ASUS PRIME H310M-E R2.0, Intel H310 Motherboard - Socket 1151 [90MB0Z20-M0EAY0]

The H310 chipset natively supports four SATA ports as well as four USB 3.0 and six USB 2.0 ports. Depending on the motherboard, additional chips can be used to provide USB 3.1 ports and M.2 slots with PCIe connectivity.

The features of the ASUS PRIME H310M-E at a glance:
- 1x PCIe (3.0) x16 / 2x PCIe (2.0) x1
- 1x M.2 & 4x SATA 6G
- A total of 4x USB 3.0 and 6x USB 2.0 (internal & external)
- Supports max. 32 GB DDR4 RAM up to 2.666 MHz

The ASUS PRIME H310M-E in detail
The ASUS PRIME H310M-E Micro-ATX motherboard has a PCIe x16 slot connected to the chipset with a full 16 lanes. For additional plug-in cards, the board also has two PCIe x1 slots. A maximum of 32 GB of RAM with a clock speed of up to 2,666 MHz can be accommodated in two DDR4 DIMM slots. Drives such as SSDs, HDDs and optical drives can be connected via four SATA 3.0 ports.

On the I / O panel, the ASUS PRIME H310M-E provides two USB 3.0 slots and two USB 2.0 slots for connecting peripherals. One DVI and one HDMI port for image reproduction via the integrated graphics unit of the processor are also located on the I / O panel. For the output of the on-board sound, the motherboard has three 3.5-mm jack outputs, while a LAN socket allows integration into a network. Internally, the motherboard has two USB 2.0 and one 3.0 headers.

As a special feature, the ASUS PRIME H310M-E has an M.2 slot connected via four PCIe 2.0 x4 lanes, enabling data transfer rates of up to 20 Gb / s, which is about three times faster than SATA 6G.

Technical details:

- Format: Micro-ATX
- Chipset: Intel H310
- Socket: 1151 (for Intel CPUs of the 8th core generation ("Coffee Lake"))
- RAM: 2x DDR4 (max .: 2.666 MHz)
- Slots (physical):
- 1x PCIe 3.0x16
- 2x PCIe 2.0 x1

Internal connections:
- 4x SATA 6G
- 1x M.2 (PCIe 2.0 x4)
- 1x 4-pin CPU cooler header
- 1x 4-pin fan header
- 1x COM header
- 1x Clear CMOS header
- 2x USB 3.0 (one header)
- 4x USB 2.0 (two headers)

External connections:
- 1x PS / 2 mouse
- 1x PS / 2 keyboard
- 2x USB 3.0
- 2x USB 2.0
- 1x RJ45 LAN (Realtek 8111H)
- 1x HDMI
- 1x VGA (D-Sub)
- 3x audio (Realtek ALC887)

Power supply:
- 1x 24 pin EATX
- 1x 4-pin ATX 12V