 (two headers)
1x RGB LED header (4-pin)
1x S / PDIF-out header
External connections:
1x PS / 2 mouse
1x PS / 2 keyboard
2x USB 3.1 (Type-A)
1x USB 3.0 (Type-C)
2x USB 2.0
1x RJ45 LAN
1x HDMI
1x DVI-D
1x D-sub (VGA)
3x HD audio
Power supply:
1x 24 pin EATX
1x 8-pin ATX 12V